When comparing America's Army vs Starbound, the Slant community recommends Starbound for most people. In the question“What are the best LAN party PC games?” Starbound is ranked 41st while America's Army is ranked 95th. The most important reason people chose Starbound is:
Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Works well on most hardware
This is not very a resource intensive game, meaning it should work just fine on lower end systems.
Pro Fantastic community
Great community will keep you coming back for more.
Pro Very good graphics
The game has pleasant and realistic graphics that should appeal to anyone looking for a real life army shooter.
Pro Easy to try
The game is free, meaning there is no cost to test the game in order to see how it performs or if the gameplay is appealing.
Pro Competitive at highest levels
Someone who's not good at this game won't be able to kill someone who knows how to play by luck.
It could happen ONCE with an across-the-map grenade but it is not like Call of Duty multiplayer where you end up killing someone eventually.
If you suck at this game or if these are your first match don't be surprised to have a 0-15 as K/D at the end of the match.
Pro Informative and well paced tutorials
Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it.
Pro Incredibly deep gameplay
The exploration, crafting and combat are all both very polished and deep in terms of what you can do, especially compared to other games in the genre. This makes the sandbox very fun to play in as you're never really stuck doing the same thing over and over.
Pro Boss levels
For what is a procedurally generated game, Starbound offers boss levels that once beaten unlock new sectors of space to explore.
Cons
Con Uses Steam
Con First few hours can be boring
Initially the player needs to amass enough coal to fuel their ship, which is a bit of a grind.