Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Now, I never played GRAW, so give me a break if I find this game completely amazing. This is by far one of my favorite games for any console. If you aren't familiar with the storyline, well, look at the game description. It can tell you all you need to know. Mexican rebels, US involvement, nukes, you know, that whole deal. Now, I'm not a big fan of squad-based shooters, but GRAW2 has definitely put this type of game on my radar. Here are the pros and cons

Pros:
-fairly good team AI, they take cover when shot at and go into recon mode until you tell them to fire
-awesome multiplayer. online customization is WAAAY over the top, and that's how we like it!
-great action in the game overall. you always have some kind of explosion or bullets whizzing by at any given moment in the game
-cool weapon choices and the ability to pick up whatever weapon is laying around, which I know is not new, but I like it
-great graphics
-mission innovativeness. I never felt like I was playing the same mission over and over again, unless I really WAS playing it again
-command view, see what your ally sees. love it

Cons:
-lacking a good enemy AI. they run from safe cover to get closer. maybe it's just my skill (pshh!), but they seem to just wind up dead quicker that way
-graphics can get a bit glitchy at times, especially when there's a bunch of action onscreen
-every once in a while you have that enemy you have to kill to advance the story, but you just can't find him!
-voicover is iffy at best. cmon, things like "Now if you two are done with your little love fest, we can move on to more pressing matters" eesh
-sometimes your squad just stands there looking dumb while you fight

All in all I loved this game, and it is one of the few games I've played that makes me want to do it all over again after I've beaten it. Loved it, bought it, been playing it ever since. I know I probably have more convincing cons than pros, but everyone should definitely pick up this game!

Yeah, it feels like I just played this game like a month ago, but that can be seen as a good thing. Fans of GRAW will be right at home, and this time your A.I. teammates aren't quite so stupid. The story starts you off the day after the last game ended. You run through some training exercises in the desert, which was really a downer if you ask me. A lot of people picking up this game will feel like Ubisoft thinks you're retárded or something because the tutorial is too drawn out and treats you like you don't even know what a controller is. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like it was unnecessary. There's not that much new in this game that needs explained and the old controls are still fresh in my mind. I think veterans should be given the option to skip it, but... this is my biggest gripe about the game so I guess I can forgive them for providing an overall great experience.

Anyways, you start off in the desert as I said before, and it looks like cráp. Everything is so plain that I was worried what the rest of the game would be like. Well, worry not. Once you get out of the desert you'll be plenty happy with the visuals. They are significantly improved over GRAW, which was a good-looking game already. Story is the same old Clancy: terrorists get bomb and threaten to use it. Whatever. Most shooter fans don't really care about story anyways so I can't subtract points here.

The real selling point to GRAW 2 is the multiplayer. Wow. I think this has a chance to be more popular than GoW and Halo 2. There's oodles of game types, 18 different maps, and customization out the wazoo. You can customize your look, the weapon types allowed in the games, number of respawns, and even combine elements from the different game types (like CTF and Team Elimination, etc.). No more spawn-camping since respawns are now random, and players can be revived like in Gears of War if they're downed but not dead. Plus there's co-op mode and clan support for up to 100 friends! Good stuff.