Customer Reviews

America's Army: Rise of a Soldier

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Brad Allen: 11/28/2005
ONE OF THE BEST
This is one of the best FPS out there at the moment. Its got every thing realistic sigle player ranging from training in various skills, to missions improving your skills and team work. Then don't even get me started about the online playing. Some of the greatest maps, weapons, and positions on teams. One of the greatest features is that fact that you gain skill experiance and put points under what skills you want to be better at, such as..Leadership, stealth, honour, life saving, marksmenship, and many more. So if you havent yet go out and get this game it is great fun with xbox live or not.

this game is a very good game even if you dont like Military. Although it wasnt has good as the PC game (if you have a choice between the PC version and this one get the PC version). The different weapons and levels are good. But there is little re-play value (except to maybe boost your stats) and there we was some gliches i.g. Bad guys dont shoot at you when your 3 feet away. Not saying the AI is bad but..... its not the best. Overall this is a good game and worth the money. hope this help!

Game has too many bugs/programming flaws. You can walk right through your teammates. They sit right on top of you when you're trying to shoot enemies, preventing you from shooting and getting you killed. Missing animations, such as people shooting non-existent rifles; enemies standing literally in the face of your teammates and neither engages each other, etc.

Gameplay is too linear - you are forced to stay with your squad, which militarily makes sense except in certain circumstances (e.g. your teammate is injured and you attempt to perform first aid).

Also, there is no ability to save in mid-mission, except where the game provides checkpoints. However, you cannot quit and reload at the checkpoint, you have to begin the entire mission all over again.

Too bad, as the idea of the game and a lot of the game play is entertaining.

Recommended alternative: Ghost Recon 2 series.

as said before there are a lot of glitches. It seems that the enemy has a tendency to always shoot at you, and your teammates hgardly ever actually take anyone out unless they're the grenadier with the M203.There are also glitches where if you stand at the wrong place your character will get stuck and you cant move anywhere. Also, you can's save where you want, so you might have worked on a mission for half an hour, then one of your teammmates gets killed, and you have to start at the last checkpoint, which could be 20 minuutes of gameplay behind. Also, some missions are almost impossible. I haven't been able to solve this one mission, I've probably tried 20-30 times and atleast 3 hours on this one mission but I just can't get it. Eithere I get killed, or I'm really close to beating it and one of my men decides to stand up when there are enemies shooting at us and gets himself killed, and I have to go back and play another 20 mins. before I get to that same point and someone gets killed again.
Overall: There are good graphics, but the bugs make it really, really fustrating. If you're prepared to spend a lot of time trying to beat the missions and advance, go ahead and get it, but if you don't like working on the same mission several times don't get it.

My introduction to Ubisoft games were the Brothers in Arms series. Since I enjoyed these, I thought I'd try America's Army. Nicholas and Kirstein are correct regarding the bugs in America's Army, and Ubisoft greatly disappointed. Success in each mission is dependent upon your fire team succeeding. However, your fireteam often fails to engage the enemy, even at point blank range. Trying to shoot the bad guy without killing your team member becomes problematic. The bad guys often shoot through your friendly to hit you! If too many squad members become casualties, you fail. Too many hits yourself, you fail. Team members will often push your player after you have found cover, forcing you into enemy fire. If you push them aside to regain your position, they'll walk into enemy fire. But, you can't let them have a good position, because your team members will not effectively engage the enemy and you'll be overrun. Enemy can often kill you even if you're behind cover. Since on the XBox version there aren't many save points, you're left repeating the same radio traffic script ad nauseum before you can try over. The game is really more about the shooting than anything else. This seems kind of odd, since the sights can be aligned on an enemy and you can crank 40 rounds into him an miss! Ubisoft designers should probably fire some real weapons before they design their next shooter game. I tossed the game.

It was ok.
The game has some frame rate and graphics issues but for it's age it's ok. It didn't freeze and glitches were rare. It's supposed to be a simulator but seems more like a game. As games go, it's forgettable. For the price it wasn't a waste.

This is a fun game with great graphics and gameplay, but the only thing keeping me from rating this a 5 star is the fact it is almost ridiculously hard. While this is more "realistic" since you don't get life packs and all, be prepared to do the same level over and over again, and not being able to save at all until you've completed a mission. If you could just save it once during a mission, it would make it much better. I like challenging games, but not to the point where it's almost impossible, and this is on "EASY", I couldnt even imagine it on hard. If you like very difficult games, this is for you, but I dont recommend this if you're looking for something easy or even moderately hard.

I had been searching local game stores for this one as I wanted to add it to my FPS library on my Xbox. This game is incredibly hard, but that's not a bad thing. The game play, controls, graphics, and sound all receive an 8 or higher on a 10 scale. It's kind of an RPG FPS in the sense that you can build up your character as the game progresses, dividing up skill points you earn during missions to boost your character in several offered fields with noticeable difference once said skill points are applied.
Overall I personally am enjoying this game, and if your a die hard FPS fan like me, than it is a must have!

I got this game after my son had joined the Army. This is a pretty good game, it can just be a little frustrating at some points because they don't cut you any slack and you don't automatically heal if you are wounded. Not like other shooter games, but entirely realistic for an army game. In battle, if you are repeatedly shot you don't just shrug it off and keep going, you fall down. It can make the game kind of annoying at times but it adds to the realism.

haven't played the game all that much. i'm hooked on COD4 so it was hard to switch over to play this one. the game play is much different. i would say the weapons are very realistic as far as breathing and trying to shoot steady, but the graphics and game play are lacking compared to COD. however i hear the third one that is coming out soon will be very competitive with todays top 1st person shooters.