Ubisoft Entertainment potentially has a gaming mammoth in its hands with the open-world shooter game "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands." The installment sets the bar high for other shooting platforms and even for its predecessors by showcasing astounding improvements while seeking feedback from its audience.
"Ghost Recon: Wildlands" boasts over a hundred missions the player can accomplish in whatever order he or she likes, and with complete freedom on how the gamer wants to do it. The player may opt to finish a certain mission with haste by marching in with guns blazing, or he can try slipping in without getting detected by the enemy as stealthily as he possibly can. The options on how to play the game are limitless.
According to the "Ghost Recon: Wildlands" official website, creative director Eric Couzian explained, "We made the deliberate choice to not force a gameplay situation." This simply means that there is no linear story to follow, thus giving freedom to the player to choose which mission and environment to start in and how he will proceed with the game without bearing any disadvantage.
It also appears the artificial intelligence of the game is set to learn the playstyles of a gamer and adapt to it. Diving in head first into action would mean that the enemies would immediately call for backup, while trying to sneak into enemy base would alert the AI to try and detect the player. In a nutshell, the game tries to observe the gamer's behavior and use it to respond, making it even more realistic.
It appears Ubisoft is not leaving anything to chance; thus, it will be holding both open and closed betas for the game next quarter. This has been announced by Ubisoft's chief executive officer Yves Guillemot, GameSpot reports. The date has not been specified, but one can safely assume it will be before the expected launch by March 7, 2017.
Guillemot explained that the purpose of the beta is to introduce the new game to avid fans and allow them to see what it has become. "We are very confident it will excite gamers a lot," Guillemot adds.
One can also argue that this may be a move to get valuable feedback from players before the actual release date, allowing the developers to make necessary changes based on how the beta is received, as per GameNGuide. This could reflect that Ubisoft would want to make it a more successful game compared to "Tom Clancy's The Division."
"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands" is available for preorder and will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
