Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Breakpoint is a direct continuation of the military shooter in an open world Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The game takes place on a fictional island in the Pacific Ocean. Here, the familiar Ghost team from the previous game encounters the hostile special unit "Wolves," and its members must survive. Players can expect an interesting story with well-developed dialogues, choices, and a large number of characters, as well as a wide arsenal of weapons and available transport.

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is a shooter in a vast open world with a third-person perspective and elements of other genres, requiring an internet connection.

From action, the game features various finishing moves against enemies in close combat, and from stealth — the ability to sneak through and eliminate foes, and scout the area. Survival elements require players to regularly feed and hydrate their character, heal, and allow rest to fill the stamina bar. A wounded ally must be carried to a safe zone on the player's shoulders.

The online features of Breakpoint are abundant. From the looter-shooter genre, it inherits: numerous weapons, various upgrades and attachments (over time, players can unlock large magazines, quality suppressors, night vision scopes, and thermal sights), different gear options, and skins for all of this. The best items are unlocked by completing raids or in PvP, as seen in traditional MMOs.

There is also crafting — low-level items or simply unwanted gear can be disassembled, gaining resources, which will later be useful for creating quality and rare "weapons," armor, and other items according to blueprintsobtained by completing missions.

The game is designed for cooperative play with a team of four, but it can also be played solo, accompanied by AI allies. In this regard, Breakpoint resembles less of a tactical shooter in the spirit of classic series games, where the player could command a squad, mark all targets, and eliminate them simultaneously. Now, everything is tied to communication between people via voice chat.

The action of Breakpoint takes place on a huge fictional archipelago called Aurora, located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. In the release version, players had access to only one very large island, divided into biomes — tropics, dense jungle, dry mountain steppes, and snowy peaks. There are rivers and swamps.

The game features a sufficient number of points of interest — laboratories, factories, enemy bunkers, settlements of various factions. The island is inhabited, and the player collaborates with two main factions — the representatives of Homesteaders simply wish to survive, while the Outcasts, in a sense, are the humiliated and offended, striving to stop the experiments conducted on the island at all costs.

Since survival plays a big role, there are periodically spots where you can set up camp. There, players can change their character by selecting a suitable team build for the next mission, replenish health and ammunition, as well as customize weapons and appearance.

After the release, the developers planned to expand the game world with new islands. However, the unsuccessful launch of Breakpoint has put these plans in question.

Breakpoint offers a character system in the spirit of Tom Clancy's The Division 2, with 4 classes available at launch (more are promised in the future):

In the game, you can create several operatives, but leveling each one will take time. At the same time, Breakpoint does not matter whether you are completing the story campaign, doing side quests, participating in PvP and raids, or community events — all the experience gained is summed up and invested in levels. The higher the level, the more new content opens up, and the better the character becomes. This is why you need to be always online.

The events of the game unfold in 2023, four years after Wildlands, with the main character being US Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Anthony "Nomad" Perryman. He and the "Ghosts" squad are sent to investigate a series of violations related to developments by a private contractor for the US Army. Before landing on Aurora, the squad is attacked by drones that destroy the landing helicopters, leaving only Perryman among the survivors.

The archipelago is not simple: it is controlled by the military company Skell, which does whatever it wants. Previously, it conducted illegal developments of military robots and drones but was forced to leave California. All activities are under the reliable protection of a whole army of mercenaries, who will be the main targets.

At the center of the Breakpoint story is the confrontation between the few "Ghosts" and the "Wolves" — another special squad and the toughest opponent in the game. The enemy forces are led by Cole Walker, a former "ghost" who appeared in Wildlands. Cole left the army when his assault squad was destroyed during a mission in Bolivia and concluded that the government does not value the lives of its soldiers.

He became a mercenary seeking revenge. The antagonist is given a lot of time in the storyline, revealing his motivation, which becomes stronger as players delve into the events. As for the "Ghosts," they have to adapt — they have become prey rather than predators. As the plot develops, some characters from the Wildlands storyline will return.

The game features dialogues that do not affect the storyline, but if players carefully talk to each NPC, they can gather intelligence that will be useful in missions.

The game has competitive multiplayer for 2 teams of 4 players, taking place on 6 maps, using the same character classes. PvP offers two modes:

Players are forced to move in the spirit of "battle royale": there is no combat loadout, so you need to constantly run around the map looking for ammo, gear, and healing. You can also revive a downed teammate and heal yourself — a three-tier injury system is in place (the more serious the injury, the worse it is; serious wounds hinder the player, causing the character to limp and making it impossible to shoot accurately).

Raids are cooperative battles against the environment (PvE) of high difficulty, similar to Wildlands, but designed strictly for 4 players. If desired, you can always complete a raid multiple times in a row; they support all gameplay classes and styles.