When comparing Quake III Arena vs America's Army, the Slant community recommends Quake III Arena for most people. In the question“What are the best LAN party PC games?” Quake III Arena is ranked 43rd while America's Army is ranked 95th. The most important reason people chose Quake III Arena is:
Not many available FPS games have such a high skill ceiling as Quake III Arena, making this a great game to invest time into, for those that want to get to a competitive level.
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Pros
Pro Worthwhile time investment for competitive play
Not many available FPS games have such a high skill ceiling as Quake III Arena, making this a great game to invest time into, for those that want to get to a competitive level.
Pro Offline LAN support
By using a LAN connection, multiple computers can facilitate multiplayer without the need for an internet connection.
Pro You can easily run the game on low end PC's
Due to the age of the title (released 1999) and the requirements of said title in the modern day, the game can easily be played on just about any PC from the last 10 years.
Pro Plenty of variation with multiple game modes keeps the gameplay fresh
Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag are the various modes that players can select within the game. This allows for enough change in gameplay for the user so that the game never gets old too fast.
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.
Cons
Con Poor quality voice-overs
Given that it is an older title and thus released when studios put little money towards quality voice-overs, Quake III Arena stands out as one of the worst of its kind, not least on account of the game announcer who is one of the main culprits.