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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege
Developer(s)Red Storm Entertainment
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft[a]
SeriesTom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s)Tactical shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege is a 2002 expansion pack for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon developed by Red Storm Entertainment and published by Ubi Soft for Microsoft Windows. It is also an unlockable campaign in the PlayStation 2 version of Ghost Recon. Set in the Horn of Africa one year after the events of the base game, Desert Siege follows the "Ghosts", an elite special forces unit of the United States Army, as they intervene in a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Plot

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In 2009, relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia rapidly deteriorate into war after Colonel Tesfaye Wolde of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, who had conducted illegal arms trades with Russian ultranationalists to finance their war the previous year, overthrows the Ethiopian government in a coup d'état and launches an irredentist invasion of Eritrea. With the international community's attention drawn after the conflict threatens shipping lanes in the Red Sea, and the Eritrean government making international pleas for assistance, the United States mobilizes the Ghosts to liberate Eritrea.

After deploying to Eritrea, the Ghosts destroy an Ethiopian occupation camp near a beach, retake control of an Ethiopian-controlled Eritrean oil refinery, capture an Ethiopian-held train depot, and protect a humanitarian aid convoy, before managing to force the Ethiopians out of Eritrea and capture one of Wolde's high-ranking lieutenants. Enraged by the failures of his plans, a defiant Wolde orders one final invasion of Eritrea by personally leading a tank column across the border, but the Ghosts intercept and kill him. With Wolde dead and his remaining forces in disarray, the Ethiopian military surrenders, the legitimate government of Ethiopia is restored, and Eritrea is liberated.

Reception

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege was met with positive reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 83.17%,[3] while Metacritic gave it 82 out of 100.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Mac OS X version published by Aspyr.

References

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  1. ^ "Ghost Recon : Desert Siege sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  2. ^ "Ghost Recon: Desert Siege goes gold". GameSpot. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ^ a b "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege for PC". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  5. ^ White, Jason. "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  6. ^ Taylor, Martin (March 31, 2002). "Ghost Recon : Desert Siege". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  7. ^ Osborne, Scott (April 1, 2002). "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  8. ^ Suciu, Peter (April 6, 2002). "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (PC)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on January 12, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  9. ^ Giaccobi, Kevin "BIFF" (May 29, 2002). "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Mission Pack - Desert Siege Review - PC". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  10. ^ Butts, Steve (March 29, 2002). "Ghost Recon Desert Siege Review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  11. ^ Morris, Daniel (June 2002). "Ghost Recon: Desert Siege". PC Gamer: 73. Archived from the original on April 16, 2003. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  12. ^ Hill, Mark (May 11, 2002). "PC Review: Ghost Recon: Desert Siege". PC Zone. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
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