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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

The story of a Vengeance, the history of a secret war. When a stolen military grade bomb takes out a Ghost squad, a new Ghost Unit must track down the source of the weapons. But the trail Kozak, Ghost Lead…

75 22 May 2012

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Paris, released 22 May 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Paris and released in 2012. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on YETI.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the near future, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier gives the storied tactical shooter series a high-tech, futuristic edge, outfitting its elite special operators with adaptive camouflage, drones, and cutting-edge weaponry. The story opens in disaster when a four-man Ghost Recon squad, dispatched to disrupt weapons trafficking in Nicaragua, is wiped out by a dirty bomb detonated remotely as they inspect an ambushed convoy. In response, Major Scott Mitchell assembles a new team of Ghosts codenamed Hunter and sends them to trace the bomb back to its source. The player leads this squad on a globe-spanning campaign, following the trail of illicit arms through Bolivia, Zambia…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tom Clancy’s series

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is the 54th of 108 entries we hold in the Tom Clancy’s series. It arrived 8 months after Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory HD. The next entry was Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist in 2013. Its critic score of 75 is 5 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - Red Patriot at 96.

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How it was received

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 120 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 40 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium D 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ 2.2Ghz, 2GB Windows Vista or Windows 7 of RAM and 512 MB DirectX–compliant, Shader 4.0–enabled video card based on nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS/AMD Radeon HD 4650. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier launched on 22 May 2012, within three weeks of Max Payne 3, Diablo III, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition and Plague Inc.. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 3, Diablo III, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Plague Inc..

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier — frequently asked questions

When did Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier come out?
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier was released on 22 May 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier?
At minimum, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier needs Intel Pentium D 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ 2.2Ghz, 2GB Windows Vista or Windows 7 of RAM, 512 MB DirectX–compliant, Shader 4.0–enabled video card based on nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS/AMD Radeon HD 4650 graphics, 25 GB of storage.
How many GB is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier?
The PC version needs about 25 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("25 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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