Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is a video game developed by in collaboration with , , , , and , and published by . It was released worldwide on March 7, 2017, for , and , as the tenth installment in the franchise and is the first game in the Ghost Recon series to feature an environment.
The game moves away from the futuristic setting introduced in and instead features a setting similar to the original . Ubisoft described it as one of the biggest open world games that they have published, with the game world including a wide variety of environments such as mountains, forests, deserts, and salt flats.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. A sequel, , was released on October 4, 2019.Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is a tactical cover based shooter game set in an environment and played from a with an optional for gun aiming. Players play as members of the Delta Company, First Battalion, , also known as "Ghosts", a fictional elite special operations unit of the United States Army under the . It does not feature the futuristic setting used in and , but instead adopts a modern-day setting, similar to the original . As a result, the equipment featured in the game is based on weapons and gear commonly used by military forces around the world. However, it features some original equipment, such as drones that can be used to tag enemies and show objectives. These drones have limited abilities until upgraded. The game is the first entry to feature an open world environment, which consists of nine different types of terrain, such as: mountains, forests, desert, salt flats, and also introduces a dynamic weather system as well as a day-night cycle. Completing missions during day-time allows players to spot enemies easily, while completing missions at night grants players a tactical advantage, as the night offers players better concealment and easier infiltration due to some guardsmen being asleep. Players are tasked with making observations before carrying out missions. A variety of vehicles, such as dirt bikes, helicopters and dune buggies are featured in the game. Unlike its predecessors, Wildlands features several side-missions.