Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is a 2019 open-world tactical shooter developed by Ubisoft Paris as a direct sequel to the successful Wildlands. Playing as agent Nomad, the player is stranded after their plane is shot down over the fictional technological island of Auroa, where they face the rogue unit Wolves, led by former comrade-in-arms Cole D. Walker, and an army of autonomous combat drones belonging to the local tech company Skell Technology.

Compared to the previous entry in the series, the game adds pronounced survival elements - injuries that limit movement and accuracy, the need to bandage and heal yourself, camouflage in the terrain and crawling through mud, snow, or leaves, fatigue from long marches - and an extensive gear system with levels, attributes, and rarity for both weapons and armor, which at times pushed the game toward looter-shooter territory, similar to contemporary RPG shooters. The open world offers strikingly varied terrain, from snow-capped mountain peaks to rainforests and desert plains, and can be explored solo or in a four-player co-op team, with Ubisoft continuing to adjust the game long after release, removing criticized microtransactions and expanding it with further story and endgame content, including new enemy factions and a four-player raid mission. Auroa's environment also reacts to the time of day and weather, so the same location looks and plays differently on a clear day than during a nighttime storm, forcing players to adapt their tactics to the current conditions.

Why play it: Breakpoint is aimed at players who want to place Ghost Recon's tactical stealth and team coordination into a vast open world with survival elements and a loot system - ideally alongside three other players, with whom you can coordinate your advance against a technologically advanced enemy with superior numbers.