Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon – Shadow Wars

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon – Shadow Wars is a turn-based tactics video game for the Nintendo 3DS developed and published by Ubisoft in 2011. The game is part of the Ghost Recon series of the Tom Clancy games. First images of the game were leaked by IGN in 2010. The game was released on March 25, 2011 in Europe, March 27 in North America, and March 31 in Australia as a launch title for Nintendo’s new console.

It was later released in Japan on May 19, 2011. The game released in North America five days before the Nintendo 3DS North American launch. The battle system is similar to other turn-based tactics video games, such as Advance Wars and Fire Emblem, but elevation and cover play a critical tactical role and its support fire system makes the combat system distinctive.

The battle system is similar to Gollop’s previous video games Rebelstar: Tactical Command and UFO: Enemy Unknown. Completing objectives in missions gives the player points which can be used to upgrade the rank of each unit. Units have a predetermined development tree, with each new level granting a mix of Hit Point (HP) bonuses, new abilities and alternative equipment. Players choose which points to spend on each unit. The game can be played in three modes:

• Campaign Game: The single player campaign has 37 missions for a total playing time of around 35–45 hours, depending on difficulty level selected. The player controls a team of up to six Ghosts through the story based campaign, leveling them up and upgrading their equipment as the story progressed.
• Skirmish Missions: There are 20 skirmish missions which are standalone missions with fixed teams and deployments.
• Multiplayer Missions: There are 10 multiplayer missions which are played using a single 3DS console.