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Ghost Recon Breakpoint |OT| Dance with Wolves and Ghosts
- Thread starter Hawkster
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I can already tell that much like Wildlands I'll probably love it and have to ignore nearly all the media/reviews that will shit all over it.
I had everything at very high, at 1080p on a gtx1080 and a 9900k. Solid 60fps, no issues. Way, way better than any of the earlier versions.
What was your performance like in the latest beta? We're you getting a lot of frame hitching, especially when driving?
I was, yeah. It wasnt smooth at all, the full game is, and while driving.
Yeah, I love the squad, but the ambient dialogue in Wildlands got old after awhile. I like the idea of being isolated.
And thanks for the OT! You killed it.
They're no different than helicopters in Wildlands. You'll have a better time treating them like vehicles than enemy infantry.
And much like Wildlands, gear score only matters in those instances (EG the HTI Desert Tech sniper rifle that can take out any vehicle in Wildlands in one shot, but otherwise is no different than any other rifle against infantry). If you get the drop on a guy, he's dead.
I bought and played Wildlands and some fun could be had in co-op. This title is a step back in terms of setting, story, game mechanics imo. It feels so janky and they didn't do any improvements to the AI which if I remember correctly was a major complaint of the previous title.
Sorry for quoting you again but this is blowing my mind and first time i've read it anywhere.
- What are your PC specs?
- Are you playing it in Ultra or Ultimate, also in what resolution?
- Are you hitting steady 60fps?
Thanks :D
Really enjoying the game so far after 2 hours solo (for context, I love Wildlands, The Division 2, and AC: Odyssey). I think that the best change is it being solo and having lots of enemies all over the place: I can't just steam roll everything with impossible sync shots and might not be able to easily run away since there might be enemies in all directions. It's also a bit more challenging to get around with so many enemies everywhere since you can't just land your helicopter wherever you want without alerting enemies which makes other forms of travel more relevant.
Gear score has been encouraging me to try new weapons while I was still able to clear the high level wolves near the start of the game with lots of fast headshots. Feels great.
Game looks a lot better than Wildlands due to how much foliage and ground coverage there is. Performance for me is ~30-45 fps on the High preset + Ultra textures at 1440p on a GTX 1070 paired with a Core i7-9700K. I don't think that I have a Day 1 patch if such a thing is happening. Taking it down to 1080p gets me around 50+ fps.
Gear score has been encouraging me to try new weapons while I was still able to clear the high level wolves near the start of the game with lots of fast headshots. Feels great.
Game looks a lot better than Wildlands due to how much foliage and ground coverage there is. Performance for me is ~30-45 fps on the High preset + Ultra textures at 1440p on a GTX 1070 paired with a Core i7-9700K. I don't think that I have a Day 1 patch if such a thing is happening. Taking it down to 1080p gets me around 50+ fps.
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As someone who also plans to play solo, that's great to hear. Have the online/social hub elements been getting in the way at all?
What? No, it isn't. All Tier mode is is an extra system of progression and rewards once you reach the level cap. As you gain tiers, it locks you off from playing on lower difficulty levels. Playing on Advanced or Extreme does not equal a gear score check.
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Nice OT, by the way. Eager to hear more impressions before I make a decision about this.
yeah, the one ubisoft mechanic i genuinely despise is enemies leveling along with my character. it's moronic, because it just makes the concept of leveling up completely redundant when all the enemies do, as well...
just about all the other mechanics/elements that other people dislike? they don't really bother me. go figure...
2/3 of that can be eared in game without griding, not everything tho
There are no levels on enemies, only in some certain drone areas, but once you reach their level, they stay on their pre destined lvl.
They only rear their ugly heads when you're in the hub area so far. Hasn't bothered me, although it's pretty funny seeing the mishmash of player created characters running all over the hub.
yeah, & i'm happy there aren't. i wasn't speaking about this game in particular, but about other ubisoft games that feature this 'mechanic'. sorry for any confusion...
Am I reading that Reddit thread correctly and they're saying that Raid items are purchasable?
Yikes if so.
Yikes if so.
You have to level up gear, and enemies become sponges if you don't. Sounds like a gear check to me. Did you play Tier mode?
Yep. They're spongey because it's a higher difficulty level. They were spongey on those higher difficulty levels even before Tier mode (and only when alarmed). Did not see any difference.
Played till Tier 11. (Edit: And didn't upgrade any weapons.)
An observation on driving vehicles: you might think that the driving physics is worse in Breakpoint, but I think that the wonkiness is the same but just more noticeable because of the increased number of objects on the ground that you might run over. I recommend, much like in real life, not driving like a maniac when you're off the road since you'll hit rocks and uneven terrain that will send you carening everywhere. If you take your time on uneven terrain to navigate the many rocks and ditches, you will do fine.
- Ryzen 7 2700x / RTX 2070 / 16GB Ram
- 2K (1440p) / 144hz monitor
- Played around with the settings and got a good mix of High, Very High & Ultra settings until I got stable 50fps (only noticed drops during intro part)
Levels exist, they just don't show unless you scout them with drone. At least that's the way it was in beta.
Probably going to write up a thing for USG tomorrow morning, but yes.
Holy shit. I enjoyed the beta, other than the ridiculous shared hub, but this is indefensible. Wow.
This is always online?
Shit I was going to get this, but I don't buy games that require online for single player, bummer.
Shit I was going to get this, but I don't buy games that require online for single player, bummer.
Dammit. There are so many aspects of Ubisoft games that I really like, but this "business model" is grotesque.
So I guess this is the new thing...developers go ham with the MTXs, seeing how much they can get away with. Then in the future will do some "you talked, we listened" bullshit statement and tone it back.
Ubi...you were doing so good!
Pulling this shit after releasing a subscription service too no less. Haha.
Ubi...you were doing so good!
Pulling this shit after releasing a subscription service too no less. Haha.
I mean Wildlands was riddled with micro transactions and the last few AC games but i had no problem enjoying and beating those games without spending a penny on them and i have taken out a few level 150 guys being under level 10 with no gear on except my rifle. 1 bullet to the head = death. The loot honestly isn't that much of a factor.
Don't get me wrong i very much dislike micro transactions but this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has played a ubisoft game in the last 5 years.
Don't get me wrong i very much dislike micro transactions but this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has played a ubisoft game in the last 5 years.
It personally hasn't factored into play yet, but you also can't argue that weapon blueprints and attachments don't have gameplay benefit.
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Personal anecdote, I did buy the attachments in Wildlands in-game store after getting bored of slogging through tons of attachments for the weapons.
Its dirty, but fuck it, I didn't feel like exploring just to collect weapon attachment at every playthrough.
Yep, difference here is most of it is found ingame and can be earned through gameplay from what I've seen of the store items.