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04 May 2006
Nice big maps! Great graphics! Very fun on XBox Live!
1 of 2 found this helpful I pretty much stumbled upon this game because I had just purchased XBox Live and was looking for a game to play! And well, I found it! For a long time I played America's Army on my laptop, but when like version 2.2 of America's Army came out, it stopped working on my laptop (was getting real weird "slow motion" symptoms) and I stopped gamming for a while. Anyways, this game is pretty much the console version of America's Army (except of course for the actual console version). So if that's the type of experience you're looking for, this is the game for you! The games are related in the sense they both fall in to the genre of games known as "Tactical Shooters". This game type is a combination of Real-Time Strategy + First Person Shooter + Simulation which equals a very fun type of game.
I never played the original Ghost Recon 2: 2011 Final Assault, so I can't compare. However I'll go on to explain why I like this game. First off the graphics are as good as you'll get from XBox. Some call this game "The Last Great Release for the XBox". And yes, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter was released for the XBox, but don't even get me started. That game is a step BACKWARDS because it was originally coded for the XBox 360, and then dumbed down (way down) for the XBox. Just read what they say about it at the www.ghostrecon.com forums. With that being said, Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike is the best you'll get out of the Ghost Recon series on the original XBox. Game play is very fun! Although I only play the single player campaign when XBox Live goes down, I find it very fun for the fact that I can send voice commands with my headset! Like "Flank Right!" and my guys advance up my right side, or "Hold position!" and they'll find cover and stay put while I move out. Also can tell my guy to "Reload!" and sure enough he does it! Also, this game has very big maps!! This is a huge plus in my book, especially when playing on Live! The big maps also look good, and play very well! This means there’s plenty of cover throughout the maps to take advantage of, like cars, trees, rocks, buildings, or just hilly terrain. Also there’s lots of good vantage points, or angles to shoot from, which is good on big maps. Also, there are plenty of game modes when playing online. Co-Op I personally find to be pretty fun believe it or not, and there’s lots of different Co-Op modes, from simply completing the missions together, or doing different modes on the different maps like Fire Fight, Bunker Modes, Helo, and others (havn’t played them all, I mostly like Mission mode). Also my guess is there’s at least 80+ people playing at all times, although it may take a couple searches to find the bigger rooms. Also I play usually 10:00am-2:00am PST so there’s probably lots more during peak game hours! I think that’s pretty good for a console that’s getting phased out (by the Xbox 360).
One thing I would think could have been improved could have been the ladder system. Right now there’s a 5 star rank system, but it’s kinda weak, 5 stars is the best you can get and I don’t think it takes long. So basically you just kinda play for fun, as opposed to playing constantly to get your rank or honor up (they used Honor system in America’s Army).
Overall good visuals, good sound, very short load times(!!) and very fun game!! 9.6/10