Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 IGN Hands on

Filed in archive Game Previews on April 18, 2007

The first Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter was not only a blast to play but was also a great visual treat. Now IGN has some playtime on the closed multiplayer beta and here's what they got to say:

The new game focuses on a hypothetical threat from Mexican rebels in the year 2014. The ghosts, armed with the latest weapons and the advanced Integrated Warfighter System, have been assigned to patrol the wall recently erected along the 1,900 mile US-Mexico border. As the rebels make their way across the wall, the Ghosts will find themselves fighting in border towns, scorching deserts, high mountains and even out in the West Texas town of El Paso.

While we'll be sure to bring you more details of the campaign in the future, right now the focus is on the multiplayer action. The new beta includes two separate team-based modes and one map type. In Recon vs. Assault, players will divide into assault and defend teams and compete in an objective based challenge. Players who would rather focus just on the tactics of engagement can get their fill in the team-based deathmatch mode.