Not pretending sadly. A lot of good ubisoft titles have had their identity stripped recently. Apparently gamers really hate anything that isn't a ubisoft sandbox, as anything that challenges them or forces them to concentrate just doesn't sell anymore. We are to blame for this lack of creativity in triple-A gaming

As a fan of classic ghost recon games, I'm not sure why anyone plays these farcry clones at all. Far cry already did the sandbox gameplay better, and classic ghost recon did the tactical shooting better, so I'm not sure why they decided to take the series in this direction at all. It has become incredibly generic.