Ghost Recon Mission Pack
ISLAND THUNDER
Date of Release:
September 25, 2002
LATEST UPDATES:
This page last updated on: 2004 Feb 1
Fixed some broken links
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Official Site
The Island Thunder page at Ghost Recon.com
Interviews
Island Thunder Dev Team Interview by GR Retreat
OVERVIEW
Cuba, 2010: Castro is dead, and the
first free elections in decades are thrown into turmoil by a drug-funded warlord. The Ghosts, an elite team
of U.S. Army Green Berets, are sent to Cuba as part of a UN peacekeeping force to destroy the rebel forces
and their mercenary leaders and secure the elections for a free Cuba.
Island Thunder is the name of the second mission pack for Ghost Recon.
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
The following is a short summary of the development history of Island Thunder.
Aug 11, 2003
Ubisoft announces that the Island Thunder levels will be coming to the PS2 under a
new GR title called Jungle Storm.
Jungle Storm will also feature a second eight-mission single player campaign set in Colombia.
Jul 30, 2003
Ubi Soft announces that Island Thunder Xbox has gone gold and will be available in stores August 5th.
Feb 25, 2003
Ubi Soft issues a press release announcing that
Island Thunder for the Xbox will be out in the summer of 2003.
Oct 23, 2002
Red Storm releases a fourth patch
(v1.4.0.0) strictly for fixing bugs (no new gameplay features) and restoring the limping wound behavior.
Sep 24, 2002
The third GR patch (v1.3.5.0) for the original
Ghost Recon is released one day before Island Thunder hits store shelves. An uproar arises from the
GR fan community because of adverse gameplay changes resulting from limping being removed.
Sep 19, 2002
An official press release announces Island Thunder has gone gold and is on track
for its shipping date on Sep 25, 2002. European versions (French, German, Italian)
of Island Thunder are estimated to be available by November 7, 2002.
Sep 12, 2002
The official Ghost Recon site has links
for both .avi (10.2MB)
and QuickTime (11.9MB)
versions of the official Island Thunder trailer.
The trailer features a helicopter insertion
Aug 21, 2002
Ubi Soft issues an official press release
announcing that the name of the second Ghost Recon mission pack is Island Thunder.
Jun 29, 2002
We get the first hint that mission pack #2 is in the works when EBgames.com lists the release in its inventory.
THE STORY
As described by IT game designer Richard Dansky: "Castro’s dead and
his successors haven’t been able to hold onto power. After a popular revolution, there’s a call for popular
elections and for international help in making sure they’re not subverted. There’s already someone on the
ground working to do just that a legitimate political party that’s actually working to mount a coup. The
Ghosts are part of the force dispatched to help out, and they run smack into these troublemakers. It starts
small, with the dropoff of a mysterious package on an abandoned tobacco plantation, but things rapidly spiral
out of control."
GAME FEATURES
Characters / Specialists
Six specialists return from the original
Ghost Recon:
Will Jacobs
Henry Ramirez
Klaus Henkel
Jack Stone
Susan Grey
Buzz Gordon
Game Types
Three New Multiplayer Game Types:
- Cat and Mouse: Your goal is to become the Mouse, which
involves running around with a weaker kit than everyone else but getting massive point bonuses for every kill
you make.
- Behemoth: You automatically get a lot tougher than everyone else on the map – and the more kills you get, the tougher you become.
- Defend (Team only)
Sound
Red Storm is making new audio enhancements for the mission pack including new enemy voices and weapons sounds. There is also
new music scored for the vehicle insertion segments
User Interface
Replay (fast forward, slow down, freeze frame)
New MP Joining Information (for Ubi.Com)
Various Shell improvements
IP Banning/Cheating Prevention
SUMMARY OF MAPS
Island Thunder comes with a total of 13 maps.
Single Player Maps
1. Plantation (Day)
2. Military Camp (Day)
3. High Sierra (Day)
4. Swamp Airfield (Day)
5. Bridges (Night)
6. Polling Center (Day)
7. Beach Resort (Day)
8. Mountain Stronghold (Day)
Multiplayer Maps
1. Hunting Lodge (Day)
2. Island (Day)
3. Prison (Day)
4. Island Village (Day)
5. Market (Day)
WEAPONS
Island Thunder introduces twelve new weapons.
M4 SOCOM (Silenced)
MM-1 (Automatic Grenade Launcher)
SR-25 (sniper rifle, regular and silenced)
Samopal vz 58
Degtyarev DP
RP-46
FN M240G
Star Z-84
Samopal 25
Makarov 9mm (pistol)
HK4 9mm SA pistol
AGS-17 automated grenade launcher system (emplaced weapon)
VEHICLES
Island Thunder features the following vehicles:
MH-60K Black Hawk - used for insertions
CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (static)
Zodiac Rafts (static)
Russian T-62 tanks
Russian BMP armored fighting vehicles
Cars - American, 50’s models (static)
UAZ Jeeps
M1-Hip Russian Helicopter (static)
INTERVIEWS
Please refer to
GR Retreat's Interviews page for
a complete list of the Island Thunder interviews done online.
PREVIEWS
GameSpy's Island Thunder preview
IGN's Island Thunder preview
REVIEWS
Gone Gold.com has done an outstanding job
collecting links of various Ghost Recon reviews here.
STRATEGY
Check out GR.net for a complete
walkthrough for Island Thunder.
SCREENSHOTS
See GR Retreat's Screenshots page
for selected screenshots of Island Thunder.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The following is a list of the miniumum requirements for Island Thunder. For best
performance, check out our recommendations in our
GR Tech Support page.
Minimum System Requirements
Requires a copy of Ghost Recon
CPU - Pentium II 450 MHz processor or equivalent
Memory - 128 MB of RAM
Operating System - Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP
DirectX - DirectX 8.0 or higher (included on CD)
Hard Drive Space - 1 GB minimum hard drive space
CD-ROM - 4X or better
Video Card - 16MB DirectX 8.0 compatible 3D card
Sound Card - DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card
Internet/Network - Properly configured TCP/IP connection at 28.8 kbps or faster
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