Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier^[6] (previously known as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 4) is a video game published by Ubisoft and due for release in March 2012.^[7][8] Excluding expansions, it is the fourth^[9] installment in the Ghost Recon series, and was announced to be in development by Ubisoft on January 22, 2009.^[10] The game will be a futuristic take on the Ghost Recon series. The PlayStation Portable version is known as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator.

Plot

The story will take place in a near future in Norway, the Middle East, and Asia where Russia went into war. The Ghosts will be fighting an ultra-nationalist force that took control of Russia and are invading neighboring countries on the deadliest missions behind enemy lines. The player will take control of a 4-man Ghost team consisting of a commando (Kozak), a sniper expert (Pepper), a reconnaissance expert (30k), and an engineer (Bones). The Wii and PSP versions have different storylines.^[11][12]

Gameplay

The game is a third-person shooter for most of the game, except when aiming using sights or firing from cover at which point the game switches to a first-person camera in order to facilitate more precise aiming.^[13] Cover can be partially destroyed, forcing the players to constantly seek other hiding spots.^[13] A new feature in the series is the "optical camouflage",^[14] a form of active camouflage which allows the Ghosts to become instantly invisible.^[15] According to the game designer Rafael Morado, the optical camo technology, however, is still a prototype and there are as many disadvantages as there are advantages and its use will initially be extremely limited.^[16] According to writer Gabrielle Shrager, it is also possible to control drones.^[17] During E3 2011 Ubisoft debuted the games weapon customizer. The system works with the Xbox Kinect and allows an unprecedented level of customization, down to the gas management parts of every gun. While customizing weapons, the player is also allowed to test their creations in a simulated environment. Voice control is also used in weapon creation, in addition to hand movements. Using Kinect, drawing a weapon is done by reaching a hand over your back, and pulling it back down, as if grabbing a gun from your back. Shooting is accomplished by opening the hand and closing it again.

Development

Initially, the title of a Ghost Recon release was revealed to be Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator by an OFLC release.^[18] However in December 2009, "Ghost Recon: Future Soldier" was trademarked by Ubisoft, raising speculation that this could be the name for the upcoming Ghost Recon 4.^[19] This was subsequently confirmed by an official announcement.^[6] On August 16, 2010, it was announced that a separate PlayStation Portable release would be titled Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator.^[20]

The release of Future Soldier was initially targeted for the 2009–2010 fiscal year;^[10] publication was delayed to the 2010–2011 fiscal year,^[21] and then to the "March quarter of 2011" in May 2010,^[22] and then to the April 2011 – March 2012 fiscal period.^[23][24] The PC version was officially declared as canceled in December 2011.^[25]

References

External links

• Official website