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The name Full Spectrum Warrior relates to the Army's program of training soldiers to be flexible and adaptable to a broad range of operational scenarios. The game was originally developed by Pandemic as a serious game training aid for the United States Army. The US Army also developed Full Spectrum Command with the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) as a more strategy-oriented serious game intended for higher ranking military officers. FSC has not been officially released to the public. Serious games (SGs) or persuasive games are computer and video games used as persuasion technology or educational technology. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...

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Characters

Alpha Team
Sgt. Santiago "Iron Man" Mendez (Team Leader)
Cpl. Andre "Crawdaddy" Devereux (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC. Alex "Philly" Silverman (Grenadier)
Pvt. Asher "Rabbit" Shehadi (Rifleman)

Bravo Team
Sgt. Eric "Fuzz" Williams (Team Leader)
Cpl. Michael "Nova" Picoli (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC. David "Delta Boy" Shimenski (Grenadier)
Pvt. Samuel "Gidget" Ota (Rifleman)

Charlie Teams
In MOUT Training Only
PFC. "Billy" Billamon (Team Leader)
Pvt. "Longneck" Smith (Automatic Rifleman)
Pvt. Waterson (Rifleman)

In Acutal Campaign
PFC. "Killjoy" Schaumberg (Anti-armor engineer)

Pvt. "Horsey" Nelson (Anti-armor engineer)

2LT. "Roughneck" Ruffner (U.S. Army Ranger)
SSgt. "Razor" Hackett (U.S. Army Ranger)

Gameplay

Full Spectrum Warrior is essentially a squad-based game in which the player issues commands to two fireteams, Alpha and Bravo of the 159th Light Infantry. Each fireteam has a Team Leader (Sergeant Mendez for Alpha, Sgt. Williams for Bravo) who is equipped with an M4 Carbine. The Team Leaders also carry the team GPS, which can be used to locate mission objectives and enemy locations, and a radio for communication with HQ. The second team member is the Automatic Rifleman (Corporal Devreux for Alpha, Cpl. Picoli for Bravo) who is equipped with an M249 SAW machine gun, used to lay a large volume of fire on the enemy to suppress it. The third team member is the Grenadier (Private First Class Silverman for Alpha, PFC Shimenski for Bravo), who is equipped with an M4 mounted with an M203 grenade launcher, which is used as a team weapon, the most powerful. The last team member is the Rifleman (Private Shehadi for Alpha, Pvt. Ota for Bravo), equipped with a single M4 Carbine. If a member of the team gets hit by the enemy, the Rifleman will be the one assigned to pick up and carry the wounded team member (unless the Rifleman himself is the one down). Lieutenant Phillips is the team commander and the player will usually find him with the CASEVACs (healing and ammunition points). Each of the teams has a limited amount of hand grenades (frags and smoke grenades), in addition to the M203 grenades — which can be fired directly at the enemy position from further distances, exploding on impact. Occasionally throughout the game, there will be a third asset designated as Charlie Team, ranging from anti-armor engineers armed with an M4 Carbine to U.S. Army Rangers, armed with SR-25 sniper rifles. A fireteam is a small military unit of infantry. ... Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organisations around the world. ... The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ... The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (M249 SAW) is the United States military designation for a sub-family of the FN Minimi squad automatic weapon (from Mini-mitrailleuse French: mini-machine gun. Both are 5. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... Suppressive fire is a term used in military science for firing weapons at or in the direction of an enemy with the primary goal of reducing their ability to defend themselves or return fire, by forcing them to remain under cover. ... US Military In the U.S. Army, Private First Class is the third lowest enlisted rank, just above Private and below Corporal or Specialist. ... M203 generally refers to the United States Army designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. ... A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to Nato Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). ... Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... CASEVAC is a shorthand word that means casualty evacuation. This can apply to injured soldiers or civilians, and is used to denote the emergency evacuation of injured people from a war zone. ... For the alcoholic beverage sold in New Orleans, see hand grenade (drink). ... For the alcoholic beverage sold in New Orleans, see hand grenade (drink). ... For the alcoholic beverage sold in New Orleans, see hand grenade (drink). ... For State Route 25 or State Road 25, see list of highways numbered 25. ...

Throughout the game, the player does not directly control any of the fireteam members; instead, orders are given using a cursor that projects onto the terrain, letting the player tell his/her soldiers to hold a corner or wall and set a specific zone to cover with fire. It is also possible to order them to lay down suppression fire on a given zone to cover the second squad's movement, or to simply cut back on incoming fire.

Alpha team is prone on the ground, while Bravo is standing in the background.

However, the game does feature some restrictions due to its coding, resulting in some unrealistic actions. For example, the game is heavily based on the concept of cover and suppression, so a team member or enemy standing behind a solid object is considered "behind cover" and is generally invulnerable to small arms fire. The game does not precisely distinguish between how much cover a target is protected by; an enemy rifleman with only a leg concealed is almost as protected as a soldier crouching behind a car, forcing the player to perform flanking maneuvers that should not be necessary. Another example is that the M203 grenade launcher lacks its real-life parabolic trajectory and instead has straight-line, rocket-like physics, making it almost possible to snipe with it. Image File history File links Full_spectrum_warrior_screenshot. ... Image File history File links Full_spectrum_warrior_screenshot. ... A parabola A graph showing the reflective property, the directrix (light blue), and the lines connecting the focus and directrix to the parabola (blue) In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek: παραβολή) (IPA pronunciation: ) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane... Mathematically the term trajectory refers to the ordered set of states which are assumed by a dynamical system over time (see e. ...

The basic gameplay mechanics remain the same for the retail version of Full Spectrum Warrior, which was released on both the Xbox, Sony and Microsoft Windows platforms. All versions are very realistic, although the retail version places much more emphasis on aesthetics — it possesses substantially improved graphics and sound, and while the story is fictional in both versions, the retail version greatly resembles a war movie. Fleshed-out cinematics and high-quality voice acting are also characteristics that distinguish the retail version from the military version. The original military version of the game can also be unlocked within the retail Xbox version only.^{[citation needed]} The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ...

Multiplayer

Full Spectrum Warrior includes a cooperative mode that was designed to take advantage of Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service through the use of voice communication. In co-op mode, two players are in command of their own fireteam and must work together to accomplish the goals of the level. Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ...

Storyline

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The story starts at MOUT (if the player chooses to play the tutorial) in Fort Benning, as Fireteam Alpha and Bravo goes through the training for each scenario. After training, Fireteam Alpha and Bravo of the 159th Light Infantry from Fort Benning, Georgia were deployed to Zekistan as part of the NATO Invasion force sent to invade Zekistan. Fireteam Alpha and Bravo's objective is to help secure the airfield, the main airport in the city. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Traditionally light infantry (or skirmishers) were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. ... Fort Benning is a United States Army base, located southwest of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama It is part of the Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... Zekistan is a fictional South Asian or Middle Eastern nation in the video games Full Spectrum Warrior and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ...

After the Airport is successfully captured, Alpha and Bravo are tasked with infiltrating Al-Afad's palace and eliminating him. They trek through the city and make it to the palace. While they manage to capture one of Afad's top lieutenants, Afad escapes. Alpha and Bravo also witness one of the Joint STARS planes crashing into the city. The squad is then ordered to rescue the crew of the downed plane before they can be captured by Afad's men. A Lieutenant is a military or paramilitary officer. ... United States Air Force E-8C Joint STARS The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a United States Air Force airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack... In the fire service a Squad is a Engine Company with a compliment of rescue tools. ...

Alpha and Bravo secure the crash site, but the crew of the plane is taken hostage by Afad's men. Alpha and Bravo, with the assistance of two Ranger snipers, find and rescue the crew. Alpha and Bravo then track Afad down and find his SUV in an old train yard. Alpha and Bravo must then call in an airstrike on the SUV before it escapes. If the player orders the strike in time, U.S. gunships swoop down and destroy the SUV, eliminating Al-Afad. The 75th Ranger Regiment —also known as the United States Army Rangers— is an elite light infantry special operations force of the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC); with headquarters in Fort Benning, Georgia. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Airstrike in Kosovo War An airstrike is a military strike by air forces on an enemy ground position, which depending on the selected tactics may or may not be followed up by artillery, armor, or infantry units. ... The AH-64 Apache is the United States Armys principal attack helicopter, and is the successor to the AH-1 Cobra. ...

Epilogue missions

Despite the death of Al-Afad, propaganda broadcasts were made by a surviving group of Al-Afad soldiers called the Black Brigade, headed by one of Al-Afad's sons. As a way of repaying the Army Rangers from Mike 25 a debt, both Alpha and Bravo team from Charlie 90 were "on loan" to them to participate in unofficial assignments. In the first mission, both teams were to mark a radio tower for an airstrike to end the propaganda broadcasts. On the second epilogue mission, both fireteams, with assistance from Staff Sergeant Hackett, were sent to a mosque to take out the Black Brigade. The elder of two sons was killed by an airstrike during a firefight, while the younger, who was presumed to be dead assumes the role as ruler, willing to work towards democracy and stray away from his father and brother's tyranical regime.

Reception

At the Game Critics Awards of E3 2003, Full Spectrum Warrior was awarded "Best Original Game" and "Best Simulation Game." IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ... GameSpy, also known as GameSpy Industries, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game Web sites and provides online video game-related services and software. ... GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ... Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch time of the Xbox. ... The Game Critics Awards are a set of prestigious annual awards held after the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) since 1998 to current. ... E³ logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E³, was an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association. ...

Full Spectrum Warrior was received positively by many magazines and websites. Official Xbox Magazine praised it for "redefining both the war and strategy genres" and it's "original, innovative gameplay," but complained the 20-30 minute training was "painfully long."^[4] Gamespot criticized the game's artificial intelligence for being "too stupid," and not "[presenting] an interesting challenge."^[3] The game's graphics were called "superb" by GameSpot^[3] and the "best looking Pandemic game yet." by IGN.^[1] Garry Kasparov playing against Deep Blue, the first machine to win a chess game against a reigning world champion. ...

Controversy

Full Spectrum Warrior became the subject of some controversy shortly after it was released. The two primary complaints aired in this controversy were that the Army was not using their training version of the game because it was not "realistic enough".^[5] Secondly, the Army had been short-changed.^[6] There was some discussion in the press regarding whether the government had either wasted money on the project, or if they had been taken advantage of by Pandemic Studios, and Sony Pictures Imageworks, their partner on the project.

Glitches

Some time after the Xbox version game is released, Pandemic released two downloadable epilogue missions available through Xbox Live. While the first epilogue mission had no problems whatsoever, the second epilogue mission was known to freeze up at a certain point when the player plays it on the "Sergeant Major" and "Authentic" (the level being completable only on "Sergeant") difficulties particularly in the very last portion of the stage. No attempts were made to fix this problem

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Perry, Douglass C. "Full Spectrum Warrior Review." IGN. May 31, 2004. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
2. ^ Lopez, Miguel. "Full Spectrum Warrior Review." GameSpy. September 23, 2004. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Kasavin, Greg. "Full Spectrum Warrior Review." Gamespot. June 2, 2004. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
4. ^ ^{a b} McCaffrey, Ryan. "Full Spectrum Warrior." Official Xbox Magazine. August 2004: 74-75.
5. ^ The Economist. December 4-10, 2004.
6. ^ Adair, Bill (February 20, 2005). "Did the Army get Out-Gamed?". St. Petersburg Times. 

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External links

• Full Spectrum Warrior — Official Site
• Full Spectrum Warrior at MobyGames