The Phantom of the Beta: Ghost Recon Online now Ghost Recon Phantoms

Michael Dunaway
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Ubiosft announced today that their third-person shooter Ghost Recon Online will be released this April 10th with a fresh identity. Giving consideration to how much the game has evolved since it first began it's development process, the team has decided to replace the original title with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms.

Corey Facteau, producer of Ghost Recon Phantoms, elaborated on the reasoning behind the change, stating “Feedback from our five million players throughout beta enabled us to continuously increase the content of the game and to improve what makes the game unique, the blending of intense shooters with the teamwork and tactical depth of MOBAs. Ghost Recon Phantoms brings a narrative layer to the game based around The Phantoms, ex-Ghosts and current adversaries who left The Ghosts to pursue personal agendas.”

Along with the new name comes various changes in the art direction, which include fresh character designs and new devices for all three of the classes, which are based on military system prototypes in an attempt to emphasize realism in the available gear. Revamps of the realm such as lighting and level design have also influenced the games change in direction.

Upon the games launch, matchmaking will be designed to take both skill and equipment into account, which should provide a fairness to both neophytes and veterans. More customization possibilities will also be available with the “Mod Master” system.

More details are expected soon as the game approach's launch in April.

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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Discussion (38)

WHAAAAA 10 years ago
i dont get the guys that are saying ''this game is p2w''İ have an as-val and i dominate people at the matches im only level 14 you have to camp flank gang up and move passively then you will kick ass
abod 10 years ago
is the game still has IP blocking ?
Xazur 10 years ago
Well since they say the art is going to change and there will be new gadgets ill try it when it comes out. I played the game a bit already but it just got old fast, plus that p2w cash shop uggh.
Eviil 10 years ago
Sorry but, if anywhere in a game has an advantage towards the player where they can purchase stuff to gain an advantage, that is not fair to everyone else (even if you can progress after a while with the in-game currency. How can you progress yourself when others more powerful than you are holding you back. I played this as well, I got kills from beta and after it then I start to notice the downfall. Nope, sorry. People hate to lose, but when you know damn well the other players have pay to win e
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GamingMaster 10 years ago
I did do kills, a lot of kills, I just didn't like it because it was pay to win, guns are too expensive...

Also better shooters out there that have better free to play model
Shiro 10 years ago
Then I have to be the only person on that game who doesnt buy anything and kill every single person with all the VIP items... again I say it... You guys have to be really bad on this game to not make kills or win games... You say the match making its broken a lv 10 goes against lv 30 with VIPS.. WHO CARES? you can easly headshot someone with a sniper or 1-Hit someone with a shotgun so why the hell you guys cry so much... I tell you why I have seen alot of people like you guys who cry for the items or cry about everything when the truth is you guys are bad as hell kill 1 and die 20 ... Buy a hand on amazon or ebay and go back again... I dont buy VIP items and Im always at the top killers of my team and winning easly.. Bah im pretty sure 90% of the people who is commenting its a WoW fanatic or League of Legend fanatic... even tough I play both games I can say pretty sure Ghost Recon its a really good FPS game.. Downvoters gonna hate
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GamingMaster 10 years ago
I played it for a long time and finally quit, guess why vixion.. because its PAY 2 WIN
vixion 10 years ago
can't say it's pay to win until you try it
boomboom827 10 years ago
the game was great but after leaning to use a semi auto sniper rifle and having loads of exp in fps i was banned for hacking and was not i let it go made a new account a week later was emailed saying i have been banned for hacking this was early beta the people who where playing this game didnt like being beat so they say ur hacking or useing bug the community is bad very bad account number 3 was about 5/6 months ago and was a repeat but at the time i was rec my games and after many emails and showing videos of game in ? was un banned so dont be good unless ur recording
Cacalips 10 years ago
Disillusion CEO's at their best. “Feedback from our five million players throughout beta enabled us to continuously increase the content of the game and to improve what makes the game unique, the blending of intense shooters with the teamwork and tactical depth of MOBAs." - Hmmm well, you have forums blazing since CB that the match making is off. The balance is way off. To many teams of all snipers camping the cheap spots, even in game modes that require capture the flag, if everyone is a camping sniper and no one catching the flag, that does not work...Then you have this "MOBA" depth which is a joke. You run up gunning with P2W items, and just bum rush everyone, except snipers. Anddddd the game is dead. The only group supporting this are those sad guys that get life fullfillment by throwing down cash to see their name in small text on a "top kill" list. While deep down inside they are having no fun, and wish people liked to play with them. ...
Meanwhile, in other games that GET IT RIGHT and LISTEN to those "millions of players", we are having a BLAST! :)
Itachi 10 years ago
dont play this shit its PURE P2W CRAP
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Anon 10 years ago
Er, the game has evolved?
I played it at launch, and then again maybe two months ago and it was the exact same game. Gets old pretty quick.
Jokul 10 years ago
Nice article, one thing though, "Match-matching".
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ducky 10 years ago
you can buy everything from ingame money, and if you are a better a player you are gonna win most of the game with insane stat. one of the best f2p shooter i guess. i've had a lot of fun playing it. :)
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me 10 years ago
don't speak nonsences guys. i have played this game a lot.. yes at first it is kind of easy to play with noobs. then u go with normal players and u have to adapt. and after some time u know all maps, u know what to do and how to do what u must do. and u can play like everybody else.. also pay2win ? really? when u are camping and some pay2win guy starts running u kill him. so why he is pay2win? he was running and he died.. this game is really good ant there are no pay2win. he only thing u need is skill. and when u have skill u can kill anyone. this game is awesome and if u think there are "veterans and pay2win guys" that just mean that you really suck. and it is not the games fault or anyone else except you.
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Dank 10 years ago
Don't play it unless you like to play against veterans and pay2win tools who both have a dps advantage over you. The latter of the two bought their way up to top tier, whilst the veterans played up to top tier. It's quite a grind fest as well. The game isn't bad, but the matchmaking is terrible. As soon as you're out of the noob-friendly lobbies, you're pitted against the top level vets and the p2w guys. They have tons of experience, and chances are you're going to get shit on. Anyway 5/10 because it's got it's ups and downs. Seriously though, it's such a cash grab.
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