Americas Army 3 on Steam FOR FREE

[holo88]

Just figured I'd share this little bit of info. Americas Army 3 is now available on steam, for free. Looks like a pretty decent Tactical Shooter. + it friggin free to play!
check it out here:
America's Army 3 on Steam

 

[happinessiseasy]

It's free because they use it as a recruitment tool.

 

[holo88]

lol that's probably true. but i know people who are insane at FPS games, and the cant run 100 ft. without keeling over, lift a cinder block, or any sort of physical labor.
so i'd say that recruiting from video games is really bad plan.

also, i just played a little, and it sucks (imo)
to much rainbow, not enough 6...

 

[DarkXeno]

It's free because they use it as a recruitment tool.

LMAO
I still love that old joke.

 

[epson]

LMAO
I still love that old joke.

Joke? that is why its free lol....

anyways i played the beta and thought it was junk, altho ive played all the good FPS so maybe im just tired of stepping into a time machine

 

[stormy13]

Steam has nothing to do with the game being free, it has always been free.

 

[smarteyeball]

Steam has nothing to do with the game being free, it has always been free.

Yep.

IIRC, it was originally designed as a training tool for the US Army and over time some bright sparks decided that it could also be a great recruitment tool.

It's no joke. Recruiters use any means at thier disposal to lure youths into the service. This game is just another of thier tools.

 

[holo88]

Counter Strike - source. now THAT will teach you "how kill or be killed" works. lol
I know it being on steam has nothing to do with it being free. I was just pointing out that the game is free, and that ir is on Steam. Besides, I already got all that recruitment stuff in the mail.... Bum knee, not so easy to haul an 800Lb pack for days on end

 

[DarkXeno]

Counter Strike - source. now THAT will teach you "how kill or be killed" works. lol
I know it being on steam has nothing to do with it being free. I was just pointing out that the game is free, and that ir is on Steam. Besides, I already got all that recruitment stuff in the mail.... Bum knee, not so easy to haul an 800Lb pack for days on end

I have never seen any recruitment stuff in the mail and I have played it...
I guess they don't want me

 

[stormy13]

BTW if you have never played this game, do yourself a very large favor, save your bandwidth and do not download it (either with the AAODeploy Client or Steam). The game for the most part is pretty much unplayable at the moment due to a few things,

- Authorization servers are up and down (more down) thatn a toilet seat

- game breaking bugs that range from the not loading at all, to locking up when trying to load a map (training or a server), if it will even load that far.

You can see all kinds of people with the above and a lot more problems with it here,

http://forum.americasarmy.com/

P.S. I am also one of those that had most of those issues with the game. Sad really, haven't played it much in the last couple of years (started back in the 1.9 days), but this is so bad that I have already deleted the game and have no intention of ever going back to it.

 

[KRONie]

I have never seen any recruitment stuff in the mail and I have played it...
I guess they don't want me

theyre not supposed to send you anything.. mainly because they don't know your address. game is supposed to inspire you do join army. nothing more.

 

[holo88]

I just got all that stuff after i turned 18. not from the game, i should have been a little clearer.

And jeez guys, i already said 'it sux'. I found out the hard way. aside from buggy servers and such, the graphics look like total dog crap. you'd think the army, with it's infinite funds, could at least make a game that looks at least modern, and plays like a game, and not like a chore. i guess they spent it all on the war

 

[KRONie]

I just got all that stuff after i turned 18. not from the game, i should have been a little clearer.

And jeez guys, i already said 'it sux'. I found out the hard way. aside from buggy servers and such, the graphics look like total dog crap. you'd think the army, with it's infinite funds, could at least make a game that looks at least modern, and plays like a game, and not like a chore. i guess they spent it all on the war

it looks.. OK
the only problem i have with it is that i cant get past frikin main menu...

 

[DarkXeno]

Ok I'm done joking now.
As for the game being buggy and crap you have to wounder if they just take the extra people they have in the IT rooms sitting there and make them write out the code and make the game.
Hell look at how much they help pay for college and you have to sign up for X number of years(might have changed I went to be a cop instead of army) they might as well get some of that education out of you, so I can see that if your made to write something you don't want to you half ass it.
But all in all its free, and you get what you pay for in the end.

 

[holo88]

somehow how i doubt "Press 'C' to Crouch" applies in real combat...
I hate when games break the '4th Law' ....

 

[epson]

theyre not supposed to send you anything.. mainly because they don't know your address. game is supposed to inspire you do join army. nothing more.

you have to be ranked in the top 100 players before they try to contact you, why would they want people who don't know how to shoot a gun?

altho ive heard storys of them recruiting people only to find out they try to hack the enemy in battle