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there used to be this shooter series called America’s Army that was pure american military propaganda. now that call of duty is that instead, i havent really heard of AA anymore
if i’m not mistaken America’s Army was actually produced (not just consulted on) by the US Army, and at one point was intended to be an active recruitment portal (as in, get good enough at AA and they will ask if you want to enlist)
that’s if i’m not mistaken ofc
You’re right! A Marine recruiter actually contacted me and tried to recruit me while I was playing it too. Told me I could be an epic sniper or some shit lol
The funniest part is that rather than being a hoo-rah action packed game where you feel awesome and epic, it was a slow, methodical tactical sim where you had to literally sit and watch a lecture on first aid in order to take the combat medic role. And the only thing it taught me about being in the military is that your life can be extinguished in seconds, pointlessly and easily. probably not the message they were trying for though
I remember they shut down the servers a few years ago. IIRC AA was a bit more realistic than COD, but not as realistic as ARMA, an entire genre that basically doesn’t exist anymore.
ARMA on the other hand is probably both a much better recruitment tool and much worse—like a real ARMA-head would probably be the ideal grunt but most people bounce right the fuck off those games cause they’re boring as shit
George Wiedman of Super Bunnyhop put forth that arma is the only anti war war game because of the realistic part of walk 30 minutes somewhere and then get shot dead by a guy you never saw. It’s a very unglorious experience
