This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
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Ubisoft Singapore |
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Ubisoft |
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YETI |
Windows |
April 10, 2014 |
Metacritic |
70 |
Monetization |
Free-to-play, DLC, Subscription |
Microtransactions |
Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Infinite spend, Loot box, Player trading, Time-limited |
Modes |
Multiplayer |
Pacing |
Real-time |
Perspectives |
Third-person, First-person |
Controls |
Direct control |
Genres |
TPS, Tactical shooter, Stealth |
Art styles |
Realistic |
Themes |
Sci-fi, Asia |
Series |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon |
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Key points
- Servers were shut down on December 1, 2016.[1]
- Known as Ghost Recon Online during the beta.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions (NA)
- Steam Community Discussions (EU)
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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Not free, includes a code for ingame-items and a physical artbook (48 pages) |
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Official website (unavailable) |
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Free |
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Steam (unavailable) |
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Free, North American client |
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Steam (unavailable) |
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Free, European client |
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- Requires a Uplay-account but does not use the Uplay client.[2]
Monetisation
Type |
Notes |
DLC
| Plenty of DLCs with ingame items. Some of them purchasable only for a certain time. |
Free-to-play
| Access to items is unlocked through ranking (per class).[3] |
Subscription
| AAA Pass[4] |
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Infinite Pack |
Grants weapons for free when the required level is reached. Applies also retrospectively.[4] |
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- The content of the DLCs can be applied to only one Uplay-account and can therefore not be used with other accounts, despite using the same Steam-account, which owns the respective DLCs.[5]
Microtransactions
Type |
Notes |
Boost
| Timelimited booster: Affecting XP and RP.[3] |
Cosmetic
| Avatars, headgear, different designs for weapons |
Currency
| ATHENA Credits (previously RP) as normal currency (received for playing, challenges), GP as premium currency (only purchasable with realworld-money) |
Infinite spend
| Grenades and Magnum Ammo (boost to damage) are consumables. Non-consumable items have durabilities.[3] |
Loot box
| Crates/boxes are received through playing or buying.[3][6] |
Player trading
| Items can be gifted to ingame-friends. No bilateral trading. |
Time-limited
| Seasonal or items based on events. Applies also to some DLCs.[7] |
- Earlier access to higher ranked items (weapons, weapon-upgrades, armour), boost to damage and passive abilities were for purchase.[3]
- Items could be tested prior to purchase.
- Hosting a customised match required a token every time. Tokens needed to be purchased.[8]
- Items are bound to a specific class and can not be used by the other two classes.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Path used varies by region (NCSA-Live for North America, PDC-live for EU).
- Stats and progress are stored on Ubisoft servers.
Video
- Use GRP Settings Configurator to further adjust game graphics or edit
GraphicSettings.ini
manually.[9]
Input
- The game controls can be further adjusted by editing
KeyMappingsPC.ini
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Main, SFX, Music |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
80, 443, 21002 |
UDP |
5060, 5062, 12000-13000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues unresolved
Launcher continuous to run in the background
- The game's launcher may continue to run in the background after the launcher window has been closed.
- The launcher can be closed from the Windows system tray (usually bottom right),[11] or by right-clicking the taskbar icon and selecting "Close Window" (Windows 7 or above).
- This must be repeated every time the player quits the game.
Issues fixed
Installer crash
Launcher manual download[12]
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- Make sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed
- Manually download the launcher from here
- Run it
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Uninstallation problems
Even when using the "uninstall" option from the launcher, an error message saying the pdc-live files are in use is sometimes present. Deleting the files won't work, sending them to the recycling bin won't work either. The following is not a recommended solution: By renaming the folders "Pdc-live" and "patches" in the GRO folder to something else, uninstallation from the launcher somehow works. The folders that were renamed are removed and GRO no longer appears in "Programs and Features".
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Interface |
Adobe Flash |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Multiplayer |
Quazal |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
3 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 4.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
Controller |
Keyboard and Mouse | |
Other |
8x DVD-ROM drive, Broadband Internet connection for activation, registration and playing | |
- Game requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on all platforms, and Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista and 7.
Notes
References