With a lengthy campaign that's almost as good single-player as it is with three friends online, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is easy to recommend. Throw in a compelling multiplayer that is considerably more objective orientated than anything current on consoles with a timeless horde mode, and there's...

This week I learned "techno-thriller", while sounding like the title of a Lady Gaga song, is in fact a genre of fiction largely populated by the works of Tom Clancy. With the release of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier , you're once more invited into his world of soldiers, spies and souped-up guns and...

As with many modern shooters, your role as part of a squad does let you in for a fair amount of bossing about from your squadmates -- for much of one level you are basically subservient to a large robotic dog -- and although the maps have much more width than the infamous scripted corridors of Call...

Once upon a time, Ubisoft had the market cornered on military and tactical shooters under its Tom Clancy brand. Whether it was a visit to Vegas as a member of Rainbow squad, a one man ninja as a Splinter Cell, or my personal favourite, playing as a solider of the future as the Ghost Squad, If you...

Very tense tactical military action; a fine alternative to the bombast of twitchier shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield; lots of futuristic toys to play with; superb multiplayer and co-op options; some fun and unobtrusive kinect functionality on the Xbox version; Gunsmith is a great addition;...

Storytelling is a jumbled mess of cliches; some AI problems; pervasiveness of uplay is a little irritating; mediocre voice acting; had to reinstall audio files multiple times on Xbox version

The King Reigns Once More by Nicholas Laborde ?2012 Nicholas Laborde It's been over five long years since we last saw Ubisoft Red Storm dish out the second part of the Ghost Recon next-gen console adaptation known as Advanced Warfighter .

The Ghost Recon series has been one of the shooter genre's elite franchises, with an emphasis on squad tactics, near future tech, and effective mechanics. The latest installment is Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, which not only lives up to the previous games, but proves to be one of the best shooters...

Tom Clancy siblings Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six have always had a complementary, yin/yang relationship. Where Rainbow is loud, Recon is quiet. While the former is all door-breaches and in-your-face, the latter is a half-click away, lying prone in a bush and about to pull the trigger on its sniper...

+ Deeply satisfying stealth-focused campaign - either solo or in four-person co-op; + Equally compelling multiplayer mode with no shortage of maps; modes; or upgrades

? Why don't the subtitles always match the dialogue

Chris Watters flies above the battlefield in an aerial drone to target Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier for a review.

Pleasing sync shot mechanic; Lengthy campaign is great in both solo play and co-op; Enjoyable competitive multiplayer modes

Numerous AI oddities; Unremarkable firefights

In a world where the sweat-drenched jingoism of the Call of Duty, Gears of War and Battlefield franchises reign supreme, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier's relatively po-faced sobriety actually makes for quite a refreshing change.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a huge step in the right direction for the series and action games in general. It's big, it's beefy and it's just so damn cool. A perfect blend of stealth and action and a refreshing shot in the arm from the dull, repetitive action found in so many identikit games...