More specifically, once I walked stupidly into what seemed to be a rather large drug exchange during my first hours of gameplay. In fact, they saved my ass on a number of occasions. The team may seem to operate on the lean side, but the three companions are more than capable of laying waste to enemies. Ghost Recon: Wildlands goes into great depth for the reasons behind taking down the most powerful cartel in the world, but I’ll leave those for you to learn on your to avoid any spoilers. Players journey through the vast land with a crew of three other Ghosts and are tasked with taking down Bolivia’s Santa Blanca cartel. Each unique one gives you new and unique ways to combat enemies in what certainly might be one of the biggest open-world area the gaming platform has ever seen. Bolivia is your stomping ground across 21 regions, all packed with different climates, vehicles, weapons, and subcultures. The setting is very GTA-esque, with a living open world that offers significantly more interactions with civilians, weapons, vehicles, and everything in between. This year’s installment takes some quantum leaps forward by finally giving players what they want through strategically borrowed elements from just about every one of it’s predecessors, namely Grand Theft Auto, Just Cause, Call of Duty, and Battlefield. Ghost Recon: Wildlands is another new, fresh, and innovative first-person shooter that is certainly going to content for game of the year. Ghost Recon: Wildlands shatters that notion by not only removing the point A to point B restriction in favor of a massive open world, but does so in a unique manner that it must be experienced first-hand. Unfortunately, its Achilles heel has always been the game’s inability to deviate from the prescribed path. The Ghost Recon name has always been synonymous with strict, directed gameplay that’s carefully packaged around a deep and complex storyline. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the latest installment in a storied franchise that’s appeared on several platforms since it’s debut in 2001.