Ghost Recon: Chapter 2 Now Available on Marketplace

Posted Jun 22, 2006 at 4:39PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Expansion, Marketplace, Microsoft, Microsoft Points, Ubisoft
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GrawThe Ubisoft website says the following:

"...experience with a wide array of new playable maps, game modes and character customization features. This premium content package is available now for download via the Xbox Live! Marketplace for 1200 points."

You say what!? 1200 points, isn't that a little too much? That's like 15 bucks. The small expansion for the Xbox 360 first person shooter was only recently announced, and already is available on the Marketplace. The new multiplayer co-op campaign is set in Nicaragua (which isn't Mexico people). Ubisoft also gives the following set of features:
  • Continuation of the Multiplayer Co-op Campaign with 4 All New Missions in Chapter 2
  • 8 Revisited; Relit Multiplayer Adversarial Maps
  • 2 All New Game Types with 1 New Game Mode - Team Battle
  • 2 New Camouflage Patterns
  • 4 New Character Customization Faces
  • 5 New Weapons
Maybe it's not that much, but it does show the sneaky side of the whole Microsoft Points scheme. Eight new multiplayer maps is a lot, yeah, but is it worth $15? Ubisoft's Marketing Director, John Parks, thinks it is: "The release of Tom ClancyÂ’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter has been a resounding success as it continues to top both sales and Xbox Live charts, and we are extremely excited to build upon that success with the release of this massive content update in Chapter 2."

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-06-22 16:55:03
too expensive!

I definatly wont be buying this! Most of the "new" multiplayer maps are just the same maps at a different time of day! Rip-off I say!
by - 2006-06-22 16:57:36
too expensive!

I definatly wont be buying this! Most of the "new" multiplayer maps are just the same maps at a different time of day! Rip-off I say!
by - 2006-06-22 17:46:06
I don't know about you..

I just got this game and it sucks. I'm returning it. No way in hell I'm DL these. Also, I've heard it takes forever to get then DL.
by - 2006-06-22 17:54:47
***** that

Um can you say rip off.
by - 2006-06-22 18:04:00
CHEAPSKATES

YOU OWN A CONSOLE THAT COST $400+, MORE THAN 1 GAME(IM SURE) @ $60 A POP, ANY EXTRA ACC. (I.E. CONTROLLERS ,HEADSETS,CHARGERS ,FACEPLATES....) AND YOU ARE WHINNING ABOUT $15!? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? THOSE OF US WHO WORK AND LOVE THIS GAME $15 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
by - 2006-06-22 18:23:31
say wha?

when was the last time youve ever paid 75 dollars for a video game. well we all know that most of us paid 60 dollars for an unfinished product when we bought GRAW. its all good. were all ballers just like u antihero. if anybody should be against this, i assume it would be someone with the word ANTI in their name. because you are going to pay 15 bucks for something that should have been there to begin with, other companies are going to see that and then they are just going to finish a game, release 80% of the game to the public, sell it for 60 bucks, then when they feel like they are losing to the competition they are going to release the next 20% of the game for additional fee of 15 dollars. whore.
by - 2006-06-22 18:24:45
CHEAPA$$

to thw two first post i just say - Get a job. GRAW can never suck, it owns all the competition out there.
by - 2006-06-22 18:27:45
CHEAPA$$

It goes for #6 as well.
by - 2006-06-22 18:33:29
@#6

WAAAAAAAAAAA I DONT WORK AND THE LAST TIME I HAD A BATH WAS......I FORGOT CUZ IM SO STONED DUDE! WHAT EVA SHOES! YOUR WHOLE CONSPIRACY THEORY SOUNDS VAGUELY FAMILIAR, MICHAEL MOORE JR.? I HAVE A NOVEL IDEA THAT MAY BE EVEN SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. YOU READY? DONT BUY IT!!!! THEN YOU'VE GOT NOTHIN TO WORRY ABOUT AND YOU CAN SPEND IT ALL ON YOU REFER OR GIVE YOUR SISTER A CALL I HEARD SHE'S AROUND 15 BUCKS... WHOS THE WHORE!
by - 2006-06-22 19:04:55
not buying

nocomment
by - 2006-06-22 19:07:20
not buying

i can easily afford this, the fact of the matter 4 new maps 2 gamemodes and 5 weapons isnt worth 15 dollars, re-lit maps dont count for me since it takes hardly any effort to change that. ubisoft has given better free updates in the past why should i pay this much? graw is an excellent game but this update is just not worth the money.
by - 2006-06-22 19:08:58
Content

It looks good and everything now only if I can play it. OMG THIS IS TAKING FOREVA to D/L! Im not even geting a kb a second, it keeps on jumping up and down from 200bytes to 8kb's to 0bytes all in 2 sec's. Omg I estimate this will take like 7hours to D/L tonight... EVERYONE SHOULD STOP D/Ling this so IT CAN SPEED IT UP FOR ME!... god dang slow Live Server's...
by - 2006-06-22 19:10:10
#9

i wish i had 15 bucks to spend on buds
by - 2006-06-22 19:17:21
VALUE=PERCEPTION=VALUE

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW MAP PACK 4 EVER! YES 15 BUCKS IS STEEP WHEN YOU LOOK A T THE SKIRMISH PACK OR THE OBLIVION DLC. JUST LIKE ANYTHING YOU BUY WE ALL WEIGH THE VALUE TO US AND PURCHASE ACCORDINGLY. WOULD I SPEND $500,000 ON A FERRARI? NO.WHY DO I NEED A FERRARI? NOW IF I HAD 500 LARGE.....VROOM VROOM MF!
by - 2006-06-22 19:19:17
WOW

UBISOFT IS TRYNA HUSTLA USSSSSS THEY PROBALY HAD THIS ALL IN THE GAME AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT AND RELEASE IT TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK
by - 2006-06-22 19:41:50
re-let maps

It would had been better if they added the feture to be able to change any map to any time. That might be worth it.
by - 2006-06-22 19:56:07
...

why dont u put a little thought into a perspective that isnt through the customers eyes. do you really think that ubisoft is "there for us"? if they were then they wouldnt charge us for this. in a business that would seem more cutthroat than anything, a move like releasing additional content seems to be a smart idea for a quick buck. yea, would i pay 15 bucks for it? #7 if i had time to *****ing play it cuz i work god dmn 100 hours a week fool. it is a great game and ive beat it at every difficulty and ranked up to 22 online. so you really cant give me any ***** now can you? didnt think so. #9. conspiracy theory? just cuz it makes sense doesnt mean its not true. if they werent planning this then it would have been with the game. look at "we love katamari". fans wrote to namco about a sequel. so it was made. did anyone think "halo 2" was complete? yea i think not. expansion packs huh... diablo 2, warcraft, and starcraft. this ghost recon 2 chapter 2 pack doesnt seem to be big enough for 15 bucks. thats crap. should have been a bigger add-on. give me some damn sharks that have laser beams attached to their backs. and did i really Attack you on these posts? maybe. ive got sharks with laser beams attached to their backs... so uh yea. how bout some of that fool? eff shoes.
by - 2006-06-22 20:03:54
lupin

the halo 2 maps were completely new maps totally worth the money. GRAW maps are just old maps with different time of day. ripoff
by - 2006-06-22 20:38:49
To efff shoes #17

#17 - Do you work 100h a week :D lol are you a SLAVE or what? I bet you dont even make any money if you are *****ing about 15$ #19 - It's new maps in GRAW2 too any many other new stuff, so beg your mother for the money again and say that its not just old maps and i bet you will get the 15bucks :D
by - 2006-06-22 20:45:24
CO-OP Achievements

do the co-ops add any achievements? like for chapter 2 or no if not then thats pretty gay as well.
by - 2006-06-22 20:46:26
WOW!

whats with this expansion it says cant dnld at this time and it stays on 1%, please tell me it didn't say "no refunds"
by andunny - 2006-06-22 20:50:53
hmmm

I guess it all depends on if you like the game or not.... If you've been playing it out like a rental due back tommorow... *****, whether your rich or poor you'll find 15 bucks. Even if you dont think your getting a fair content/dollar ratio, your going to find 15 dollars, or wait a few years till its free ;) If you've only played a part of the training mission and keep getting put down like a sick dog in multiplayer, then no. No Chapter 2 Is For You. In any case, why the ***** would you comment on this post if you didnt like the game? Go comment on Viva Piñata or whatever the hell it is you DO like and let the killers get back to cleaning the blood off the bayonets little boy hate listening to people ***** on the qj...***** ***** ***** whine ***** dribbling sandy vagina whine *****. ok, im done *****ing
by - 2006-06-22 21:03:02
At First

At first I thought ripp off but at the same time these guys got to make money just like us I think that the MS ponits system is a great thing because it gets the product directly to the people and still able to make the micrtrasnaction well in this case not so micro. I think for what your getting well worth it and if they came out with another four maps and more guns I would buy that to because that is what keeps the game alive and freash so I say Cheers!!!!!
by - 2006-06-22 21:37:39
I don't get the complaining,here...

The game is not 80% finished; GRAW was and still is a complete game. Them releasing ADDITIONAL content does not make the basic GRAW game incomplete. Keyword here? ADDITIONAL! There are no facilities to add user-made maps on the 360 yet, so for those that are tired of playing the great original maps, I guess the 15$ isn't too much. Personally, I'm not buying it right now. I haven't got the cash to spare, and I've only recently gotten into multiplayer with GRAW, so it will be some time before I'm through with the original content. The nice thing about GRAW multiplayer is that there is a much lower population of jackasses. The player base is also older on average than, say, Perfect Dark Zero or Quake 4.
by - 2006-06-22 23:23:35
RETARDS

GRAW WAS NOT UNIFINISHED its like saying I.E. THe sims is unfinished because of it's expansions Take this as an expansion
by - 2006-06-22 23:26:10
...

Well nobody complained when HALO 2 MULTIPLAYER MAP PACK was realesed.
by - 2006-06-23 00:30:03
Only a few

In my opinion only a few will buy this small addon for 15bucks, because everyone is point-addicted. I heared people saying that King Kong is woth a rent, due to the fact that 1000 points for 6€ is a great deal. I really hate this developement, but I must admit that i was in a phase where I played Perfect Dark for hours only to get one senseless achievement. A big part of the Xbox360 community has forgotten to play "JUST FOR FUN" and not only to show how good they are by using several glitches. In reality their penis doesn't grow with their gamerscore :)
by - 2006-06-23 01:17:48
howz come

Howz come they never release single player maps? I like those better than multiplayer or co op.
by - 2006-06-23 05:07:26
Parents wont pay!

Seriousley i saved up for like 500 points but doubleing that then adding an extra 200 would kill me, there are kids who also play this and who are not old enouth to get a job, so it would seriousley hurt their pockets to pay that much, well it would hurt their parents pockets and nobody's parents would pay that much for a few maps and guns unless they were GRAW mad
by - 2006-06-23 06:25:37
omg

i totally agree with #6, they planned it from the start to get more money, and to regroup any people who were thinkin of selling graw, theivin little **************************************
by andunny - 2006-06-23 07:05:52
i've noticed

no ones talking about how the update itself dosent work. Not to mention the new content pack in fact WONT download.
by - 2006-06-23 08:40:13
WORKING......?

GOOD POINT. HAS ANY ONE ACTUALLY PLAYED THE NEW MAPS OR USED THE WEAPONS? 24 HOURS IS A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR A DL ISNT IT? COMMENTS.......
by - 2006-06-23 09:47:01
MORE CAPS!

I LOVE CAPS CAPS IS GREAT! I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE TALK IN ALL CAPS!!!!!
by - 2006-06-23 10:27:16
FOR YOU

THERE FOR IDIOTS LIKE YOU YOU CAN ONLY READ BIG LETTERS. A S S H***! ARE THOSE STARS IN CAPS TOO! LOL IN CAPS!!!!
by - 2006-06-23 10:41:36
. . .

Oh god you whiny little *****es. As somebody put it, it costs rougly 8$ to go see a movie - that's 2 hours of enjoyment. So, with this Downloadable content, expect 4 hours of good gameplay... I'm going to have alot more than that I can assure you. *****, mow a lawn and get paid 15$ - It's not that expensive. I will side on the people who have said it's slow. I woke up this morning to find it had stopped.. but, It saved 20% of the download, I can't complain, others have had their download go back to 1%. We need 3 Servers for this kind of download.
by - 2006-06-24 12:55:21
i GOT IT!

I got the download and it is DEFINITELY worth every penny. There is so much new content there. I would gladly pay the fee (as I did). If you got it, play a coop with me...my gamer tag is xX DBLAZE Xx

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