Ground Branch 2023 Review - Is it worth your money? 

I have gotten a bunch of comments on Ground Branch AI in general. They have been working on it. In the 1034 play test they have made some pretty good improvements so far. Here is the update video I did in case you are curious. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9ENEE9eR5JY.html

This Chanel is actually amazing! God bless you man

Ground Branch's Dev team reminds me a lot of BeamNG Drive's dev team, who have been passionately improving and adding to their game for over a decade. As with each update bringing something new and ever closer to the team's ultimate goal of building the par none best driving simulation game ever, which I see much the same in GB and it's refreshing to find such a thing nowadays.

Just bought this game to show my support as I loved the original ghost recon etc.. Loving it so far and love the community and support they’re giving the developers - genuinely co-production 🙏🏼👍🏼

This video was really helpful, as someone who was thinking of getting Ground Branch this video really helped me, Good job man

My son just built me my first dedicated gaming PC on Thursday. Purchased 3 games for the autumn sale. R.O.N, G.B, 6 Days. R.O.N is too involved for me since im just getting used to KBM. Alot going on in close quarters. 6 Days plays like a horror game solo. Lol. G.B is big enough that ive been able to get used to the controls/movement and combat, in different scenarios and distances. The A.I is pretty dumb but if you get hit its over. Looking forward to whatever is coming down the pipe. Hopefully Ill be somewhat as capable to handle my handle by then. Salute.

Pretty solid video! I'd love to see more of these!

Thanks, great Vid. I agree, this is one of the best weapon feel/handling games i have played. I do love the customizable options you can do with everything.

This is the only indie tactical shooter, and ready or not, those two games I wish they had a bigger team and bigger budget,because RoN and GB are both amazing games for such a small team and small budget

I'm going to look at it on steam after this comment.. As an old guy I like single player games with options as far as route planning, overt/co, etc. The ability to tune-up the AI as my skill increases is a solid seller. Since I've gotten bored with Starfield I should probably spend some of my money on some good old fashion bang bang. The grenade bouncing on concrete sound effect is going to get addictive I'm afraid. Thanks for the review.

I remember the classic Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games being quite quite complex with the game mechanics. Such as an injured operative that took a bullet, limping around slowly and taking longer to aim down sights, and each operative had individual stats, etc. would be great if stuff like that is implemented into these games. Even when blood that appears on the area where you shoot enemies. I always thought that was a cool effect to see in videos games when I was younger. Surprisingly a lot of games of today don’t have details like this even AAA games. This game looks really great though. Cool videos. 👍

do you recommend this for anyone who wants to play a sim game, where you are a merc? Like i would love to have something similar to RON but you are a bounty hunter/mercenary/assassin in a FPS game. Just taking jobs like Agent 47. Would this game fit that idea i want?

You sound like a nice guy one would like to have just a peaceful chat with a beer with. :) Please keep it up.

only thing bad about this game is its AI . that's one of the most important things in tactical shooter. I dont know why devs concentrating on other things.

Hi did you render the video at a low framerate or is it the game? Looked a bit stuttery. Apart from that thanks for such an informative video 👍

I've just bought ready or not, and one thing that is common with RON and ground branch and zero hour, as well as 6 days in feluja, is that there is no game, they are just sandboxes, but nothing that would lead the player or focus the player to strive towards... imagine playing COD missions in random order without characters, no story nothing.... it's a bland experience overall.

I've been looking for a game like this! I miss rainbow 6 vegas 2 terrorist hunt and it looks like this game could be a good replacement. i added it to my wish list I also subbed. Thank you!

Hey which one should i buy Zero hour ground branch or squad Which is best among these And not boring after sometime

Short answer based on my own experience-YES!!

This looks interesting; the only complain i have is that weapon handling looks too arcade like for the type of game that this is. I would love for it to have ADS be a little more slower with weapon sway and inertia. Weapon inertia is pretty important to making an fps feel good Other than those being check mark off ; the animations for moving looks super stiff Def keeping an eye on this project

Feel like Tarkov gun modding goes way harder, but then again, it doesn't let you adjust attachment locations 😭

YEEEEEEEAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

11 years development, 5 years early access. Who knows how many more for Ai teammates and good Ai. Went back to zero hour and ready or not.

I just bought this game for myself and three friends, after having it wish-listed for so many years. I gotta say, I'm kicking myself for not getting it sooner. This is exactly the game I've been looking for for years. I stopped playing Rainbow Six after Vegas 2. I stopped playing Tarkov because of the desync and cheaters. This game feels like a perfect marriage of the realism from Tarkov mixed with the tactics of old-school Rainbow Six. Obviously, it's still early-access, but I'd really like to see them complete the full suite of guns and gear for different spec-ops teams from around the world. I really want to put a full KSK kit together, but the flecktarn is limited to a few articles of kit. This game also seems prime territory to get the entire Sig 550 family available for play.

The AI is this games biggest problem... But they are currently testing the new system and it should be out on "stable" soon. Patch notes 9n ai if interested. AI Migrated from Unreal AI system to Kythera AI middleware (huge change) Main updates in behavior: New target acquisition based on engagement time and distance New perception system, with different cone of visions that take lighting and time of day into account Basic suppression (firing at last known location) Crouching and going prone when no cover is available nearby Holding fire when another bot is in the line of fire Replaced pathfinding/navmesh system with Kythera solution, including ORCA avoidance Scouting out of windows AI loadouts updated to take account of new kit and disappearing pouches At lower skill levels, AI fire tracers with increasing frequency and have more frequent muzzle flash effects

i Love this game, its like the 3 first rainbow six games with updated Graphics :D

I'm really interested in a final product and if it will be any better than R6 Siege terrorist hunt mode. Siege has its issues like all the paywalling and op exclusive weps n gear (really stupid) but once you pick your gear, game start, ground branch vs Siege, Terry Hunt?. Siege wins and yes I know this is early access but its hard to give any time to it compared to siege. They have a lot of really great ideas and I do like the direction but they have to make it bigger or better than both insurgency and r6Siege imo, these days games do variations of content rather than improvements. What I really want is RainbowSix Vegas 3 or R6 Patriots.

So I'm assuming there's no friendly AI teammates yet like on Ready or Not? Literally the only thing from keeping me from buying this

I like Ground Branch, but I definitely feel like it just isn't worth the money at the moment. Mainly from that the gunplay just isn't quite there thanks to the AI's lackluster state. That and how disconnected the missions feel, they feel more like an airsoft match than a tactical operation. Instant Action mode is all that you get. But thanks to it being and Early Access title on the Unreal Engine it is marred by the bloat that an Unreal Engine title (especially with photorealistic graphics) tends to have. So it becomes so slow to boot up that it doesn't entirely work for getting a quick round of tactical shooting in without extra commitment.

Tempted but how is the AI? if its a good solo pve experience ill jump in.

How does it compare to Isurgency?

I wanna tryout... But i didn't make me feel i should just jump in... Plus i am short on money.... I gtta invest on cs2 skins and when times about right.... I try out

I know the games in alpha and all, but one thing I find weird, is that despite having an above average PC, running fairly new triple A titles like Res dead redemption at max graphics with 80+ frames, this game with its not so amazing graphics runs at like 45-60 at best

Nice video Thanks, .. Problem these days is many games with false claim of realism miss guiding players, does the AI behave realistic, ..?!? or like fallujah with super snipers that can kill you from across a Sandstorm, and shoot players true walls with X-ray vision, ..?!?

For the price is a easy yes, but dont expect something ultra refined.

Looks good, but enemy AI seems like it needs work. Dudes down the hall from a shooting are still just standing around and facing the wrong way.

Quite possibly the best tactical shooter (for free fire operations) on the market. RoN is undergoing a massive overhaul before it comes to market in a few months, and its needed. GB is doing a great job pandering to the gun nut types building different tactical loadouts but also the casual shooter who wants to improve on their movements in video games (still ain't going to win you any CoD games lol)

2:22 what is that noise??

"Stuck with ex-JSOC guys" 😂😂

I've put in 75 hours on Ground Branch over the past year or two. I will say the same thing I said when playing the previous versions. It has a lot of potential, but currently lacks too many basic features found in other games to recommend right now. I come back to it time and time again, but after shooting the same ai clones 40 times or more solo I just lose interest and boot up a different game. The game desperately needs an ai team, some time making different enemies (some levels literally all have the same enemy model and maybe a few different guns, but never pistols). The mods for additional game modes made it more interesting like hunting a VIP target that has a group of armed guards. But as for the vanilla game I might recommend it after we finally get the long awaited v1034 update. Right now it's still very much the equivalent of a demo. Almost a weapons and concept showcase. I get it's in alpha, but the truth is there is many alphas that are way more fleshed out than the current version. RoN for example is way ahead in features, and ai development. Operator on the other hand is the polar opposite lol! GB is sort of between those 2 comparisons atm.

is it just me or is the audio weird on this video?

been waiting for some decent ai teammates to control.. like RoN. some of the players i played with were just too toxic. they either take it far too seriously or not serious enough. want some ai teammates so i dont have to deal with it.

Missing some Modes here in the video

Play Tarkov and check out the weapon customization

Looks like the FPS is terrible not sure if it is just the capture or what

it's a lot like the old ghost recon games, this definitely needs more time to iron out the setting and AI

yes this is our money

For I will say, it is worth it but not for a long time.

the crackling sound is so annoying

I have owned this game since launch but I have barely any hours in it due to how slow the development has been. It is my least favourite tactical shooter due to how the movement feels. It feels overly sluggish to me. Until the squad AI is implemented I’ve lost interest.

Idk looks like a cool game, but $30 seems a little to steep for what you're getting.

this game is insanely hard, 1 hit and you are dead, and these enemies come out of nowhere, its very difficult to play solo, better with other people

It's 2024 and it' doesn't look like the game was released.

dawg why the fuck you playin at 55 FOV

tarkov is nothing but hackers now

"it has been in development since 2018". Try 2007.

no

Stop promoting early access games!