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by Christopher Grant 
on Jun 16th 2009 5:25PM
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 5:32PM (Unverified) said
Look, there`s a soldier with glasses on. Nerds everywhere, now you have no reason to not join the army.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 5:38PM (Unverified) said
I'm sure a lot soldiers have to get glasses after their physical in order to proceed with their service.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 5:39PM SpacePenguinBot said
Could those character models look any more awkward in fatigues?
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 5:40PM (Unverified) said
Anyone else thing that this is just a way for the good ol US of A to recruit people into the military?
I mean, think about it. Its our tax dollars, and since it's F2P, it is accessible for even the poorest families, as long as hey have internet. Considering America has blatantly said that they focus recruitment on lower class people, It should be obvious.
Kids see this and they think "Oh, Cool! I can shoot terrorists and bad guys!" when really, it portrays real life soldiers as "respawnable" and embeds a small amount of paranoia into us, as we think that there are terrorists and bad guys everywhere.
Plus, the other americas army games were over run by little kids and I'm sure this one is to.
I'm not a big fan of the gameplay in AA either.
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I mean, think about it. Its our tax dollars, and since it's F2P, it is accessible for even the poorest families, as long as hey have internet. Considering America has blatantly said that they focus recruitment on lower class people, It should be obvious.
Kids see this and they think "Oh, Cool! I can shoot terrorists and bad guys!" when really, it portrays real life soldiers as "respawnable" and embeds a small amount of paranoia into us, as we think that there are terrorists and bad guys everywhere.
Plus, the other americas army games were over run by little kids and I'm sure this one is to.
I'm not a big fan of the gameplay in AA either.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 5:44PM SilverFireshot said
They make no secret that this is a recruitment tool. There are even arcade versions in recruitment centers now.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 6:33PM (Unverified) said
I've heard this argument before, and I'm not buying it. It's like saying Gmail is a form of recruitment for Google. While some people's interest in the designer may be piqued thanks to their product, calling it "just a way for the good ol US of A to recruit people into the military" is a bit of an overstatement.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 10:57PM System Has Failed said
Have you even every played AA? ever? you don't respawn.. you are dead until the round is over. As well there are actually informational areas to the game..
Any game that can teach a kid enough first aid to save someone's life has got my backing.
http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/gamer-uses-virtual-training-to-save-lives/1181064
Here's another link for the same story: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/01/americas-army-t/
Also this game was created to be a recruitment tool. It was/is its main development purpose.
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Any game that can teach a kid enough first aid to save someone's life has got my backing.
http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/gamer-uses-virtual-training-to-save-lives/1181064
Here's another link for the same story: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/01/americas-army-t/
Also this game was created to be a recruitment tool. It was/is its main development purpose.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 8:21PM BananaBoat said
Let's enlist togayther!
Oh crap...they won't notice that Freudian slip will they?
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Oh crap...they won't notice that Freudian slip will they?
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 6:49PM (Unverified) said
they made a xbox version of the first one, but it had a 45€ pricetag....and sucked
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 6:44PM (Unverified) said
I want to see a tax-payer developed FPS in Canada called Canadian Army. The game would consist of rowing a canoe to stop children from crossing the drop off line of a lake in a national park, and every soldier would be equipped with a pea-shooter.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 6:58PM (Unverified) said
Get it from Steam, which has Steam Achievements and Steam Cloud support.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 7:55PM Yellowdevil said
At least with AA3 I can see where PART of my taxpayer money went. I'm still waiting on this so-called "stimulus" money to surface.
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 10:52PM System Has Failed said
Just wanted to inform some that asked, those glasses are not necessarily the same glasses that civilians wear. Most military personnel that are in a combat environment wear ballistic glasses, the person in the front in the picture above is wearing them, the second one in is probably wearing ballistic prescription glasses.
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Posted: Jun 17th 2009 2:19AM iceykitsune said
The deploy client must go, It is slow as molasses in winter!
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Posted: Jun 17th 2009 12:50PM iceveiled said
The comments here are ignorant. Bunch of ignorant kids mouthing off while real life soldiers are deployed in the most dangerous area in the world - some who want to be there and others who don't.
Yeah AA is OBVIOUSLY a recruitment tool, there's no denying that. There's also nothing wrong with joining the armed forces. Some of you little shits could probably benefit from it.
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Yeah AA is OBVIOUSLY a recruitment tool, there's no denying that. There's also nothing wrong with joining the armed forces. Some of you little shits could probably benefit from it.
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