Kinda like deja vu (with risen and arcania, now of2 and arma(2))

Back to Topic: Here's the latest trailer/gameplay video
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclu ... army/51452

you know achievements is just a market research mechanism?

downloading it as we speak. [or at least i would be if steam didnt keep crashing]

So, first thoughts? Saw Satis playing it yesterday.

The last set of updates seems to have fixed most of the problems. I was able to do all my training and get in some online fighting. It's pretty fun, actually. There's a lot of stuff that's 'coming soon', so the game seems kinda unfinished. But what's there is fun.

But it's also buggy. If you hit esc to go into the menu to, say, look up key bindings, when you get out suddenyl the mouse doesn't work, though keyboard keys do. I've also had some bizarre graphical glitches trying to throw grenades where the M16 model isn't replaced by the grenade model. Also some weird lag issues and such.

However, it's free and still pretty fun. I think it's worth it. I'm not sure I understand how leveling up works, and the stats don't work, but hey, whatever. I think it's good for jumping in for some fun every now and again, and as time passes and the game bugs get fixed and features get fleshed out, the value will only get better. This being the Army game, I don't think there's any fear of the developer failing to support the product post-launch.

Lol. I can already imagine you stumbling to your pc on a drunk evening, trying to play AA3 but instead registering for a tour in Iraq. At least, when I do that, they won't let me to as a belgomaniac. That's a relief.

Anyway, sounds ok then. If I download it i'll wait until the game is properly 'fixed' though. And I KNOW I'm gonna have fun with those integrity, honor blabla.

hah...you can join the US Army as a non-US citizen. Expect some background checks, but yea... it's touted as an easy way to become a US citizen. Come on Ox, it'll do you some good.

Haha, I'm pretty sure I'd pass the background check, and the medical easily as well. But the psychological profile...I dunno. I think i'd have to 'cheat' and give false answers. People like me don't really belong in an army...it's not even the anti-authoritarian in me, more that I have a huge, HUGE problem dealing with dumbasses and dickheads. In life in general you can somewhat avoid them based on your level of education, choice of profession and so forth (not that any of those are a guarantee by any means), but in the army you're grouped together with a whole bunch of guys who could be either a retard or really cool people by random chance.

And I'm thinking they'd spread the amount of retards pretty evenly over each platoon based on the entry tests, in order not to create 'ghetto' and 'super' platoons. Since 70% of all people are retarded (probably more with army people), that could turn out pretty badly.

Another piece of self-aggrandizing judgmental nazi generalizations, signed: me

You make it sound like there's one job in the Army. Sure, you join the infantry and you'll probably end up with some people that are one step above chimpanzees.

However, if you were to go into, say, satellite uplink repair, or flight controller or something, it's not likely there'd be a lot of really dumb people there. The dumb people don't get offered the hard jobs.

My MOS (military occupational specialty, ie job) dealt with operating and repairing a missile launcher. Not a lot of really dumb people made it through that... there was one guy who just couldn't figure out that you had to turn the equipment power off before yanking out circuit boards. Yea... he didn't make it through training.

Who knows, maybe you could do psyops (psychological operations). Basically the point is to fuck with the enemy's heads. Sounds like an enjoyable job.