History VideoGame / GhostReconBreakpoint

The game was released for Gold and Ultimate Edition owners on October 1, 2019, and three days later for the basic edition owners. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, the Playstation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One. It'll also see a release via Google Stadia.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The Operation Motherland update raised the character level cap from 30 to 99, well past the point where the player will have unlocked every class and ability. To make up for it, it also added "Weapon Mastery" to keep using all the skill points you can still find in the world and for leveling up by improving your ability with all the weapon types.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The combat drones (with the exception of Cherubim, Azrael and Behemoth) are [[ThemeNaming all named after the demons from]] ''Literature/ArsGoetia''. And the BorderPatrol system? That one's named Legion.

** You can shoot interrogatable enemy soldiers in the legs to disable them without killing them, so you can interrogate them for information later.
** Averted with Ian Blake, who [[spoiler: gets shot in the shoulder by Silverback and ends up bleeding to death in less than a minute as a result.]]

* OutOfGenreExperience: The ''Ghost Recon'' franchise can get crazy, but for the most part it's meant to be a "modern-day Tier-One shooter" experience. Then a limited-time experience was added in which [[Franchise/TheTerminator Terminators]] appear on the island and start to raise hell.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you fail a non-plot side mission, it's permanently gone. And because the game doesn't have a save system, you're stuck with the outcome and can't undo it by loading.

** ''Deep State'' also introduces the Mk. 23 SOCOM pistol to the game, which looks just like the SOCOM in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you die during the FinalBoss fight, you only have to redo the fight again, instead of having to clear out the entire enemy base all over again like you do with any of the game's other boss fights.

* ArtificialStupidity: Poor AI was one of the major issues observed in the open beta, with enemies generally not noticing the player or their drone unless right on top of them, and being very easy to bait into obvious traps. It was bad enough that some beta players are convinced the beta version of the AI was bugged.

* ObviousBeta: On release, the game was riddled with bugs of all stripes, a number of UI issues, such as stating the wrong caliber on virtually every weapon in the game, and the in-game descriptions, tips and subtitles are loaded with typos. The [=PS4=] version in particular launched with a placeholder description for the Share button that was complete gibberish, which became the subject of [[https://kotaku.com/ghost-recon-breakpoint-ps4s-controller-menu-explains-ho-1839106905 a short, mocking Kotaku article]].

* BonusBoss: The Behemoths, Skell Tech's biggest and most powerful combat robots, each serve as this. They're the toughest and highest level enemies in the game, and are never encountered over the course of the regular game except for one just immediately prior to the FinalBoss.

* CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel: ''Breakpoint'' makes the previous games into this. Despite the game taking place a few years after ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'' and ''VideoGame/GhostReconShadowWars'', it features a predominantly "real world" technology level with almost none of the futuristic equipment, such as cloaking devices, electromagnetic goggles, or homing bullets, seen in those previous games. Even Skell's advanced combat robots are for the most part essentially just smart cars with armor and guns, compared to the actual mech robot from ''Future Soldier''.

Six years after the events of ''Wildlands'', the Ghosts are dispatched to the fictional Auroa archipelago, the home of Skell Technology, or "Skell Tech", a controversial AI drone and robotics firm whom the Ghosts had crossed paths with before in Bolivia. Skell Tech, along with the entire Auroa archipelago, has mysteriously gone dark soon after a US cargo ship was sunk in the vicinity. Unable to get in contact with company head Jace Skell, the United States government dispatches Ghost Recon to make contact and investigate the circumstances of the sinking. Led by Nomad, Weaver, Holt, and Midas, a formidable force of 32 Ghosts set out to Auroa by helicopter...

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: your entire squad from ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'' winds up put out of commission. [[spoiler: Weaver dies, Midas is MIA and Holt is wounded severely enough to be stuck in Erewhon.]]

** Walker also convinces Ghost [[spoiler: Josiah Hill]] to join him after revealing the full extent of his plans to him.

* MeetTheNewBoss: It's heavily impled in ''Deep State'' and confirmed in ''Red Patriot'' that the Wonderland conspiracy is essentially an American version of Raven's Rock, a cabal of highly placed politicians, businessmen, and military figures who want to overthrow the current government and assume power. They even have their own special forces group in the form of the Wolves, similar to the Bodark.

** The Bodark operatives you run into in ''Red Patriot'' are the survivors of a [[RenegadeRussian renegade]] Russian special forces unit.

* SticksToTheBack: The weapons used by the player stick to the back when not in use in a way that seems aggressively at odds with the gravity at times. One gameplay video shows two rifles slightly longer than the player's torso essentially hovering on either side of the player backpack, with nothing seeming to attach them to anything, and the player able to retrieve one into their hands and place the other back in a second. Doubly so if you wear ''no'' backpack, in which case your two rifles just kind of float on your back not really attached to anything.

** In-game the abbreviations for assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles and handguns are [=ASR=], [=STG=], [=SNR=] and [=HDG=] respectively. In real life however these weapons are abbreviated as [=AR=], [=SG=] or [=SHG=], [=SR=] and [=HG=].

* ShoehornedAcronym: In-game the abbreviations for assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles and handguns are [=ASR=], [=STG=], [=SNR=] and [=HDG=] respectively. In real life these weapons are abbreviated as [=AR=], [=SG=] or [=SHG=], [=SR=] and [=HG=].

* ItsUpToYou: Due to the game's GenreShift from the open-world sandbox of ''Wildlands'' to a shared-world [=MMO=] LooterShooter, you no longer have A.I. squad mates, and have to accomplish missions either entirely on your own or with a squad of other online players. A.I. Squad mates have been slated to return in July, so this trope is only in effect if you disable them.

* CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel: ''Breakpoint'' makes the previous games into this. Despite the game taking place a few years after ''Future Soldier'' and ''Shadow Wars'', it features a predominantly "real world" technology level with almost none of the futuristic equipment, such as cloaking devices, electromagnetic goggles, or homing bullets, seen in those previous games. Even Skell's advanced combat robots are for the most part essentially just smart cars with armor and guns, compared to the actual mech robot from ''Future Soldier''.

* TheBusCameBack: Raven's Rock, the main antagonists of ''Ghost Recon: Future Soldier'', reappear as the main antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s second DLC campaign, "Red Patriot".

** ''Operation Amber Sky'' sees the Ghosts working with [[VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege Rainbow Six]], with Ash, Finka and Thatcher as squadmates and Lesion as MissionControl.

** The Bodark operatives you run into in ''Red State'' are the survivors of a [[RenegadeRussian renegade]] Russian special forces unit.

The game was released for Gold and Ultimate Edition owners on October 1, 2019, and three days later for the basic edition owners. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, the Playstation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One. It'll also see a release via Google Stradia.

* ShoehornedAcronym: In-game the abbreviations for assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles and handguns are [=ASR=], [=STG=], [=SNR=] and [=HDG=] respectively. In real life these weapons are abbreviated as [=AR=], [=SG=] or [=SHG=], [=SR=] and [=HG=}.

* EliteMooks: The Wolves. They react much faster than ordinary Sentinel guns for hire and are more accurate. Their body armor also lets them take a couple more bullets than basic Sentinel soldiers, which combined with their very high damage output makes them tough enough that your best option is to take them out with headshots. They're also inevitably very high level, so fighting them with low tier gear is generally ill advised. You can [[SchmuckBait try for yourself]] right after their introductory cutscene.
** GlassCannon: While the Wolves can't take much more damage than basic Sentinel soldiers and can be taken out with a single headshot, their damage output is very high thanks to their superior aim and reflexes (they can chew off half your health in half a second).

* ItsUpToYou: Due to the game's GenreShift from the open-world sandbox of ''Wildlands'' to a shared-world [=MMO=] looter-shooter, you no longer have A.I. squad mates, and have to accomplish missions either entirely on your own or with a squad of other online players. A.I. Squad mates have been slated to return in July, so this trope is only in effect if you disable them.

* NotSoDifferent: One of the major themes of the main plot seems to be the fine line between a black ops soldier and a glorified death squad member. The game also shows that the Ghosts had previously worked cooperatively with both Afrikaner torture experts and a full blown U.S. military secret death squad, and many of the Wolves are former Ghosts who are perfectly fine with committing mass murder of civilians if the rules of engagement say it's OK.

** Averted in a major case of RealityEnsues with Ian Blake, who [[spoiler: gets shot in the shoulder by Silverback and ends up bleeding to death in less than a minute as a result.]]

* {{Retirony}}: Quite a few Sentinel contractors will mention how they have "three weeks left, then [they're] outta here" during their idle chatter. [[Downplayed]] in that only a few missions actively require you to kill any nearby enemies.

* Retirony: Quite a few Sentinel contractors will mention how they have "three weeks left, then [they're] outta here" during their idle chatter. [[Downplayed]] in that only a few missions actively require you to kill any nearby enemies.