Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2

The latest in Ubisoft's acclaimed 'Ghost Recon' tactical shooter series, GRAW2 has demonstrated that Ubisoft's Paris studio is more than able of overcoming the tremendous legacy of the acclaimed predecessors of the series. Released almost precisely a year after the original GRAW, GRAW2 is clearly the result of those twelve months of work and programming by Ubisoft Paris. While the essential gameplay hasn't changed all that much, the compelling cinematic narrative that drives the game and the stunning visual quality, engineered for true 1080p HD, is a testament to their labors.

GRAW2 puts the player squarely back into the saddle as Capt. Mitchell, leader of the super-elite Ghost Squad. It's two days after the momentous battle in Chapultapec, and the battlelines have moved north to the U.S.-Mexican border, in the dense urban sprawl of Juarez. Mitchell, acting solo or with the help of his three-man squad, battles across Juarez and into US soil in pursuit of leaders of a nascent rebel force and the nuclear device crack mercenaries have brought into the States. While the motives of these mysterious mercs are not revealed, there's barely time to breathe during the harrowing three-day pursuit that takes the player from desert villages to graveyards, night time assaults on sprawling haciendas to a frenetic assault on the enemy holdouts themselves. Along the way Mitchell has the aid of M1A1 tanks, helicopters, APCs, UAVs, and a medley of acronyms and friendly forces.