America's Army: Proving Grounds
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic firearm combat against human enemy soldiers; a hit or two drops a character and light blood is shown, with no gore, dismemberment or lingering wounds.
The setting is modern military warfare, with combat death as the core loop, but it is presented tactically without distressing detail.
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What it is
America's Army: Proving Grounds is a free first-person tactical shooter produced by the U.S. Army as a recruiting and communication tool. Players take the role of soldiers in round-based, team-versus-team objective matches that emphasize positioning, cover and squad coordination over fast run-and-gun play. Combat is realistic: gunfire against human enemies is lethal in one or two hits and shows blood, but there is no gore, dismemberment or graphic injury. There is no sexual content, drugs or profanity in the game's own script. It is built around online multiplayer with voice and text communication between strangers, and the surviving community servers are lightly populated and unmoderated, so language from other players can be harsh.
How it's framed
The game frames military service and combat as skilled, disciplined teamwork tied to the Army's stated core values, with an in-game honor ranking and optional medical-aid training modeled on real procedures. Killing enemy combatants is the central objective, presented matter-of-factly as a soldier's task rather than glorified or made gory.
Details
- Developer
- U.S. Army
- Publisher
- U.S. Army
- Released
- Aug 29, 2013
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