America's Army: True Soldiers review

The enlistment rate will dive bomb if the Army keeps making crappy games like this

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Pros

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    Playing with guns

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    Unlocking new guns

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    Bullets - paintballs lag

Cons

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    Makes the Army look boring

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    Throwing away $60

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    Wishing you bought CoD 4

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Nov 28, 2007

You’d think it would be near impossible to mess up a game about the most formidable and powerful modern military force in history, but somehow the shooter America’s Army: True Soldiers reduces everything cutting edge, dangerous and compelling about being a soldier to a rated-PG play-fomercial.

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