Ghost Recon: Wildlands - 10 Things We Learned From The Beta
5. Playing Co-Op Is The Only Way To Go
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A given, considering the current disreputable state of Wildlands' AI, but still, the game undoubtedly benefits via the addition of real-life camaraderie. With the suffix that you all get along, of course.
I managed to link up with two or three players on the Wildlands beta who really knew their stuff, and the game opened up in a whole knew way. Communication and cooperation became the name of the game, and suddenly objectives became engaging and interesting, amok with dozens of possibilities for hostage rescues, nighttime raids, and full-frontal assaults. To me, this is where Wildlands truly excels. Indeed, I'd go as far as to say that you are not going to have a good time with this title by yourself. It's playable, certainly, but it's obvious that it was made for more than two to join.
The open beta should be dropping soon, so be sure to invite a few of your friends around to try it out; especially if it's been a while since you last flexed your cooperative muscles.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
