I'm a die hard PC gamer and Third Person is just fine with me! | Forums

[john_chi]

Any other PC gamer here fine with Third Person? I mean if you want a hardcore simulation then go play ARMA 2, but even THAT gives you the choice to play in third person! And don't get me wrong, I like realism as much as anyone else, but I see GR FS as being more about controlling your fireteam than it is about "simulating" the experience of a single soldier. It's more stragety game than it is shooter, and that's fine with me too. I'd rather have the same game as the console players are getting with improved PC features than a completely new game being built from the ground up that would take 2 more years to develope.

[ecma4]

I like 3rd person games, Mass Effect for example is fantastic. Ghost Recon has never been a 3rd person game [on PC] nor do I want it to be. It's not that it can't be a good game, or even great, in the 3rd person, its simply not what Ghost Recon is to its fans. This isn't about "realism", its about what kind of gaming experience I what from a Ghost Recon game. The view point changes the way it plays and feels. It changes multi-player play in very significant ways, for example your field of view. Ghost Recon is the game franchise I play to get my first person gaming fill. And I don't want that to change.

Having said that, I believe you are going to get your wish. We'll likely be getting a port, probably without any kind of upgrades.

[john_chi]

I think the third person view gives it a "cinematic" feel rather than a "sim" feel. You're not really the individual soldier, you're a movie director controlling the "action" of your characters. OR you can also think of it as you being a commander seeing and controlling the actions of your elite spec ops team. I think it rather improves what GR is, which is strategically being able to control a fireteam of spec ops to accomplish objectives. Remember, in GR1 you could "ghost" into any of your team mates for the sole purpose of making it easier to control them. The third person feature is just a new way of controlling your team leader and his team mates.

[jasonbftf]

I love the Third person view and i totally agree with you I hope the PC version is the same as the console one and they have the same developing cycle. those gameplay videos are so amazing. and I just want to thank the ubisoft developing and publisher teams

[john_chi]

One more thing regarding the "Original" Ghost Recon, I believe you could let your teams be completely controlled by A.I.s and just watch the whole mission take place from third person view. So this third person feature really isnt all that new for GR.

[GSG_9_Rage]

No, that was Rainbow Six that you could do that. GR had no planning phase before the mission. All planning had to take place during the mission.

[Yefrign]

I have no issue with 3rd person. and I especially like 3rd person games with detail. I like both FPS and TRS equally. each have their styles. but to me GRFS looks amazing. the movement, gameplay and detail all look great!

I just am more worried of game modes rather than what perspective it is.....

[john_chi]

No, that was Rainbow Six that you could do that. GR had no planning phase before the mission. All planning had to take place during the mission.

I didnt say anything about a "planning phase" before the mission. I'm saying you were able to take control of ANY one of your ghosts at ANY time during the mission or just let the A.I. take over all of them and just watch the whole thing from the third person view of one of your ghosts. Trust me, I still have the game installed on my comp.

[GSG_9_Rage]

I stand corrected. In Rainbow Six you could make a plan in the planning phase and choose AI mode before the mission started which is viewable with third person. I thought you may have been confused with that. I didn't know GR was capable of an AI mode. It's been too long, lol.

[john_chi]

I stand corrected. In Rainbow Six you could make a plan in the planning phase and choose AI mode before the mission started which is viewable with third person. I thought you may have been confused with that. I didn't know GR was capable of an AI mode. It's been too long, lol.

Np, the control was called "toggle spectator mode" or something. You even had two different third person views.