Americas Army 3

[SHWiiNG 0]

The original AA was very good, i mean having to complete training beforehand.

However, i found the action to be extremely Slow.. and well, boring.

But it was an extremely difficult game to get the hang of when you first got it.

[privatenoob 0]

Hi all

In Reply to Lepardi:They even have an abusive name for people who find a defilade position they call them "CAMPERS!"

That would be prevented by a respawn system which would allow different kind of gameplay without getting kick voted as soon you dont rush obj like rambo on stereoids.

And there are servers which allow camping, just gotta search for em.

But AA was never designed to be realistic, even the DEVS have stated this.

[Lepardi 0]

microscopic maps.

There are bigger maps, and smaller maps in AA. Bigger maps like Radio Tower are very suitable for flanking.

[walker 0]

Hi all

In reply to Lepardi: Radio Tower is a postage stamp.

In reply to PrivateNoob: You made my point for me perfectly.

Kind regards walker

[Heatseeker 0]

microscopic maps.

There are bigger maps, and smaller maps in AA. Bigger maps like Radio Tower are very suitable for flanking.

Radio Tower was a beauty of a map back then... but unreal terrain is glitchy as hell .

Imo AA proves that its close to impossible to pick an arcade platform (such as unreal) and turn it into a more realistic type shooter without facing major limitations and using gimmicks to counter those limitations but i enjoyed playing it at some point.

Im thinking about giving Insurgency mod a try, seems better all around, heck it even looks better (graphically) than what i've seen of AA3 so far .

[Lepardi 0]

microscopic maps.

There are bigger maps, and smaller maps in AA. Bigger maps like Radio Tower are very suitable for flanking.

Radio Tower was a beauty of a map back then... but unreal terrain is glitchy as hell .

Imo AA proves that its close to impossible to pick an arcade platform (such as unreal) and turn it into a more realistic type shooter without facing major limitations and using gimmicks to counter those limitations but i enjoyed playing it at some point.

Im thinking about giving Insurgency mod a try, seems better all around, heck it even looks better (graphically) than what i've seen of AA3 so far .

I've played Insurgency for over a year now and I can say it looks much worse than AA3. Just look at the high res versions of the first screenshots, or the new shots at the bottom of the official AA3 screenshot site.

http://www.illuminatelabs.com/gallery/Americas-Army-3

[dslyecxi 23]

I'm pretty sure I saw photgraphs of Dyslexi and some soldiers using giant AA rigs with projection screens and M4 rifle controllers.

Actually, we use VBS2, not America's Army. America's Army is old hat, VBS2 is where it's at currently for training purposes.

[MehMan 0]

So far we've only seen a rehash of the pipeline map. How about making new maps that surpass the old ones?

[Heatseeker 0]

I've played Insurgency for over a year now and I can say it looks much worse than AA3. Just look at the high res versions of the first screenshots, or the new shots at the bottom of the official AA3 screenshot site.

http://www.illuminatelabs.com/gallery/Americas-Army-3

Are you comparing the quality of the artwork produced by the developers or the graphics of the old source engine vs UE3? .

[Lepardi 0]

So far we've only seen a rehash of the pipeline map. How about making new maps that surpass the old ones?

So far we've seen remake of the pipeline, a new urban map, a new map set on a farmland, and a remake of bridge.

[MehMan 0]

Linky please! I'm too lazy to search.

[Baff1 0]

I'm glad they are sticking in the old maps.

Everyone loves the classics.

[MehMan 0]

Yeah, but with all that manpower and resources I would really expect something else but a rehashed pipeline. It's not that pipeline sucks, but why just that? Also, they could add a buttload more maps and maybe even release a map editor...

[Baff1 0]

I'm not sure they have a whole load of man power and resources.

The last batch of new maps I played for AA were all done by university students in modding competitions.

I don't think it has such a big team, when it first launched it was only 5 or 6 maps wasn't it?

They have all the geometery for the old maps. Must make them a lot quicker to update. Just a texture artist perhaps to rework the lot. Pretty low budget way to churn out a lot of content fast.

[walker 0]

Hi all

So when it comes down to it AA3 is all just the same old rubbish repackaged. Plus some pretend weapons.

No new tanks, aircraft, ships, have they got any new cars in it? Can you drive them in it?

And no maps bigger than a postage stamp.

Kind regards walker

[Heatseeker 0]

Hi all

So when it comes down to it AA3 is all just the same old rubbish repackaged. Plus some pretend weapons.

No new tanks, aircraft, ships, have they got any new cars in it? Can you drive them in it?

And no maps bigger than a postage stamp.

Kind regards walker

You are being a little unfair now, the concept of the game was always squad level infantry fps.

[Lepardi 0]

Linky please! I'm too lazy to search.

Have a look:

http://americasarmy.pl/en/news/1904-new-aa3-screens-from-aapl.html

Some more screens of them at this site:

http://news.bigdownload.com/photos/americas-army-3/1306149/

You can see some footage of the new bridge in the first developer diary video.

[m@ster 0]

Linky please! I'm too lazy to search.

Have a look:

http://americasarmy.pl/en/news/1904-new-aa3-screens-from-aapl.html

Some more screens of them at this site:

http://news.bigdownload.com/photos/americas-army-3/1306149/

You can see some footage of the new bridge in the first developer diary video.

nice new JRTC_Farm

[Heatseeker 0]

Linky please! I'm too lazy to search.

Have a look:

http://americasarmy.pl/en/news/1904-new-aa3-screens-from-aapl.html

Some more screens of them at this site:

http://news.bigdownload.com/photos/americas-army-3/1306149/

You can see some footage of the new bridge in the first developer diary video.

Meh..

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3561/insbeta3iw4.jpg

Insurgency beta 3 on OB engine, better textures and artwork imo .

[dslyecxi 23]

Hi all

So when it comes down to it AA3 is all just the same old rubbish repackaged. Plus some pretend weapons.

No new tanks, aircraft, ships, have they got any new cars in it? Can you drive them in it?

And no maps bigger than a postage stamp.

Kind regards walker

On the other hand, if it's still free, who cares? I'll certainly give it a shot. It doesn't have to do much to make it worth the download time.

[Lepardi 0]

Linky please! I'm too lazy to search.

Have a look:

http://americasarmy.pl/en/news/1904-new-aa3-screens-from-aapl.html

Some more screens of them at this site:

http://news.bigdownload.com/photos/americas-army-3/1306149/

You can see some footage of the new bridge in the first developer diary video.

Meh..

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3561/insbeta3iw4.jpg

Insurgency beta 3 on OB engine, better textures and artwork imo .

Those textures and artwork in my opinion are far inferior to AA3. And the animations are just poor compared to AA3.

AA3 > Ins mod in almost every aspect 

[SHWiiNG 0]

I would say that.. Isurgency has much more of an action orientated approach. Its just more fun, faster paced and you can play as the insurgents lets not forget.

I played AA for a week and stopped because it was boring.

[Lepardi 0]

I played AA for a week and stopped because it was boring.

I have played AA for almost seven years and still not going to stop because it has been fun.

[-Snafu- 77]

I played AA for a week and stopped because it was boring.

I have played AA for almost seven years and still not going to stop because it has been fun.

Everybody has different opinions. Do you realise that? Right now, it seems that whenever somebody disagrees with you jump down their throat.

[R0adki11 3945]

I played AA for a couple of weeks after it came out did have alot of fun once i had made the sniper qualification course