Developed and released by the U.S. Army, AA:PG is a great looking game on the Unreal 3 engine. That being said, its gameplay is great, very realistic, and doesn't have the Battlefield, Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty health regen B.S. I do generally recommend this game, but it does have its downsides such as its small number of maps and high system requirements (not that anyone with a custom built machine from the last four or five years should have any trouble).

My main complaint really is that since AA:3, they have had fewer training missions. Sure, the training missions would be pointless at this juncture, but they were fun, and informative. For players of AA:3, you may remember the medic training, obstacle course, weapons familiarization course, and MOUT course. None of these courses, which were very useful in the game, and would still be in this one, are present, aside from MOUT.

Furthermore, if you have played AA:2, you would really miss the plethora of training missions, including: paratrooping, stealth training (the hardest one), sniper training, BRT, medic course (I'll concede that that was NOT fun), Hummvee driving, Hummvee CROWS system training, Javelin training, and many more fun training missons.

Lastly, and this applies to AA:3 as well, the maps are somewhat small. While some people will disagree, let me say that these maps are COD size compared to AA:2. AA:2 had vehicles, huge battlegrounds, and even fortified compounds. While this is still a beta, I usually tend to see the beta products are pretty close to the finished product.

The biggest reason this is an issue is that the maps have become smaller, the missions are fewer, the gameplay opportunities are fewer, and this is on Unreal 3, and the better of it runs Unreal 2. Things should be improved as technology increases, not removed.

Aside from the points in this review, I do have to say that I recommend this, but there really isn't too much to say in its favor. While the gameplay is solid, there is much room for improvement.

Developed and released by the U.S. Army, AA:PG is a great looking game on the Unreal 3 engine. That being said, its gameplay is great, very realistic, and doesn't have the Battlefield, Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty health regen B.S. I do generally recommend this game, but it does have its downsides such as its small number of maps and high system requirements (not that anyone with a custom built machine from the last four or five years should have any trouble). My main complaint really is that since AA:3, they have had fewer training missions. Sure, the training missions would be pointless at this juncture, but they were fun, and informative. For players of AA:3, you may remember the medic training, obstacle course, weapons familiarization course, and MOUT course. None of these courses, which were very useful in the game, and would still be in this one, are present, aside from MOUT. Furthermore, if you have played AA:2, you would really miss the plethora of training missions, including: paratrooping, stealth training (the hardest one), sniper training, BRT, medic course (I'll concede that that was NOT fun), Hummvee driving, Hummvee CROWS system training, Javelin training, and many more fun training missons. Lastly, and this applies to AA:3 as well, the maps are somewhat small. While some people will disagree, let me say that these maps are COD size compared to AA:2. AA:2 had vehicles, huge battlegrounds, and even fortified compounds. While this is still a beta, I usually tend to see the beta products are pretty close to the finished product. The biggest reason this is an issue is that the maps have become smaller, the missions are fewer, the gameplay opportunities are fewer, and this is on Unreal 3, and the better of it runs Unreal 2. Things should be improved as technology increases, not removed. Aside from the points in this review, I do have to say that I recommend this, but there really isn't too much to say in its favor. While the gameplay is solid, there is much room for improvement.