America's Army Comes to the Mac

mrpuffypants writes "Not to leave all of the Mac community out in the rain the U.S. Army has released a Mac version of America's Army. Now get out there and train for Iraq, maggots!"

Comments

First impressions

[wyvern5]

While the performance is understandably poor on my dual 800 (1.5 gb, GF3... I get around 20 fps) the game has real potential. Unfortunately its close quarters combat is quite flawed. Strafe jumping junkies who somehow manage to squeeze full-auto fire out of their M16A2 abound. Disappointing, to say the least. Looks like the devs kind of gave up on polishing the gameplay about 5/6ths of the way to completion. All that would be required to fix this is a simple realistically correct adjustment: You can't strafe jump while holding a full-auto assault rifle. Or, at least, my knowledge of the human body doesn't state that it's true. Who knows what genetically engineered super soldiers the Army is cooking up these days, though ;) I think perhaps some chained-jumping handicaps like those in RtCW, I think it was, would be appropriate. But, there are a handful of weapons to use, and sniping is appropriately difficult (though I haven't had a chance to try out it outside of the training field... yes I am an Exper Marksman :) ). So, to sum up... A game with strong potential, but it needs polish. And more FPS.

Now, you too can die for your oil!

[Anonymous Coward]

Now, you too can practice dying for oil!

You too can follow the orders of an idiot leader who presents false evidence, finds out it's forged, but continues to refer to the evidence again, and again for, and neglects to mention the evidence is forged for half a year until he is found out!

You too can practice shooting people, for the time when "questioning your president" becomes un-American and treasonous!

Lying about sex with your intern, not impeachable.

Lying about nuclear weapons to justify your thin argument about war with Iraq? Impeachable.

Re:Now, you too can die for your oil!

[gregh76]

No, it's you who's massively misinformed, you silly AC:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/sp ec ial/clinton/stories/impeach122098.htm

There's a difference between being impeached and being removed from office.

I hate this IRAQ Flippancy of Americans.

[torpor]

Honestly, this is a freakin' *WAR* people, its not a video game, and its not a walk in the park.

"Get out there and train for Iraq, you maggots!"???

What would you think about that if you were an actual Iraqi, reading /. on the Internet?

Wait, lets change this video game a little bit and rename it to "Washington DC Terrorist Attack - Kill the President before He Rapes The World", and port it to Nintendo.

Does that then make it okay for someone to say "Play this game then go there, Brother, and kill the infidels!"

I swear to god, the world gets more and more like a bad Heinlein novel daily. Can Americans not plainly see that their perpetual arrogance and cultural irresponsibility is causing them more trouble than its worth?

"Americas War" is *NOT* something to be proud about, or defend eagerly, or even participate in willingly. It is the product of a sick and twisted culture!!

Re:I hate this IRAQ Flippancy of Americans.

[Llywelyn]

Its a joke, laugh.

"Honestly, this is a freakin' *WAR* people, its not a video game, and its not a walk in the park."

Yep, and I think the person who wrote that--along with every other person here--knows it. I made a comment above which is a Heinlein quote along the same lines, but I don't support our president in this (sorry, I didn't vote for him either).

It is also well known that "America's Army," the video game, is a recruiting tool for the US Army. Expect us to "show a little humor" with respect to that.

"What would you think about that if you were an actual Iraqi, reading /. on the Internet?"

I'm not in Iraq and I imagine a very small percentage of /.ers are, however, considering that the name of the game is "America's Army"...

"Wait, lets change this video game a little bit and rename it to "Washington DC Terrorist Attack - Kill the President before He Rapes The World", and port it to Nintendo."

False analogy. The two are not comparable on any level.

That being said: Go for it. Announce it on /.

You won't get moral outrage from me over it being sold--I won't purchase it, I won't play it, and I won't encourage others to play it, but I won't claim that it shouldn't be sold. Part of that "freedom of speech" thing.

"Does that then make it okay for someone to say "Play this game then go there, Brother, and kill the infidels!""

I wouldn't be insulted if the Information Ministry or Military in Iraq released a game called "Saddam Hussein's Army" and someone posted on /. "Get out there you chiggers and train for the US!"

Seriously, you are being oversensative. None of us care.

I'm opposed to the war, I still got a chuckle out of the "train for Iraq" line.

"Can Americans not plainly see that their perpetual arrogance and cultural irresponsibility is causing them more trouble than its worth?"

Can the hypothetical "rest of the world" (meaning you) see that sterotyping and generalized racism is causing us all more trouble than its worth?

""Americas War" is *NOT* something to be proud about, or defend eagerly, or even participate in willingly."

I'm not, I don't, and I'm not. Your point?

"It is the product of a sick and twisted culture!!"

Stop making leaps of logic that Orwell's Ministry of Truth would be proud of and you might get people to listen to you. Ranting about the Evils of America(TM) gets you nowhere in discussion, informing others, or in changing anyone's minds.

Re:Unfortunate

[tomdarch]

I have to agree - being able to think for yourself is generally an impediment to obeying orders.