History VideoGame / GhostReconBreakpoint

Six years after the events in Bolivia, the Ghosts are dispatched to the fictional Auroa archipelago, the home of Skell Technology, a controversial AI drone technology firm, which has mysteriously gone dark soon after a US cargo ship was sunk in the vicinity, the company head Jace Skell apparently missing. When they get there, they find themselves not the hunters, but the hunted... by some of their own.

** The entire plot of the campaign revolves around Nomad being one of the few surviving Ghosts on Auroa, who is forced to scavenge what they need to survive and eventually becoming a OneManArmy capable of taking on Walker and his mercenary army. However, that image is immediately dispelled upon first arriving at the game's hub area, Erewhon, where you'll most likely find ''dozens'' of other Ghosts / players connected online milling about, quite often well beyond the batch of 32 sent in from the USS ''Wasp.'' This is, at least, alleviated by the Ghost Experience update introducing a Private mode which makes Erewhon only be populated by [=NPCs=] and your own squad, and ''not'' enough Ghosts to rival the Wolves.

* SelfDeprecation: The ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCell Deep Slate]]'' trailer pokes fun at the more absurd aspects of Breakpoint, from the ''Terminator'' event (Vic says he's never heard of them) to the RPG-like gear system and even the central theme of drone warfare, which Sam questions as to why anyone would fight the things.

** The entire plot of the campaign revolves around Nomad being one of the few surviving Ghosts on Auroa, who is forced to scavenge what they need to survive and eventually becoming a OneManArmy capable of taking on Walker and his mercenary army. However, that image is immediately dispelled upon first arriving at the game's hub area, Erewhon, where you'll most likely find ''dozens'' of other Ghosts / players connected online milling about, quite often well beyond the batch of 32 sent in from the USS ''Wasp.''

* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler: When Vaughan tries to cover up the murder of a civilian ''and'' assaults Nomad, Walker executes him point-blank.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Mads Schulz, the RebelLeader of Erewhon. A retired Marine formerly stationed on the island, with a mountain man beard and an [[NiceHat awesome stetson]].

* TheNeidermeyer: Vaughan. He's an arrogant, cowardly prick [[{{Nepotism}} entirely reliant on his father]]. Since the cutscenes with him are presented in AnachronicOrder, we first meet him going off the deep end. Only later we learn that he was, technically, Nomad's and Walker's superior in the Middle East.

* BadassBeard: Nomad's default model, featured in the trailers, has a massive "operator beard" (slightly shorter in the live-action trailer). All the stabbing, shooting, exploding and tactical gear just highlights how badass it is.

* BadBoss: Walker kills three of his own EliteMooks and promises to hunt down the one survivor (granted, they were getting drunk and cavorting with female civilians up to allowing one of them to handle one of their sidearms). He also intimidates Stone, his [[CoDragons Co Dragon]], with a HelicopterBlender for no good reason other than to assert his alpha dominance. Nomad notes that Walker has developed a bad habit of fragging his own men.

* BrokenPedestal: Walker, for SGM Hill and Nomad. When Hill learns of Walker's FaceHeelTurn, he's understandably shocked.
--> '''Hill''': I can't believe it. He's one guy I admired, you know?
--> '''Nomad''': I guess you were wrong.

* CharacterTic: The CIA officer working with Walker in Bolivia and Middle East has a habit of playing with a lighter.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: When Nomad first confronts Silverback, it's in a cutscene in which Silverback is able to go toe-to-toe with Nomad and their fight ends in a draw. When you actually fight him in-game a few missions later, he's not noticeably tougher than any other Wolf.

* DitzyGenius: Jace Skell may be a self-made billionaire and technological genius, but when out of his comfort zone he's remarkably awkward and lacking in common sense.

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ayana Puri. Stone believes she's cooperating with him, Skell believes she's cooperating with Stone, while she's covertly sending info to Maurice Fox.]]

* GutturalGrowler:
** Alex Mallari Jr. as Nomad constantly growls in the trailers, be it a long list of threats in the Reveal trailer or just counting to three in "We Are Wolves" trailer. Overall Nomad's voice in ''Breakpoint'' sounds much deeper and gravellier compared to his much more average-sounding voice in ''Wildlands'' as voiced by Steve Byers.
** Jon Bernthal as Walker slips into it whenever he sounds angry or threatening, both in his BadassBoast and his MotiveRant.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Ilsa lectures a Skell Tech employee about how modern technology has made humanity soft before torturing him, yet when called up to confront Nomad she engages them with an advanced attack helicopter instead of facing them in person.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: Surprisingly, it was Jace Skell's decision to sink the USS Seay in order to stop the combat drone shipment from falling into US hands, and he did not make that decision lightly.]]
* ImproperlyParanoid: Skell Tech’s policy of minimizing contact with the outside world (to the point of full blackout) led to Walker's takeover with nobody being any wiser until it was too late and the USS Seay was sunk.

* InkSuitActor: Walker's appearance is based on his voice actor, Creator/JonBernthal, who also plays the character in the Live-Action Trailer.

* KnifeNut: Fury has no less than five on her character model, as pointed out in the [[https://ghost-recon.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/news-updates/3ZDFPUNV8zfVVV5vhSgD9Q/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-e3-cosplay-guide official cosplay guide]].
* TheLadette: Biographical info indicates that Fury is one of these. She was a tomboy growing up, competed in jiu-jitsu and boxing on a national level at the age of 16, and was one of the first female Navy [=SEALs=]. She also has a history of actively asserting dominance over her male counterparts in her various units, often in the form of fistfights.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you fail a 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.

* RabidCop: Ian Blake is a former cop. The way he chews out a rookie surveillance officer leaves little doubt as to what kind of cop he was.

* SmugSnake: Ian Blake. Arrogant, hateful and when you finally capture him, he tries to weasel out of having to unlock the BorderPatrol system by offering the blackmail material he gathered. Blackmail material that you might have found during a different story mission already.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Walker's rants in the trailers, both "We Are Wolves" and the live action trailer, hit several marks. In the former, he reveals that he intended to [[TheCoup take Auroa over]] and is willing to disregard any and all rules in order to prove that MightMakesRight, and in the latter he echoes the sentiment that America grew weak and corrupt.
--> '''Walker:''' Our nation has become indifferent to sacrifice! Apathetic to the ideals of our forefathers! (...) Now we wage war against this plague! With fear and retribution for all!

* ThatManIsDead: A variant in the live action trailer, signifying Walker's FaceHeelTurn:
--> '''CIA Agent''': What are you doing?! You're a Ghost!
--> '''Walker''': No. I'm a Wolf.

* TortureTechnician: Ilsa Herzog is played as this, the [=NPCs=] are deathly afraid of her and her journal found in the Natural Hazards Control states she enjoys her work immensely.
* TragicKeepsake: Nomad’s default model has Midas’ distinctive scarf wrapped around the shoulder strap of his armor[[spoiler:, and one of the optional side missions has you retrieve the scarf and learn that Midas is MIA]].
* TwitchyEye: Walker's eyes are constantly twitching, showing that no matter how controlled he seems, what he's been through has made him not altogether all there upstairs.

* WickedCultured: The collectible files for Skell Tech combat drones state it was Walker who came up with the demonic names for them.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: The Sniper class can use armor-piercing ammo that is highly effective against both body armor and drone armor plating.

* 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.

* WolfpackBoss: Aside from the FinalBoss, the game's "boss" enemies are only slightly tougher than a regular enemy, but are backed up by a significant amount of EliteMooks.

** Downplayed with the game's "boss" enemies (the 4 Elite Wolves and [[spoiler: Sgt. Hill]]), who are about twice as durable as a normal Wolf, but can still be taken down with about half a mag of full auto fire or a single headshot.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Averted with the 4 named Elite Wolves (Flycatcher, Silverback, Rosebud, and Yellowleg) as well as [[spoiler: Josiah Hill]], who all are about twice as durable as a regular [[EliteMooks Elite Mook]] but still go down realistically quickly. Played straight in the FinalBoss fight, since [[spoiler: Cole Walker is protected by 4 defensive drones that vaporize all bullets that come near him; the drones all have to be destroyed before Walker can be harmed; once his shield is gone Walker is still somewhat tougher than an Elite Mook, but goes down reasonably quickly to either a second or two of full-auto fire or a headshot.]]

* EliteMooks: The Wolves. They react much faster than ordinary Sentinel guns for hire and are more accurate. Their body armor also lets them take slightly more hits than basic Sentinel soldiers, making 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.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The entire plot of the campaign revolves around Nomad being one of the few surviving Ghosts on Auroa, who is forced to scavenge what they need to survive and eventually becoming a OneManArmy capable of taking on Walker and his mercenary army. However, that image is immediately dispelled upon first arriving at the game's hub area, Erewhon, where you'll most likely find ''dozens'' of other Ghosts / players connected online milling about, quite often well beyond the batch of 32 sent in from the USS ''Wasp.''

** Later in the game you encounter even more heavily armored Heavies, who similar to the Los Extranjeros Heavies from ''Fallen Ghosts'' are so heavily armored that they're completely ImmuneToBullets except for headshots, and you need to shoot them in the head a few times to knock off their helmet before they can be headshot.
* HellishCopter: At the end of "The Great Escape" mission, Ilsa Herzog tries to come after you with an Apache attack helicopter and a squad of Sentinel goons. You blow her out of the sky.

* DarkIsEvil: In contrast to Santa Blanca's all-white gang colors, Sentinel and the Wolves dress in very dark-colored uniforms.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed with the game's "boss" enemies (the 4 Elite Wolves and [[spoiler: Sgt. Hill]]), who are about twice as durable as a normal Wolf, but can still be taken down with about half a mag of full auto fire or a single headshot.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Sentinel Heavies are considerably more dangerous than their Santa Blanca equivalents from ''Wildlands'', being significantly more heavily armored and also wielding miniguns rather than simple light machine guns. They're more than 4 times as durable as regular Sentinel soldiers and can soak a little over a full mag of full auto fire from your starting assault rifle. Higher tier gear makes them somewhat more manageable. They also have helmets that need to be shot off before you can headshot them.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Averted with the 4 named Elite Wolves (Flycatcher, Silverback, Rosebud, and Yellowleg) as well as [[spoiler: Josiah Hill]], who all may be slightly tougher than a regular [[EliteMooks Elite Mook]] but still go down realistically quickly. Played straight in the FinalBoss fight, since [[spoiler: Cole Walker is protected by 4 defensive drones that vaporize all bullets that come near him; the drones all have to be destroyed before Walker can be harmed; once his shield is gone Walker is still somewhat tougher than an Elite Mook, but goes down reasonably quickly to either a second or two of full-auto fire or a headshot.]]

* EliteMooks: The Wolves. They react much faster than ordinary Sentinel guns for hire and are more accurate. Their body armor also lets them take somewhat more hits than basic Sentinel soldiers, making 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.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Sentinel Heavies are considerably more dangerous than their Santa Blanca equivalents from ''Wildlands'', being significantly more heavily armored and also wielding miniguns rather than simple light machine guns. They're more than 4 times as durable as regular Sentinel soldiers and can soak a little over a full mag of full auto fire from your starting assault rifle. Higher tier gear makes them a lot more manageable. They also have helmets that need to be shot off before you can headshot them.

* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: Compared to previous games in the series, including ''Wildlands'', due to the GenreShift introduction of character tier levels. Even regular Sentinel goons can withstand several torso shots from your starting assault rifle, and generally that durable if you take on leveled enemies with equivalently leveled gear. All human enemies (except for Heavies) still die from a single headshot from any weapon, however.

* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: Compared to previous games in the series, including ''Wildlands'', due to the GenreShift introduction of character tier levels. Even regular Sentinel goons can withstand several torso shots from your starting assault rifle, and are likewise similarly durable if you attempt to take on a higher level base with insufficiently low tier weapons and gear. All human enemies (except for Heavies) still die from a single headshot from any weapon, however. Basic enemies at the same tier level as your own weapons should still go down in 2-3 shots, just like in previous games.

* EliteMooks: The Wolves. They react much faster than ordinary Sentinel guns for hire and are more accurate. Their body armor also lets them take several bullet hits before going down, making them tough enough that your best option is to take them out with headshots. You can [[SchmuckBait try for yourself]] right after their introductory cutscene.

* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: Compared to previous games in the series, including ''Wildlands'', due to the GenreShift introduction of character tier levels. Even regular Sentinel goons can withstand several torso shots from your starting assault rifle, and are likewise similarly durable if you attempt to take on a higher level base with insufficiently low tier weapons and gear. All human enemies (except for Heavies) still die from a single headshot from any weapon, however.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Sentinel Heavies are considerably more dangerous than their Santa Blanca equivalents from ''Wildlands'', being significantly more heavily armored and also wielding miniguns rather than simple light machine guns.