Tom Clancy's GHOST RECON: WILDLANDS in 2024 | A Benchmark Open World game from the past!

In this one I'll be sharing my thought on playing Ghost Recon: Wildlands in 2024, one of my favourite game from 2017.
We'll be looking at Gun mechanics, Variety, Story, Enemies, Replayability, and the beautiful open world map of Bolivia.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro + history with Wildlands
1:20 Weapons + Customizations
4:00 Variety
5:40 Story + Replayability
8:30 Bolivia The open world
10:50 Wildlands + Future GR titles
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Why you should play Ghost Recon : Wildlands in 2024
The hidden gem Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best open world shooter game
A review of Ghost recon Wildlands
Ghost Recon Wildlands Better than you remember
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[@n3rdr4ge66]

I remember infiltrating a base during daytime, and was wondering why the base felt so empty. Apparantly, not only do the npcs sleep at night but they also eat during daytime. Most of the enemy npcs except for the snipers in the towers were in their mess hall, eating food. Funny thing is I noticed they sat pretty close to eachother around a table area. So I sent my drone in with explosive payload and made sure it was their last meal :P Love this game.

[@gamingrobot4883]

damm man

[@akachira777]

Sadistic wild behavior you just displayed. I love it!

[@chrisg1541]

Ghost Recon Wildlands has one of the most beautiful and immersive open world environments I have ever seen. I don't have as much time to play these days, but I constantly feel the pull and often succumb to the urge to jump into this world and just gaze at the beauty and attention to detail. The vistas are AMAZING and the NPC inhabitants make the place feel alive and lived in (something that its successor Breakpoint failed at).

[@DRAXGAMING]

Gotta agree Chris, Wildlands has always been that game I'm happy to jump back into. I'm goign to try playing Breakpoint again, but I'd doubt it will grab me like this game does.

[@voodooG]

​@@DRAXGAMING I've tried so many times to play Breakpoint, and I force my self to play, but just can't seem to be able to do it. I always come back to Wildlands it's just fun to play and it's so enjoyable. I was never able to play it multiplayer though, my friends didn't like it.

[@InglesSpanishConversation]

They went from one of the most immersive, detailed, living open worlds with wildlands, to one of the most empty, dead, boring open worlds with break point.

[@Horizon-hj3yc]

@@InglesSpanishConversation Exactly! Heck, I took countless screenshots at 10,060 x 6,300 pixels resolution using Ansel (each jpg image about 20-40MB in size), and every once in a while I go in that folder to enjoy looking at them. I still have plans to make an 8K video out of it and release it on KZbin, they look great, and it helps that I'm a skilled digital artist and photographer, to make sure that I didn't take boring shots.

[@plaguem4rine]

Breakpoint is great but the world feels completely soulless

[@mickymeza6571]

I recently started playing this game this year after hearing so much about it and breakpoint and i gotta say, it is one of the most fun and immersive open world games I've ever played. Even today, it's hard to believe this game is 6 years old, it's amazing.

[@davidwest7362]

I play the game on PS5 solo and it's the immersion for me and story that draws me back. It's a visually appealing experience.

[@TombstoneDjango]

It’s been a few years since I’ve played, but unless the servers are dead, I highly recommend giving multiplayer a go. I love pve games, and overall this was one of the best in the ps4 era.

[@Jsakiwonder]

I have been playing this Game since 2017 and I still love it

[@callsign.iceman7913]

Wildlands and RDR 2 are my favorite games all-time.

[@DRAXGAMING]

Love RDR2, what an amazing game 👍

[@azku]

RDR2 is my favourite game of all time. I might have to try Wildlands.

[@Argon69noice]

Rdr1 was better than rdr2 imo but rdr2 is amazing

[@azku]

@@Argon69noice waiting for PC port

[@Argon69noice]

@@azku yeah mods would go hard but I enjoy the backwards compatibility on Xbox one 👍

[@TheDarkLord2466]

I think the thing I really love to do in Wildlands is roleplaying alone, feeling lost in a heavy rain in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by cartel members and in fear everytime I see a Unidad patrol. The thing that make Wildlands shine for me is the atmosphere

[@akachira777]

Solo play, no squad is an amazing feeling of Ultimate Warrior.

[@moonie1980]

just watched mate, good vid, bang on with the info , i have enjoyed playing through with you like a invisible squad of wraiths in the night....hoo rah!...semper fi :)

[@Dubbadizzo86]

The thing about sniping in Wildlands is that, yes, while you're correct that the bullet drop off is very exaggerated compared to real life, it does mean that you have to actually build some knowledge of distance and bullet speed. Some sniper rifles are faster than others, which makes finding them or looking for them that much more valuable, because now you're able to pull off sniping easier. And it just feels good to get it right. So, I'm perfectly fine with it the way it is.

[@Damonwex]

Grabbed this game on sale recently and I'm having a blast with it. Wish it had achievments tho.

[@beesharp2714]

Let’s play

[@Damonwex]

@@beesharp2714 sorry man I already finished the game.

[@TombstoneDjango]

It was a buggy mess at launch, and the store front and loot box system was a bit gross, but overall it’s one of my favorite pve games of the PS4 era. Made a lot of friends with randoms. Playing the ghost mode and getting the gold Exo suit was one of my favorite accomplishments of any game in that era.

[@InglesSpanishConversation]

If they wanted to replicate something like wildlands, they could do something in Africa involving arms trafficking, with factions...something gritty like far cry 2.

[@Jrand4211]

Just finished this game for the third time last week. Never played Breakpoint, was looking into it and found this video. Wildlands is such a great game!!

[@yousifdelvalle4162]

I agree with everything said- I also played the beta when this released- I remember playing every mission of the 3 zones they opened up for the beta.

[@mitchkupietz]

It’s crazy that we think 7 years is along time lol this game just came out pretty much

[@plaguem4rine]

This video is perfect, I just got the ultimate edition for $10. Played it on first release so looking forward to getting back into it

[@JohnSmith-xu5tj]

On my 3rd playthrough of this game, but with friends this time. Entire different experience lol.

[@DRAXGAMING]

haha nice one

[@codipherus66]

Wildlands was the best Ubisoft game ever made. And still the best coop game ever

[@ANerdyAttorney]

Wildlands is a reminder of the great publisher Ubisoft once was.... its so sad that they have lost their way.

[@silentspeaks854]

I bought the complete edition of wildlands last year. And never played it. But starting to play it on on ps5 and damn i can't stop playing it i love this game now.. the map is huge and everything about this game is just fun... plus you can play wildlands totally offline.. break point is online only witch is dump so never bought that one. By the looks of it i bought the best edition anyways wildlands..

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

I’d give Breakpoint another try especially since you can buy it on sale. It’s a lot better since launch and it’s a great game to play co op with some friends.

[@Pistolita221]

I want to say I love this game cause it's my preferred blend of arcade shooting and realism, but it's probably more the lived in world (npc's everywhere),the set design/landscapes and the gunsmith. It's absolutely beautiful, and I love the gunsmith. I had trouble initially so I looked into what weapons were best, and found DarkDally. I did some of my own experimenting, and while nothing carries or screws you over, i have found weapons that work 'better' for me. I like the MPX or the AUG for my primary, the BFG 50A or MK14 as secondary, and I always run a USG 5.7, but there are 2 other pistols that are about as good. I used to like staying at extreme range, but I've been getting more comfortable with my MPX close range, even in tier mode. That little thing spits quick, with the SSAG it has *tight* groupings for the range you use SMG's in game, I use the COMPM4 scope, folded stock and silenced. The BFG is my most used weapon, cause it's anti-material. So for every shot at a helo it scores 6 kills, most vehicles it gets 3 per shot and its got the rate of fire of a SR25, PLUS when you put on the TARS101 and zoom in, you get 9x magnification, 50% more zoom than any other scope/rifle combination in game, it's imo the only gun in game that truly puts the odds in your favor, the SR25 Jungle has a crap scope, it's a DMR not a Sniper Rifle so I tend to push into a range where I can be caught, not so with the 9x mag scope on the BFG, 300-500m is comfortable ty. Even though the MPX is a nice little gun, I do love the AUG. I use it like a DMR, the AUG's best ballistics spec has the same bullet drop as a G28 (short barrel), similar damage, but less penetration, with the rate of fire of a SMG, and 225 rounds. Lowest bullet drop of any non-sniper in game. I get all 3 rounds on target from a burst at 200m, which usually kills alert heavies. I like the digital scope, its 2 zoom levels imo are ideal for the DMR range, with the least movement penalty (comparable to ACOG). I run a V4 grip and range finder, with a compensator V2, cause i use accuracy to get distance, to stay silent; at least with the AUG. But I am learning how to use a Stoner LMG, to see how fun LMG's are now that i'm skilled.

[@DRAXGAMING]

Gunsmith is a great tool, top tips with those gun choices. I've been trying a few more out myself especially at higher tiers, I'm finding the higher fire rate SMGs when thing get heated are basically a necessity.

[@Pistolita221]

@@DRAXGAMING SMG's are really clutch in a good firefight, for the first few hundred hours I didn't equip them correctly/know how to play with them, but they're so much fun. I haven't seen anyone use the TARS101 on the BFG on youtube, you could be the first to demo the best in game scope on YT. Lots of people don't like the BFG cause it doesn't have the amo capacity of a MSR and it only does the damage of a stock HTI, but they also don't know about that scope; which fixes the second most common criticism of in-game snipers: no high-zoom scopes. Going from 6x to 9-10x is a game-changer.

[@TheTruePacmanMG]

Haven't tried this game yet, but loved the Splinter Cell and old school GR games. Kinda fell off with GRAW, it was fine but not what I wanted, maybe I'll give this one a go cause a military shooter is something I want to play at the moment.

[@frank8089]

The setting of the game is amazing, but some things feel so outdated like the gunplay and sound. I wish Breakpoint mechanics had Wildlands settings. The difficulty to mod it also makes it so sad, there was so much potential.

[@DRAXGAMING]

Yeah, I gotta check Breakpoint out again, that gunplay does look better in nearly every area. Maybe n the next Ghost Recon game we'll get the perfect mix of gunplay & setting. 🤞

[@BrayZap]

Is wildlands still being updated with new content? Was my favorite game idk why they always abadon the best games

[@SEANLIGHTZTV]

hey guys I been playing this and breakpoint equally the last few weeks and fell in love deeply... sadly I like the way breakpoint feels more... far as being able to roll on the ground and set the camera to further back so you can see ur entire body from head to toe - also really prefer the clothing in breakpoint BUTTTT wildlands overall is a much better game though aside from some of the aesthetic choices ive mentioned. the world is way more better and lively... plus the cartel setting is something ive waited for my entire life with the GTA series but rockstar insists on only doing bank heist or robbery "heat" inspired games seeing that was 5's premise & looks to be VI's premise also smh. anyhow lol anyone whose on PS5 and wants to play with me potentially I would be very open to play with other folks seeing as I been doing it all solo which is fun but I would love to try this with a real squad - I'm a mature 32 year old male from Canada - down to role play but also be casual and have fun and laugh. tag down below anyones gamer tags & ill add you ASAP.

[@olyfm13]

What scope was that in the first clip

[@kugerop5858]

Cant seem to find a match ps4 on all the game modes 😢

[@YvArt]

Breakpoint have no civilian cars running on the street.

[@themowpacer]

I don't know the answer to why I unlocked the Bad News during my journey to Tier 1, fun assault rifle, but I cannot use it in the DLC or in my other saved slots. Seems weird to me to get that during the grind and not have it 100% of the time. I'll agree it's such a great game, still doing the daily solo missions which is fun. Trying to figure out how to do them in the easiest way possible. I have all the rebel missions done and they do screw up some of those missions but all you can do is laugh. They are quite helpful though distracting Unidad though during regular play. Ghost mode is a hoot. Nerve racking.....save your save files helps though.

[@bigdawgjd]

I had one issue with wildland.. that is the coop server is horrendous. I think the Wildland story with Breakpoint infrastructure and game play would have made it better.

[@lutfihadi8803]

How to get that camoflauge?

[@amanaditya6895]

Wildlands has definitely a much better setting than breakpoint. Graphics is slowly getting behind with time but I still enjoy playing this game. And that is what ubisoft needs to understand. Breakpoint is ok, but npcs are almost extinct since they chose such a location. I spent around 50hrs in breakpoint and got bored, while in Wildlands i have 100+ hrs

[@groothoofdvandammen8089]

I have actually just purchased ghost recon wildlands a couple of weeks ago and i love the game solo and coop. I also like the fact that you can go stealthy or just pure chaos. That is why is also like the rebels. There is only 1 downside and that is that sometimes my game crashes and i don't know why. Can somebody maybe help?

[@DRAXGAMING]

Only 2 things I can really think of is; 1: Verify Files, and 2: Update Graphics Driver. I had a friend who was crashing recently and verifiying the files fixed it so I hope that works for you.

[@groothoofdvandammen8089]

​@@DRAXGAMING thank you, i will try this when i have time.

[@a8f235]

I never bought it for PC when it was new because after testing the trial version I immediatly saw that my PC wouldn't deal well with that game, just too low fps. Fast forward to 2024 and I thought it was about time to test it now that I have a PS5. I will say that I think Ubisoft have ruined a lot of games which is partially the reason why I've pushed this one on hold for so long, but that being said I will give credit where credit is due. I got this game about a week ago and I'll be honest and admit this is a very good game and I enjoy it a lot. I like the exploration aspect of it so I'm just taking my time trying to see and do as much as possible, without just running through it all. I also am only going to play this solo, and as it is getting harder and harder to find good games these days, I'm definitely not just going to plow through it. That said I still don't trust Ubisoft to not F up the next game, so we'll just have to wait and see if they can make something good again.

[@PurpleYeti1]

Agreed, one of the best open-world shooters ever. I've plated and replayed the whole thing many times. The combination of the world, NPC interactions, story, customisation, etc, is great. Unfortunately GR Breakpoint was a total disappointment in all of these areas except perhaps the customisation.

[@USAbois]

How do u go invisible

[@pinkyizthebrain2397]

If Ubisoft would give modder's the full set of modding tools A LOT of their games would still be shipping a tone of units in 2024. Wildlands and Odyssey are two examples.

[@reeup4148]

Ubisoft slaps when they wanna

[@galactic-gumbo9911]

I religiously come back to play Wildlands because I have fun however I will say it’s the buggiest game I’ve EVER played you’re guaranteed to run into bugs every single play session sometimes they’re game breaking

[@antonisgr0027]

It is 20€ for ultimate edition in ps store should i buy?

[@yousifdelvalle4162]

YES!

[@bigdaddydanny213]

Just bought it for 23.99 ultimate edition saved 100 dollars almost

[@DRAXGAMING]

Enjoy!

[@bigdaddydanny213]

@@DRAXGAMING game is amazing bro!!!

[@DocSommer]

Wildlands was great, far better compared to Breakpoint because the Enviroment felt more "alive" - Breakpoint mostly looked like an abandoned world occupied by some sneaky enemies.

[@Joecool300-tq2ie]

Try the old Tom Clancy games, they make this empty open world trash look like a fucking joke of a tactical shooter.

[@wozy]

Back when ubisoft games were made by gamers

[@gustavmh8423]

breaking point sniper ballistic is totally shit adjust drop and velocity sucks

[@abelingaw5070]

Not to mention the draw distance when sniping. Wildlands gives you a draw distance of up to 500 meters, in BP, meh.

[@mdemartino71]

Always get bored with breakpoint. The environment ruins the game, too many fish and meat plants to clear, stupid animal noises and can't stand the driving...why change it!! I'm playing wildlands fallen ghost now and it's awesome.

[@codycry3196]

L take ur literally saying u hate breakpoint bc it's alive with environmental gameplay 😂

[@cjallenroxs6239]

You sound dumb

[@stwida91]

*sigh*. Sitting here waiting for dipshit Ubisoft to turn on the servers so I can play Breakpoint. Guess I'm picking up Wildlands for when this garbage happens in the future.

[@Joecool300-tq2ie]

This game killed the Tom Clancy games, it’s a joke of a “tactical” shooter. Seige is bad, but at least it stuck closer to the old games style closer then this shit.

[@SHAADOWW7765]

Open world awesome but game play in my eyes " piece of 💩 crap ". Other than that ok.

[@ishay4974]

none woke era of games.

[@thornjagger850]

👍