At least it is a week until launch
Ghost Recon Wildlandsis about a week away from launching, so naturally Ubisoft has to detail all of the season pass specifics. To its credit, Ubisoft showed some restraint and waited until one week before release, unlike some other big-budget gameannouncedthis week. Seeing as how you can’t currently go out and buyWildlandsand some of this content sounds really pointless, I’m not going to give them too much benefit of the doubt.
Contained in this season pass is one-week early access to two “major” expansions, the Unidad Conspiracy mission, the Peruvian Connection pack, faction-themed equipment packs, an “exclusive” vehicle, and some XP boosts (one permanent, one timed). Given there is no price, I’m guessing Ubisoft is trying to make the pass sound more appealing before telling us it’s charging $40 for it.
What’s better than paid content is that a free PvP mode will be coming to the game in an update at some unspecified date. When I tried out the recent Open Beta weekend, I was shocked thatGhost Recondidn’t have some form of adversarial mode. That has been a series staple and what has kept the game popular all these years later. To remove something so crucial to the experience seems tacky, but at least it will be coming later.
Ubisoft also makes mention of some nonsensical companion app for mobile devices. If it is anything like the crap it launched forSplinter Cell Blacklist, then it will function for one year and then the servers will go down. I love that I can’t unlock some piece of content because Ubisoft doesn’t care about older titles.
