Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Review - Unpolished & Unfinished 

Imagine buying a game and then buying the progress so you dont have to play the game you just bought

I'm sorry sir. They are called MACROtransactions. There is nothing micro about 20$.

"Tom Clancy´s" man be dead for over 6 years, this just confirm that Ubisoft been using his name to label ANYTHING that is "modern military with some ultra tech gadgets"

At no point during Ghost Recon WIldlands did I ever say to myself, "I wish this was more like an RPG."

Surprise surprise, game isnt finished but the microtransactions are 100% ready to go.

I'm getting real sick of this notion that slapping numbers on an action game makes it an RPG.

"All of the side characters look like the type of people you would see at a TED talk" Instant classic.

remember when ghost recon used to be a reasonably hard tactical shooter with a brilliant realistic story line written about geopolitical issues

The pillars of lazy open world design: 1. Make a extremely large open world environment even though it will not complement the gameplay in anyway. 2. Fill it with boring and brain dead enemies. 3. Go insane with the microtransactions. That’s it.

Can't believe they turned ghost recon into a lootshooter.

"They look like the kind of people you'd see at a TED talk." *SCHWACKED*

Ghost Recon 76: Tom Clancy's Anthem

Just need to add a virtual casino in game: Texas holdem ghost poker

This overflow of incremental weapon leveling needs to stop. Have mercy.

Ubisoft is seriously becoming the real-life Mr. Krabs trying to take out cash from customers by any means necessary.

I miss the days when ghost recon was about planning, one hit kills and deaths,and teammates who don't come back after dying.

You're a trusted reviewer. GG dude.

With some changes, this would have been a great DLC for wildlands.

Tom Clancy is spinning in his grave.

Can we please STOP calling them 'Micro' transactions. when some of them are like twice the price of the game, they are not remotely micro at all!!!

The sad part is, I was really looking forward to this game. I love the idea of a one man survival against former allies gone rogue. I love the story concept of the Wolves and of a no intel, discover the truth on your own. In concept this game could have been one of my longtime favorites. But after an hour or so of just going from question mark to question mark to get slightly better just made ask why I spent 60 dollars on this. Wildlands did it right by having varying weapons in different locations and you make a weapon set that fits you. Not this min max number crunch.

The microtransactions here are literally just cheat codes with price tags.

How to make the best Ghost Recon game: remaster the first one.

Looks like while everyone was busy hating EA, Ubi quietly turned into even worse abomination.

"Oof" "Bruh" "Wooooow" The staples of our generation.

“Medic, Assault, *Panther*, Sharpshooter” consistency 100

Looks like Ubisoft really pushed you to your... *Breakpoint* I'll see myself out. Edit: I love you Gman

Wish they'd get Bernthal for an actually good game, even as just a voice actor.

I agree and it's so sad I wanted this game to be a love letter to us Stealth Fans but no..I completed this whole game on Extreme completely Stealthy and it was so buggy and bad! So upset

I remember when this series was a tactical shooter where you had to painfully crawl inch by inch through the grass and trying to locate and take out enemies from a distance. Hence the name: Ghost Recon. If you tried to just run around the map, you'd die in seconds from unseen enemies in the foliage. Crazy how far from its origins this series strayed.

In summary, spend your 60$ on food guys; you'll get more out of it.

When a Terminator game from a small team is more fun to play then a triple A game made by Ubisoft, you know you effed up somewhere.

3:27 _"See That Mountain? You Can Climb It."_ *~ Todd Howard*

"Okay, so the Division 2 had the staying power of one of those old sticky arms covered in dust. Let's make another looter-shooter! This one will work for sure!" Like, what. Is "market saturation" not a thing for the millionaire CEOs of these companies?

13:37 I could literally be dying of dehydration and I probably still would not risk drinking that water

Inserting that anime “Nani?!” into that grenade bit is comedy gold. I burst out laughing at my desk.

I completely forgot Anthem game out this year. 2019 the year of the surprise mechanics

I can't even get into Ubisoft games anymore. They're all just re-hashes of eachother. The Division and it's sequel and Far Cry 5 and it's Sequel are all essentially the same game. You travel around part of a post-crisis section of America which lays in ruin after a hostile faction takes over, conquering their bases one by one while upgrading weapons, grinding for loot. The only real difference between these four games and Wildlands/ Breakpoint is that the latter is military themed and takes place outside america. They're all decent games plagued by cash grab mechanics and too many paid shortcuts.

Remember kids: If Ubisoft releases a trailer for a new game, wait for reviews and avoid the hype.

Ghost recon its supposed to be a realistic military shooter (no tagging , one shot kills?) Instead we got this... I hate this gen of games

The game where Ubisoft finally admits they reached their "Breakpoint" years ago with their quality assurance. EDIT: 100 likes? Jesus, people are easy to please.

"You've got four classes. Field Medic, Assault, Sharpshooter, and Panther" Excuse me... Panther? Wtf?

New Game Player : whats new in this ? Dev : Buy Stuff with Real money! Player : fine... is it Bug free at lest? Dev : yes after 5 months

Kind of looks like they tried combining Division and Wildlands.

This reminds me to play mgs5 again.

to me this just looks like the division with a reskin and less content

"Unpolished & Unfinished" as expected from every triple A company today.

"Developed by Ubisoft..." Say no more

Would love to see a remaster of any of the OLDER GR games, or just a rehash on what used to make them so great.

14:18 Man, I miss Chris Farley

After all the negative flack this guy received in the past months, he still hits the nail to its head. Great review, once again. Greetings from Germany.

"Dont include microtransaction" YOU`RE A GOLD COMEDIAN, KNOW THAT?

Looks like they tried to make a lame bootleg version of MGS:V and added a bunch of grindy progression mechanics

One of the few reviewers you can trust to be giving his ACTUAL opinion of what he reviews, and not having to worry about losing his "exclusive access" if he's too critical

They already had the damn framework in wildlands. All they had to do was just improve upon it. Its so frustrating. Also why does the UI look so plane considering how flashy it was in wildlands.

Spot on mate! Well done vid. I still can't believe Ubisoft took 50 steps back to make this game. They didn't build on Wildlands and continued what made that game great. Cheers big ears

Great video GmanLives . For any Tom Clancy fan that wants their soul to be torn then go to Crowbcat's video on this game.......prepare to suffer

Thanks, your review is the best I've watched on this title. No nonsense and well presented. 10/10.

It honestly looks like it’s 6-7 years out of date, graphically Edit: Lordy, even the animations look last-gen. It’s so stiff and low effort

I feel bad for john bernthal having to be associated with this trash, he should have been in wildlands, THAT was a good game

The Chris Farley reference was awesome

18:44 - Nice use of DSP's cackling laugh. I'd like to imagine he was actually a character in the game, laughing before crashing the helicopter.

It amazes me how much of a downgrade this game is to WIldlands. Wildlands had it's issues, but was a ton of fun. Breakpoint just tries to go too far w/ stupid design decisions and enemies that are just idiots.

Upgrading weapons effects all guns of that name, so it transfers to all guns no matter the level. For example if you fully upgrade a lvl 50 416 to MK3. Then you get a lvl 70 416. Those mk3 upgrades stay the same as they are applied to all 416.

Isn’t the Title of the video pretty much describe almost every Live Service Games lately?

This has been by far the best review I’ve seen. You actually go into the story and game mechanics. As if that’s to much to ask. Thanks sonny Jim.

My buddy said, and I quote “This game is amazing.” He’s playing this on console, and I think to myself oh, my sweet summer child. That $100 is gonna hurt 🤣

"If they're gonna have another stab at this Ghost Recon thing, I think Ubisoft need to take a good hard look at what they're doing wrong and try to fix it. And for your own sake, please don't try to include microtransactions" This aged well.

At this point Tom Clancy is spinning so fast in his grave that you could harness enough energy to cover Ubi HQ's power bill

Hey, just wanted to say that your editing has gotten so much better the last few videos!

This is disappointing as I really loved Ghost Recon: Wildlands :(

your reviews are basically the only ones I watch for games - love your work and humor! Btw: your vids and editing is getting better (including other footage or sound effects etc)

Holy crap Ubisoft is just disgusting lol. This game is a nightmare. Seriously F that company.

I'm grateful there are tasteful, honest reviewers like you Gman to lend their thoughts on debacles like this game. Keep up the good work, man. :)

I swear you could switch out GR footage for The Division 2 and the review would still be accurate lmao

I remember playing Ghost Recon , the first one in XBOX360. At that time I still play on the bulky TV in my room, with AV cable which means 240p. But it was a great game. No loot. The game mechanics and the game progress and story let you immerse into the universe.

Are they trying to be like that E.T. Atari game?

When you hear the postal 2 music the moment the video starts, we know we’re in for a good old sonny Jim time (and to see a game torn a new one).

I've already sold my copy and reinstalled wildlands.

14:40 love how he is bandaging right on top of one of his dead soldiers

I pre ordered this game a few weeks ago, but I cancelled it and got my refund the day before it's release

Very compehensive review, also funny. You got a new fan, buddy!

Wildlands was mediocre as shit and somehow they it made even more underwhelming

Playing this game in 2021 and using the realistic/immersive mode or whatever, and it's SO different and leagues better than what's shown here. I actually really enjoyed it and sank over 120 hours into it.

And yet people still buy the game before it comes out. "Let the buyer beware"

I agree with everything said in this video. Except for one thing. You said that shooting the named npc in the head is a negative because you expected a boss fight. If I shoot a guy in the head he better be dead. I don't want another Wolfenstein Young Blood where you empty a whole magazine in a persons head and they don't die.

They got Bernthal so they should've just made a Punisher game instead of this crap

They just finished active support for Breakpoint. The launch was literally unplayable but its very much fun now. I encourage both my friends and the various RU-vid users here to try!

I love the game no joke. So dont argree most part what you say I pre order game and am happy and play game every day and that for me most important For all hater who are here just for likes with hate comments bye bye am back playing the game and have fun

18:53 DSP clown laugh. That was from his Vice City Stories playthrough, I think.

3:17 Looks like a guy on its way to Epstein's Island.

Just found your reviews and have been laughing myself sick over them. You have to be better than any game! With you reviewing mostly shooters, I have to wonder what you would do with *Death Stranding* or something REALLY review-challenging like *Nier Automata.* LOL It boggles the mind! Good stuff, man.

Welcome to our new reality which is live-service hell.

So, an idea I had for a game: An area of the world that had multiple nations fighting to control it. Several factions want it but none can really do it overtly because politics is an asshole. In you come, a mercenary, amongst man, who can change the future of an entire land/nation with your choices. You can work any group you want, for better or for worse. Enemies respond realistically, either dozing in when they have larger numbers or surrendering if they're stranded and have no other way out. You can interrogate the surrenders for INTEL. Capturing surrendering enemies are carted off to the faction you're working for (at the time) so that they can gain PR. Or you can kill them and deny your faction (at that time) the positive PR. It should be noted, all atrocities committed while under a faction's banner is dropped on them. If you are identified as a mercenary, however, it is dropped on you. Plausible deniability. You rank up as you go, buying gear from locals and internationals alike. Wearing camo helps hide you in the brush while civilian clothes can mask you in populated areas. It takes all this into account. Even heavily populated that don't allow guns freaks when they see you with a firearm while rural areas are simply dandy with seeing you armed because, well, so are they. It's, in my mind, what the next Ghost Recon SHOULD have been, but instead of protecting US interests you're filling a wallet. Your injuries maintain over time. You have to eat, drink, and sleep. Gear can get shot up. You have stamina that can be built up but burnt out. It's basically as CLOSE you can get to the real thing without being boring.

I'v seen enough of this prior to this video but you definitley just confirmed what i saw on streams. Waht an absolute shitshow

I remember back when the Tom Clancy brand meant unparalleled, realistic experiences with the likes of Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, and Ghost Recon. Now almost all of Ubisoft's games are becoming homogeneous with their design and suffering from it. Tom Clancy games have been like this for awhile and now Breakpoint broke the camel's back. The only other TC game that's doing decent in recent memory is R6 Siege, but even that game has it's own handful of problems. Anyway, nice detailed video Gman.

Innocent player "I'm gonna buy and enjoy Ghost ReCON Breakpoint" Ubisoft "Surprise shitbag".

Played a few good tactical FPS games with the Ubi logo on it .. although developed by Red Storm. Now we got another mundane unpolished shooting gallery. Barely worth the price but offering plenty of microtransactions. Almost makes me look forward to SGW 4 which is a series I haven't even considered trying until now.

This game is trash. Everyone should get refunds

I had WAY more fun in the first 5 minutes of Just Cause 2 than whatever "fun" most reviewers of this broken game had in hours lol. Keep up the good work my dude.