Ghost Recon 2 Hands-On
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 29 2004
As promised here is Zero Alpha's Ghost Recon 2 report. During his visit to this special Ghost Recon 2 preview in London, Zero Alpha spent some time in one on one conversations with members of the Dev team, including Robbie Edwards. Together with some hands on time with Ghost Recon 2 this allowed Zero to gain an excellent insight into what Ghost Recon 2 has in store for us - and what a delight it is shaping up to be!

There will be an update to this report on the 16th of next month when some more news and specific game details will be released. We also have an exclusive developer interview in the works. In the meantime, enjoy Zero Alpha's report, and leave feedback in our Ghost Recon 2 forums. 

Eurogamer on GR2
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, August 26 2004
Eurogamer have posted their thoughts on Ghost Recon 2 after getting their hands on it earlier this week, read all about it!

New Mods
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, August 26 2004
After publishing yesterdays report on the upcoming mods that have been dropped from production, it's time to get a little more upbeat! Stalker and Giwex to the rescue with a look at some of the exciting mods that are still under production and due for release over the coming weeks.

Check out their latest Mods Roundup for details on mods such as Operation Darkstar, Under the Blood Sun, Eagle Claw, Mission Afghanistan, Starship Troopers and Pressure. You can catch up on past reports in our Recon section right here.

Dropped Mods
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 25 2004
It's unfortunate, but due to several reasons quite often some potentially eciting new Ghost Recon mods never see the light of day. Giwex and Stalker have researched 10 of the most promising dropped mods and listed them in this new report.

In the report you'll see titles like Dynacomp, Tears of the Sun, Resident Evil and Stargate listed, along with website links and links to discussions. Check them out, drop the author an e-mail or make a forum post showing your support and who knows what might transpire....

XBox v PS2
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 25 2004
One interesting point arising from our hands on with Ghost Recon 2 yesterday was the difference between the Playstation 2 and XBox versions. They were quite different, and the dev team confirmed that the versions were being developed independently to concentrate on the strengths of each console.

You can read more on this at Eurogamer and catch up on the chat regarding this unique decision in our forums here.

Mosque Map
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 24 2004
A recent post about this brand new map in our forums said

"When The Mosque is released, you guys are gonna be drooling all over the place and playing it for days on end"

Good news, you don't have to wait - The Mosque is here right now. In this great new map from El Oso there are three environments, mid day, dawn and night and all game types are supported. Check out the awesome screen shots in this forum discussion.

Download the PC version here or the mac version here, requires Desert Siege and Island Thunder.

GR2 Hands On
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 24 2004
Today we were invited along to an exclusive Ubi Soft Ghost Recon 2 event in London, where we met with the developers, and played some Ghost Recon 2 on both the X-Box and the Playstation2.

Our representative, Zero Alpha, managed to get some quality time in with the developers and came away impressed, relieved and looking forward to the release of Ghost Recon 2 on the PC early next year. We'll have a full report published before the weekend that will cover many details of the upcoming X-Box version, and also a question and answer session with Robbie Edwards from Red Storm.

It's also clear there is alot of new information and media due to be released around the middle of next month, so keep your eyes peeled and enjoy the build up!

Finally, thanks to Ubi Soft and Red Storm for inviting us along and being so accommodating!

GR2 PC Q1 2005
Posted by Rocky on Monday, August 23 2004
Big news - at a recent Ghost Recon 2 Press event in Germany it was revealed that the PC version of Ghost Recon 2 is due early in 2005. Not only that, it's coming with extra features and improved graphics over the console version.

The Ghost Recon 2 press road show moves to London tomorrow, and we hope to have the very latest word from the Dev team from that event, on site here at GhostRecon.net the day after.

Croatian Review
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 22 2004
Giwex has posted a great review for Streinger's Croatian army mod for Ghost Recon. This mod was featured in a Croatian gaming magazine and contains highly detailed weapon models and accurate Croatian camo for the characters. Read Giwex's review here.

Defenders Review
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 20 2004
Stalker has produced a review for the ADF SASR Defenders by Chems and added it to our ever growing Mod Reviews Forum.

The models in this mod are really awesome, so if you missed news of this mod first time around, check the review to see how awesome these vehicles are!

DTD IDF Review
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 18 2004
Stalker has completed a review of the superb DTD Israel Defence Forces modification for Ghost Recon. I know that Stalker did some real world research on the IDF before completing his review, so it is indeed a compliment to the DTD team that it was awarded 10 out of 10. Read Stalker's DTD IDF review.

TG Map 1 -updated-
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 17 2004
The Outpost is a new map released by El Oso under the name of TG Map 1, created by H-Hour with some help from Sarc. H-Hour's real life commitments prevented him from putting the finishing touches to this map, but thanks to El Oso, it is now seeing the light of day. The map has a few buildings in a central area, surrounded in nicely lighted wooded areas. Plenty of cover and different elevations should offer good games. It comes with three lighting versions from various times of day.

Download the PC version here or the Mac version here. All game types are supported, so go have some fun! Discussion in the forums. The pack contains the map in 3 different lighting conditions.

*Update* Mac users download this patch. Command map download from El Oso.

GR2 Box Art
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 15 2004
It's looking more and more like The Screaming Man stays, despite earlier indications! Hatchet Force found these images recently, showing what could very well be November's packaging.

New Shots
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 15 2004
A handful of new Ghost Recon 2 images slipped under the radar recently! Luckily for us Raven spotted them, check them out in our forums here.

IGN Shooters
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 13 2004
IGN have just published a "Shooter Roundup" that features many upcoming shooters, including Ghost Recon 2. Unfortunately what little they say about Ghost Recon 2 seems a little wide of the mark...

"The fifteen missions in GR2 are looking to be much less linear and scripted"

I'm not quite sure why IGN are saying that Ghost Recon missions are linear when they are far from it, so we'll side step that comment. But the comment about GR2 missions being less scripted, well, has me almost at a loss for words, so I'll let you folks debate that one!

Little Bird Review
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 13 2004
Stalker has reviewed Chems' Little Mod for Ghost Recon.

"This first vehicle pack from Chems is a must-have for every mission-scripter in the Ghost Recon community. As I stated above, it opens plenty of new possibilities for missions."

Read the full review and check out the images here.

More Ghost Recon 2 media
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 10 2004
Gamespot have updated their Ghost Recon 2 media with a second interview with designer Christian Allen. Discussion on this in our forums here, where Christian pops in to clears up some questions regarding on-screen objective and IFF indicators.

Character Stats
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 10 2004
Sartillies has researched a great new report that fully explains how the character statistics work in the Ghost Recom campaign. Knowing how to spread the combat points between weapon, stealth, endurance, and leadership will make quite a difference to how the characters perform in a mission. Whether they are AI controlled, or under your control, they will perform better with careful use of combat points.

Read Sartillies Statistics Report and improve your campaign chances!

More GR2 movies
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 8 2004
IGN have a Ghost Recon 2 movie page up featuring a new movie at various resolutions, check it out here. They also have quite a large Ghost Recon 2 article up here.

Yes to No CD?
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 8 2004
The legality issues of altering Ghost Recon code has prevented gamers from lawfully applying unofficial patches to Ghost Recon to avoid hunting the CD out every time they wanted to play Ghost Recon. An interesting new product is now available which achieves the same aim (i.e. keeping your original CD safe), but does not alter any of the original games code. Even more interesting was seeing Ubi Soft make a statement on the subject.

Ubi Soft's worldwide technical director is quoted in PC Gamer as saying this...

"The more ease of use and flexibility you give to a player the better. Shortening the time it takes from 'I want to play' to 'I'm now playing' is crucial.

Apparently the system includes features to prevent the tool being abused or exploited. Read all about it at GameJackal.com.

More GR2 Movies!
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 8 2004
Thanks to Hatchetforce for finding two new Ghost Recon 2 movie clips, pretty neat ones too. Pretty Lights and In Your Sights are two short clips showing character animation and other cool effects. These are exclusive 1up.com movies, check them out here. Still on 1up.com they have taken a fresh look at the latest build and are impressed, read that here. Discussion in our forums here.

Battleborne Sue Acclaim
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, August 7 2004
You'll probably remember Battleborne from many moons ago when they produced an awesome Ossetian Woodlands Ghost Recon mod (21,000+ downloads), then Ghost Recon designer John Sonedecker joined them and they started work on Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers. We even pulled off an exclusive interview about the project with John Sonedecker back in December.

Well, since then an interesting turn of events has seen Battleborne take publisher Acclaim to court over alleged unpaid fees. For Acclaim this is seriously bad news as they have not been in good financial shape of late, and for gamers, it looks like we'll have to wait a little longer to see how Combat Elite is looking! More reading at the inquirer and stockhouse. Thanks to zjj for the research.

New GR2 movie
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, August 7 2004
GR-Retreat noticed a cool new update at Gamespot that includes a video interview with ex-modder now Ghost Recon 2 designer Serellan. There's lot's of new Ghost Recon 2 footage, almost 5 minutes worth. Check it out here, discuss here!

Ghost Recon 2 Updates
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 4 2004
The Official Ghost Recon 2 website has been updated with some new media. There's extended footage for the E3 movie trailer which is pretty neat, the new images that started appearing on various sites this week have been added, and there is a wallpaper of the "screaming man" which you can download at various resolutions. Discuss!

DYNACOMP Down
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 4 2004
Regretfully things are not looking bright for that potentially ground breaking Ghost Recon mod DYNACOMP. The project lead, Parabellum, has stepped down from the project leaving the large modding team with a partially complete project, but no Project Leader. It's such a shame to see this project go under, and I'd urge any experienced Ghost Recon modder with a lot of spare time and commitment to contact the DYNACOMP team and offer their support. Discussion in our forums can be read here.

Finally, I'd just like to wish Parabellum all the best for his future endeavors. Para has been supporting the Ghost Recon community for a long, long time, and kept coming back even when real life dragged him away for extended periods. Good luck Para. 

13 New Images
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 1 2004
Ubi Soft have released 13 new Ghost Recon 2 images, check them out at bonustage.com! Discussion here.