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America's Army 3 or AA3 is free-to-play realistic 3D tactical shooter game developed by U.S. Army and published by U.S. Army.

America's Army is a round based team tactical shooter game with the player acting as a soldier in the U.S. Army, with combat at squad-level and with three fireteams. The game is really realistic for example players are injured where they are shot and couple shots to vital points will finish the enemy soldier. After passing virtual medical training course based on actual training that soldiers receive with regard to evaluating and prioritizing casualties, controlling bleeding, recognizing and treating shock, and administering aid when victims are not breathing players can heal teammates. The training is really realistic but it is not suprising when the training is designed by U.S Army itself.

America's Army 3 was completely remade in Unreal Engine 3 and introduces a number of changes. Individuals with prior accounts can no longer continue using their screen name. Therefore, new accounts must be created even for veteran users. Medical training is now compulsory allowing all players to give basic IFAK (First Aid Kit) treatment. While America's Army had training availability based entirely on previously completed training, America's Army 3 has only basic training available initially and online play is required to unlock more training. In addition, a single map can support multiple mission types, while in America's Army a single map only had one. A new feature in America's Army 3 is the ability to melee enemy combatants in battle using the rifle butt, allowing for a more realistic close combat situation should both sides find themselves out of ammo. America's Army 3 also eliminated the ability for the characters to jump, done to eliminate the practice of bunny hopping-type evasive maneuvers. The players can still climb onto or hurdle over low obstacles however. AA3 also streamlined the organization of the fireteams the players were grouped into; the Designated Marksman is now a member of one of the fireteams instead of being a separate two-man shooter/spotter element as would be more fitting of a sniper team as opposed to a Designated Marksman.

America's Army 3 has team-oriented gameplay. Players must choose between four roles at the start of a mission and work closely with their teammates to accomplish their mission objectives:
1.Rifleman:
- The basic soldier of the Army. Riflemen are versatile and have a large range of equipment options.

2.Automatic Rifleman:
- Armed with a M249 SAW, the Auto Rifleman is capable of firing off a large number of rounds at a rapid rate.

3.Grenadier:
- Armed with an M16A4 and a M320 grenade launcher, these soldiers provide explosive support fire from medium to long distance.

4.Squad Designated Marksman:
-- While not a sniper, the SDM engages targets further away than other riflemen with a specially designed M16A4 DMR.

AA3 has a few mission types (gamemodes):

1.VIP:
- Your objective is to either, Escort or Intercept the VIP. I found this game mode to be both boring and fun, it really depends on if the VIP knows what they are doing. I felt myself almost falling asleep sometimes, because it would take the VIP the entire 10 minute round to come out of hiding and try and make it to the extraction point. It was even more irritating doing so while dead;

2.Take and Hold:
- The objective for this mission type is to capture points of interest and keep them until you gain all three. When you gain all three points or all enemies are dead or incapacitated mission is complete;

3.Extraction:
- Your objective is to capture or secure a briefcase with intel, and bring it to the extraction point. Both teams are trying to accomplish the same task so it is a very interesting game mode to play;

4.Secure and Extract:
- This mission type is a variation of Extraction, except for the fact that one team will try to secure the intel and the other team is trying to capture it and extract it;

5.Secure and Defend:
- This mission is map specific to Pipeline. The objective is to either secure the various valves located throughout the map, or to defend those valves from the enemy;

6.Activated Objective:
- The mission objective is to defend the object of interest from being destroyed or try and destroy it. I found this mission type to be very well balanced, and involving a lot of teamwork and communication;

7.Destroy:
- The objective is to defend new found equipment or try and destroy it. This mission objective is almost the exact same as Activated Objective.

Official site: www.americasarmy.com