America's Army 3

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 373 Ratings

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  1. JoshA.
    Mar 25, 2010
    6
    This game has very realistic physics, and graphics. The only things i found bad in this game were the low D.P.I. (dots per inch) aiming system and you can't perform certain actions like you would in real life: you can't A.D.S. (aim down sights) while crouching or leaning at the same time, or sprint while reloading, etc. The controls can be unresponsive occasionally and there This game has very realistic physics, and graphics. The only things i found bad in this game were the low D.P.I. (dots per inch) aiming system and you can't perform certain actions like you would in real life: you can't A.D.S. (aim down sights) while crouching or leaning at the same time, or sprint while reloading, etc. The controls can be unresponsive occasionally and there many bugs and glitches. There aren't enough weapons, you can't choose your weapon but for 10 seconds before a game starts. Unlocking weapons is extremely rigorous as you have to qualify for them in training. Doing so can take hours of pointless attempts and practice (although at that I give it extreme respect for its realism).… Expand
  2. SightThe
    Jul 4, 2009
    6
    America's Army2 was an awesome shooter. It had of details and battle-like situations. I was SO hyped up about AA3...Such a disappointment. There are sooooooo many bugs, and not even the kind you can ignore and keep playing, annoying bugs like the menu won't go away once you've brought it up during a game, poor in-game voice, horrible graphics(pretty much the same ones used America's Army2 was an awesome shooter. It had of details and battle-like situations. I was SO hyped up about AA3...Such a disappointment. There are sooooooo many bugs, and not even the kind you can ignore and keep playing, annoying bugs like the menu won't go away once you've brought it up during a game, poor in-game voice, horrible graphics(pretty much the same ones used in AA2), poor multiplayer(servers keep crashing and you keep-on joining full servers). *Sigh* I'd give it a lower rating but i can't. If you CAN look beyond these horrific bugs, which is pretty difficult, you'll see a game with even more details than the first one. A lot of tactical work, and some FANTASTIC sound(i really enjoyed the sound-effects.). If they can fix the game to an enjoyable level, this game will be freaking EPIC, just please dont shoot the people with more 1GB patches fixing only a couple of bugs, not all of us have 1TB hard drives.… Expand
  3. GL
    Aug 6, 2009
    2
    There's so much potential here, but it screams "army propaganda" like its the safe word at a bondage festival. When coupled with its sack of bugs its got major problems, when i say bugs i mean 10ft Radscorpions driving a beetle. The bugs are so basic that even the menu's are broken to the point where you have to learn how to navigate the menu's safely so as not to break the There's so much potential here, but it screams "army propaganda" like its the safe word at a bondage festival. When coupled with its sack of bugs its got major problems, when i say bugs i mean 10ft Radscorpions driving a beetle. The bugs are so basic that even the menu's are broken to the point where you have to learn how to navigate the menu's safely so as not to break the game and require it be restarted. That's just not good design or code. Yes its free, but it's still not worth it.… Expand
  4. Koda
    Jul 30, 2009
    2
    I am giving this a tentative score of 5, although it has the potential to be an 8 if it didn't crash ALL the time. Maybe when a new patch comes I'll re rate it.
  5. JackM.
    Jul 6, 2009
    2
    This is like the 5th/6th patch and its still absolutely awful to play. Theres just no fun in it at all, AA 2 was actually fun to play this just isn't.
  6. NielsM
    Aug 16, 2009
    1
    I usually hate people who rate a game a 0 or a 1 just because it isnt exactly their style or genre, and I also believe that you shouldn't really complain if it's free. But when a product is so unfinished and riddled with bugs as AA3 , I can't help but wonder why they released it at all. I've given up and uninstalled the game, because I was sick and tired of restarting I usually hate people who rate a game a 0 or a 1 just because it isnt exactly their style or genre, and I also believe that you shouldn't really complain if it's free. But when a product is so unfinished and riddled with bugs as AA3 , I can't help but wonder why they released it at all. I've given up and uninstalled the game, because I was sick and tired of restarting it whenever the menu froze on screen and I couldn't move, of helplessly twirling around whenever I looked up and finally, because I couldn't get past basic training, because I was instructed to pick up ammo that simply wasn't there. I'm sure these problems are easily solved with patches, but until then, this isn't a game, this is an insult.… Expand
  7. NikolaN
    Aug 21, 2009
    6
    Even after the update that fixed the ton of problems this game has, it still doesn't live up to the hype. While the game does look pretty good, the gameplay just doesn't live up to the great America's Army gameplay.
  8. ZachK.
    Sep 6, 2009
    1
    This game is a lame excuse of a game. It makes the unreal engine look like crap, and it is only free because it is all propaganda for the Army! Also, what is up with the animations, when you die you go into the feedle position! Yeah, I live on an American army base in Germany, might as well watch AFN. (American Forces Network).
  9. bobp
    Nov 9, 2009
    0
    Awful, and support is less than 0. I wish that there were negative scores out there. I would give it a -10! Tons of issues most of them are punkbuster.
  10. DanH
    Sep 4, 2009
    0
    Tons of annoying bugs, dev's sacked, the us army seems to have a bad attitude. Really no fun to play in the current state and no chance it will get better without the devs.
  11. AnonymousMC
    Sep 5, 2009
    0
    Games still very buggy after serveral patches, they never give you an ideal as to when you'll see the next patch and why they use Steam is also a mystery sicne they obviously miss the point of frequent updates and instead continue to opt for slower and larger updates.

    In short the games still looking up PC everywhere cause resets and for a so called free game it requires way too    Games still very buggy after serveral patches, they never give you an ideal as to when you'll see the next patch and why they use Steam is also a mystery sicne they obviously miss the point of frequent updates and instead continue to opt for slower and larger updates.

    In short the games still looking up PC everywhere cause resets and for a so called free game it requires way too much hardware expense, the devs are clueless with ten feet tall characters is bloated textures, they really should use UTs scale feature and scale it down by at least 2x if not four, using recommend hardware you'll still have 60 FPS or less in most cases and of course that's going to be reduced online and even more so in large firefights, the devolpers are just clueless wannabes at best.    … Expand
  12. ThomasH
    Sep 5, 2009
    2
    Terribly poor. I've been a longtime fan, my AA profile had been around since 2003 according to the records, but I've been there from the start since PC Gamer UK gave it away on their demo disks. Compared to what the first game was and Spec Ops, this game is awful. Let's be clear, the first game is better in every single way. This is actually if anything almost a downgrade. Terribly poor. I've been a longtime fan, my AA profile had been around since 2003 according to the records, but I've been there from the start since PC Gamer UK gave it away on their demo disks. Compared to what the first game was and Spec Ops, this game is awful. Let's be clear, the first game is better in every single way. This is actually if anything almost a downgrade. The game is woeful, it misses all the features of the previous AA, slops some marginally better bump mapping on, and adds a huge amount of bugs and frame rate issues/crashes. Sorry but I wanted this game to be awesome, I love AA, but this is just terrible compared to what came before… Expand
  13. JustinG
    Sep 8, 2009
    0
    I really had high hopes for this, I played it at my freinds house, I thought it was a good game. Unfortunatly it for some reason will not work for my computer, this makes me very unhappy and I hope that someone can please get back to me on how to fix this problem. If fixed I will send my thanks. (The army rules)
  14. BillLarson
    Sep 9, 2009
    5
    I am with =DDC= have been since AA-2 we pay for two servers and , this game should not have been released when it was, too early, too many bugs, game locks up, and hackers already, we will wait now for 3.0.6 patch,and c if things get better, don't get me wrong, good game, but needs help.
  15. IanH
    Jan 25, 2010
    0
    I found the relentless training exercises to be the most annoying part, you can't use any of the weapons unless you qualify with them; is "experience builds skill" ringing any bells? And I don't mean on a range, real targets move. Apart from the tiresome chore of target practice, the aiming system seems to have glitches. Even holding your breath and scoped, it's entirely I found the relentless training exercises to be the most annoying part, you can't use any of the weapons unless you qualify with them; is "experience builds skill" ringing any bells? And I don't mean on a range, real targets move. Apart from the tiresome chore of target practice, the aiming system seems to have glitches. Even holding your breath and scoped, it's entirely possible to miss as if collision isn't even turned on with some targets! Adding in the cutscenes with pathetic pictures and irrelevant background noise doesn't help. I suppose I got what I paid for.… Expand
  16. RandellH.
    Oct 16, 2009
    0
    WOW the DEV's should be fired, stay with AA2 not as good a picture but a hell of a lot better game!
  17. SamM.
    Jun 28, 2009
    6
    I found AA2 to be a very well put together piece of work that the American army put together with good detail. But Americas Army 3, no. I had high hopes for it when it took over night to download and was hoping for the same great experience with the game play and the training like in aa2. What really pissed me off is that aa3 was released in a "Alpha" state and to my knowledge, there were I found AA2 to be a very well put together piece of work that the American army put together with good detail. But Americas Army 3, no. I had high hopes for it when it took over night to download and was hoping for the same great experience with the game play and the training like in aa2. What really pissed me off is that aa3 was released in a "Alpha" state and to my knowledge, there were no public beta's to sort theses problems out. Instead, im stuck in training, Spinning around in circles uncontrollably for some damn reason. The reason its a 6 instead of a 2 or 3 is i have hope that the Army will fix this problem with a few paches and upgrades in the coming months.… Expand
  18. DanG
    Jul 3, 2009
    2
    Released in pre beta state, numerous showstopping bugs, mysteriously bad fps on gaming rigs, gameplay on release almost unchanged from America's Army 2. At the release stage (hopefully patches will rectify this and make it a product worthy of releasing) it's not worth the bandwidth to download it. Wait 6 months and then try it. The developers should be ashamed they released a Released in pre beta state, numerous showstopping bugs, mysteriously bad fps on gaming rigs, gameplay on release almost unchanged from America's Army 2. At the release stage (hopefully patches will rectify this and make it a product worthy of releasing) it's not worth the bandwidth to download it. Wait 6 months and then try it. The developers should be ashamed they released a halfbaked product.… Expand
  19. MattB.
    Nov 9, 2009
    5
    One of the most realistic fps. Needs Singleplayer, better multiplayer modes. Its ok if you like waiting 5 minutes to respawn.
  20. AlexJ.
    Dec 1, 2009
    3
    Hard to even call this 'game' a game, it lacks any enjoyment of a regular game. The game is a straight-forward training and recruitment application; it fails to be an FPS. Americas Army Version 2 is far superior in terms of a mix of recruitment and still maintaining a game environment.
  21. NickL
    Jul 27, 2009
    0
    Man, this is horrible. I had high hopes for it, and i kinda figured, "If this game takes 2 days to download, plus another day of patching and updating...it has to be good." Unfortunately thats not the case. When i play the game, start to look at the sky and spin uncontrollably and when i try to look down with the mouse, it just goes back up. At first i thought it was my mouse, and it isnt Man, this is horrible. I had high hopes for it, and i kinda figured, "If this game takes 2 days to download, plus another day of patching and updating...it has to be good." Unfortunately thats not the case. When i play the game, start to look at the sky and spin uncontrollably and when i try to look down with the mouse, it just goes back up. At first i thought it was my mouse, and it isnt because when i unplugged the mouse, it kept spinning. Also when i try to look at settings and stuff in the game, and when i try to get back the game, the menu stays up, and i cant move. VERY BUGGY, VERY ANNOYING.… Expand
  22. glupa
    Nov 1, 2010
    5
    The game itself is very good. Intelligent and tactical teamplay at it's best. Good idea is ruined by bad game engine that causes hundreds of game breaking bugs and glitches. Only 3 different weapons to choose from isn't helping either. After a lot of patching and updating this game can be something great.
  23. stephen730
    Jun 26, 2011
    5
    It's a great game!!! ... if you can get it to work. You will resort to swearing to relieve the stress this game will bring you. But, i must say, once its going, the complexity and familiarity (to relevant aa2 and previous aa players) will keep you captivated. One of the better mechanically accurate shooters out there. This is realism at it's finest. Short of actually strapping on VR gear,It's a great game!!! ... if you can get it to work. You will resort to swearing to relieve the stress this game will bring you. But, i must say, once its going, the complexity and familiarity (to relevant aa2 and previous aa players) will keep you captivated. One of the better mechanically accurate shooters out there. This is realism at it's finest. Short of actually strapping on VR gear, you can't get better because it will really feel like you are playing. The matches are spaced out so you don't get exausted and often leave you time to get a drink or take care of something while you wait for the next match. It's very even and the fact that you play the same team, America, each time leaves you with a familiar team experience you can't find with other games that somtimes leave you wondering who the bad guy is, or when you get auto switched to balance out, you end up attacking the wrong team. None of that with this game which is a good thing.

    If the game's developers would put more time into bug checking and they spent some more quality programming time on it, it would be okay. Its almost there but it just seems like they are never finished and it takes a while to get a simple update out. With that being said, its probably a hard beast to tame, but hats off to them for the game they got so far.

    Even with all the bugs, users still come back, put up with it, work around it, and seem to generally not care so much as they have a dedicated user base where regulars spend a lifetime playing away. Most of the time you can play with the mic on and not get annoyed but like any game there are still a group of crazy people who just want to create chaos. Thankfully it lets you block users by a user basis which is as easy as clicking a mute icon on their name. Very fun to call out enemies and coordinate attacks. You can get into quick 5 second fights that will leave your heart pounding, or a whole 2 minute defensive pin down where you hold off a team by yourself. Teamwork is key here and the game really plays into that. If you complete the training, which takes place accurately in Fort Benning, Georgia, you are allowed medic abilities, sharpshooter abilities, and other accurate to life abilities like shooting a smokeshell to cover your team. Persistence seems to pay off when both playing and trying to get the game going as bugs seem to come and go. For the price of free though, one can't complain. Its a really in depth look at what could potentially be the most popular must have shooter for PC. Especially if they allowed the user community to submit developments and changes, this game would be epic.    … Expand
  24. RangerGxi
    May 10, 2012
    5
    This game is very interesting. It uses the unreal engine and was commissioned by the US government. The game is also used as a military simulator apparently according to wikipedia.

    This game is heavily focused on tactics and reasonable decisions. You can't rush at the enemy and soak up bullets. Die once in a round and you are out and when you get hit by a bullet you're hit by a bullet.    This game is very interesting. It uses the unreal engine and was commissioned by the US government. The game is also used as a military simulator apparently according to wikipedia.

    This game is heavily focused on tactics and reasonable decisions. You can't rush at the enemy and soak up bullets. Die once in a round and you are out and when you get hit by a bullet you're hit by a bullet. You fall to the ground dead or suffer a crippling injury. If you die you don't respawn but are out for the round. Depending on the round this can become only a couple of minutes or longer than half an hour. I enjoyed the game but it kind of discouraged me from joining the armed forces... because I died alot.    … Expand
  25. JustinW
    Sep 2, 2009
    10
    As a game designer I know that I have higher standards than that which is cost effective. I rated the game's gameplay, realism, physics, graphics, sound, interface and player-base. I scored each area compared to other popular fps titles. Overall it came in first-place. But when I broke it down certain aspects could definitely be worked on. The scores I see by critics and by other As a game designer I know that I have higher standards than that which is cost effective. I rated the game's gameplay, realism, physics, graphics, sound, interface and player-base. I scored each area compared to other popular fps titles. Overall it came in first-place. But when I broke it down certain aspects could definitely be worked on. The scores I see by critics and by other users appear to extremely biased. Their scoring only shows lack of knowledge of the game and how to play it. The training and a few other features are designed to give people a feel for what to expect from joining the army. It also is a great way to intro the controls and weapon systems. If you pay attention to the training you can actually learn something. The new AA3 training system scored 1st place compared to other games with similar systems. Now for many people coming into America's Army they are used to the run faster with a knife tactic. Yes, you would run faster armed with a knife than an assault rifle. But, the fact remains that you got all the rest of your gear equiped at the same time. Also, just because you technically could run faster with all that gear on doesn't make it strategic to. The running system is designed to match that of a trained soldier. They use realistic distant that an average soldier could repeat throughout a battle without becoming unctrollably winded. The tactics required for maximum affectiveness in the game are applicable for real-world combat situations. Due to this, AA3 ranked 1st in realism. Gameplay typically relates to how the game is played out. With AA I focused alot on its 1 life per round, team tactics, scenarios, and communication system. The run and gun tactic will quickly annoy the victims and afflictor. 1 life makes staying alive more precious. Depending on the skill of the server and your personal ability to fight as a soldier you can be spectating up to 90% of the time. For people like this, the game is quickly discarded. To survive you must understand proper team tactics. The game is designed to create as many tactical scenerios as possible. The gameplay allows a squad to pin and create confusion among OpFor. This allows for teams to flank the position. The game provides a battle planner that the squad leader is able to coordinate attacks among the fire teams. Although AA3 has quite a realistic gameplay it a few titles had better system for increasing playing time for everyone. It came in 3rd with related FPS styled games. The graphics are great. It is hard to determine opfor from friendlies. It takes a trained eye to identify threats and neutralize them. Other games you can lower the graphics and easily identify and target enemies. The graphics received 1st place. Through UT3 and few other titles receive honorable mention due to the artistic details visible in the gameplay. While AA2 had become overwhelmed with hackers and everyone got mad at everyone. AA3 has a revolutionary system to forgive unattentional Friendly Fire. This system creates alot more peace among players and people are most readily available to provide medical aid to fallen comrades. Going from Army of One to Army strong takes a change of mindset. But, once you learn the concept the game is alot more rewarding and enjoyable. I hope everyone learns how to play the game. and I hope to see you all on the battlefield. Hooah!… Expand
  26. TakeshiJ
    Jul 6, 2009
    7
    I have no idea what Sam M is on about, this game is not in the 'alpha' stage and the public beta came out last year. The problem is this game is very buggy due to the production team being rushed, shrinking budget, etc etc. Of course you have to factor in that this is a FREE game and you can't expect CoD 4 quality yet. This game is very fun and intense but it requires I have no idea what Sam M is on about, this game is not in the 'alpha' stage and the public beta came out last year. The problem is this game is very buggy due to the production team being rushed, shrinking budget, etc etc. Of course you have to factor in that this is a FREE game and you can't expect CoD 4 quality yet. This game is very fun and intense but it requires teammates who know how to play and not just tk you on sight. Overall though for a free game it is very fun and will keep me coming back to it for a while...longer than CoD 5 did.… Expand
  27. GordonF
    Jul 10, 2009
    3
    It's so buggy as hell, i can't belive how they could release game with so many bugs and don't patch it? Game look's cool but still needs patch for fps.
  28. DimitriR
    Nov 9, 2009
    3
    What did they do to this game there are so many bugs. Whenever they gets the bugs out it will be a great game
  29. JakeW
    Jul 23, 2009
    1
    Seems to have been released in an alpha stage...too many bugs, pointless 1gb patches. Not to mention its just a program to brainwash little kids into joining the army.
  30. RobL
    Jul 30, 2009
    4
    Has the potential to be half decent, but buggy execution, the fact it seems to be indecisive about how realistic it should be, and lousy server management let it down.
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. GameStar
    74
    America's Army 3 can be really good if you have a good connection to the server and if you can find other motivated and cooperative players. But it can take hours until you are able to find that combination. The US army should fix the problems if they want to make a good impression.
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  2. IGN
    84
    This is a shooter that's more intelligent than most and that requires more teamwork and coordination, but that makes the rewards of success that much more enjoyable.
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  3. PC PowerPlay
    50
    A realistic, but relatively bland title that's part recruitment poster and part tame FPS. [Sept 2009, p.62]
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