With Socom what do most people do?  Skip the single player and hop online.  Well that is the case this time, which is a shame because the first two ghost recon games had the strongest single player modes of all the squad-based shootera.  Too linear, too restrictive and too limited.  So if I were to attach a score to the single player, it would get a 2.5.  Not worth it, especially for full price.

Online is a whole different story.  You can also play lots of single player online, which can make up for the 1-P AI.  Just so you know though random humans can also be a pain to work with, so try to only play people from your friends list.  Then you have regular and team varients on a bunch of different things like deathmatch, siege, king of the hill and last man standing to name the main ones...within this you have lots of options to change.  Maps are intimidating at first, but rewarding once you figure their layouts out.  The main thing it has over socom is you don't regulary see people emptying full clips into eachother, but then again the death animations in GR2 can look very weird.  Grenades have a better radius than rainbow six 3 as well.  Frankly this game is much better than Rainbow Six 3 in a lot of areas, including graphics and sound.  The graphics are vastly superior to Socom 2's, and the textures in general are better than Rainbow six's by a pretty good margin.  Weather effects are done very well.  The sound also is very well done, a stable of the ghost recon series.  Surround sound is a very useful tool here.  Interface wise it feels cheap for such a long-time developer of Live games.  I mean searching takes forever, and even then you can't tell what the settings are until you join a lobby.  This can get aggrivating, but the community for the game is generally good so most likely you'll stick with a group for a while.

Overall Ghost Recon 2 obviously has let down fans of the series without live, it really has been turned into the best military shooter on XBL.  Don't trade in Socom 2(maps for that game are very hard to beat) but if you like that game look into this one.
With Socom what do most people do? Skip the single player and hop online. Well that is the case this time, which is a shame because the first two ghost recon games had the strongest single player modes of all the squad-based shootera. Too linear, too restrictive and too limited. So if I were to attach a score to the single player, it would get a 2. 5.  Not worth it, especially for full price. Online is a whole different story. You can also play lots of single player online, which can make up for the 1-P AI. Just so you know though random humans can also be a pain to work with, so try to only play people from your friends list. Then you have regular and team varients on a bunch of different things like deathmatch, siege, king of the hill and last man standing to name the main ones... within this you have lots of options to change. Maps are intimidating at first, but rewarding once you figure their layouts out. The main thing it has over socom is you don't regulary see people emptying full clips into eachother, but then again the death animations in GR2 can look very weird. Grenades have a better radius than rainbow six 3 as well. Frankly this game is much better than Rainbow Six 3 in a lot of areas, including graphics and sound. The graphics are vastly superior to Socom 2's, and the textures in general are better than Rainbow six's by a pretty good margin. Weather effects are done very well. The sound also is very well done, a stable of the ghost recon series. Surround sound is a very useful tool here. Interface wise it feels cheap for such a long-time developer of Live games. I mean searching takes forever, and even then you can't tell what the settings are until you join a lobby. This can get aggrivating, but the community for the game is generally good so most likely you'll stick with a group for a while. Overall Ghost Recon 2 obviously has let down fans of the series without live, it really has been turned into the best military shooter on XBL. Don't trade in Socom 2(maps for that game are very hard to beat) but if you like that game look into this one.