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aa4 is actually a pretty fun game, I myself being an aa2 enthusiast had much fun playing aa4, I found myself dog fighting people just like in aa2, Of course the movement is different, but jumping around corners to shoot someone in the face, is virtually the same in both games.

aa2 will always be the diamond in the rough game that I will always love and enjoy, The game is very unique in its genre of gaming. The movement, the sound, and yes the community for many many years has always been a little more then friendly at times.

aa4 being new and in beta, I gave it a shot feeling much the same way that Ares feels. Not being able to change games because I was so used to aa2 and how amazing and different it was to other FPS games out currently. If you don't like the game at first, try again but instead with some friends from aa2. The game is much much much better when you have friends who are playing with you. The teamwork is virtually identical to that of aa2. I think you will find yourself changing your mind after a few rounds with friends.

That being said, I wouldn't tell anyone to jump the ship on aa2. Aa2 is a great game, and will always be the granddaddy of all aa's now, and in the future.

aa4 breakdown :

Pros -
Teamwork is actually very good. Reviving a teammate so that he may come back to kill the whole enemy team is always a great feeling.

Graphics arent too shabby, maybe a few tweaks to some textures are needed, but other than that its pretty nice.

Everyone is a medic, allowing you to bandage yourself and revive fallen comrades.

No Training required to play certain maps or use a selected gun.

Cons:

Stiff Movement. Coming from aa2 to aa4 you can immediately tell the movement is much stiffer. You cant lean, and thus its much harder to pick your opponent off in close quarter combat around corners. Although, ive heard that they said they may be adding in a lean, im not too sure about it, but I do not believe it will ever match how aa2's leaning and other various subtle movements are.

Sound, yes the sound. It is still possible to use the sound to locate where someone is. I was almost tempted to put this as a PRO, but I feel that aa2's sound is much superior when it comes to pinpointing an enemies location using nothing but their footsteps and meshes rubbing against each other.

Its in beta, few minor bugs are to be expected.

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So that is pretty much aa4 in a nutshell, the gameplay IS faster. However, its slightly slower than COD is. You CAN still camp and you CAN take your time. The game is in Beta people, its not finished and there is much tweaking still in the works. But if you can bring yourself to play then I think you will find that it IS a fun game.

To answer your question on whether or not it is better or is not better. That is a very hard question, mostly because the game is not finished. Aa2 has had years of work poured into it and in many ways it was still an unfinished game. aa4 on the other hand is still very much in its early stages and to judge a game when its not in an actually released product would be unfair. All I can say is give it a shot and judge for yourself.

Jonny already said it's not going to get fixed and the admins haven't locked this thread so I'm free to troll

You're a fine role model of an admin. Please close this thread.

What's the problem? I'm on Win8 and it works fine...

And you dont adjust your brightness and gamma right?

no.0b, I'm talking in general. I'm not accusing you of unfairly adjusting your settings to gain an advantage. All I'm saying is that often times, that's what they are used for. Nobody should legitimately have to change those settings if their monitor is calibrated. Some people will whine and say "well they're in the game, they must have meant for us to change them!". That's simply untrue. They're there from the engine. There's a few useless menu options in AA as well as left-over code and broken things. The devs weren't exactly tidy.

Also, Breakout is a horrible example. It's not an official map, it was never tested for balance, gameplay, bugs, or lighting and in fact, it's still a beta map that is many years old. I should have been clear, my statements go for the official maps that were created in a dev studio, not the ones made by us fans. I can't see much anything on Breakout (is that a good excuse for my 0.05 k/d?) I think quite a bit of the lighting on that map needs to be changed to be realistic.

I know all monitors will display different and some can be calibrated more than others but I still stand by my statement. If your monitor is displaying colors as best it can then you are getting as close as possible to the way it was intended. Those settings in-game are NOT for you to turn Insurgent Camp into a daytime map.

I don't think you fully understand the dilemma that the windows 8 users are going through. It's completely unfair of you to label anyone who wishes to change the brightness of the game as "people who are trying to get the better edge on others." and use it as a backing for why this isn't fixed. Furthermore you should really try getting on windows 8 and seeing for yourself what people are having to do to actually play. If you don't know what its like then I believe your argument or point isn't very valid. That's just my opinion. Breakout is also a great map, it doesn't seem unbalanced at all and with the right changes in your brightness and contrast etc, it makes that map even more fun. I don't understand why you are so opposed to the idea of having the ability to change your settings, all it does is enable people more flexibility in how they play the game. If the devs truly wanted you to run around in night vision they'd make that the default view that the game is played in.

Excuse me if I sound like im being rude, but this is a very very frustrating problem. I was playing fine like 4 days ago, one patch and now I can hardly even play.

Jonny Msg'd me and it looks like all windows  8 users are out of luck.

from jonny himself:
"Sorry, its just not possible without breaking some really important stuff we've built into assist over the last few versions."
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As much as I hate to say this, but you should really reconsider trying to fix and or reverse the changes that led up to this. Windows 8 is only going to grow in popularity, computers are shipped out with it on the system pre-installed. If you have to reverse a few patches back to try and find an alternate method to whatever it was that was super needed then that's what you should really think about doing. I see a few known players here that play often and are loyal to the the game. It's a shame to see them having to go through this very same problem. I may just have to play on my laptop, which I am not excited about in the least..... at least then I can adjust the colors. Such a huge let down to me to be honest, but I guess we will always find a way to play this beloved game that we've grown to love.

Still cant change Gamma Brightness and Contrast. Please Address.

I can see your gun quiet well actually

Well thats cool, I cant. You probably have your Gamma and brightness adjusted via your monitor.

I'm glad im not the only person having this issue, I believe Billy in 82nd has the same issue he just makes the compromise to change his monitor settings to play. I can understand doing that but seriously, this is not something you should even have to do.

search for new grafic drivers. i am sure the problem will be found there

Just updated my drivers, Still doesn't work. I'm almost positive the problem lays within the newest patch from Assist. In trying to fix something for windows 8 they somehow broke the in game method of changing brightness and Gamma. I just wish an admin or Dev, could give me some serious insight about whether or not this is going to get fixed or if its something they decided to do on purpose.

Since you're a designer, you'll actually want to calibrate your monitor and then leave everything else at default, that way you're seeing (and editing) exactly what's intended.

You're exactly right, and AA's defaulted Brightness and Gamma are absolutely horrid, I have to play EVERY map with night vision goggles and sometimes its STILL too dark.

Not to sound like I'm being rude, but really what you guys are saying just sounds like an excuse. Giving people the ability to be flexible with their applications is all about satisfying customers and/or consumers. There is nothing wrong with allowing people to change their Gamma and Brightness in game. If I can do it on my monitor why not instead use the in game method? The difference is that it makes things 10 times easier to use the in game method. I have no idea why you guys seem so opposed to changing it back to what it was.

I think what you guys are doing is great. I'm not trying to tell you how to run things or what not, but to me this is a very frustrating and game breaking "bug" that wasnt completely necessary to fix.

Also, It doesnt make any sense to me that other people are allowed to change their brightness & Gamma through AA or the Assist Settings panel. You really think anyone who's not on windows 8 is gonna try and preserve the natural look that the original Game devs tried to relay to their players? No, Let's face it some maps are ridiculously too dark. Another valid point to bring up is this: Why even put the ability to change your brightness and Gamma in Americas Army if the devs thought that everything was supposed to be perfect? Sure there's night vision goggles but lets be real here. The purpose of the Brightness and Gamma is to help remove the need to change your monitors settings because the game is too dark in certain areas. I think the original Devs knew this and this is something that you should understand as well.

The Authorization Slot Closed problem is solved, but not the brightness and gamma issue. I have to change my Gamma and brightness on my monitor to play, which means ill have to constantly be switching it back and forth because AA is not the only game or thing I do. In fact, im a Web Designer and this is very frustrating to deal with since I need to have brightness & gamma based off the application instead of using my monitors base settings.

Is there any ETA on when this will be worked on or if it will be worked on at all? I'm confused as to why it was working before and now it doesnt work at all.