I Want to Join America's Army

Is exactly what the American Army wants to hear after you play their game, called America's Army would you believe, original huh?

Lets just jump into the details..

Enjoyment - I found this game not to be enjoyable at all. Quite frankly there isn't anything fun about been told what to do, and when you actually do it, it's crap. I mean this game takes you by the hand and tells you exactly what to do. It wouldn't even let me kneel by myself, the game faded out, then faded back in, and what you know? I'm kneeling...great. Ok, so thats the training missions, never the less, it's the first couple of minutes playing a game that has a big impact on whether you like the game or not. Online, this game is very tactical.

Concentration Required - I suppose there is some concentration required, I mean you have to shoot targets that pop up one at a time (and don't go down until you shoot them) and then of course you have to wait 5-10 seconds for another one to pop up after you shot the previous one... Seriously though, yes there is a high level of concentration required when playing this online, after all it is a tactical shooter.

The Target demographic of the game - Americans who wanna join the army and fans of tactical shooters

How immersive is the game? Is there emotional or visceral involvement? - Is there emotion? God no. Immersive? Not very. I mean how can you get immersed in a game that has guns that don't move a millimetre when you shoot them as you look down the sight, but jump like mad when you done look down the gun's sight. In fact, the animation of firing the gun is woeful, Anto could do alot better then that, hell even I could. The sounds are quite good though, however when playing online the matches can be a bit quiet, only for the gun-fire breaking the silence.

Player Skill required, how easy is it to learn the game - It's a tactical shooting game, the genre doesn't sound easy, either is the game. It's for die-hards, and casuals gamers will probably hate this.

The Games Narrative - You shoot people.

Social Interaction - Well there is a multi player element of the game, so there is obviously some sort of social interaction. Oh, and does the propaganda that the game throws at you at every single loading screen considered social Interaction?

Oh and I must also mentioned, terrible interface design, I mean come on, surely you can do better then that?