TIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.

gravitas_deficiency , 4 hours ago

It was a legitimately good completely free multiplayer FPS game. I was into it for a while ages ago, and it was quite fun.

I genuinely doubt it actually inspired a remotely meaningful number of people to actually join the army, though.

Pharceface , 3 hours ago

I recall playing the tutorial. Never went online. Dial up sucked. Interesting tidbit, if you shoot your drill instructor at the range you’re dropped into a prison cell at Fort Leavenworth. All you can do from that point is listen to somebody whistling and drag a tin cup across your cell bars.

HootinNHollerin , 3 hours ago

I definitely played this in high school

wildcardology , 3 hours ago

Played this a lot. My favorite map is bridge.

mhague , 2 hours ago

The special forces test was hard.

For the written test. there’s parts where you would be shown a helicopter for 100 milliseconds then have to remember the configuration, number of rotors, ordinance… Or you see a tank for a split second and have to correctly identify the barrel measurements and other little details.

The stealth mission was difficult too. I managed to be a medic and a ranger but not special forces.

ButtermilkBiscuit , 2 hours ago

The special forces test was nuts, was playing on a friend’s account at the time but it boiled down to just crawling through the lowest point along the entire path. Literally the entire mission you’re in a drainage or small creek just crawling and going stealth. I can’t remember if you eventually fight or do anything, I just remember the two hours of crawling on the ground to go undetected.

After I got the SF certification you could play this map called Hospital where you’re extracting a VIP while an insurgent team is trying to kill him. So much fucking fun. I loved this game. Yvan eht nioj