History VideoGame / GhostReconBreakpoint

** The FN [=F2000=] rifle is still called [=SC-20K=] in-game, a name that dates back to the first ''VideoGame/SplinterCell''.

* BottomlessMagazines: In a case of MyRulesAreNotYourRules, enemies in ''Breakpoint'' don't need to reload at all and can fire their weapons infinitely, though they do pause between bursts. This will be addressed in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqQYjBvf3k Ghost Experience 2.0]] update, where enemies will have to reload when the weapon runs dry just like players do, though it is unknown if they will have infinite spare magazines.

* BottomlessMagazines: In a case of MyRulesAreNotYourRules, enemies in ''Breakpoint'' don't need to reload at all and can fire their weapons infinitely, though they do pause between bursts.

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. Skelltech, 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...

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 technology firm whom the Ghosts had crossed paths with before in Bolivia. Skelltech, 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...

Six years after the events of ''Wildlands'', the Ghosts are dispatched to the fictional Auroa archipelago, the home of Skell Technology, or "Skelltech", a controversial AI drone technology firm whom the Ghosts had crossed paths with before in Bolivia. Skelltech, 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...

** The Homesteader's hideout, Erewhon, is named after ''Erewhon: or; Over the Range'', a satirical novel by Samuel Butler that was one of the first to postulate on machine intelligence, self-replicating machines and may be the UrExample of AIIsACrapshoot in modern writing.

** Sentinel CEO Trey Stone is a former black ops commanding officer and apparently in a similar league as Walker according to a scoreboard at Shark Base. [[spoiler: Averted in the ''Red Patriot'' DLC, where he finally meets his end. He holes up in a locked command room and sends a bunch of Wolves after you, but is no tougher than a standard mook once you get to him.]]

* DemotedToExtra: From the start of the game, Nomad's squadmates from ''Wildlands'' are quickly sidelined when they are separated after their helicopter crashes. It later turns out that [[spoiler:Weaver is killed, Holt is injured badly enough to be put out of action, and Midas has gone missing.]]

** Sentinel CEO Trey Stone is a former black ops commanding officer and apparently in a similar league as Walker according to a scoreboard at Shark Base, though he's never seen in combat in the game itself.

Six years after the events of ''Wildlands'', the Ghosts are dispatched to the fictional Auroa archipelago, the home of Skell Technology, or "Skelltech", a controversial AI drone technology firm whom the Ghosts had crossed paths with before in Bolivia. Skelltech, along with 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 Ghosts, led by Nomad, Weaver, Holt, and Midas, are dispatched to make contact and investigate the circumstances of the sinking.

Things go wrong pretty much right off the bat.

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 whom the Ghosts had crossed pasts with before in Bolivia. Skell Technology, and the entire Auroa archipelago with it, have 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 Ghosts, led by Nomad, Weaver, Holt, and Midas, are dispatched to make contact and investigate the circumstances of the sinking.

* 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.

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. Unable to get in contact with company head Jace Skell, the Ghosts, led by Nomad, Weaver, Holt, and Midas, are dispatched to make contact and investigate the circumstances of the sinking.

* TheSingularity: [[spoiler: Skell's "Project Deus" is an attempt to develop a super-intelligent A.I. that will allow humanity to transcend its current state of existence. Many of Nomad's allies are understandably creeped out by Skell's transhumanist ambitions, and Walker wants to use the technology to upend the global political balance.]]

* 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.

* 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 essential just smart cars with armor and guns, compared to the actual mech robot from ''Future Soldier''.

Before they even make landfall, the Ghosts are [[HellishCopter knocked out of the sky]] by a swarm of drones. Nomad escapes, but Midas is missing, Holt is seriously injured, and Weaver is killed--by none other than Cole Walker, a man whom worked with the Ghosts back in Bolivia, and whom Nomad has history with. After meeting up with a group of survivors known as the "Homesteaders," Nomad discovers that the island has been taken over by Sentinel Corporation, a PMC which was originally hired to protect the island, but has apparently pulled a coup over Skell Tech and is currently ruling Auroa with an iron fist. Nomad teams up with the Homesteaders, along with other island locals and surviving Ghosts from the crash, to bring justice to Walker for his betrayal and stop his plans, but it soon becomes clear that Walker and Sentinel are just the tip of the iceberg on Auroa, and that much more dangerous threats may be lurking, waiting for their chance to strike...