Wednesday, April 4, 2007

First Impressions: America's Army

This has to be one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had with a game. The first several missions are all very simple, but the third (Pistol, Machine Gun, Explosive training) really fails at instructions. While the pistol and machine gun sections are easy, the explosive section gives absolutely NO direction. The first weapon was pretty easy to figure out, because there's a little man you knock down. Plus, you get three tries to actually hit him. The second two direct you at "the tank" and "the bunker". Now, they described the FIRST target you shot at (with the man) as being in the bunker. But nonono, this is a DIFFERENT bunker...even though they don't tell you.

So, you get two practice rounds...and NEVER tell you if you actually hit the proper target. I would be sitting there and tell myself, "ok, it LOOKS like the right thing is smoking...but I'm not sure". Sure enough, come the one shot test time, it'd be in the same place and it'd be a miss. That would force me to go back through the ENTIRE training again.

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