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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001 video game)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
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Developer(s) Red Storm Entertainment
Publisher(s) Ubi Soft Entertainment
Designer(s) Brian Upton
Composer(s) Bill Brown
Series Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release date(s) Microsoft Windows
  • NA: November 13, 2001
  • EU: November 23, 2001
  • WW: July 15, 2008 (Steam)
Mac OS
  • NA: November 2002
Xbox & PlayStation 2
  • NA: November 11, 2002 (Xbox)
  • NA: December 1, 2002 (PS2)
  • EU: December 6, 2002
  • JP: March 13, 2003 (PS2)
  • JP: September 25, 2003 (Xbox)
  • EU: May 30, 2012 (PSN)
GameCube
  • NA: February 9, 2003
  • EU: March 28, 2003
Genre(s) Tactical shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings (Xbox) 85.35%
(PC) 82.15%
(PS2) 67.03%
(GC) 63.25%
Metacritic (Xbox) 84/100
(PC) 80/100
(PS2) 63/100
(GC) 59/100
Review scores
Publication Score
AllGame 4/5 stars
EGM 7.83/10
Eurogamer 8/10
Game Informer (PC) 9/10
(Xbox) 8.5/10
(GC) 7.75/10
GamePro 4/5 stars
(PS2) 3/5 stars
Game Revolution B+
GameSpot (Xbox) 8.4/10
(PC) 7.3/10
5.5/10
GameSpy (Xbox) 82%
(PC) 76%
(PS2) 61%
(GC) 2/5 stars
GameZone (Xbox) 9.5/10
(PC) 8/10
(PS2) 6.8/10
(GC) 6.4/10
IGN (PC) 9.3/10
(Xbox) 8.8/10
(GC) 4.5/10
(PS2) 4/10
Nintendo Power 3.5/5
OPM (US) 3.5/5 stars
OXM (US) 9/10
PC Gamer (US) 93%
The Cincinnati Enquirer 4.5/5 stars
FHM 2/5 stars

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a tactical shooter video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a Ubisoft subsidiary, and published by Ubisoft in 2001 for Microsoft Windows. It was ported to Mac OS, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002 and to the GameCube in 2003. Ports for N-Gage and Game Boy Advance were planned, but later canceled. Unlike Clancy's other tactical shooter series, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon is not based on any of his books.

Together with Rainbow Six, game industry experts generally credit Ghost Recon with defining and refining the tactical shooter genre.Ghost Recon's success has spawned 2 expansion packs, Desert Siege and Island Thunder, as well as numerous sequels for video game consoles and the PC.

Ghost Recon puts the player in charge of the eponymous Ghosts, a fictional squad of United States Special Operations Forces soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group. They are organized into three fireteams named using the NATO phonetic alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie, with space for three soldiers per team (the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions do not have a Charlie team available). However, only six soldiers can be selected per mission. The player enjoys limited tactical control on the battlefield by issuing maneuver commands and rules of engagement for each fireteam through a command map.


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