We will have a lot of cosmetic things within the Battle Pass.” For all Ghost Recon fans, it is important to know that our entire arsenal of weapons, of skins, of everything is anchored in reality – and that’s today’s reality, not the future’s. This is why we’re sticking to the Ghost Recon pillar so closely. “We are not building a fantasy game, we are building an authentic military game. “Players can expect a lot of cosmetics, and all of them will be grounded in today's reality,” says Marinescu. To this end, Marinescu says aesthetic upgrades will only ever be considered if they maintain the high standards of authenticity Ghost Recon fans enjoy, while also stressing cosmetic items will never give players a leg-up on the battlefield. Like many free-to-play games, cosmetics will play a big part of Frontline’s overarching make-up – both at launch and over time, as the military shooter grows on a seasonal basis. Players will primarily do so in the aforementioned 102-player Expedition mode, but can also embark in a secondary game mode named Control, which sees players lock horns in shorter, less hectic bouts of 9v9. Marinescu also stresses that Frontline is not a sequel or an off-shoot mode of the main Ghost Recon series, but is very much a standalone game – one which follows the story of a former Ghost named Roy who’s out to expose the rogue trading of a mining company on the game’s island playground. As a free-to-play game, Marinescu says the thinking here is simple: he and his team want as many people to play Frontline as possible, on whatever platforms they own. Everything in the Battle Pass is strictly cosmetic, it doesn't influence the game in any way.' Stefan Marinescu, brand directorĪt launch, Ghost Recon Frontline will be available on PC via Uplay, old and current-generation consoles, and Stadia – and will be cross-platform across the lot.

'Frontline is, under no circumstance, a pay-to-win game. That is why we did not go for the same recipe.' Choice worlds We have this experience, and Frontline is our own very personal take on the genre, and what an authentic, massive military shooter would ideally be as per our vision. I was once semi-pro in Counter-Strike, and a lot of other people on the team have played a lot of other shooter games. Within the team, we are gamers, and we are all shooter gamers. We didn't want to come to the market with the same thing as everyone else. “We always wanted to have something different. It's our own, very personal take on this massive PvP shooting scene that’s done in the Ghost Recon universe.” We are free to play, indeed, but we are a tactical, action, massive PvP shooter, that's what we want to call it.

It’s not like we're very far away from it, but we are different in many ways.

“It’s very important to understand how we are different,” says Ghost Recon Frontline’s brand director Stefan Marinescu.

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