Americas Army is a military multiplayer
shooter computer game with over two million registered players and
is amongst the top five most popular computer action online games.
Americas Army is a free download as also given free at US
army recruiting centers. This game features Americas army fighting
against their opponents.
Americas Army is very similar to Rainbow 6 featuring two teams
fighting against each other. Both the teams are Americas
army troops carrying American weapons, equipment, and the
enemies are the uniformed opposing forces carrying Eastern Bloc
weapons. The game shows various maps from snow covered mountains
to Middle Eastern desert ruins.
Americas Army player is an Americas army person with other soldiers
carrying American ammunitions such as M16. The enemies are non-uniformed
rabble carrying Eastern Bloc weapons such as AK-47s. He shouts or
messages in English while the opposition does it in some unknown
language. In case the player changes sides, then his present position
is that of the army and his former teammates are the enemies.
When an Americas Army player picks up an enemy
weapon, it behaves differently from when in enemy’s hands.
Sometimes the US Stryker Armored Personnel Carrier appears to be
a Russian BTR-80. The game offers real life situations for playing
but avoids the issue of killing the soldiers of the Americas army.
PunkBuster is the anti-cheat software developed by Even Balance
Incorporation to check cheating. Hence, sometimes players cannot
play the game of Americas Army. Many players posing
as Americas army personnel online form clans to play the game. They
add the initials of their clan for easy identification and some
clans have their own websites.
There are two meters in Americas Army – Combat effective
meter (CEM) and the Stamina Bar. The CEM depends on the Stamina
Bar, which decides how long the Americas army can
run or jump. Crouching or lying down are good postures for hitting
targets but not so good while standing or walking.