History VideoGame / GhostReconAdvancedWarfighter

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter'' is a FirstPersonShooter or ThirdPersonShooter[[note]]The Xbox 360 version is the only version where players have the choice to play in first person or third person..[[/note]] video game in the VideoGame/GhostRecon series, developed by Ubisoft Paris and Darkworks for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, Ubisoft Shanghai for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and Ubisoft Paris, Redstorm Entertainment, Tiwak for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and by Grin for Microsoft Windows (and later on in Steam) and published worldwide by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in 2006.

* NoScope: ''GRAW'' and ''Future Soldier'' allow you to aim a sniper rifle without going into scope view.

It takes place after the events of Summit Strike in 2013. An American spy plane was shot down over Nicaragua with an a wireless device called Guardrail IX being captured afterwards prior the signing of the North American Joint Security Agreement (NAJSA), which would American/Canadian troops and law enforcement to have a legal presence in Mexico in return for providing military assistance to Mexico. In response to the NAJSA, parts of the Mexican military launch a MilitaryCoup as they are against it. Among those involved in the coup are [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Aquila 7 commandos]]. The Ghosts are sent it to stop the coup and help North American leaders escape from the attack.

* GameBreakingBug: On modern systems, if the game is patched to the latest version, you'll fall through the terrain and die at the very beginning of Mission 6 "Ready for Bear" as soon as the opening cutscene ends. This can be avoided by messing around with the game files, but it's a bit of a hassle, and likely part of the reason why the game is no longer sold digitally while ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' is at least still available on Amazon.com.

* RealIsBrown: This game suffers from a pretty severe case of the "coffee filter" effect that was popular during the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' era from which it originated. This may also tie into the use of a yellow camera filter for scenes in Mexico, as popularized by the film ''Film/{{Traffic}}'' and used in many films and tv shows such as ''Series/BreakingBad'', to convey the dry desert heat. The sequel notably averts this, with a more colorful palette.

* RealIsBrown: This game suffers from a pretty severe case of the "coffee filter" effect that was popular during the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' era from which it originated.

* ReformulatedGame: The Xbox 360, PC, and 6th gen console versions are all completely different games made by completely different teams. They follow the same general plot and mission flow, and mostly use the same voice lines, but have vastly different gameplay and level structure. The Xbox 360 is a third-person shooter and an evolution of ''Ghost Recon 2'', while the PC version is a first-person shooter with a realtime tactical map more akin to the original ''Ghost Recon''. The Xbox version is also a first-person shooter, but is much more linear and scaled down with more forgiving difficulty, being more of a standard 6th gen console [=FPS=] rather than a larger-scale tactical shooter. The [=PS2=] version is a parred down version of the Xbox version, with numerous things such as weapon reload animations and in-game cutscenes (mostly traveling between locations in a vehicle) removed so the game would run in the less powerful [=PS2=] hardware.

* ReformulatedGame: The Xbox 360, PC, and 6th gen console versions are all completely different games made by completely different teams. They follow the same general plot and mostly use the same voice lines, but have vastly different gameplay and level structure. The Xbox 360 is a third-person shooter and an evolution of ''Ghost Recon 2'', while the PC version is a first-person shooter with a realtime tactical map more akin to the original ''Ghost Recon''. The Xbox version is also a first-person shooter, but is much more linear and scaled down with more forgiving difficulty. The [=PS2=] version is a parred down version of the Xbox version, with numerous things such as weapon reload animations and in-game cutscenes (mostly traveling between locations in a vehicle) removed so the game would run in the less powerful [=PS2=] hardware.

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter'' is a FirstPersonShooter or ThirdPersonShooter[[note]]The Xbox 360 version is the only version where players have the choice to play on first person or third person..[[/note]] video game in the VideoGame/GhostRecon series, developed by Ubisoft Paris and Darkworks for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, Ubisoft Shanghai for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and Ubisoft Paris, Redstorm Entertainment, Tiwak for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and by Grin for Microsoft Windows (and later on in Steam) and published worldwide by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in 2006.

* TheAllSeeingAI: Sniper-type units in ''Advanced Warfighter'' are better at detecting your team, while regular foot soldiers may sometimes wait a few seconds first.
* AnyoneCanDie: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', soldiers are simply wounded until the end of either the current or following mission. But in the story, [[spoiler: Jennifer Burke]]'s team is overrun and she is presumed [=KIA=], and [[spoiler: Nick Salvatore]] is citically wounded by Aguila 7 and last seen being tagged for medevac, though he's shown to be alive in ''VideoGame/EndWar''.
* ArmorIsUseless: Zig-zagged in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. EliteMooks wearing body armor have somewhat better odds of surviving 1 bullet hit compared to unarmored regular infantry, but nothing is certain.

* BookEnds: One of the first levels in ''Advanced Warfighter'' has you defending the bombed-out remains of the American Embassy from an enemy assault while protecting the Mexican President. The final level of the game has you assaulting the same embassy building, where BigBad Carlos Ontiveros and his cadre of EliteMooks are making their last stand attempting to use the building to access the American nuclear missile system.

* ConcealmentEqualsCover: The CGI opening movie to ''Advanced Warfighter'' shows Mitchell using the Cross-Com to mark an enemy through the wall and then using his .50 [=BMG=] sniper rifle to shoot him through the wall. You can't actually do this in-game, not even with the .50 [=BMG=] sniper rifle. It's not until ''Future Soldier'' that this actually becomes a viable tactic. That said, some very specific pieces of cover (namely wooden fences and cardboard box piles) are actually physics objects and can be destroyed by gunfire, though bullets won't actually penetrate them.

* ItsUpToYou: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', getting killed causes the general to order retreat to all units.

* RealIsBrown: ''Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter'' suffers from a pretty severe case of the "coffee filter" effect that was popular during the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' era from which it originated.

* TakeCover: Seen in the third-person Xbox 360 and [=PS3=] versions of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: The Steam version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' has the player fall through the terrain during a mandatory cutscene.

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter'' is a ThirdPersonShooter video game in the VideoGame/GhostRecon series, developed by Ubisoft Paris and Darkworks for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, Ubisoft Shanghai for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and Ubisoft Paris, Redstorm Entertainment, Tiwak for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and by Grin for Microsoft Windows (and later on in Steam) and published worldwide by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in 2006.

Advanced Warfighter features the Cross-Com system, which allows players to take control (indirectly) of friendly units. The Xbox 360 version is the only version where players have the choice to play on first person or third person.

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