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  • @MCGreaper777
    @MCGreaper777 Před rokem +1349

    This is pure nostalgia right now. Me and my brothers would do 1vs1 fights as gillied up snipers. And it was SOO intense. Watching for the slightest movement in foggy woods

    • @OperatorDrewski
      @OperatorDrewski  Před rokem +256

      Absolutely vibe with this comment. This was the shit I did with my friends when we first discovered arma 2.

    • @kagunnhardy9889
      @kagunnhardy9889 Před rokem +32

      @@OperatorDrewski i can attest to this in arma 2, hence the nickname Bush Wookie lol.

    • @charlesdarienzo6686
      @charlesdarienzo6686 Před rokem +4

      @@OperatorDrewski Blast form the past. Man, Drew, I wish you could have played Hostile Intent 1.6 :)

    • @jimflyboy89
      @jimflyboy89 Před rokem +9

      Makes me think even further back to playing Syphon Filter the same way.

    • @mice6545
      @mice6545 Před rokem +12

      lmao, the excitement hunting for your friend in ghillie suits, not knowing whether you're being watched or not is fun, everytime you certain that you see someone always sends you in glee, you would fucking giggle and they would ask "are you looking at my beautiful ass? you are, aren't you?"

  • @TheDevildogGamer
    @TheDevildogGamer Před rokem +1060

    The permadeath of Operators was my favorite part. Watching them get all kinds of awards after each mission just to have them die and get replaced with an FNG was always sad.

    • @gameragodzilla
      @gameragodzilla Před rokem +107

      I installed a mod where someone put Rambo as a Specialist, and my base game campaign ended with my Rambo operator having almost the same medals mentioned in Rambo First Blood Part II. Two silver stars, four bronze, Distinguished Service Cross and the Medal of Honor. Only didn’t have the Purple Hearts as I didn’t get shot. It was neat to see.

    • @theroidragedtrex7908
      @theroidragedtrex7908 Před rokem +64

      Remember the sad trumpet music that would play when a squadmate died?

    • @karliskokorevics6902
      @karliskokorevics6902 Před rokem +26

      @@gameragodzilla Not to mention, the Ghosts are Army Special Forces/Green Berets like Rambo himself.

    • @gameragodzilla
      @gameragodzilla Před rokem +7

      @@karliskokorevics6902 Yeah. So honestly, this is now the best "Rambo" game. I do miss how moddable older games were. I also modded the SPAS-12 into the game as I own that gun IRL and love shooting it. So I put it in the game to enjoy shooting virtually, too.

    • @theroidragedtrex7908
      @theroidragedtrex7908 Před rokem +18

      @@gameragodzilla you be sure to baby tf outta that spas for us alright?

  • @tiberius8390
    @tiberius8390 Před rokem +489

    "They should be entirely different franchises"
    Exactly. Loved the old Ghost Recon. The new ones are too action oriented to cater the mass market.

    • @Kid574
      @Kid574 Před rokem +32

      In fact me and my usual mates, we like to call "Ghost Recon" the games up to Advanced Warfighter, and just "Wildlands" or "Breakpoint" for the new ones.
      We still tend to gravitate back to GRAW though

    • @memecliparchives2254
      @memecliparchives2254 Před rokem +3

      @@Kid574 Thoughts of Future Soldier?

    • @Kid574
      @Kid574 Před rokem +3

      @@memecliparchives2254 Didn't like the 3rd person view but the game was alright but for me still fell behind GRAW/GRAW2

    • @Legion12Centurion
      @Legion12Centurion Před rokem +12

      @@Kid574 Graw/Graw 2 specifically on PC is much more like the first Ghost Recon... I really enjoy that.

    • @Go_Coup
      @Go_Coup Před rokem +18

      @@Legion12Centurion , yes, the PC versions of GRAW and GRAW2 actually tried to be an evolution of GR01. All of the other games have tried to turn GR into COD, Just Cause, or another game. Thanks, Grin Studios, for respecting the "Ghost Recon" and "Tom Clancy" names more than Ubisoft ever did outside of RS3.

  • @WinchesterDelta1
    @WinchesterDelta1 Před rokem +536

    The true Ghost Recon. Extremely tactical for it's time and had a nice and simple story line. But it still felt like you was doing important things the outside world didn’t know about. And as you could see it was very hard.

    • @SiCDisaster
      @SiCDisaster Před rokem +23

      The only Ghost Recon :D

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 Před rokem +4

      @@SiCDisaster GRAW 1 and 2 tho

    • @SiCDisaster
      @SiCDisaster Před rokem +21

      @@LordVader1094 as far as I'm concerned no Ghost Recon title past Island Thunder is worth playing. For Rainbow Six any title past Raven Shield is equally abominable.

    • @cciaran4292
      @cciaran4292 Před rokem

      @@SiCDisaster oh my god just go get a flip phone and cargo shorts while you’re at it, hipster. Rainbow six Vegas 2 is very obviously the best one and graw was an equally fantastic games. God people like you are so annoying.

    • @KevlarnHEMA
      @KevlarnHEMA Před rokem +5

      100 % agree with you, sad to see what Ghost Recon became. we need a remastered of the OG Ghost Recon and it's two expansion packs

  • @Wuwarrior-bi2tl
    @Wuwarrior-bi2tl Před rokem +186

    Ghost Recon should do some huge revaluation and visit their old games on what to do with this series. No battle royale, no pointless open world gimmick. Maybe a reboot of the series with the original Ghost Recon as a blueprint. Not a carbon copy but with huge inspiration. A tactical gritty realistic GR experience with friends

    • @nickysimi9866
      @nickysimi9866 Před rokem +19

      And no fkn metal face masks and cloaks

    • @MC-pt8kv
      @MC-pt8kv Před rokem +19

      it's almost impossible. if they do anything even remotely based on the real world it's too political for someone and the game play is too slow for a mass market game. also ubi is more interested in NFTs than making good games.

    • @Saukingalpha
      @Saukingalpha Před rokem +6

      Ubisoft should release either a remastered version of GR 2001 or a Ghost Recon : Origins game with nothing but 2001 technology and weapons- charting out how the GR started

    • @brainyskeletonofdoom7824
      @brainyskeletonofdoom7824 Před rokem +8

      We need another studio to take on the old Ghost Recon formula, like what is happening for SWAT with ready on not

    • @ivibs1984
      @ivibs1984 Před rokem +4

      It won't happen, we need an indie developer to make us a new game.

  • @greyhope-loveridge6126
    @greyhope-loveridge6126 Před rokem +115

    Fun fact - There was a mod made for this game by the devs that recieved it's own standalone game called The Sum of All Fears. It released on PS2 and on PC and was essentially an anti-terrorism SWAT version of this game. Same engine, same graphics, same squad system, etc. Cool game.

    • @BurgleArsonLarceny
      @BurgleArsonLarceny Před rokem +5

      this is one of my favorite games i have on steam......but i cant play most of the time. i also have a disk version of the original rainbow six that doesnt work except on my old ass laptop lol
      SUM OF ALL FEARS is available on steam for a ridiculously cheap price for anyone who wants to try it out. not sure about rainbow six though....great book btw

    • @soldierorsomething
      @soldierorsomething Před rokem +1

      Yeah but theres no blood in that game

    • @BurgleArsonLarceny
      @BurgleArsonLarceny Před rokem +6

      @@soldierorsomething that's the weird part, ghost recon and rainbow six used to scare me as a kid because when you're hit you fall and bleed out instantly. but sum of all fears doesn't do that the same way

    • @diamondoarts1022
      @diamondoarts1022 Před 4 měsíci

      Omg ,thank you so much!!! I was trying to remember that game for years now, I had a demo of that a long time ago 🤝

  • @g3arjammer837
    @g3arjammer837 Před rokem +227

    The original Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game (the one from 98’) is also great and was ahead of it’s time. I remember playing it as a kid. I remember my first exposure to flashbangs was through that game, I not knowing what a flashbang was threw one at the front door of the first mission and expected it to blow up the door and instead I got blinded and as I began to regain my vision a enemy with a shotgun opened the door and killed me and I screeched so loud. Those were fun times 😂

    • @charlesshamseldin9555
      @charlesshamseldin9555 Před rokem +15

      And Rainbow Six: 3 and Rainbow Six: 3 Black Arrow.
      Sort of lost to time now, but some of the hardest hitting mp and terrorist hunt gameplay ever.

    • @greenfaceguy3604
      @greenfaceguy3604 Před rokem +18

      Ding Chavez goes first and he cannot die!

    • @yeetus59
      @yeetus59 Před rokem +6

      @@charlesshamseldin9555 Rainbow 6: 3 was GOATED I remember the penthouse mission was a nightmare when I was a little kid. Right up there next to Ghost Recon 2001

    • @charlesshamseldin9555
      @charlesshamseldin9555 Před rokem +1

      @@yeetus59 yessssssss agreed 100%

    • @Gameprojordan
      @Gameprojordan Před rokem +1

      I found the n64 version of Rainbow six 1 a few years ago at a used game store for 10$

  • @FaithfulFumoFan23
    @FaithfulFumoFan23 Před rokem +17

    No baseball caps
    No sliding or grappling around
    You die in 1 or 2 hits
    People couldn't handle a game like this nowadays

    • @Nomaddrr
      @Nomaddrr Před 4 měsíci +1

      What's wrong with baseball caps?

    • @someblackguy7371
      @someblackguy7371 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Nomaddrr if its not in Camo or green, it makes no sense.

    • @cjallenroxs6239
      @cjallenroxs6239 Před měsícem

      “Back in my day” ahh comment

  • @arc_asuno247
    @arc_asuno247 Před rokem +55

    Im so glad there are players who are still talking about this gem. Fun fact, there is an entire community that still plays to this day, we host almost every day in fact!

  • @nickhowatson4745
    @nickhowatson4745 Před rokem +160

    back in 01 it drove me nuts that you couldn't see your gun in Ghost Recon when you could in so many other FPS games at the time .

    • @chemicalcreations2022
      @chemicalcreations2022 Před rokem +12

      It feels more like a bug than a feature.

    • @wantedpwner
      @wantedpwner Před rokem

      ok

    • @Go_Coup
      @Go_Coup Před rokem +14

      @@chemicalcreations2022 , I strongly disagree. If I had to choose between the world looking better or having a gun take up a large chunk of my screen space, I would choose the world every time.

    • @The1337guy1
      @The1337guy1 Před rokem +10

      I still don't understand the reason for it, couldn't have been a technical limitation because many games of the era looked better, were bigger, and had first person models. They kept doing it up until GRAW2, after that it was strictly 3rd person with a bit of first person for using optics.
      Kinda just feels like they didn't do it because they didn't want to.

    • @Nagrachlp
      @Nagrachlp Před rokem +5

      @@The1337guy1 Graw1 atleast on pc had a weapon shown to.? Third person was only on Consoles up until future soldier. But Console and PC Version at that time were basiclly completly different games...

  • @gameragodzilla
    @gameragodzilla Před rokem +51

    This is still my favorite Ghost Recon game.
    It’s as hardcore as classic Rainbow Six, but since I can quicksave, it’s much easier to learn as when I inevitably die, I only have to redo the last few seconds rather than the whole mission.
    Also, there is a mod that lets you show your gun model, but it is a bit finnicky.
    EDIT: Also, small correction: The yellow part of the threat indicator isn’t friendlies, it’s pointing towards where enemies are if they’re not close by. When it turns red, it means enemies are close. It’s simply a way for you to know where enemies are, a gamified way of showing data from satellite imagery, through the wall sensors, motion trackers and the like.

    • @ew3612
      @ew3612 Před rokem

      I figured that it was from your hearing too.

  • @LordTankian0
    @LordTankian0 Před rokem +62

    Og GR, already know this will be epic.

    • @panchov3129
      @panchov3129 Před rokem +1

      Wish he did operation Flashpoint also.

  • @IAMTHEJUGGERNATE
    @IAMTHEJUGGERNATE Před rokem +169

    I would love a modern game that kept the pacing and feel of these early Ghost Recon games. A modern Hidden & Dangerous game would be similarly awesome. I'd also love Rainbow Six to remember it's a tactical co-op game, not a fast TTK Overwatch spinoff... but Siege sold so well I have limited hopes for that franchise to return to its roots. Basically, if somebody programmed better AI and added missions/ scenarios in the Tarkov engine, that'd be a blast.

    • @wantedpwner
      @wantedpwner Před rokem +1

      ok

    • @marianoclerici3986
      @marianoclerici3986 Před rokem

      The original Rainbow Six game is not co-op. Squad-ased and co-op are not the same.

    • @bigburd875
      @bigburd875 Před rokem +10

      If you haven't heard of it, Ready or Not is really good, it's basically SWAT 4 updated for tye 2020s

    • @Go_Coup
      @Go_Coup Před rokem +16

      Ground Branch is the closest to caputring the feeling of GR and RS. Unfortunately, it's developing incredibly slowly and is lacking a lot (some of that, weather included, is coming in the next update.) Other than GB, Black One: Blood Brothers is another game that is clearly trying to be like the original GR and RS. It isn't as far along in some areas, but it is further along in other areas.

    • @kyles9937
      @kyles9937 Před rokem +6

      @@Go_Coup Oh, yeah, Ground Branch is one of my favorites. Really hyped for the next update!

  • @v84121
    @v84121 Před rokem +39

    I highly recommend the Heroes Unleashed mod for anyone who wants a extreme challenge or even more content. The mod adds a load of quickplay missions, new hud options, weapons, etc. This vid was a nostalgia trip of fun times with friends. OG Xbox split screen versus matches, and coop campaign was both intense and fun!

    • @prancer1803
      @prancer1803 Před rokem +1

      Heroes unleashed is great. However after all these years the code/engine just shows its age. It’s 20 years old and really shows its age imo

  • @JS-kr8fs
    @JS-kr8fs Před rokem +25

    I remember constantly having to save scum and set up ambushes, because the AI was almost aimbot-level when it was hot. You either completely wiped them out in the first second, or risk taking a loss. That was an entire era of developers not knowing how to design AI to have any competency level other than a uniform level of Extreme difficulty.

    • @vigilantestylez
      @vigilantestylez Před rokem +4

      But that's what made it fun, it forced you to take a slow and deliberate approach as opposed to running through crazy and blasting everyone away.

    • @manwiththemachinegun
      @manwiththemachinegun Před rokem +4

      @@vigilantestylez Yes, but even back in the day it was BS to be zeroed by an enemy 500m away in prone on a hill in the first burst...

    • @SnakebitSTI
      @SnakebitSTI Před 8 měsíci +1

      The AI is definitely the game's biggest weakness. It's incredibly unbalanced. The AI has absurdly good accuracy and spotting skills when static, yet has no sense of self preservation on the move.

  • @thornydig
    @thornydig Před rokem +145

    I loved this game and it's style. The long range shots you could achieve were so much fun. GR 2 was great also, the grenade launcher was insane 👍

    • @thebiggrab8558
      @thebiggrab8558 Před rokem

      @@Elatenl yeah it was a console exclusive IIRC

    • @nousername2942
      @nousername2942 Před rokem +1

      Ghost Recon 2 was slept on. Original Xbox version isn't super easy to find but you can. Haven't played that since I was probably like 7 lmao.

    • @thebiggrab8558
      @thebiggrab8558 Před rokem +1

      @@nousername2942 I was in college when that game was brand new. Thank you for making me feel even older than my knees make me feel 🤣

    • @nousername2942
      @nousername2942 Před rokem +1

      @@thebiggrab8558 Hey man at least you can actually remember the game. I was 5 when it came out lmao

    • @jthen8454
      @jthen8454 Před rokem

      GR 2 is the only game I have played enough to get into competitive multiplayer. So much fun.

  • @Sanderson890
    @Sanderson890 Před rokem +9

    This is so nostalgic, I remember having a demo version of this game, just one map, but as a kid I have played it over and over again. :)

  • @Hooligoon78
    @Hooligoon78 Před rokem +45

    The competitive clan scene on this game was huge! I had so much fun with this game. Classic! I still have the box set of this game, with the expansions.

    • @OperatorDrewski
      @OperatorDrewski  Před rokem +14

      I've still got my GR box for the Xbox! What a game.

    • @cyqry
      @cyqry Před rokem +2

      I was still very young when I played this game, honestly I don't think I really knew "online" games as a standard until probably the days of Halo 3 and even then it was playing guest to my brother. I wish I was around for the clan days haha
      OG Ghost Recon absolutely feels like a game that would benefit from the clans of online FPS communities though.

    • @Hooligoon78
      @Hooligoon78 Před rokem +1

      @@cyqry We had to use GameSpy to find servers and what not. Not sure if you remember game spy but it was like Steam, before Steam was a thing.

    • @mikhail718
      @mikhail718 Před rokem +2

      Ah good old gamespy. Back when you had to run the punkbuster application....that never seemed to bust any punks that were cheating!

    • @deggis4
      @deggis4 Před rokem

      I remember it being a pretty niche multiplayer game? For a while I did play in a clan.
      Anyway, clearly it was an underrated multiplayer game because even here most people seem to be talking about the single player experience, while I mostly remember it for the multiplayer.

  • @septemberstarlight9362
    @septemberstarlight9362 Před rokem +8

    dude, you have no idea how much i'd appreciate a series of you going through all the old ghost recon and rainbow six games in chronological order! i know i played so many as a kid, i have no idea at this point which ones they were though. so that'd be an amazing throwback

  • @luciogt
    @luciogt Před rokem +45

    It's always good to go back to older games. Nostalgic and refreshing

    • @cyqry
      @cyqry Před rokem +4

      Nostalgic definitely, though I think the reason it feels so "refreshing" is because FPS have become a pretty standardized format at this point. Back before Halo and Modern Warfare became household names, the genre was filled with all different takes on how an FPS should play out. Some really bad takes, but also some absolute gems like Ghost Recon. I guess Milsims came from this type of gameplay (the more methodical approach to objectives and selective engagements) but I do wish more tried to use the squad mechanics we saw here.

    • @The1337guy1
      @The1337guy1 Před rokem +4

      @@cyqry I'll take most modern FPS over a lot of the older ones. Thank God games like Half Life were successful on PC so the controls for an FPS were established and easy to copy. Console FPS took years of weird and horrible iteration to finally settle on some good core ideas but at least Halo gave them something to reference.

    • @vz7742
      @vz7742 Před rokem +2

      Disagree,older games still play quite better then majority of new ones. For example FEAR 1 has better gameplay that 99 procent of FPS games that came after 2005.

    • @luciogt
      @luciogt Před rokem

      @@vz7742 Woah right. FEAR 1 graphics and gameplay still hold up to this day ngl.

  • @BrentCalver
    @BrentCalver Před rokem +7

    Mikee was an absolute gem in Insurgency haha. I loved some of the soundbytes that would only come out very so often like "So does that make me an ace or something?" or whatever it was. The colour he and others added made that game so fantastic.

  • @peterboren14
    @peterboren14 Před rokem +3

    The thing I liked about the game was that every enemy on the map had an active A.I. running all the time. They didn’t use triggers to activate enemies’ A.I. by area. That translated into gameplay that required stealth. If you went loud then before long you’d have every enemy on the map baring down on you from every direction.

  • @avroo
    @avroo Před rokem +2

    I remember playing it on my grandpa's pc, me and my brother played this so much (together with tactical ops and cs) to the point my old gramps thought we were addicted and we would turn up violent. so he pleaded with my mom to stop me and my brother from playing it and tried to remove the game from his PC, although from him not being tech savvy he couldn't, so he would remove the shortcut.

  • @TheSympathize
    @TheSympathize Před rokem +3

    Ubisoft turned this series into a Destiny / Division style looter shooter with human versions of Halo's alien enemies (i.e. the wolves are just halo's elites lol)

  • @Cykob0b
    @Cykob0b Před rokem +3

    we had a clan playing that game. the 4v4 last man standing was intense. and you could set up your own clan matches and tournaments.

  • @BlindxSide
    @BlindxSide Před rokem +3

    Yessss. Saw that Twitter post and I was just WAITING for the video. Love the OG Ghost Recon

  • @claymore2323
    @claymore2323 Před rokem +2

    Island thunder was my favorite up there with Brothers n arms and full spectrum warrior in that type of squad control games

  • @ryannocera6690
    @ryannocera6690 Před rokem +5

    i still play this game to this day! i still have it downloaded on my pc! thank you for bringing light to possibly one of my favorite games in all of gaming history. this is where everything started for me

  • @wowomg1980
    @wowomg1980 Před rokem +3

    This definitely takes me back. Being over forty now makes me appreciate the glory days of gaming. I think there needs to be a paradigm shift in gaming whether it’s VR or AR related to get people excited again.

  • @LoneWolfRanging
    @LoneWolfRanging Před rokem +6

    This was the best. They need to bring this style of play back

  • @timmy0412
    @timmy0412 Před rokem +7

    Serious nostalgia here lol. As far as these games go, the ghost recon series as well as the delta force series were my first FPS style games and absolutely loved them. some people made some seriously badass missions in the mission editors too

    • @IDAMAN412
      @IDAMAN412 Před 3 měsíci

      Delta Force Land warrior was amazing!

  • @JamesAnderson-dp1dt
    @JamesAnderson-dp1dt Před 9 měsíci +1

    I loved this game back in the day. You'd die in a heartbeat. To prevent that you'd crouch in the woods forEVER just listening and watching.
    And then your AI battle buddy would make you jump by saying "I'm right behind you" loudly in your ear.

  • @Mosindeur
    @Mosindeur Před rokem +23

    A tactical classic. And generally just one of my favorite games. Thanks, Drew!

  • @wilsonator4482
    @wilsonator4482 Před rokem +5

    Yoooo, I used to play this game coop non stop as a kid. So much fun and nostalgia, love the videos man.

  • @DavidJones-kl2jw
    @DavidJones-kl2jw Před rokem +2

    This brings me BACK holy shit, I remember my dad had all these games, I think there was like three of them or something and he'd let me and my brother play them after school. Thanks for uploading this Drew, definitely will be letting my dad and brother know its multiplayer is supported by steam

  • @ChrisWTube
    @ChrisWTube Před rokem +11

    Would love the series to get at least partially back to this style of gameplay and mission design. I recently bought the original game as I never played it as a teen, funnily enough it was purely because there was no gun on screen (loved Rainbow Six 3 though)

    • @BrentCalver
      @BrentCalver Před rokem +4

      Would agree that Rainbow Six 3 was a great addition to that franchise. I still think Rogue Spear was my favourite at the time though.

  • @mniakan3544
    @mniakan3544 Před rokem +3

    It’s kinda sad to see what ubisoft has done to Tom Clancy games and what they have become especially ghost recon and rainbows six and every other ubisoft IP

  • @theshortbus9777
    @theshortbus9777 Před rokem +5

    Dude I played all of these! I love them! Future soldier controls were weird

    • @mniakan3544
      @mniakan3544 Před rokem

      Yeah the controls were kinda weird but the animations were so good

  • @bogy110
    @bogy110 Před rokem +1

    My dad and I would play this game and the original splinter cell before he deployed the first time and these games were my only sense of structure as my parents were also getting divorced. This game and splinter cell are still my all time two favorite games. Thanks for showing this.

  • @trentonandersen6634
    @trentonandersen6634 Před rokem +1

    The amount of nostalgia i have with this can’t be put in words. This was my first major fps title outside halo and i played the hell out of it. I need this again

  • @cshe92
    @cshe92 Před rokem +11

    One of the best games ever! Played on PC way back when I was a youngin'. I thought it was the most difficult shooter ever at that time. I think this video might have encouraged me to play it again.

    • @wantedpwner
      @wantedpwner Před rokem +1

      ok

    • @cshe92
      @cshe92 Před rokem

      @@wantedpwner o_O

    • @Dethmeister
      @Dethmeister Před rokem +2

      @@cshe92 Pretty sure that's a bot that keeps spamming the same reply on a bunch of comments.

  • @masons3251
    @masons3251 Před rokem +3

    I cannot describe how much joy I got when I got the notification for this video. This game was my childhood.

  • @sparrowhawk3422
    @sparrowhawk3422 Před rokem

    Its awesome you posted this I’ve been thinking about replaying these lately!

  • @MAJORCARNAGE257
    @MAJORCARNAGE257 Před rokem

    Grew up on the Ghost Recon games as well as the early Rainbow Six 3 games such as Raven Shield. Its nice to see these games revived a bit by you and show just how great they were for their time.

  • @reilly_sharky_reese
    @reilly_sharky_reese Před 2 měsíci +3

    I miss this format of Ghost Recon and hate how generic its become.

  • @robertomartin8731
    @robertomartin8731 Před rokem +2

    This was one of the most immersive squad game I played and still remembers being pinned down by enemy fire.

  • @derrota
    @derrota Před rokem +2

    This game defined my taste for shooters. For me, part of the appeal Hunt Showdown has (my favorite shooter today) is that it recreates the sense of danger I felt playing Ghost Recon with my brother years back.

  • @fdangleshadang-a-lang7149

    Had Jungle Storm (Ps2 version) as a kid. One of my all time favorites. You knew you were screwed when the intense music came on

    • @HereticHarry
      @HereticHarry Před rokem

      It's a huge shame Jungle Storm wasn't given a PC release, it had one of the best campaigns imo.

  • @ragnarok1499
    @ragnarok1499 Před rokem +1

    Playing with the chopper minigun dude from insurgency 😂 love it waiting for the "And another one"

  • @gmusichi2400
    @gmusichi2400 Před rokem

    Wow - take me back! Great post of a popular nostalgia game. The first SOCOM console game was my fav - 2002?? I think it was ahead of its time as you could carry multiple guns and drive vehicles. Not sure if these servers are still active but would be great to see a vid of the Ol' SOCOM.

  • @IcemanErz
    @IcemanErz Před rokem +2

    My friends and I go back and play the original GR every few years, so fun to see you guys playing through it. Definitely a different game and a different era for shooters. GR is not what it used to be, hopefully it returns at some point.

  • @itstaste
    @itstaste Před rokem

    My earliest gaming memories are of this game. I remember my father being in a rather large teamspeak group planning out missions and what mods to introduce. There were players from all over the world in the group and it was my first time experiencing different cultures and languages. This expansion really strikes close because it was the one my father would spend the most time in. Its incredible the memories some games can hold in them. Thanks Drewski. Fantastic video it brought so much back.

  • @davidoftheforest
    @davidoftheforest Před rokem +1

    best fps tactical game ever. I poured countless hours into setting up ambushes, using fire and maneuver, recce and observation, studying the AI behavior and reactions. Just so much fun holy shit

  • @plasticdish4411
    @plasticdish4411 Před rokem

    i have been waiting for years. years. for someone like you to make a video on the first video game i ever played. i thought this was unheard of

  • @ajsalem2005
    @ajsalem2005 Před rokem

    oh man, this was my JAM, this and rainbow six/ rogue spear is what got me into online gaming for the very first time, man what a different world/process is was back in those days, I barely remember it. I remember going to a website and having to click on some kind of circular icon for a lobby.

  • @missioncreep4977
    @missioncreep4977 Před rokem

    Miss these games so much! Advanced warfighter was personally my favorite but this was where I started and this game made me love tactical shooters

  • @gustonzimasheen
    @gustonzimasheen Před rokem

    I still play this game every now and again. I used to Co-op it, but some of the best games were just myself controlling where to place my team. Was great tension and a slow burn at times, especially making sure every single one of my soldiers made it to the end.

  • @thomasfinch5605
    @thomasfinch5605 Před rokem

    Always loved the original Rainbow 6 games too. The mission planning in that game is like nothing I have ever seen again. I remember playing Rainbow 6 and the Rouge Spear, and Athena Sword expansion packs. Decades later I read all the books and remembered all the names, especially Ding which is who you played as. Made me feel like I was reading recounts of the things I did in the game years later.

  • @hamzab6046
    @hamzab6046 Před rokem +2

    The OG tactical shooter. This, alongwith Rainbow Six is what defined the Tactical Shooter/TacticalFPS genre. I remember how I was once visiting another city and stumbled upon a small CD/DVD store. I went in and bought a CD that had a compedium of the first 3 GR games in it. At that point I did not know what it was. But playing it was an experience in itself. To this day I absoloutely love it and refuse to believe anything beyond Ghost Recon: Phantoms is a Ghost Recon game.
    Here's a recommendation, try the Ghost Recon: Heroes Unleashed MOD. It's even more hardcore than the vanilla game.

  • @rt1517
    @rt1517 Před rokem

    6:24 The yellow is not friendlies, it is pointing to the bad guys afar. It helped a lot to find the last enemies on a map or to make sure that a section of the map was clear. And the central disk is red when an enemy is close, but it obviously do not indicate the direction.

  • @wageofconsent2565
    @wageofconsent2565 Před rokem +1

    This used to be my favorite game when I was younger, I’m glad to see you enjoying it with your friends.

  • @2naturesownplace
    @2naturesownplace Před rokem

    @Drew I know some of the guys that worked on that. As far as I know one of them is still with Ubisoft now. He did the environmentals. And you can put in a code that when you shot the bushes chickens would drop down and run around the enemy causing confusion.

  • @coryschroeder6313
    @coryschroeder6313 Před rokem

    We need more of this Drew

  • @dylanprice2276
    @dylanprice2276 Před rokem +2

    I'm glad you're playing it an amazing series

  • @xSP3CTREx
    @xSP3CTREx Před rokem

    I was part of the tournament leagues back in the day on this. some of the Fondest Memories I have with people inside of Ventrilo, TeamSpeak playing for hours to learn call outs and tactics!

  • @PhasedPlasmaPainting
    @PhasedPlasmaPainting Před rokem +1

    Man I was obsessed with this game and the OG Rainbow Six trilogy back then - so good! So many great co-op memories with friends. Thanks for reminding people about this classic!
    Another game that gets overlooked all the time is the Sum Of All Fears video game. It's in this same Ghost Recon engine/style and has more CQB and urban setting missions. Sort of like if they made an old R6 game in the old Ghost Recon style.

  • @bobsucks9647
    @bobsucks9647 Před rokem

    Just started playing wildlands and I’m hooked, the one similarity I’ve noticed between that and this one is somehow it’s insanely peaceful, while the ultimate goal is violence creeping through the rain and doing everything tactically is super peaceful.

  • @teuton215
    @teuton215 Před rokem

    I grew up on this game. I remember having all my guys in dive gear infiltrating and have a great time. Would love to see you play more

  • @northroad1
    @northroad1 Před rokem

    Soo many hours in Rogue Spear, and then this here Ghost Recon. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

  • @vladsonofdracula848
    @vladsonofdracula848 Před rokem +2

    I love GR1 and still have it and play it till this day on the Xbox, if you can I would like to see you guys play more of it

  • @IndianArma
    @IndianArma Před rokem +2

    This game still holds up as an awesome experience in realism, and I would play this game over so many other games even today because of how god damned immersive it was.

  • @bubblebum7860
    @bubblebum7860 Před rokem

    I got a demo of this game with the castle map sometime around 2003 and man did I play the hell out of it.

  • @therealnisse2405
    @therealnisse2405 Před rokem +1

    I loved this game. It was easy to mod as well. Back when it was released my friends and I put our own faces on the soldiers we played and did the missions. Great!

  • @OJ90-
    @OJ90- Před rokem

    This my favorite tactical shooter. Used to play this almost everyday on the OG Xbox with my bro. This IP went down hill after GR2. The OG formula and DNA of this game was so good.

  • @rizwihossain621
    @rizwihossain621 Před rokem

    Brings back so many memories man
    I'm from India and sometime in 2004 I started with COD the original one and Ghost Recon. Though I couldn't/wasnt mature enough to understand much then, Ghost Recon has always been my favorite. I still play Wildlands and enjoy every minute of it.

    • @dankseid3793
      @dankseid3793 Před rokem

      We never are mature enough to understand the story of a game at that age, we just want to shoot things.

  • @BigJimSlade67
    @BigJimSlade67 Před 6 měsíci

    Still have this game for Mac with a large amount of Mods! Used to serve online games and we had some epic battles! Thx for sharing!

  • @clerictheia629
    @clerictheia629 Před rokem

    Oh man, this was one of my favorite games back in the day! Thank you for this nostalgia trip!

  • @Floodking007
    @Floodking007 Před rokem

    Oh man this was one of my favorite military games to play as a kid next to MoH European Assault. Was so fun trying different methods to complete a mission without losing anyone. Trying to beat a mission solo was also a blast. Ah fun times.

  • @BRUMMS
    @BRUMMS Před rokem +1

    The old Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six games were amazing. What has happened to them since has resulted in me stopping buying almost any Ubisoft games.
    There was an amazing mod called Operation Stabilise which brought this game to even greater heights for me.

  • @TexasADV
    @TexasADV Před rokem

    man, this takes me back to my early gaming days with my friends

  • @broadswordcdb5879
    @broadswordcdb5879 Před rokem

    It's been so long my memory on this game was really fuzzy. All I could think was wow this is almost just like Ground Branch, no wonder I love both games and am super excited for the future of Ground Branch

  • @ae92levingtapex
    @ae92levingtapex Před rokem

    I remember playing this when it came out! My computer could only just run it, I'd have to do a fresh start up, and immediately clear the ram with a utility to even get it to launch

  • @watdaduckfuk
    @watdaduckfuk Před 6 měsíci

    I used to play this as a kid and was extremely good, tried to play it 2 years ago and couldn't get back into it, But this video make me wanna try playing it again, didn't even know you could still play it online.

  • @chegorilla1468
    @chegorilla1468 Před rokem

    Have you checked out Ground Branch? It's a lot like this. That is, clear out a zone full of enemies. It was made by guys who worked on OG Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six games.
    AI can be brutal in that and I think you may get a kick out of the tactical customization and stuff.

  • @imperialtekk9443
    @imperialtekk9443 Před rokem

    This brought back some memories. I was a sophomore in HS. I was glued to this game

  • @ttenor12
    @ttenor12 Před rokem +1

    I completed it a few months back again after so many years, Heroes Unleashed improves the game a lot. I still can't believe I had so much fun like in the old days. This, to me, is a timeless gem.

  • @snaggletooth1773
    @snaggletooth1773 Před rokem

    I grew up playing this game and I just love that I’m still able to play them.
    Have never tried the multiplayer though, might have to give that a go.

  • @Sr.D
    @Sr.D Před 10 měsíci

    I miss so much this games, real tactical shooters, the last ones I played were the last two flashpoint games, I mean gamepad friendly and solo campaign tactical shooters, socom, ghost recon...

  • @knucker14
    @knucker14 Před rokem

    You all played it well, great teamwork

  • @TheArmadon
    @TheArmadon Před rokem

    Bro yes. I played this for thousand of hours back in the day. Even messed around in the editor and made a gatling shotgun. So hard and the limb injuries were game changing.
    And the medals and ranking system made dying actually matter.

  • @Moloko_b
    @Moloko_b Před rokem

    I loved the randomness of the patrols? And when you went into night vision class ❤️👍🏻

  • @guard1an839
    @guard1an839 Před rokem

    I got this game when I was in seventh grade because I was hyped for Wildlands. I started playing this and I must say, I seriously wasn’t expecting it to be that different from the newer stuff. Thankfully, I’m a quick learner and figured out that the trick to the game is to take it slow and be patient. Nowadays, I absolutely love tactical shooters

  • @IronStaff7
    @IronStaff7 Před 7 měsíci

    This was my childhood. The really open maps with various objectives combined with the really advanced for its time tactical gameplay was just too fun. Firefights were always quick but brutal.

  • @AlconburyBlues
    @AlconburyBlues Před rokem

    @11:42 Drew completely missed the helipad dude. haha

  • @Krispy2323
    @Krispy2323 Před rokem

    I am a little late to the party but I would love for you to make a series with the people you played with. Make it just about the original ghost recon games all the levels. I would watch every video!

  • @thatoneguywhodoesthatthing913

    Original Ghost Recon was either the first or second game I ever played online (Xbox live). I still remember everyone doing matches on embassy and how you could lock down half the map simply by taking the embassy roof.

  • @emeraldcelestial1058
    @emeraldcelestial1058 Před rokem +2

    the og ghost recon games mean so much to me, they still haunt my memories lol

  • @Quinn-Studio
    @Quinn-Studio Před rokem

    Used to play LAN co-op of this with my big brother, I remember a large part of the game being spotting bad guys in the fog. There was a mission with submarines in a port that was tricky, and a really depressing mission set in Kosovo. I thought this was a really good logical progression from Rogue Spear, basically the Rainbow Six gameplay but with larger maps that made sniper rifles and DMRs useful.

  • @ShadowGaro
    @ShadowGaro Před rokem

    I used to mess around making custom missions. I modded the SAW to fire like 10x as fast and it would lag the game because each individual bullet is simulated. Impressed me at the time

  • @omaralcazar9252
    @omaralcazar9252 Před rokem

    This was my first ever tactical shooter as a kid. At first I always thought it was horrible how there weren’t any gun models but I delve deep into this game after I got past that. The rush I felt playing this is still unmatched.