yes, it sucks.
i am very disapointed after buying ghost recon future soldier to have ubisoft abandon a paid game and make a free version.
i was a fan of all the past graws rainbowsix etc, but am really teed off at ubisoft atm, paid for a game that i cant even play with no matchmaking etc, bad xbox ports for pc etc.
but yea the free version kinda sucks. but feel free to try it.