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RogueIce wrote:I wonder what the Navy would do with one of these...

"CONGRATULATIONS! You have single-handedly swabbed every deck on the USS NIMITZ! 100 points (99 point deduction for taxes, making the Chief happy, etc.) earned!"

CLICK the button you FOOL! CLICK IT NOOW!
CT add on patch due sometime next fall

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Drooling Iguana wrote:The thing is, when America's Army was released, there were few, if any, realistic ground-combat FPS games out there, so there was little competition in the game's niche.

No... There was just Rainbow 6, R6:Rogue Spear, SWAT 3, Ghost Recon, Operation Flashpoint, Spec Ops, Spec Ops II: Ranger Assault, Delta Force, Delta Force 2, Delta Force 3, thats just what I can think of off the top of my head - not an overcrowded genre at all.

Wicked Pilot wrote:

Drooling Iguana wrote:On the other hand, they've been making flight simulators as realistic as the technology would allow for pretty much the entire history of computer gaming, which have set the bar incredibly high.

Oh believe me they have not. Even the most in depth complicated flight sim is a walk in the part compared to a real plane. Just trying to start engines on a sim with all the buttons modeled will have you screaming in pain.

I know absolutely nothing about how it really works... so can I ask, why is it necessary for it to be so complicated? I mean the actual operation of a plane, why is there such complexity?

Seggybop wrote:I know absolutely nothing about how it really works... so can I ask, why is it necessary for it to be so complicated? I mean the actual operation of a plane, why is there such complexity?

Airplane operation is unbelievably complex! I mean, especially combat flight! think about it. Up high, in bad weather, you can't see thr ground, there is no horizon, you have to keep the airplane oriented. imagine landing on a runway at night, pitch black night, with fog. Oh, and it's raining. and people are shooting at you. and you're running out of fuel. And in WP's case. Imagine you are doing all this, and your plane isn't armed. and you have a bradley and an imperial assload of men in the back. not to mention keeping the plane from stalling, etc. trust me, all the mumbo-jumbo and cool shit you see on the Discovery Wings channel don't mean shit when you're actually in the cockpit. and forget what you see on Falcon 5.0 or whatever. If planes were as easy to fly as flight sims suggest, they'd be flown like that. even among militayr pilots, the DoD must cater to the lowest common denominator (HA! Cliche out of context! Neat, huh?)

Mr Bean wrote:

RogueIce wrote:I wonder what the Navy would do with one of these...

"CONGRATULATIONS! You have single-handedly swabbed every deck on the USS NIMITZ! 100 points (99 point deduction for taxes, making the Chief happy, etc.) earned!"

CLICK the button you FOOL! CLICK IT NOOW!
CT add on patch due sometime next fall

And don't forget next Spring, the brand new... EXTREEEME Zone Inspection Verion 6.0!

Then the officer version: Realistic Setting - "You must take all credit for the hard work your subordinates did, while preventing your seniors from taking that credit from you. Additionally, you must screw over all of your peers in the Wardroom. Good luck!"

And the Lonestar Bonus Mission - "You are the Commanding Officer of a Guided Missile Cruis...Destroyer. You have just hit a buo...navigational aid on your way back to port. You must now convincingly explain to the Admiral how it is all the QM's fault."