What a packed game this was. Including all the smaller dlcs for the base game, and both expansion dlcs, I put over 200 hours in this massively loaded, "tactical" open world shooter, and found myself having an absolute blast playing this. Despite a few grindy moments relating to finding all the collectibles, leveling up all of my skills to max (including rebel skills), I didn't even mind as I had so much fun going into another situation with a slightly different technique and with different weapons. When I first started playing this game, I played a couple hours with my friend, but like usual, he decided to abandon the game cause he found it boring and overloaded, so I decided to complete the game alone, and truthfully had a much more fun experience. Yes, it was fun playing tactically with another player, but I found the single player aspect much more fun, and rewarding as using your NPC friendlies came at an advantage. Exploring each region and collecting each collectible, completing every main mission, rebel mission, and ultimately every region boss, it just felt more immersive doing it by myself, and found exploration super dope. The driving in the game was hard to get used to at first, as I was playing Forza on the side at the time and the driving was way more wonky, but with time, I was able to get used to its mechanics. The helicopter became my best friend, getting to each location marker much quicker and easier. I started competing the easier regions first, killing each region boss, and slowly getting better equipment to make combat easier. Also, getting skill points was a must, getting perks to make my drone better, having the ability to hold more tactical devices like frags/c4/ect, and rebel missions were important too because it made the heat of battle easier as you could have rebels come in to save the day, or spawn vehicles that you needed to get place to place. So thoroughly doing these objectives, it took me awhile as this game has sooo much to offer. Also, the extra dlcs add more region bosses, which didn't add much to the story, but had cool missions. Toward the end of the base game, you start really struggling, as there's a faction called Unidad which act like cops off of GTA (except they're corrupt and are technically considered enemies) and sneaking into these Unidad bases are next level. Eventually, I started understanding how to approach these situations, killing them secretly and evading the area if they became suspicious, although sometimes it was impossible to evade. The hard missions in this game were special missions, called Spec ops which proved to be the most challenging part of the game, most notably the last mission you do with Sam Fischer. The story itself regarding this entire game was interesting, as you work for the CIA to wipe out this cartel that has overrun Bolivia. As the story progressed, you learn some twist and turns in the story, but I will say, the amount of story within is overlong and might not be very engaging for some, but I found it fun. The end of the game was pretty rewarding, as I got the good ending (I think) and El Sueno got what he deserved. It was a very rewarding ending and had me excited to play the rest of the dlcs.
Marco Road was the best thing this game could of done after this massive overloaded game, even though the amount of content in this dlc was a lot too, but the cheesy dialogue, the stunt objectives, and the difficulty of having to do this entire dlc alone was different and fresh enough to keep you entertained and not feel burnt out. Getting all the achievements was difficult in some areas, but doable and was happy with this dlc.
The 3rd and final dlc, Fallen Ghosts, brings you back to the serious tone the base game had, with enemies and objectives that were much more difficult and rewarding, as now you have to fight the Unidad and they're counterparts, Los Extranjeros. This elite milita made the game not so easy, with tactical decisions being a must to survive. The guys I hated the most were the EMP guys, as they had a pretty long range so trying to find and kill these guys was a true pain. The story was good too, but I think the ending was pretty abrupt and wish it contained more but it was still good.
In all, this game was awesome, and I had a blast playing this! Definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys tactical open world games. It's a must play!
