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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

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73 6 March 2017 ESRB M

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Paris, released 6 March 2017 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 47.2 hrs to finish.

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What Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Paris and released in 2017. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on AnvilNext. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bolivia, a few years from now: this beautiful South American country has become the largest cocaine producer in the world. The influential and vicious Santa Blanca drug cartel has turned the country into a narco-state, leading to lawlessness, fear, injustice, and violence. The cartel is on track to becoming a major underworld power and global threat. An all-out war is not the answer. A surgical, stealthy, lethal approach is the only way to stop the disease at its source. The Ghosts, an elite US Special Forces team, are sent behind enemy lines to wreak havoc, destabilize, and eventually break the alliance between the cartel and the corrupted government. Facing an almighty enemy in a massive…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 57 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Tom Clancy’s series

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the 71st of 108 entries we hold in the Tom Clancy’s series. The next entry was Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Deluxe Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 73 is 3 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: Wildlands holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 308 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 47.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 90 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-4320 @ 4 GHz or equivalent, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 / AMD R9 270X (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better). An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. 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: Wildlands launched on 6 March 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect: Andromeda and NieR: Automata. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect: Andromeda, NieR: Automata.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands — frequently asked questions

When did Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands come out?
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands was released on 6 March 2017 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands?
At minimum, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands needs Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-4320 @ 4 GHz or equivalent, 6 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 / AMD R9 270X (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) graphics, 50 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands?
The main story of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands takes around 47.2 hrs, or 90 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands?
The PC version needs about 50 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("50 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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