
Ghost Recon Online very much looks and plays like a classic series multiplayer experience, though it's likely to feel a bit streamlined and compact by comparison. It doesn't have a single-player campaign or elaborate production values, though it is definitely a cut above what we'd expect from a game that can be downloaded and played without whipping out your wallet.

This is an important caveat, because this free-to-play iteration isn't meant to replace the upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier or other full-fledged premium releases. Ghost Recon Online is the Tom Clancy-branded counterpart to those titles, and based on what we played, it's pretty seriously impressive – for a free game.

The free-to-play tag is often associated with Facebook games and social diversions, but games like Combat Arms and Battlefield Free4Play already deliver robust shooter experiences in that mold.
