Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Xbox: The Official Magazine|Christmas 2019
NEVER MIND THE QUALITY, FEEL THE QUANTITY
Steve Boxer
Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Ghost Recon, Ubisoft’s Tom Clancybranded near-future military shooter franchise, has always been a solid bet, building a decent fanbase among those who prefer their soldiering to be open world and gadget-assisted. But with Breakpoint, something has gone badly awry. We’re all for games that make you work hard for your rewards but, in its early stages at least, playing Breakpoint feels more of a chore than a pleasure.

If you persist with it, you’ll find that matters improve markedly, but all the way through it, fundamental flaws nag at you. With elements like a lootheavy gear system more or less lifted wholesale from Destiny, Breakpoint gives the impression that Ubisoft has attempted to use it to appease modern gaming tastes (no doubt in a bid to grow the overall Ghost Recon fandom). But it starts so slowly and bafflingly that one suspects only diehard Ghost Recon fans will feel inclined to put in the effort required to prevail over its shortcomings.

Breakpoint contains plenty to admire – including a massive and impressive-looking world, a cleverly constructed and surprisingly absorbing storyline, a decent PVP multiplayer mode and compelling military gadgetry. But it is also thoroughly hamstrung by some fundamental systems which straddle the spectrum between shoddy and completely broken.

Blow your cover

Unfortunately, the most broken system of the lot is also one of the most fundamental, given that Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a third-person shooter which adopts a first-person view only when you aim: the cover system. It attempts to snap to anything in your vicinity which could operate as cover, but does so in such an erratic manner that you end up steering clear of walls and corners in particular.

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