Lancer

Many many moons ago, long before the First Men, I put some beer tokens into the hat for this game. The shock of seeing it available on Steam has made me a very happy man. I will now spread the word. Alleluia brothers.

Being Cav, I'll get my chap to do mine.

Simply brilliant. Maps are huge, well thought out and diverse. Personal favourite map is 'Seine Crossing' which, has the feel of WWII street fighting to it especially when battered about a bit. Writing from experience, you can get killed very easily just wandering about sight seeing. The graphics, due to the blue icons, look more GRAW than BF2 which, is not a bad thing. Made me feel at home. The various AA options and friendly air cover have put a stop to the 'copter domination of BF2. The air side of things normally fight amongst themselves and leave the grunts alone. You even have spawns that start on carriers and beach assaults! I'm waiting for the slackers that I run with to get the game so that I can try out the Co-Op. Hopefully, it will be as good a the MP side of things. I really can't find much wrong with the game thus far. @Zebb. And the guns are the right way round this time

I'm deeply hurt by that comment. p.s. But all the guns are bloody wrong tho

I like the game a lot and mainly play 'Conquest'. The big maps are very nice after the 'Domination' maps of CODMW. My only real 'er ######' comes from why some guns have been made into left handed versions. I keep muttering on about why are the ejection openings on the wrong side.

I have received my PC copy and I am very impressed with the game. The game plays and feels like Ghost Recon so I'm a happy soldier. The graphics are excellent (I have 2x8800 SLI). The audio is spot on and the voice messages are very acceptable. None of the bizarre robot speak of ArmA2 As a confirmed Co-Op player I was even pleased with the few MP non-Co-Op games I've played. 'Run & Gun' seemed to be, and rightly so, dead and buried. And, I saw no bunny hoppers! My only minor disatisfaction, and it is a very minor one, is the 'overtones' the guys above have mentioned. If it's a lighting effect the designers were aiming for I'm not sure what the target was. One minute you are in bright sunshine and you turn and get some sort of sepia overlay until you turn again and you are back in bright sunshine. So far, I'm only on Mission 2, I'd give it a 9 out of 10. p.s. It really should say Ghost Recon on the box though

Should have gone to SpecSavers

I'll follow DS lead and borrow Rockys headers. 1. Tactical - Non-linear, access ALL areas, tactical play based on large maps. 2. Team play - Above and beyond anything else a game has it has to have the ability to be played co-op. Real co-op as evidenced by the tournaments not just catering to PvP. 3. Realism - Compared to the current breed of games GR lacked the visual but it still stands head and shoulders above the rest solely on its ambience. If you have to resort to vehicles then make the vehicle options viable to SF troops. Flying aircraft and gunships is quite a distinct brand of the military. Keep the Recon element upper most in the design. I have to add a fourth slot. 4. Longevity - The ability to mod the game and give it more life. The greatest unsung hero of GR was IGOR. The ability to knock up a playable mission by us mortals was, for me, simply awesome. Just take a look at the outstanding work still being done for GR today, by the bearers of the flame. There is your proof of a great game. Try telling them it's obsolete and has been bettered. I have played all the Ghost Recon series and I'm always struck by the thought "How did a company get it so right then get it so wrong?".

Me likey

Been the same since the dawn of time. Society likes to have it's heroes but it also finds them an embarassement on many levels. Read the histories of how societies have treated it's returning war veterans from the legions to the present day. Been ever thus. Rudyard Kipling covered it in 1890 with "Tommy". As pertinent today as it was then. I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play, The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play. I went into a theatre as sober as could be, They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me; They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls, But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls! For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside"; But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide, The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide, O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide. Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap; An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit. Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll, The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll. We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints; While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind", But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind, There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind, O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind. You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all: We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational. Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace. For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please; An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

@ Zebb Get it mate, it'll be a SIM based around building a "new military theater" in Bovington. Some of the fights in the old theatre there were pretty intense.

416/Aimpoint/Suppressor. Just like reality really

Outstanding work Brett. Just think, with characters that looked like yours, more maps and some decent coop gameplay GRAW2 could have been a winner.

If there is a shotgun fixation doing the rounds perhaps a SPAS-15 might do the trick.

Real life imitating art? Anyway, Happy New Year! By God, I'm drunk!