22nd place: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
Genre: Open-World Shooter | Developer: Ubisoft Paris | Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One | Release Date: March 7, 2017 | Number of Players: 1 to 4 | Age Rating: USK 18
What is the game about? The South American country Bolivia is sinking into Ghost Recon Wildlands in a drug swamp. A warlord leads a huge and powerful drug cartel that has more or less the entire country in its grip.
An assignment for the “Ghost” special forces, to remove the drug boss and simultaneously restore order. As part of this special unit, you should give the country a chance to free itself from oppression and explore a vast open world with many diverse biomes in beautiful Bolivia.
You sneak, shoot, and strategize through the various sectors, always in pursuit of the next big fish in the drug organization to ultimately confront the big boss and put an end to his machinations.
This is how it’s played: Wildlands is a military playground that chases you through various sectors of a beautiful and lively open world, offering a large selection of enemy bases. You can infiltrate enemy strongholds with your unique tactics.
This action shooter gives you plenty of military toys and lets you choose how to achieve your objectives with the means provided. Do you want to secretly eliminate all enemies in the area or would you rather shoot through the front entrance with blazing guns? Wildlands always gives you a choice.
To further customize your experience, you can deactivate many of the gameplay aids and make the battles more tactical. The HUD, mini-map, or info about your weapons can be completely hidden, allowing for an immersive shooter experience.
For additional motivation, there are tons of unlockable weapons and cosmetics that let you customize your Ghost. There’s also a PvE horde mode, PvP modes, and 2 paid DLCs that provide separate stories from the main campaign. Additionally, the open world is very lively, diverse, and invites you to explore.
You can take on this all either with up to 3 friends or solo with AI companions.