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ofthefourcharacterclassesavailableat

launch,runningthegamutofstealthyand

all-outassaultplaystyles.

There’sa tenuousTerminatorlinkback

tothegame’sactualsubjectmatter,too.

OntheAuroaArchipelagowhereBreakpoint

takesplace,anarmyofdronesoriginally

developedbya well-meaningSiliconValley

techcompanyisseizedbya malevolent

outfitcalledTheWolvesandrepurposedfor

theirevilmeans.Naivetechcompanybuilds

killertechnology– see?Allfitstogether.

Likea glove.

Thoseaforementionedvillainouscanines

areheadedupbynoneotherthanJon

Bernthal,ofTheWalkingDeadfame,and

hisin-gamecharacterisquitea persuasive

chap.Infact,wewouldhavebelievedyou

if you’dtoldushewastheprotagonistfor

thefirstcoupleofminutesofBreakpoint’s

E3 2019 showing.Sucha bignamecasting

choicesaysa lotabouttheemphasis

Breakpointisplacingonitsstory,a taleof

techmoguls,publicscrutinyofbillionaires

andshadowyopsinfar-offlands.It was

perhapsthemostlackingaspectofits

predecessor,Wildlands, soBernthal’sface

isanencouragingsightevenif you’renota

diehardWalkingDeadhead.Q

BELOWThe Auroa

Archipelagois a

diversesetting,

withjunglesas

wellas snow-

cappedpeaksto

navigate.

DRONESHAVEGONEROGUE- BETTERSHOOTTHEMALL EH?

GHOST RECON

BREAKPOINT

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heappledoesn’ttendto

falltoofarfromthetree

whenUbisoftreleases

a newgame.That’snot

alwaysa badthing,of

course–Trackmania

doesn’tneedreinventingasa walking

simandAssassin’sCreedhasendless

longevitywithjusta changeofsetting.So

it goes,then,thatthenextgamefollowing

GhostReconWildlandsis anopen-world

tacticalshooterfeaturinga worldmapso

bigit’sfranklyabsurd,lotsofdrones,and

animprobablecameofromansci-fiaction

movieiconofyesteryear.

Let’sstartwiththelatter,because

wejustcan’tcontainourselvesany

longer.TheTerminatorisinGhostRecon

Breakpoint. Sayit aloudtoyourself.Roll

it aroundinyourmoutha fewtimes.“The

TerminatorisinGhostReconBreakpoint.”

It’sonlyslightlysillierthanthePredator’s

appearanceinGhostReconWildlands,

granted,andthered-eyedmenace’s

inclusionisevidenceofUbisoft’s

long-termplanforthetitlein

whichyearsofpost-release

supportarepromised.Partof

thatincludesanexpansion

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