Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites released, adding many new content – Game News

Ubisoft officially released Last Rites, a major free update for Ghost Recon Wildlands on the occasion of the Ghost Recon brand celebrating 25 years. The update brings an all-new story mission, more gameplay customization options, technical upgrades on current-gen consoles, and the return of one of the game’s most beloved missions.

Last Rites is now available on PS4 and PS5. In particular, PS5 and PS5 Pro players can now experience it Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites in 4K resolution at 60 FPS, improving responsiveness and smoothness during gameplay.

New mission with enemy La Llorona

The focus of the update is Last Ritesa linear story-oriented quest, can be launched directly from the main menu without requiring the player to complete the main campaign.

In this mission, Nomad and the Ghosts enter a new area in Bolivia, which is controlled by Los Penitentes, a fanatical cult built around faith, sacrifice and revenge.

At the head of Los Penitentes is La Llorona, a mysterious figure revered by his followers as a symbol of justice. She forces her followers to wear masks, erases their individuality, and demands their absolute obedience.

According to Ubisoft Bordeaux, La Llorona is built as a complex villain, coming from a person who was betrayed by those he loved and trusted. The betrayal caused her to lose her sense of belonging to the community, turning her pain into the impetus for an extreme revenge.

Last Rites’ story also has a darker tone than the main campaign. As players move deeper into La Llorona’s territory, they will gradually discover more about this character’s past, goals, and ideology through documents and recordings scattered throughout the game world.

One of the segments highly appreciated by the development team is the encounter at Varga’s mansion, where Nomad first witnesses La Llorona with her signature widow mask and confronts Los Penitentes members.

Greatly increase the ability to customize gameplay mechanics

One of the focuses of Last Rites is to extend player control over how the world and gameplay operate.

Through Ghost Parameters, players can adjust many factors such as loadout mode, number of primary weapons, respawn options and some rules related to survivability.

The new Difficulty system also allows for deeper customization of factors such as enemy firepower, vehicle durability, enemy stamina, player detection and health recovery time. A new Custom preset has also been added for players to build their own difficulty level as desired.

Besides, World and Session Settings allows room owners to directly adjust many elements of the world. The player can change the time of day, length of day and night, weather, enemy patrol density, Unidad’s maximum alert level, SAM systems, mortars, sirens and jammers.

Friendly Fire mode has also been added, allowing players to enable team damage in co-op matches to increase realism or create special role-playing situations.

The HUD system and interface have also been expanded with many new options. Players can adjust the Impact & Trajectory display as well as the Interaction Shader effect.

Additionally, the new Team Composition option allows choosing the number of AI teammates in the squad.

Predator returns

Another notable content is the free mission The Jungle Moved, inspired by Predator, which has been reactivated in the Caimanes province campaign.

Players will once again have to face the Predator in one of our special challenges Ghost Recon Wildlands. This mission can be accessed in Campaign, but cannot be played concurrently with Last Rites content.

Predator rewards have also been restored, including the Predator Bio-Mask, Predator Facial Paint, and many other Predator-themed tattoos and items. The Predator Helmet with the ability to use thermal vision and Predator Wristblades also return to the in-game store.

A series of items are unlocked for free

Last Rites also brings a large-scale content unlock for players.

Ghost War classes can now be unlocked for free in the store, while some PvP mode weapons are also unlocked by default.

Many rewards that were locked behind Battle Crates, Prestige Crates, or challenges that are no longer available are also unlocked for free. Some items that were previously only obtainable through these systems are now included in Collections at lower prices or directly open to all players.

Mercenaries Mode and Guerrilla Mode rewards are also unlocked by default.

In addition, Ubisoft added many new Character Smith items to celebrate Ghost Recon’s 25th anniversary, including the Ghost Recon Unit Est outfit. 2001 and previously unreleased vignettes.

Completing Last Rites will unlock two new Operator Skins and an Iconic Skin. Players can also find Ghost Recon 25th Anniversary off-road motorcycle skins at select Rally Points in Last Rites and the main campaign.

Some previously exclusive content will also be released for free to all players at a later date, including the La Llorona Iconic Skin, P416 Micteca, 4-SHUR items and the Santa Blanca Skorpion weapon.

PlayStation Plus members can receive exclusive La Llorona Iconic Skin, P416 Micteca and 4-SHUR Blue Leader glasses.

Authentic version

Ubisoft also introduced Ghost Recon Wildlands: Definitive Edition for new players. This version includes the base game along with all content from the Season Pass, Year 2 Pass, Quick Start Pack and Deluxe Pack.

In addition, Definitive Edition also includes two new cosmetic packs, Cold Eye Pack and Nightfall Protocol Pack, with many Operator Skins and additional items.

Players who already own the game can purchase the Definitive Edition Upgrade separately on their platform.

With Last Rites, Ubisoft not only added a new story chapter to GHOST RECON WILDLANDS, but also significantly expanded customization capabilities, while bringing back many old content that was loved by the community. This is considered a notable move for a game that has been released for nearly a decade but still maintains an active player community.