For some reason I’ve been ignoring Ubisoft over the last several years but they have won me back with their current triple threat lineup; The Division, Siege and Wildlands and may be one of the last AAA developers to bring quality to their named franchises while improving on every subsequent update and full release. Wildlands is one of the best (and largest) sandbox games I’ve ever played. Add in drop-in / drop-out co-op and you have the perfect receipt for games with this kind of mechanic.
Want to play solo? No problem. Want to play with three other friends? No problem? Want to roam casually via GTA style wile matchmaking? No problem.
Want a leveling system that isn’t just XP > Level up > Max out? No problem. Wildlands offers a way to continue amp up difficulty as you progress. As you reach level 30, the game allows you to turn on a 2nd tiering system while on Extreme Difficulty. IT also allows you to level up your guns damage so the difficulty scales with your weaponry. When there three other players in your party, the game scales back the difficulty automatically based on the average level of all players.
There’s a few annoying things about the game. The driving mechanic needs a bit of work as some vehicles are difficult to steer.
The re-spawn area may sometimes throw you outside of your party, or may spawn you in the middle of a firefight. Good luck figuring that one out.
And probably the biggest thing that needs tweaking is the extreme difficulty as you approach Tier 1; The game prides itself on allowing players to complete missions in a verity of different ways. Go stealth, go in from the air, go in on ground assault, call in reinforcements, go in at night/day- however in the extreme Tier 1 difficulty, your only option is stealth. If you even try to go in Rambo style enemies will spot you quicker, kill you faster with no time to react. In that regard the game becomes a little stale doing the missions the exact same way every single time.
It looks as though Ubisoft will be supporting these games for a while which is fine by me. I don’t need a sequel until there’s another country that needs to be Reconed.
Want to play solo? No problem. Want to play with three other friends? No problem? Want to roam casually via GTA style wile matchmaking? No problem.
Want a leveling system that isn’t just XP > Level up > Max out? No problem. Wildlands offers a way to continue amp up difficulty as you progress. As you reach level 30, the game allows you to turn on a 2nd tiering system while on Extreme Difficulty. IT also allows you to level up your guns damage so the difficulty scales with your weaponry. When there three other players in your party, the game scales back the difficulty automatically based on the average level of all players.
There’s a few annoying things about the game. The driving mechanic needs a bit of work as some vehicles are difficult to steer.
The re-spawn area may sometimes throw you outside of your party, or may spawn you in the middle of a firefight. Good luck figuring that one out.
And probably the biggest thing that needs tweaking is the extreme difficulty as you approach Tier 1; The game prides itself on allowing players to complete missions in a verity of different ways. Go stealth, go in from the air, go in on ground assault, call in reinforcements, go in at night/day- however in the extreme Tier 1 difficulty, your only option is stealth. If you even try to go in Rambo style enemies will spot you quicker, kill you faster with no time to react. In that regard the game becomes a little stale doing the missions the exact same way every single time.
It looks as though Ubisoft will be supporting these games for a while which is fine by me. I don’t need a sequel until there’s another country that needs to be Reconed.