Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter vs Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is an FPS game from Ubisoft Paris (2006) while Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is an FPS open-world game from Ubisoft Paris (2012).
Quick answer: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter has the higher Metacritic, 90 to 71.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
What each one is
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is filed under FPS. In contrast, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier under FPS and Open-World.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is a 2006 tactical shooter video game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was released for the Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. As in previous Ghost Recon games, players command their team while neutralizing hostile forces and completing various mission objectives. These objectives can range from escorting friendly units across the map to rescuing hostages or taking out enemy artillery.
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
In 2013, United States president Ballantine, Mexican president Ruiz-Peña, and the Canadian prime minister meet to sign the North American Joint Security Agreement (NAJSA) in Mexico City to cooperate in national security and anti-smuggling initiatives. Elsewhere in the city, a Ghost team led by Captain Scott Mitchell is deployed to recover Guardrail IX, an American communications disruptor device stolen from a spy plane that was shot down in Nicaragua .… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception In May 2005, the Xbox 360 edition of Advanced Warfighter was shown to the press in trailer form at the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) convention in Los Angeles. The Xbox 360 version of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter was released on March 7, 2006 to multiple rave reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 90. (Wikipedia)
Plot
In 2024, Joe Ramirez leads a four-man Ghost Recon squad to Nicaragua to disrupt weapons trafficking in the region. As they inspect a convoy they ambushed, a dirty bomb is remotely detonated, killing the team. In response, Major Scott Mitchell assembles the Ghost Recon team "Hunter" in Fort Bragg , North Carolina , consisting of “Ghost Lead” Captain Cedric Ferguson, Staff Sergeant John Kozak, Master Sergeant Robert "Pepper" Bonifacio, and Sergeant First… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier received generally positive reviews from critics. Some reviewers, like IGN ' s, have praised the game's more thoughtful approach to cover-based shooting, scoring the game an 8. 5 out of 10. (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | 6.2/10 |
| Steam rating | — | Mostly Positive (71%, 6,170) |
| Critic aggregate | 90/100 | 71/100 |
| Price | Unknown | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | Untested | playable |
| Released | 2006 | 2012 |
| Developer | Ubisoft Paris | Ubisoft Paris |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter vs Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced WarfighterFPS gameTom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future SoldierFPS open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced WarfighterNo descriptive tagsTom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future SoldierAction, Stealth, Third-Person ShooterThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ✓Metacritic 90Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future SoldierMetacritic 71Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter—Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier6,170 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced WarfighterUnknownTom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Metacritic 90)
Where they differ
ActionStealthThird-Person ShooterTacticalCo-opMultiplayer
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | 512 MB |
| Minimum CPU | — | Intel Pentium D 3.0 Ghz |
| Minimum RAM | — | 2 GB |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter · Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and 0 for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier in scope?
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter lists little scope data. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier has drawn 6,170 Steam reviews.
Is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier?
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter has the higher Metacritic, 90 to 71. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.