Ubisoft has just announced Ghost Recon Frontline — but if you're after another open world co-op adventure, this ain't it. Frontline is a "massive" player-versus-player shooter, and it'll be free-to-play on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. It'll also feature cross-play at launch between all platforms, which includes Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Luna, and Stadia.
And yes, it is being touted as a Battle Royale title. The press release reads: "Expedition, the game’s flagship mode, offers a new take on the Battle Royale genre. Featuring more than 100 players in teams of three, these squads will have to work together to complete dynamic objectives across the massive open map with no converging circle. Once players are done collecting intel, they will have to head to a drop zone and call for an extraction. When initiated, all teams will know the position of the extraction and will try to intervene, players will have to play tactically to successfully escape and win the match. Additional modes will also be available at launch."
Needless to say, the initial reaction to this reveal hasn't been particularly positive. The trailer's already swamped with dislikes on YouTube, and the main criticism seems to be that... Well, this isn't really what people want from Ghost Recon. But who knows, maybe it'll be fun.
There's no release date for Frontline yet, but it sounds like there are going to be plenty of early gameplay tests that you can sign up for. You can register for these tests on the official website right now.
So, what do you think of Ghost Recon Frontline? Don't forget to squad up in the comments section below.
[source ubisoft.com]
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My thoughts are, hard pass. Even for free I won’t even check it out
Can we just agree that sh*t like this shouldn’t be classed as a legitimate video game, at least under the standard understanding of such things over the majority of the last 50 years, and you shouldn’t cover it? Let someone write about it in a publication dedicated to digital social spaces if such publications exist.
"...if you're after another open world co-op adventure, this ain't it"
Thanks for having that right at the very start 😀
They already gave us FarCry6 so not going to complain. Something for the online pvp camp I guess.
The irony is that it's a Ubisoft Original but there's nothing original about it at all.
Well, that sucks.
When I first heard about this I was thinking maybe it could fill the gaping hole left by Factions and Socom for a tactical 3rd person shooter. Then I saw it's 1st person and a battle Royale and frankly just looks like Warzone.
It's a shame. Ubisoft has had a rough year for new game announcements Assassins Creed Infinity, XDefiant and now this. Other than Far Cry 6 and Mario + Rabbids 2 it's looking pretty slim for Ubisoft games to look forward to.
That's a hard pass for me.
Great.....another shooter 😴😴😴
It's like Ubisoft goes out of its way to ignore what long-time fans want from Ghost Recon.
Ubisoft is dead. Unfortunately they are a shadow of the company they used to be. I understand profit margins are a huge part of what they should and need to make, but Christ. These games are what no one asked for. Just jumping on the free to play bandwagon.
At least Far Cry 6 is looking pretty good if more of the same. Let them have this future flop if it means they can learn the hard way.
Great...another Ghost Recon game. Ubisoft has become worse than EA the last couple of years. Same re-releases over and over again. Hopefully it fails like Breakpoint and this company gets its head out of its ass and makes something new.
Remember when Tom Clancy games were single player offline type of games...RIP Tom Clancy games.
Glad it's at least free so I can finally play a ghost recon game.
@amenohi very true, it looks like they're using their own failure (ghost recon breakpoint) to justify this multiplayer only release which will highly likely do well.
But… there’s only so many Tom Clancy online shooters you can make. With this, whatever the hell XDefiant is and that Rainbow Six thingy, I just don’t get the point.
It looks far too familiar. I was really into the last one initially; granted I got it dirt cheap doing the side quests and all then somewhere halfway I got so bored of it 😴 never went back.
I can't, for the life of me, remember the last time Ubisoft properly innovated within a genre or did something truly unique. They are the most also ran set of ideas I've seen in gaming in ages.
Ubi-turd from Ubi-*****.
It seems there's no chance of getting a new single-player tactical ghost recon games like the earlier ones.
My goodness, make it stop🤮😂. This company is mad desperate and it's sad to look at. And if all else fails, just throw in Tom Clancy's name. The more games they announce, the further I stay away from buying/playing any of the games Ubisoft make lol.
Nothing is free in this world, comes at the cost of the game you wanted. It’s a bit sad but there’s plenty more games in the sea.
It's sounds like Hunt: Showdown just with a modern military aesthetic. Cool I guess, meh.
Also I want to spread the good word of Hunt: Showdown, it's awesome go play it.
It's clear where ubisoft is focusing next. A bunch of free to play and live service transitions for their franchises.
Definitely done with ubisoft just as I have been for some time with Activision and EA. Bummer, but its the consumers that condone this nonsense.
So it's an open world dark zone from division? Sounds like it could be good. Here's a crazy idea, I'll wait till its finished and released before I judge it, instead of writing it off instantly.
Another game that won't allow console only crossplay I assume ...so if I do try crossplay is going straight off....atleast then I only to deal with one kind of cheater instead of numerous....just the Cronus scum cheaters
Personally I want a Advanced Warfighter reboot...last great ghost recon game was avanced Warfighter 2.....future soldier was okay
I'd much rather have a new mainline title but should it actually be a unique take on pvp, not just War zone with gadgets, I'll try it out. Not expecting much, though.
In the words of James Stephanie Sterling
Oh Ubisoft.
Me: looks at Ghost Recon franchise... presses F to pay respects
Hmmm..I loved Ghost Recon Breakpoint but not that into online battle royal. I’ll try it though.
Also: I feel like there is a Ubisoft original soldier game announced every month…but I have no idea when any of these are arriving. Are they all next year?
@amenohi I agree and I'm fine with that. They need that apex/warzone competitor and this look like that's what this is.
So their new take is Escape from Tarkov.
@amenohi very sound assessment. The next division game is already confirmed to be free to play actually so you might be on to something. I think racing games can potentially do really well as live service games, looking at the way people tend to speak about say gt sport as opposed to the way they did at its launch (though I'm not necessarily saying it's a gaas because I believe they've never explicitly stated so). I haven't looked much into Legion's mp mode so can't really say anything about that but knowing ubisoft they just might if this and the division do well enough.
@amenohi Maybe they should look in doing more games like AC that are unique when compared to military shooters versus doing a ton of military shooters.
Personally..note the "personally" comment i thought there wasnt a massive amount wrong with the division games..i didnt find too much wrong with assassins creed odyssey or origins (have yet to jump into valhalla) and i didnt find much wrong with ghost recon wildlands apart from it just wasnt really ghost recon thunder island et al...i'll give this a go as its free and i'll probably enjoy it..so i cant blame push square this time for all the mealy mouthed nay sayers who cant wait to knock something without giving it a chance (even if they end up liking it they will never admit it) jumping in here and mouthing off again with their biased,negative and frankly rather poor communication skills...all hail the internet...
Is it me or does it seem like Ubisoft are regressing in creativity & just releasing generic mobile quality games on Console & PC with better than ever microtransactions
@Northern_munkey For me its shows the lack of being able to think of something new. Its a battle royale with Ghost recon wow thats something original.
@Lightning_FF13 Didnt know it was a crime to complain. But if it a series you luke and dont like the toad they are taking why is complaining a issue?
@HUD_Wayne I think it's just a way of doing business, like in the physical world. If you notice, certainly in the UK, there are lots of streets that have, say 4 estate agents in close proximity. The wisdom being that they will all get business because people generally walk from one to the other. So this is the video game equivelant, having lots of F2P shooters next to each other!
Or maybe they are just all unoriginal!
@amenohi it is true, the kids (or certainly my son, his mates and his cousins) only play F2P or multiplayer games such as Fortnite, PvZ, Roblox, Minecraft etc. I've tried to get my son to play offline games a million times and he's just not interested!
@Lightning_FF13 Im busy playing Dragon Quest Builders 2 now but i still love to complain nothing wrong with that and quite relaxing.
@tomassi The big companies have drilled them well. Low effort games with maximum monetization, copy and paste, always online so games will be useless if they move on. Its a dark future we are going to.... ☹️
I have enjoyed Wildlands and Breakpoint (yes, I said Breakpoint), but Battle Royale is the deal breaker. No thanks,
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