America's Army is a shooter developed by U.S. Army, released 4 July 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What America's Army is
America's Army is a shooter game developed by U.S. Army and released in 2002. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 2. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
America's Army is the name given to a game technology platform used to develop first person shooter (FPS) games published in 2002 by the U.S. Army. The game is branded as a strategic communication device, designed to allow young Americans to virtually explore the Army at their own pace and according to their interests to determine if soldiering matches their needs, interests and abilities. America's Army represents the first large-scale use of game technology by the U.S. government as a platform for strategic communication and the first use of game technology in support of U.S. Army recruiting. The America's Army concept was conceived in 1999 by Colonel Casey Wardynski; the Army's Chief…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
America's Army holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
America's Army launched on 4 July 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine and SoulCalibur II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine, SoulCalibur II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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