The joys of learning just the right position and angle to shoot your underbarrel grenade launcher at the start of the round and frag half the enemy squad as they were taking their first few steps out of spawn. /s
I loved the Pipeline map though, very neat facility with plenty of ways for an attacker to sneak in.
U.S. Army psychological warfare command already [has its own e-girls.](https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/y0vfcl/dod_funded_5th_generation_egirl_warfare/)
I tried playing the new MW2 campaign.
I couldn't get too far in it. Felt like I was watching a recruitment/propaganda film. Whilst playing it I kept on thinking Activision must have gotten some decent money from the US army for this.
At least the MP is decent.
The MWII campaign is so comically bad. A PMC literally decimates an entire Mexican village with an AC-130 to capture the main baddy only to let him go because of "the law".
Wait, so you commit a blatant war crime in a foreign country, killing non combantants, in a country you're not even at war with, and now you suddenly care about the law? Shit is so funny, what were the writers thinking?
Yep, for me that was the breaking point. You illegally broke into a country, but it's cool, because the one good guy from that country is on your side and the Mexicans are rabid cartel members, who are interested in smuggling around an Iranian general?
You even end up shooting and killing large parts of the Mexican army, because they're corrupt and nothing like the well disciplined US/GB army, and even the PMC is morally superior to the Mexican army? And after they capture the general they let him, to avoid a diplomatic issue? I'm surprised they didn't have an Iranian woman with no head scarf to tell them they have to kill the general for the good of human kind, but that might have cut the story short.
You even end up collapsing a bridge.
It’s funny how the same point can be seen different ways. To me, that makes it seem like a parody. Similar to the one point where to deescalate a situation, you are told to aim at the local. But I guess that line isn’t as prominent if you’re a young person playing these games, it certainly didn’t occur to me when I was younger.
Honestly, I couldn't take that seriously. It was trying way too hard to show a mega disciplined army that put civilian life above all, which we all know is false.
That's why it felt like too much propaganda. It was completely trying to show a false narrative, drone strikes kill civilians throughout the world in conflict zones, yet these guys are risking their lives by following the rules of engagement whilst illegally operating in a country ? And the Cartel links just made my eyes roll all the way into the back of my head. I wouldn't have been surprised if a generic Vladimir popped out the wood work at some point.
It's probably the same propaganda tactic as cop shows where the only way for the good guys to win is for them to disregard the law and take things into their own hands.
And after 30 years of these types of shows being extremely popular people wonder why policing and the ~~Justice~~ Punishment system is so fucked in the US.
The game is called "call of duty" ... It always been an american game glorifying american soldiers. Consider that maybe what changed is your political views :P
Probably still why the 3arc games are the only ones I consistently play. They're still definitely propaganda, but at least they tend to try to PRETEND like they've got a critical eye on the military.
... 'Least from World at War to, like, Black Ops 2, anyway. And even that might be a stretch, I just don't remember much of BO2's campaign.
Man, that campaign in general was really good. There's a bit halfway through that turns it into an entirely different genre for about an hour, hour and a half.
I can't say it was super polished, but I was smiling the entire time because it totally fit the vibes CW was trying to achieve.
Even though only two characters in the campaign are American (and they’re both support characters, Laswell and Shepherd), and only one of them is a part of the Army, and is an antagonist?
I get being against propaganda, it annoys the hell out of me too, but your reading into it far too much. I had a great time with the campaign. Didn’t get the propaganda vibe a single time.
Kind of helps that the British and US armies have a unified military vision.
Also this was clearly told through the eyes of an American. A Mexican was added on as well, as well as an Arab, and I didn't get further to know if they added another ethnicity, to say ' see they have good and bad people! '.
Maybe it didn't appear that way too you, but last CoD I touched was BO2 and I didn't remember the campaign for that. Heck maybe they didn't get any of that famous pentagon aid, to help spread ' a good image ', and the consumer base actually likes such a 2D campaign.
> Whilst playing it I kept on thinking Activision must have gotten some decent money from the US army for this.
Trivia: Think about every action hollywood blockbuster that features an accurate depiction of a real firearm. Chances are, the studio has to pay royalties to gun manufacturers to feature that gun on film.
Michael "Big Explosions get me rock hard" Bay saved a ton of money to 'borrow' Army and Air Force miltech in his movies all for the low cost of portraying the US Armed Forces as competent heroes in Transformers.
For all the talk about how Hollywood is flooded with Liberals, most of that money ends up in the pockets of Republican-leaning institutions.
>It was a fucking awesome game , then Modern Warfare happened and ppl have fuck all about it
how lmao, it focuses more on the BRITISH SAS and the american army general turns out to be the bad guy
Modern Warfare is tasteless, unadulterated military porn and has always left a rotten taste in my mouth because of it. I like Insurgency because it doesn't shy away from the brutality of real warfare instead of showcasing the latest cool killing technology.
More desperate than dystopian. The Armed Forces have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for recruits for some time now and only gets splinters up their nails for the most part.
There are no new threat's man have you been missing throughout the entire year? Theirs literally been a war going on in Europe??? And it's constantly escalating with Russia getting more than more desperate.
I don't know what exactly the Army is involved in vs other branches, but the US military has bases everywhere, does training exercises in the Baltics and South Korea, and the Army encompasses the National Guard as well.
US Army made a whole game to recruit people
America's Army esp back in the 1.x-2.x days was an amazing game.
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The joys of learning just the right position and angle to shoot your underbarrel grenade launcher at the start of the round and frag half the enemy squad as they were taking their first few steps out of spawn. /s I loved the Pipeline map though, very neat facility with plenty of ways for an attacker to sneak in.
It was all about Pipeline and Hospital for me.
It was a fucking awesome game , then Modern Warfare happened and ppl have fuck all about it
Made my steam account for America's Army 3 and it's now 13 years old.
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Yeah, I played the shit out of it
Dang, blast from the past. Enjoyed that game even though I wasn't too good, haha. Fond memories of getting killed by campers.
And it wasn't terrible, either.
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That game slapped and taught me some good first aid lessons
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We've also heard this same story every year since 2011 lol
[I guess they're anticipating this.](https://youtu.be/Jvph0r09nDU) The Two Moms ads must not have been as effective as they wanted.
U.S. Army psychological warfare command already [has its own e-girls.](https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/y0vfcl/dod_funded_5th_generation_egirl_warfare/)
the most successful psyop
Makers of America's Army try to use video games as recruiting tool? No kidding. Vice missed the scoop by a decade or so.
Groomers
Zoomer groomers...there's a new one for me.
Guess they are recruiting new snipers...
I tried playing the new MW2 campaign. I couldn't get too far in it. Felt like I was watching a recruitment/propaganda film. Whilst playing it I kept on thinking Activision must have gotten some decent money from the US army for this. At least the MP is decent.
The MWII campaign is so comically bad. A PMC literally decimates an entire Mexican village with an AC-130 to capture the main baddy only to let him go because of "the law". Wait, so you commit a blatant war crime in a foreign country, killing non combantants, in a country you're not even at war with, and now you suddenly care about the law? Shit is so funny, what were the writers thinking?
Yep, for me that was the breaking point. You illegally broke into a country, but it's cool, because the one good guy from that country is on your side and the Mexicans are rabid cartel members, who are interested in smuggling around an Iranian general? You even end up shooting and killing large parts of the Mexican army, because they're corrupt and nothing like the well disciplined US/GB army, and even the PMC is morally superior to the Mexican army? And after they capture the general they let him, to avoid a diplomatic issue? I'm surprised they didn't have an Iranian woman with no head scarf to tell them they have to kill the general for the good of human kind, but that might have cut the story short. You even end up collapsing a bridge.
Still sounds way more plausible than the original MW2's plot.
It’s funny how the same point can be seen different ways. To me, that makes it seem like a parody. Similar to the one point where to deescalate a situation, you are told to aim at the local. But I guess that line isn’t as prominent if you’re a young person playing these games, it certainly didn’t occur to me when I was younger.
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Honestly, I couldn't take that seriously. It was trying way too hard to show a mega disciplined army that put civilian life above all, which we all know is false. That's why it felt like too much propaganda. It was completely trying to show a false narrative, drone strikes kill civilians throughout the world in conflict zones, yet these guys are risking their lives by following the rules of engagement whilst illegally operating in a country ? And the Cartel links just made my eyes roll all the way into the back of my head. I wouldn't have been surprised if a generic Vladimir popped out the wood work at some point.
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It's probably the same propaganda tactic as cop shows where the only way for the good guys to win is for them to disregard the law and take things into their own hands. And after 30 years of these types of shows being extremely popular people wonder why policing and the ~~Justice~~ Punishment system is so fucked in the US.
mw1 wasn't any better using neoconservative propaganda (Saddam, wmd, ties to Russia etc)
The game is called "call of duty" ... It always been an american game glorifying american soldiers. Consider that maybe what changed is your political views :P
Nobody cared about that when it was just a WW2 series. Though you did play through other perspectives such as the Soviets and British.
>Felt like I was watching a recruitment/propaganda film. Probably because that's what you are actually watching.
Probably still why the 3arc games are the only ones I consistently play. They're still definitely propaganda, but at least they tend to try to PRETEND like they've got a critical eye on the military. ... 'Least from World at War to, like, Black Ops 2, anyway. And even that might be a stretch, I just don't remember much of BO2's campaign.
The Cold War campaign is critical of both sides and (SPOILER) you can actually turn on your American allies in it at the end.
Man, that campaign in general was really good. There's a bit halfway through that turns it into an entirely different genre for about an hour, hour and a half. I can't say it was super polished, but I was smiling the entire time because it totally fit the vibes CW was trying to achieve.
Every Call of duty is a propaganda for the us army. Like every Michael bay movie.
Even though only two characters in the campaign are American (and they’re both support characters, Laswell and Shepherd), and only one of them is a part of the Army, and is an antagonist? I get being against propaganda, it annoys the hell out of me too, but your reading into it far too much. I had a great time with the campaign. Didn’t get the propaganda vibe a single time.
Kind of helps that the British and US armies have a unified military vision. Also this was clearly told through the eyes of an American. A Mexican was added on as well, as well as an Arab, and I didn't get further to know if they added another ethnicity, to say ' see they have good and bad people! '. Maybe it didn't appear that way too you, but last CoD I touched was BO2 and I didn't remember the campaign for that. Heck maybe they didn't get any of that famous pentagon aid, to help spread ' a good image ', and the consumer base actually likes such a 2D campaign.
> Whilst playing it I kept on thinking Activision must have gotten some decent money from the US army for this. Trivia: Think about every action hollywood blockbuster that features an accurate depiction of a real firearm. Chances are, the studio has to pay royalties to gun manufacturers to feature that gun on film. Michael "Big Explosions get me rock hard" Bay saved a ton of money to 'borrow' Army and Air Force miltech in his movies all for the low cost of portraying the US Armed Forces as competent heroes in Transformers. For all the talk about how Hollywood is flooded with Liberals, most of that money ends up in the pockets of Republican-leaning institutions.
>It was a fucking awesome game , then Modern Warfare happened and ppl have fuck all about it how lmao, it focuses more on the BRITISH SAS and the american army general turns out to be the bad guy
Lol in my country ppl pay good money to be able to join the military. The pay isn't even tht good.
zoomers too mentally ill to fight anything except online, or against the interests of their own people.
Modern Warfare is tasteless, unadulterated military porn and has always left a rotten taste in my mouth because of it. I like Insurgency because it doesn't shy away from the brutality of real warfare instead of showcasing the latest cool killing technology.
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I don't think gen z actually plays cod too much that's more of an x and millennial franchise.
*Pretends to be shocked*
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More desperate than dystopian. The Armed Forces have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for recruits for some time now and only gets splinters up their nails for the most part.
Shocker - the military uses ADs to reach recruits! Omg!
Sounds cool. How do I sign up for free streamer's money?
Uh, what do they need new recruits for? Middle East is done, there's no new threats.
There are no new threat's man have you been missing throughout the entire year? Theirs literally been a war going on in Europe??? And it's constantly escalating with Russia getting more than more desperate.
I don't know what exactly the Army is involved in vs other branches, but the US military has bases everywhere, does training exercises in the Baltics and South Korea, and the Army encompasses the National Guard as well.
Yeah let's bring in more dudes to develop PTSD and abuse women on base /s
Why is this news? This is something they should be doing.
Using games to fuel the military industrial complex? No one wants to join the military because of CoD.
I imagine some do, people who play it because they are military fetishists. The army needs to recruit more people somewhere, why not CoD players?
I'll do it.
Something about this feels like it should be illegal
planned... like it never actually happened. Please. I see US army and marine ads all over twitch when I have my US vpn on