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USMC Marine Corp: Americas army
America's army is a multiplayer first-person
shooter computer game based on the Unreal Warfare/Unreal II
game engine. The U. S. Army
released this game to aid public relations and recruitment.
America's Army is the first instance of overt state use of
computer gaming for political aims.
America’s Army is available for free download at US
Army recruiting centers. It has sparked off debate, as tax
dollars are going into the game this way. A survey by ‘I
for I Research’ has revealed that 30% of the young people
having a positive view of the military have developed that
view by playing the game. At present, it is one of the five
most popular online PC action games. It has more than 2 million
registered players.
With a focus on realism, Americas Army falls into the subgenre
of tactical shooter. Two teams fight against each other in
this game. But a very interesting technological feature is
that, each team view themselves as American troops carrying
American weaponry, and the opposing team as non-uniformed
OPFOR (OPposing FORces) carrying Eastern bloc weapons. The
game currently offers 21 maps of various locations in varied
size, objectives and weaponry. The locations range from snow-covered
mountains to middle-eastern desert ruins.
To prevent cheating, America’s Army uses PunkBuster,
the anti-cheat software. Due to updates, some people fail
to play this game. GUID banning or hardware banning makes
it necessary to replace the hardware to play the game again.
There are a number of clans, where the gamers play America’s
Army with their clan identity. A clan is a group of online
gamers who come together for simple fellowship. They may compete
against other clans. Some clans spend a lot of money for a
"leased server" to gain popularity by playing games
there. Most of the clans maintain their own website. However,
these sites hardy offer anything useful for the surfers.
America’s Army is a highly popular computer action
game today. However, the features like loss of datagram due
to the UDP connection, pseudorandom appearances like "fix-jams"
etc. prevent a fair competition here.
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