America's Army 3.0 Forum

I only played the first AA and from what I can it's like what CS:S was to CS with it being basically the same game with a few tweaks and all the original maps done on a newer engine. However the gameplay while the core is the same, it plays very differently. From the 20 odd hours I've played so far it's much more realistic and slower and the fire fights feel much more intense than any other online FPS I've played. When you're supressed by fire you really fear for your life and you camp out there trying to hold off the enemy while calling for backup. I've never been in the army but I imagine they capture the feeling quite well, without you fearing for your actual lifem which you'll never simulate and you wouldn't want to.

I really love the training aspects and I may be mistaken but AA was probably one of the first, if not the first to do all the training and advancement of your character in an online FPS. However right now the training seems to be disabled because they're having problems with the servers. Theres alot of this "coming soon" on some of the training and some of the weapon options which I guess is for extras added later like side arms. So the content isn't as rich as the old games but thats the price you pay for a newer engine, like EQ2 when launched had like 10% of the content EQ did.

I personally didn't care for the original AA and never played 2 but I will be playing AA 3 because it just feels alot more intense and it being a one shot kill kinda game really just makes you shit yourself more in battle. I really like the medic aspect to the game and in the coming soon part theres things like combat medic so I guess they plan to carry on letting you advance and make yourself more unique.

The only bad points I can put about the game is theres lots of lag at peak times and theres a shit load of bugs which really do put a downer on playing like sometimes the friendlys spawn looking like the enemy or your gun just wont work. However the game is free and give it time and the problems should be ironed out. It's a really fantastic game and much more intense than anyother online FPS I've played. It reminds me alot like Counter Strike if that game was based on realism and the maps are fantastic!

I'll give it a try again, I downloaded it it and attempted to play it but the game randomly took me out of the action. I think its because it had to connect with the authentication server or whatever everytime i did something and it couldnt so it took me to main menu every 5 mins. 

Well I played quite a bit of America's Army 2 and I didn't think much of that but it sounds like this one is worth a play. I hope I can find it an enjoyable experience.

I like it but i have trouble finding a match, also im terrible at it, im used to COD 4 where you shoot everything that moves , so on my first day i got a couple Teamkills lol

America's Army 3 had a real shaky start. I haven't heard anyone say they like it yet except you guys. Maybe the patch fixed all the shit that happened at launch.