Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike [XBOX LIVE]

[Paleface]

I had to go out last night, but the co-op I played with Gerry/Randy/Gib was great.

Then I played versus today, and, amazingly, it was ****ing great too. Siege is great fun - two teams, attack/defence, take it in turns to get one player into the base for five seconds. There's also Double Siege which looks super fun.

Anyhow, Siege on the Government District. Two teams of five; creeping through dense urban streets, splitting up - it's one of the few games where it makes more sense to NOT follow the guy in front. And then a burst of gunfire and it's all over.

Most satisfying moment of this morning? Getting a kill with the French M29-equivalent. Two, actually; hidden behind a rocky wall, 100% in cover, notice some enemy fire... black button, wave gun above head, turn on the camera, and brap-brap.

It's really excellent, and making me want to check out the original GR2. I'm having a fair success with the first mission; what's great is that the multiplayer game really does prepare you for singleplayer. Singleplayer is also, I guess, more aimed at people who finished GR2.

Anyhow, I'd love a biggish versus game later; this puts my awful memories of GR1 to shame.

[Ish]

I'll try and get on this afternoon. Sorry I missed you last night Gibbon. I drank too much wine and fell asleep...

[gibbon]

Anyhow, Siege on the Government District. Two teams of five; creeping through dense urban streets, splitting up - it's one of the few games where it makes more sense to NOT follow the guy in front. And then a burst of gunfire and it's all over.

Now I do like the sound of that. That maps easilly my favourite, I just love what they've done with it. Not just boring blocks for buildings like so many urban maps are ( yes Turf Im talking about you). It really does feel like a city.

I'll be on about 7ish tonight, no doubt depressed after being hammered by the scum. Save me a spot

[E. Randy Dupre]

It's really excellent, and making me want to check out the original GR2.

Me too, tbh, if just as a whole second set of mulitplayer levels.

Just remembered. The problem I was having with the night vision turning itself on might be because my X button's way sensitive, due to heavy sessions of Metal Slug 3 (no autofire = major wear on buttons & thumb). It stopped being a problem after the first few games, which makes me wonder if Summit Strike was calibrating it, trying to get the feel for its... er... analogueness...

The menus are still ****, though. When you pause the game and see that it says "Invert Y Axis - On", you'd think that it meant invert is already on and selecting that would turn it off. Not so - it means that invert is currently set to off and pressing it again will change it to on (at which point the game says "Invert Y Axis - Off" ). Menu layout straight from Bizzaro World.

[Paleface]

God, the menus are atrocious.

One other thing: I've found it all a lot easier ever since I set my brightness (in-game) to 60 instead of 50. I was needing nightvision on Industrial district until then.

[Mardigan8]

This arrived yesterday and so far I haev only dabled in some of the single player stuff. Looks like it is going to be quite good. Voice comm n singel player is pretty rando mso tend not to use it. Def one that excels in multiplayer as relying on the AI really is to get your back is suicide

Will be on from 7 tonight, cant wait, who is up for some battles?

"We're gonna do this smooth and by the numbers people... somebody wake up Hicks"

[Mr Pump]

What this game needs is more menus

The online play in the is fantastic, a much need change of pace to halo 2. You all need to be playing this right now.

Can't say I'm too bothered by the singleplayer, reasonable fun if no one is on live, I just find the whole Tom Clancy thing painfully dull. I expect at least aliens in my computer games and definitely at least one bad guy who can turn into a dragon, oh yeah and giant killer robots are good. Although some sort of Nintendo cross over would rock though, how about Mario taking on the rebel state Turdistan by jumping on their heads.

I couldn't figure out why it was that I didn't buy the original, then it came to me.



Look at him, the mincer. I just couldn't bring myself to let that guy in my house.

[Crisp_Rapper]

Look at him, the mincer. I just couldn't bring myself to let that guy in my house.

you watched the videos of the 'future forces' guys? wow, i honestly don't think it's possible to be less scared of a hulking great man with a gun... they're wearing silly helmets, have a gun with seemingly 5 barrels, have floppy body armour and generally run like their corsets are far too tight.

save me you big bunch of sci-fi role play fairys!!

[Mr Pump]

Watched them last night some of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

Wondered what they did with all the old gladiator gear once the show was axed. Kept expecting hunter to come running on and give him a beating with his pugil stick.

[Crisp_Rapper]

just played a couple of 'co-op' games with myself and not having to order your bunch of idiot squad around makes life a load easier... lone wolf mode with the oicw weaponry is pretty damn cool.

[Ben-K]

I got the original of this, but traded it because the framerate and the menu system pissed me off. While I'm fully assuming that the same will happen with this game, I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy it and give it a go, since people seem to be getting all excited by it. Payday wednesday, I'll see you then...

[E. Randy Dupre]

just played a couple of 'co-op' games with myself and not having to order your bunch of idiot squad around makes life a load easier... lone wolf mode with the oicw weaponry is pretty damn cool.

Are you ever going to bring your Xbox back online?

[Crisp_Rapper]

trust me, i'm trying... i'm happily hooked up with an ntl cable modem which requires a particular router setup to get everything going smooth, and it being a bank holiday it won't be posted out until at least wednesday.

so damn infuriating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111 *screams to self*

i'd actually wire the xbox using the 'out of the window' technique you seem to favour (broadband hookup is in the pc room, above the living room) if the ****ing window in this room hadn't broke! the patch lead i've got currently is also too short, i know i've got a longer one but i left it 100 miles away at home! i do however have 2 x 8m lengths, together they'd be just about perfect for routing down the stairs!! i think i might cry...

looks like i'm drilling a hole in the floor tomorrow to get at least a short fix.

[Gerry Helmet]

I have to say Im loving the change of pace from Halo, The camo works perfectly. I remember shouting is that any of you guys hiding in a bush ? Pinging a shot which caught him in the head to win the game. Also not shouting is that one of you guys ? Then taking down my own teamate.

Funnier still when I ran round the corner to meet up with my teamates, only to here Mr Pump say "Over there in the corner, quick shoot him" After screaming its me Its me !

I'll be on tonight, about 9.

[Rossco]

I got the original of this, but traded it because the framerate and the menu system pissed me off. While I'm fully assuming that the same will happen with this game, I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy it and give it a go, since people seem to be getting all excited by it. Payday wednesday, I'll see you then...

Oh god the menu system is awful, I tried to play it online and it took like 20 minutes to work out how to set it all up the way I wanted, and trying to put invert Y axis too, took bloody ages to find.

Shocking menu system, can anyone confirm if this is better?