America's Army

**Svantevid** · January 23, 2007, 11:46 AM

What do you think about this game?
For me it's best FPS ever!

It isn't like CS neither COD, it's a tactical FPS and it ruless...

Is anyone of you playing this game? I am honor level 29

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This month this game advanced to v2.8 Coalition.

Here's their website: www.americasarmy.com

This is from wikipedia:

"America's Army (also known as AA or Army Game Project) is a tactical multiplayer first-person shooterowned by the United States Gouverment and released as a global public relations initiative to help with U.S. Army recruitement.
The PC version, subtitled Recon, was first released on July 4, 2002. Subsequently Operations was first released on July 12, 2002. The most current version Coalition debuted Dec 21, 2006 and has had many upgrades since Recon. It is financed through U.S. tax dollars and distributed for free. It was originally developed by the MOVES Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School and continues to use the Unreal Engine."

This is from other website:

"America's Army is a realistic computer game providing civilians with an inside perspective and a virtual role in today's premiere land force, the U.S. Army. America's Army players will experience soldiering in a state-of-the-art new manner. The America's Army game blends two vivid simulations: Soldiers, a role-playing portion in which players navigate life's challenges to achieve goals, and a first-person action game, called Operations.

The action-packed Operations portion allows up to 32 players to enter into "virtual service" with the U.S. Army on the same unit mission. Players begin their virtual Army experience as a recruit with an anonymous user name to experience challenging Army missions from a first-person perspective. Training missions build player capabilites -- from navigating Fort Benning's obstacle course to parachute drops in preparation for assignment to the 82nd Airborne Division. Multiplayer missions are organized into assignment tours, such as being part of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) or the 75th Ranger Regiment. To join a multiplayer game, the players must complete the appropriate training. Gamers use realistic equipment and authentic military hardware. Teamwork, leadership and the benefits of training are emphasized. As in any team effort, communication is key: gamers use different speech, whispers, shouts, radio messages and -- in a game industry first -- genuine military hand and arm signals. Borrowing a page from Army force-on-force training methods, players always perceive they always are on the U.S. team."

So, what do you think?

**Laoch** · January 23, 2007, 11:49 AM

I love this game but i havent played it in 18 months. There use to be lag problems and the interface was clumsy whats it like now?

**JHS** · January 23, 2007, 11:49 AM

http://www.realitymod.com/

A mod for Bf2, much better than AA.

**MadSerb** · January 23, 2007, 11:53 AM

I agree with you, this is (for me) best FPS game. Most realistic feeling of combat. Love team working in it. Beside Total War series I play AAO too. My honor level is 80.

Regards,
M4D$3R8

**~~Atheist Peace~~** · January 23, 2007, 03:26 PM

I still think the whole concept behind this game is utterly hilarious.

**Professor420** · January 23, 2007, 03:40 PM

Utterly hilarious indeed, but it was a damn fine FPS, as it required teamwork and tactics and squad-based combat, but I think there are better now. You know, all these things games like BF2 are just now implementing.

**MadSerb** · January 23, 2007, 04:34 PM

Good thing with AAO is that its free while BF2 and other games of that concept cost.

**Giorgos** · January 23, 2007, 04:38 PM

never played this game. I saw it on the store shelves but the title sounds so south-central u.s.a to me. So i passed. Maybe i should give it a try..

**Hattori** · January 23, 2007, 04:57 PM

i play: _Hattori_Takeda_
i like it, i'm not a big fan of online FPS's but the need to be tactical in AA made me like this one. Try to run in open field and you'll be shot in 3 seconds.

oh honour: 20 lol

**Cyrus the Virus** · January 24, 2007, 03:47 AM

Not so fun anymore thus I don't play it.
Always played it in periods. Maybe give it a try once more so I reach 99. lol

**Darkragnar** · January 24, 2007, 05:32 AM

are there people still playing it ? i used to play it back when it came out and played it for a long time but sometime back there were just 13 servers in the whole game ,when BF2 Came out, so are the people still playing it now.

**Cyrus the Virus** · January 24, 2007, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by Darkragnar

just 13 servers in the whole game

You probably played a outdated patch.

**Virgil** · January 24, 2007, 11:12 AM

does anyone have any tips on completeing the escape and evasion part of the training. I can NEVER do it. it gets soo aggrevating and was what caused me to stop playing in the first place. Now I'm trying it again but does anyone have any hints/tips/or walkthroughs?

**jankren** · January 24, 2007, 03:14 PM

Personally I think this game is piece of crap because the PunkBuster program prevents me from using the multiplayer mode

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Anyway, I wonder how much money the game has spent so far from national treasury and how many people have actually been persuaded by the game to join the army?

**Cyrus the Virus** · January 24, 2007, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Virgil

does anyone have any tips on completeing the escape and evasion part of the training. I can NEVER do it. it gets soo aggrevating and was what caused me to stop playing in the first place. Now I'm trying it again but does anyone have any hints/tips/or walkthroughs?

Is any of the new training levels? Describe them. In what patch were they included if you know

**WImPyTjeH** · January 24, 2007, 03:30 PM

Latest version is 2.8 (Coalition) but I haven't dl'ed it yet. I loved it untill 2.7 was released. Took me 2 hours to download and about 2gig and I've never seen a game load that long and I've never had that much of lag. Some say that 2.8 is better and less lag but I'm too lazy to dl it

But all screens of 2.8 I've seen so far are amazing - one of my favorite games

W

**Virgil** · January 24, 2007, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Boromir

Is any of the new training levels? Describe them. In what patch were they included if you know

It is the special forces training. Its the last one of the qualifications called escape and evasion and its a ***** to complete.

**scottishranger** · January 24, 2007, 05:18 PM

I played like at 2.0 and before, but stopped playing. I will probably start playing again now that are new versions.

**ssfsx17** · January 24, 2007, 06:22 PM

I play on and off with my real life friends. You pretty much have to have voice communication and play in proper squad formations in order to survive.