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Ghost Recon: Wildlands Open Beta: February 23rd - February 27th
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HellforLeather
Member
didnt make it into the closed beta, looking forward to checking this one out.
gutterboy44
Member
Fingers crossed that they are going to attempt to implement some community feedback. Mainly, helicopter controls. There were like 30 threads about that alone in the official forums.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Interested to see how recent this build is. Hopefully it's as close to retail they can get. Would be nice to see some improvements.
tearsintherain
Member
Whatever you think of Ubi I really like how they are pretty good about doing open betas for all their multiplayer games so people can make their own minds.
gutterboy44
Member
Word on the street is the open beta will have a second region unlocked in addition to the closed beta. The region in closed beta, Itacua, was 1 of 5 in difficulty rating. Open beta region will be 5 of 5. Apparently lots of people complained it was too easy even on Ghost difficulty, but Ubi saying that is cause closed beta was limited to an easy region only. So this should hopefully let us kick the tires against highest difficulty in highest difficulty rated region. If AI is still a joke... then concerns are valid.
Plumpbiscuit
Member
Closed beta had some issues, but was insane fun.
Between this and R6 Siege we're really set for tactical shooters.
Taking down bases with a friend felt legit like SOCOM, at times like proper Ghost Recon.
What were you playing on?
On PC the gunplay was totally on-point.
Between this and R6 Siege we're really set for tactical shooters.
Taking down bases with a friend felt legit like SOCOM, at times like proper Ghost Recon.
What were you playing on?
On PC the gunplay was totally on-point.
you can start preloading on Monday.
TheVisualizer
Banned
There is a preload 2 days before it starts. The last one was pretty big though. At least 25 GB iirc
This is how I felt playing the closed beta with a friend, didn't really feel like Ghost Recon but I was getting SOCOM vibes. Getting around the map was pretty meh to me but I loved the actual gameplay of tackling an objective or taking an outpost.
PS4, but performance won't help the fact that the guns don't feel like guns. Bullet speed is way off, for example. It honestly doesn't feel like anyone that's ever fired a gun went near this project and if they did, no one was listening to them.
Getting around the map becomes way less of a pain in the ass once you commit to fast travelling to friends/bases.
... I just found it fun to play and shoot people. Dropping goons felt good.
¯\_(ツ
_/¯PS it certainly felt better than The Division at least
oh, sweet.
Getting around the map becomes way less of a pain in the ass once you commit to fast travelling to friends/bases.
... I just found it fun to play and shoot people. Dropping goons felt good.
¯\_(ツ
PS it certainly felt better than The Division at least
I'll give it another shot (heh) come open beta. Playing with friends should help with the fun factor regardless of how I feel about certain mechanics.
Plumpbiscuit
Member
terencecah
Member
if you guys could show one video in order to convice a friend to buy the game, what would it be?
Avoid 90% of the impressions videos on youtube that popped up after the recent demo event. Unless your friend enjoys watching a long cutscene of boring stock characters talking during a helicopter ride and then someone who's never played the game before try to figure out the controls for 10 minutes.
GustyGardens
Banned
Man, I hope they fixed the helicopter controls.
Anton Sugar
Member
BECOME A GHOST
*Little Bird chopper flies in guns blazing*
I'll check this out. Closed Beta was decent but that area felt very small/repetitive. Hopefully opening the regions up helps with that.
*Little Bird chopper flies in guns blazing*
I'll check this out. Closed Beta was decent but that area felt very small/repetitive. Hopefully opening the regions up helps with that.
M.W.
Member
I hope they fixed the control in general. Weird dead zone issue going on or something. Couldn't quite pin point what the issue was in the open beta, the but controls just felt...off.
FullMetaltech
Member
Thats good. Especiallly with how hard it was to get codes and the invite system broken. Hopefully they add more to this build.
HellforLeather
Member
huh? I wsnt in the beta so Im not sure what you mean. So there was no hit detection for sync shots? Like the AI didnt have to find better angles to make the shots they were assigned like in previous GR games?
Exploratory
Banned
This game is going to suffer the same fate as Watch Dogs 2. It's just a really busy time.
The gunplay was atrocious in closed beta. We'll see...
The gunplay was atrocious in closed beta. We'll see...
NullPointer
Member
Looking forward to trying co-op, and hopefully they've tweaked the AI. Maybe expanded their awareness and made them less likely to stand out in the open.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
I'll give it one more shot, but I was seriously unimpressed with that last beta.
I want this game to be good, but I simply have too many issues with it. The controls, simple mission design, poor writing, clumsy mechanics, poor gunplay etc. The entire game just seemed kind of bad overall.
Nope, the enemies just fall over dead as soon as you activate it. It's the main reason why your squad is always behind you most of the time. It's so you can't see them shooting through objects.
I don't mind the fact that they aren't actually shooting the enemies and its just a magic bullet thing. However, it takes fucking forever for them to actually line up a shot. Even when they have an obvious direct line of sight to the enemy, it sometimes takes them like 10 seconds after marking an enemy before you can use it.
I want this game to be good, but I simply have too many issues with it. The controls, simple mission design, poor writing, clumsy mechanics, poor gunplay etc. The entire game just seemed kind of bad overall.
Nope, the enemies just fall over dead as soon as you activate it. It's the main reason why your squad is always behind you most of the time. It's so you can't see them shooting through objects.
I don't mind the fact that they aren't actually shooting the enemies and its just a magic bullet thing. However, it takes fucking forever for them to actually line up a shot. Even when they have an obvious direct line of sight to the enemy, it sometimes takes them like 10 seconds after marking an enemy before you can use it.
you only need to mark targets and hold a button to fire, doesnt matter where the ai mates are
SavageCobra
Member
I'll probably try sniping again in the next beta. The farthest headshot I got was 523m and the farthest kill was 576. Unfortunately in solo the markers kept going way when I got too far, so i'll have to try in a group.
these are the 2 kills I got:
http://streamable.com/j22q7
these are the 2 kills I got:
http://streamable.com/j22q7
HellforLeather
Member
Thats pretty lazy IMO. Its also something that I think would bug the hell out of me in a finished product.
NullPointer
Member
So why did my AI teammates always lose sync so often? Seemed to align with the movement of enemy targets.
Darryl M R
Member
Maybe the raindrops will be decent this time.
ClarkZuckerberg
Neo Member
I hope it plays better than it looks. Watched the Kinda Funny Let's Play and the game looked like butt and didn't seem fun in the slightest. It reminded me a lot of The Division's shooting (which I thought was boring).
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Kinda pumped for this.
Hoping PS4 Pro performs and looks pretty good.
Hoping PS4 Pro performs and looks pretty good.
This is definitely not my experience... Or the a.i. Is just fucking dumb. Well it is, but even dumber. Wanted to use squad kills to take out two guards (with me taking out the third) in the "government troops" compound, inside a hangar. My buddies only needed to be close to where I was to have line of sight, since the enemies were static. They kept wandering around the place, only obtaining locks on the targets for a second, but never at the same time. Must have been waiting 5 minutes or so, before I finally said 'fuck it'.
They are now showing the 30 minute live action film (?) here: https://www.twitch.tv/ubisoft
NullPointer
Member
At least the enemies drop super quick, which is a night and day difference from The Division, and a seriously appreciated one.
But that was from the starting area - and I've got no idea if enemies get spongier as you move up in the game's difficulty rating, or if that difficulty just means more vehicles, sniper and more organized attacks and defenses.