Editing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2

{{Short description|2004 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
| image = Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2.jpg
| developer = [[Red Storm Entertainment]]
| publisher = [[Ubisoft]]
| director = 
| producer = 
| designer = Christian Allen
| programmer = 
| artist = 
| writer = 
| composer = [[Bill Brown (composer)|Bill Brown]]<br />[[Tom Salta]]
| series = ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon]]''
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 2]]<small> (PS2)</small><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=David |url=http://www.1up.com/news/ps2-ghost-recon-2-details |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721070206/http://www.1up.com/news/ps2-ghost-recon-2-details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-21 |title=PS2 Ghost Recon 2 Details |website=[[1UP.com]] |date=2004-08-31 |access-date=2013-09-09 }}</ref>
| platforms = [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[GameCube]]
| released = '''Xbox, PS2'''{{Video game release|NA|November 16, 2004 <small>(Xbox)</small><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=David |date=2004-11-16 |title=The Ghosts Move Out |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/16/the-ghosts-move-out |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>|AU|November 25, 2004<ref>{{cite web | author=van Leuveren, Luke | date=November 22, 2004 | url=http://www.palgn.com.au/article.php?id=1766 | title=Updated Australian Release List - 22/11/2004 | website=PALGN | publisher=PAL Gaming Network | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910162629/http://www.palgn.com.au/article.php?id=1766 | archive-date=September 10, 2006 | url-status=dead | access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>|EU|November 26, 2004<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-11-26 |title=What's New? |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-261104 |access-date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=2023-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302013412/https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-261104 |url-status=live }}</ref>|NA|November 30, 2004 <small>(PS2)</small><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=David |date=2004-11-30 |title=Silent and Deadly |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/30/silent-and-deadly |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329221801/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/30/silent-and-deadly |url-status=live }}</ref>}}'''GameCube'''{{vgrelease|NA|March 15, 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title='Ghost Recon 2' (NGC) Lays Down Supressive Fire At Retail |url=http://worthplaying.com/article/2005/3/15/news/23187-ghost-recon-2-ngc-lays-down-supressive-fire-at-retail/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=WorthPlaying |language=en}}</ref>|EU|March 24, 2005<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-03-24 |title=What's New? [date mislabeled "March 29, 2005"] |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-240305 |access-date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=2023-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328075358/https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-240305 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Tactical shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Whiteknight |url=http://www.ghostrecon.net/html/interview-grin-2.htm |title=Ghost Recon 3 PC Interview |publisher=GhostRecon.net |date=2005-09-09 |page=2 |access-date=2013-09-09 |archive-date=2014-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025013/http://www.ghostrecon.net/html/interview-grin-2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2''''' is a [[tactical shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[Red Storm Entertainment]] and published by [[Ubisoft]] for [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2]] and [[GameCube]]. A [[Microsoft Windows]] version was planned but cancelled in April 2005 in favor of ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thorsen |first=Tor |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pc-ghost-recon-2-canceled/1100-6122066/ |title=PC Ghost Recon 2 canceled |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=2005-04-11 |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref> It is a direct sequel to the 2001 video game ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001 video game)|Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon]]''.

The game takes place on the [[Korean Peninsula]], with slight variations between platforms. The GameCube and PS2 campaign occurs in 2007, while the Xbox campaign is set in 2011. ''Ghost Recon 2'' sports an updated graphics engine, the [[Havok (software)|Havok 2 physics engine]], new multiplayer options, and voice command ability via microphone.

==Gameplay==
In the single player campaign, the player assumes the role of Ghost Team leader, Captain Scott Mitchell; Mitchell is described as "a consummate soldier", being a veteran of several armed conflicts and can use weaponry from any soldier class, including assault rifles, carbines, submachine guns, sniper rifles and more. In several missions the player is inserted alone and must complete the mission without assistance from the other Ghosts. Such missions render assistance in the form of air strikes the player can call in.

===Multiplayer===
There are several variations of multiplayer mode in ''Ghost Recon 2''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=David |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/27/ghost-recon-2-multiplayer-details |title=Ghost Recon 2 Multiplayer Details |website=[[IGN]] |date=2004-10-27 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052220/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/27/ghost-recon-2-multiplayer-details |url-status=live }}</ref>
Co-operative games are available in the campaign mission, battle, defend, firefight, garrison, recon, and scout modes, in which players must work together to accomplish a single goal. Garrison mode, for example, is when players must keep enemy troops out of a marked area, for a designated time.

Adversarial modes are divided into two categories; Solo, where players work separately, usually against one another, and Squad, where players are divided up into opposing teams.

==Plot==
Like ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]'', the plot of ''Ghost Recon 2'' differs between releases. The PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions have entirely different plots from that of the Xbox version, with the latter serving as a sequel to the former.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> The plot is also peripherally connected to that of ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory|Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''.

===PlayStation 2/GameCube (2007: ''First Contact'')===
In July 2007, [[North Korea]] is devastated by a nationwide [[famine]] that forces the government to redirect much of the military budget to relief programs and civic projects. The reappropriation angers the [[Korean People's Army]] command, especially [[Daejang|General]] Jung Chong-sun, who launches a [[coup d'état]] and places the military on high alert across the [[DMZ]]. When a North Korean [[Silkworm missile|Super-Silkworm missile]] sinks the [[U.S. Navy]] intelligence-gathering vessel USS ''Clarence E. Walsh'' (CG-80), supposedly by accident, the United States deploys covert forces, including the U.S. Army's "Ghosts" special forces unit and the [[National Security Agency]]'s [[Third Echelon]], to defuse the situation in North Korea and determine the nature of the attack.

The Ghosts deploy to North Korea and conduct operations to defeat the coup forces and prevent a reignited [[Korean War]], eventually succeeding after foiling Jung's plan to demolish a dam and flood the DMZ, while Third Echelon [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory|uncovers the truth about the sinking]]. Having inflicted sufficient damage, the coup forces back down and American forces withdraw. However, four months later, one of Jung's subordinates, General Paik, activates a [[Taepodong-2]] [[Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle|MIRV]] nuclear missile and targets [[South Korea]], the United States, and [[NATO]]. The Ghosts redeploy to North Korea to prevent the launch and destroy the missile. With their plans in disarray, Paik commits suicide while Jung plots revenge.

===Xbox (2011: ''Final Assault'')===
In 2011, North Korea has recovered from the initial conflict in 2007. Emboldened and still seeking revenge, Jung launches another coup to overthrow the North Korean government and prepares to spark a greater Korean War involving all of Asia by targeting Asian and Western countries with North Korea's nuclear arsenal. In response, the U.S., NATO, and [[Australia]] deploy a [[peacekeeping]] force to the region alongside the Ghosts to counter the North Korean threat.

The Ghosts deploy to North Korea and launch another successful campaign against North Korea, whittling their combat capabilities and supply lines. Faced with dwindling supplies and growing dissent among the populace, Jung becomes increasingly desperate to retain control and attempts to crush dissent by force, eventually culminating in an attempt to destroy his own rebellious cities using nuclear warheads hidden in trains that is foiled when the Ghosts intercept them.

Now out of options, Jung leads the capture of a dam near [[Hamhung]] with a nuclear warhead, planning a repeat of his attempted flooding attack from 2007. The Ghosts attack once more to disable the warhead and kill Jung, preventing the escalation of the Korean conflict.

==Expansion packs==

===''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike''===
''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike]]'' is a standalone [[expansion pack]] for ''Ghost Recon 2'' available exclusively on the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. ''Summit Strike'' included 11 new single-player missions, as well as new weapons (such as the [[FN SCAR]]) and an expanded multiplayer game. It was released on August 2, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox/928568-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-summit-strike/data |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike Release Information for Xbox |website=GameFAQs |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810145242/http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox/928568-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-summit-strike/data |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = (Xbox) 82.67%<ref name=GRXB>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/920228-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for Xbox |publisher=[[GameRankings]] |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2019-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209011958/https://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/920228-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2) 63.34%<ref name=GRPS2>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/920227-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for PlayStation 2 |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2019-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209011945/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/920227-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(GC) 48.67%<ref name=GRGC>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/920229-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for GameCube |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2019-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209012008/https://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/920229-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| MC = (Xbox) 80/100<ref name=MCXB>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for Xbox Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2025-03-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250318174322/https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2) 58/100<ref name=MCPS2>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref><br />(GC) 54/100<ref name=MCGC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 for GameCube Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2025-03-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250318174447/https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Edge = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=143 |date=December 2004 |page=83}}</ref>
| EGM = (Xbox) 6.33/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=187 |date=January 2005 |page=136}}</ref><br />(PS2) 3.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (PS2) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=188 |date=February 2005 |page=106}}</ref>
| EuroG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Kristan |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_ghostrecon2_x |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) |website=[[Eurogamer]] |date=2004-11-26 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052527/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_ghostrecon2_x |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GI = (Xbox) 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zoss |first=Jeremy |url=http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/1D862B19-5BD4-4038-BC58-CBA8B44527E8.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070528113350/http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/1D862B19-5BD4-4038-BC58-CBA8B44527E8.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2007 |title=Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=141 |date=January 2005 |page=130 |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref><br />(PS2) 6.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zoss |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/E1077CE7-1D09-477A-84C6-32210F98658A.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070528113350/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/E1077CE7-1D09-477A-84C6-32210F98658A.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-05-28 |title=Ghost Recon 2 (PS2) |magazine=Game Informer |issue=142 |date=February 2005 |page=116 |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |url=http://gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/39574.shtml |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Review for Xbox on GamePro.com |magazine=[[GamePro]] |date=2004-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204122659/http://gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/39574.shtml |archive-date=2005-02-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>
| GameRev = B−<ref>{{cite web |last=Sanders |first=Shawn |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ghost-recon-2 |title=Ghost Recon 2 Review (Xbox) |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |date=2004-12-13 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809190823/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ghost-recon-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot = (Xbox) 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Wolpaw |first=Erik |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-review/1900-6113799/ |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Review (Xbox) |website=GameSpot |date=2004-11-22 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2016-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109231354/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-review/1900-6113799/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />5.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Colayco |first=Bob |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-review/1900-6114849/ |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Review (PS2) |website=GameSpot |date=2004-12-10 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2016-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109231354/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-review/1900-6114849/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Colayco |first=Bob |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-review/1900-6121269/ |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Review (GC) |website=GameSpot |date=2005-03-29 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2016-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109231354/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-review/1900-6121269/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = (Xbox) {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Will |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/567762p1.html |title=GameSpy: Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |date=2004-11-19 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054739/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/567762p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2) {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Will |url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/571306p1.html |title=GameSpy: Ghost Recon 2 (PS2) |publisher=GameSpy |date=2004-12-06 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054701/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2/571306p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GameZone = (Xbox) 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Zacarias |first=Eduardo |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/12/06/tom_clancy_s_ghost_recon_2_xb_review |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 - XB - Review |publisher=GameZone |date=2004-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502191829/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23822.htm |archive-date=2008-05-02 |url-status=live |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref><br />(PS2) 6.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Valentino |first=Nick |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/12/13/tom_clancy_s_ghost_recon_2_ps2_review |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 - PS2 - Review |publisher=GameZone |date=2004-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406005801/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23822.htm |archive-date=2008-04-06 |url-status=live |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref><br />(GC) 4.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Raymond |first=Justin |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2005/05/11/tom_clancy_s_ghost_recon_2_gc_review |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 - GC - Review |publisher=GameZone |date=2005-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011035736/http://gamecube.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23822.htm |archive-date=2008-10-11 |url-status=live |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>
| IGN = (Xbox) 8.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Hilary |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/16/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-3 |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) |website=IGN |date=2004-11-16 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052210/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/16/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-3 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Sulic |first=Ivan |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/02/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-2 |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (PS2) |website=IGN |date=2004-12-01 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052215/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/02/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/06/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2 |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (GCN) |website=IGN |date=2005-05-06 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052218/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/06/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NP = 2.7/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |volume=193 |date=June 2005 |page=97}}</ref>
| OPM = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 |magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] |date=February 2005 |page=90}}</ref>
| OXM = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |date=December 2004 |page=74}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Paragon Publishing|Cube]]''
| rev1Score = (NGC) 5.9/10<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Miles|url=https://archive.org/details/cube-44/page/n51/mode/2up?q=%22super+mario+64%22|title=Ghost Recon 2|magazine=[[Paragon Publishing|Cube]]|issue=44|date=May 2005|pages=50–53|accessdate=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Huschka |first=Ryan |url=http://www.freep.com/entertainment/videogames/gmini26e_20041226.htm |title='Ghost Recon 2' (Xbox) |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=2004-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041226235516/http://www.freep.com/entertainment/videogames/gmini26e_20041226.htm |archive-date=2004-12-26 |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''
| rev3Score = (Xbox) {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Ring |first=Bennett |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Games/More-plot-than-shot/2004/11/25/1101219661436.html |title=More plot than shot (Ghost Recon 2, Xbox) |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2004-11-22 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809111009/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Games/More-plot-than-shot/2004/11/25/1101219661436.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2) {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Hill |first=Jason |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Games/Incredibly-charming/2005/01/19/1105810923106.html |title=Incredibly charming |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2005-01-20 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809111006/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Games/Incredibly-charming/2005/01/19/1105810923106.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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By the end of 2004, after seven weeks of availability, ''Ghost Recon 2'' had sold 1.4 million copies.<ref name=sales8>{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921073325/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=33167 | url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=33167 | url-status=live | title=2004/05 Third-Quarter Sales: €186 Million Record Sales Projected for the Fourth Quarter: >€220 Million 2005/06: Increased Growth and Profitability | archive-date=September 21, 2017 | publisher=[[Ubisoft]] | date=January 20, 2005 }}</ref>

''Ghost Recon 2'' was met with positive (Xbox) to very mixed reception (PS2 and Gamecube). [[GameRankings]] and [[Metacritic]] gave it a score of 82.67% and 80 out of 100 for the Xbox version;<ref name=GRXB/><ref name=MCXB/> 63.34% and 58 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;<ref name=GRPS2/><ref name=MCPS2/> and 48.67% and 54 out of 100 for the GameCube version.<ref name=GRGC/><ref name=MCGC/>

The game was criticized by the North Korean government for its storyline.<ref>{{cite web |last=Golze |first=Benjamin |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ghost-recon-2-plotline-irks-north-korea/1100-6101437/ |title=Ghost Recon 2 plotline irks North Korea |website=GameSpot |date=2004-06-25 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2016-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109231354/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ghost-recon-2-plotline-irks-north-korea/1100-6101437/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ghostrecon.com/ Official ''Ghost Recon'' website]
*{{moby game|id=/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-2007-first-contact|name=''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 2007: First Contact''}}
*{{moby game|id=/xbox/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-2-2011-final-assault|name=''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 2011: Final Assault''}}

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