Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms | |
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Developer(s) | Ubisoft Singapore |
Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
Series | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon |
Engine | YETI |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Tactical shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | (PC) 70/100 |
Review score | |
Publication | Score |
IGN | (PC) 7.5/10 |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms was a multiplayer third-person tactical shooter video game, released in 2014 as a free-to-play game for Microsoft Windows. The game is part of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series.
Ghost Recon Phantoms has three classes: Assault, Recon, and Support. It has a team-based gameplay, so each of these classes synergizes with one another. The Assault is played as a suppressor that can charge its way in, the Recon can outflank enemies using a cloak device or snipe by using a scanning device, and the Support can manipulate the battlefield by generating an electronic shield or causing a temporary blackout.
There are four match types: Private Match, Team Capture, Team Death match, Clan Match and three game modes: Conquest, Onslaught, and Holdout.
Ghost Recon Phantoms was previously known as Ghost Recon Online during the beta phase. On August 25, 2016, Ubisoft announced that the game had failed to meet the company's expectations, and was shut down on December 1, 2016.
On 24 May 2011, Ubisoft announced that its Singapore studio would develop Ghost Recon Online for the latter half of 2011, following an initial closed beta. This game is supported by micro transactions. On 7 June 2011, Nintendo announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo that Ubisoft would release the game for the Wii U. Also, Ubisoft presented trailers and demos for the Wii U version of the game. The Windows version is confirmed to be a free-to-play game, and requires a Uplay account. Whilst not officially confirmed to be a free-to-play model as well for the Wii U as of January 2013[update], Nintendo's president and CEO Satoru Iwata commented in an interview that he has no opposition against this model and is willing to work with it.