History YMMV / GhostRecon1

** The game's Russian leaders don't seem to have access to nuclear weapons since an international coalition akin to that of UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar is able to crush Russian forces, liberate occupied former Soviet republics and invade Russia without nuclear retaliation. Putin's nuclear saber rattling is what has prevented a military coalition from forming to help Ukraine.

** The game's war is kicked off by an ultra-nationalist/neo-imperialist faction that overthrew UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin. The above-mentioned RealLife wars were kicked off by Putin himself, clearly out of neo-imperialist goals.

** UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} launching a mass scale invasion to conquer and occupy former Soviet republics. Sounds an awful lot like the invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} since early 2022 (even though no mission of the game took place in Ukraine, the country is mentioned as being occupied in the backstory). A lot of the weapons and armored vehicles of Soviet design used in the conflict are still the same. Arguably slips into HilariousInHindsight as the invasion has largely been a disaster for Russia, which managed to hold comparatively less Ukrainian territory (compared to the whole being occupied in the game) and lost some of the larger cities they were able to grab, all with ''zero'' UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} intervention outside of providing weapons, training and intel to Ukraine.
** Seeing bombed-out Vilnius (Lithuania) hits harder still, since Russians have leveled entire Ukrainian cities (such as Mariupol or Bakhmut) to dust.

*** Seeing bombed-out Vilnius (Lithuania) hits harder still, since Russians have leveled entire Ukrainian cities (such as Mariupol or Bakhmut) to dust.
*** The game's war is kicked off by an ultra-nationalist/neo-imperialist faction that overthrew UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin. The above-mentioned RealLife wars were kicked off by Putin himself, clearly out of neo-imperialist goals.

** UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} (controlled by an ultra-nationalist/neo-imperialist faction that overthrew UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin) launching a mass scale invasion to conquer and occupy former Soviet republics. Sounds an awful lot like the invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} since early 2022 (even though no mission of the game took place in Ukraine, the country is mentioned as being occupied in the backstory), which was launched by Putin out of Russian neo-imperialism. A lot of the weapons and armored vehicles of Soviet design used in the conflict are still the same. Arguably slips into HilariousInHindsight as the invasion has largely been a disaster for Russia, which managed to hold comparatively less Ukrainian territory (compared to the whole being occupied in the game) and lost some of the larger cities they were able to grab, all with ''zero'' UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} intervention outside of providing weapons, training and intel to Ukraine.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The first minute of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCpwQbnFaY Anthem]]" sounds suspiciously like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMTR_K3wajc this track]] from ''Film/AirForceOne''.

* NightmareFuel:
** Whenever an armored vehicle is destroyed, you'll hear the muffled voices of the crew inside screaming as they burn to death.
** [[WarIsHell War is not glamorized]]. There is MonumentalDamage in world-famous cities like Moscow and Vilnius, and refugees abund and are endangered in shootouts with the enemy.
** Just about any barrage of fire from the enemy is stress-inducing, since bullets can kill in one shot. The enemy firing in single bullet mode all of a sudden might mean one or more of the player's Ghosts has been ambushed and might die, often due to FailedASpotCheck on the player's part.
** Seeing bombed-out Vilnius, Lithuania hits harder after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022-2023, where the Russians have leveled entire civilian cities to dust.

*** Seeing bombed-out Vilnius (Lithuania) hits harder still, since Russians have leveled entire cities (such as Mariupol or Bakhmut) to dust.

*** Seeing bombed-out Vilnius, Lithuania hits harder after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022-2023, where the Russians have leveled entire civilian cities to dust.