The Ghost Recon series for the original XBOX...

[dave4shmups]

I have an XBOX, and I was wondering which games in this series are worth playing through. I know that they were partly geared towards online play, and, so I'd like to know which games in the series have solid single-player campaigns.

[mirkvid]

Is it an Xbox 360? If so GRAW 1 and 2 have excellent single player campaigns. Some of my favorite games this gen so far!

[Ed Oscuro]

I've read the originals on the first Xbox are good games, but definitely in the old tactical gaming mold. GRAW 2 I've played a bit on both PC (buggy single and kinda thin MP) and 360 (just a bit of split screen on a SD TV...meh).

[kengou]

I tried GRAW on PC, and a little of GRAW2 on my friend's PS3. The series is supposedly very different on the PC, but I remember that GRAW2 had horribly unresponsive movement controls. It was probably a second delay between when you hit the left stick in a direction and your character started moving in that direction. This also applied to stopping movement while running. I guess this is supposed to be realistic but it just annoyed me.

[E. Randy Dupre]

I had a blast with Summit Strike, which I think was the last Ghost Recon title to come out on th original Xbox, so you might want to pick that up.

Admittedly, it was most fun in multiplayer - where, to put it bluntly, it was absolutely fucking amazing - but I remember the single-player campaign being above average, too.

[dave4shmups]

It's a regular XBOX, I hope that helps.

[dave4shmups]

I had a blast with Summit Strike, which I think was the last Ghost Recon title to come out on th original Xbox, so you might want to pick that up.

Admittedly, it was most fun in multiplayer - where, to put it bluntly, it was absolutely fucking amazing - but I remember the single-player campaign being above average, too.

Ok, thanks! AFIK, that was an expansion (or maybe sequel?) to the original Ghost Recon. I remember that the original Ghost Recon on XBOX was very popular.

[E. Randy Dupre]

It was an expansion to Ghost Recon 2, but it's playable on its own - you *don't* need GR2 for the SS disc to work.

[dave4shmups]

It was an expansion to Ghost Recon 2, but it's playable on its own - you *don't* need GR2 for the SS disc to work.

OK, cool, thanks! Is the first XBOX Ghost Recon game even worth getting, when 2 has better visuals? I've also read that the menus in the first one are pretty clunky.

[Ed Oscuro]

I've also heard good things about Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow (too bad it's not on PC, we did get a few middling expansions though).

[E. Randy Dupre]

Summit Strike's the only one of the original Xbox games that I've played, dave. I think it was widely regarded as the best of them when it was released, though.