Desert Seige:
A Ghost Recon Mission Pack
By: Ubi Soft and Red Storm
Review by:
Lefty
April 27, 2002
Welcome to
East Africa, the year is 2009. A sixty-year
conflict boils over as Ethiopia invades its
smaller neighbor Eritrea, threatening the world’s
most vital shipping lanes in the Red Sea. An elite
team of US Army Green Berets, known as the Ghosts,
moves in to safeguard the seas and free Eritrea.
As the war rages on, the Ghosts are drawn from
Eritrea’s shores to the heart of Ethiopia and into
their deadliest battles yet.
Ghost Recon:
Desert Siege is the new mission pack to the PC
Game of the Year, Ghost Recon. Desert Siege
contains all of the amazing graphics and game play
that made its predecessor so successful.
I
don’t know how, but Ubi Soft and Red Storm have
actually made the artificial intelligence in
Desert Siege smarter and deadlier then before.
Along with the enhanced AI, the visuals found in
Desert Siege are astounding, and actually superior
to the ones found in Ghost Recon. Whether it be
the flicker of a campfire on a group of terrorists
from a hundred yards away, or the flash of a
tracer as it whizzes inches from your head, I have
not seen graphics this intense in any first-person
shooter to date.
Already having
the look and feel of a fantastic tactical shooter,
Ubi
and Red Storm found time to improve the sounds
found in an already great sounding game. If you
have a nice pair of headphones or have invested
the money in a nice surround sound system, you are
in for a real treat. The ability of throwing on a
pair of headphones and eliminating the outside
world allows for unprecedented immersion into a
life like war-zone that only Ubi Soft and Red
Storm can bring alive.
Along with the
8 new single player missions, Desert Siege boasts
4 new multi-player only levels.
In
addition to the original modes of game play, Siege
has included 2 new modes, Team Based Siege and
Domination, which allow teams to attack or defend
specified territory. Both new modes are fully
compatible with original Ghost Recon multiplayer
levels. 9 new weapons have been included in the
multiplayer aspect of this breathtaking game. The
Bizon Submachine Gun, M98 Sniper Rifle, and the
M-60 Machine Gun are just a few of the new weapons
of mass destruction found within.
After
spending countless hours of game play on the
original
Ghost Recon, I
gladly welcome and applaud this new journey into
the heart of the terrorist war provided by Ubi
Soft and Red Storm. They have once again provided
the gaming community with quality gameplay and
astounding visuals that continue to impress every
step of the way.
You can
checkout the official Desert Seige website
here.
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