Some mission goals are as easy as getting from point A on the map to point B, or you may be asked to destroy the Tan army's 'Infinite Power Resource' (AKA: a typical garden light).Įvery war needs funding, and this one is no exception. Army Men presents you with the basic goal of destroying the Tan army. The fun part about Army Men is that the characters in the game take things seriously ( 'He's gone tan Sarge!'), yet nothing else in the game takes itself seriously.įor once, I was glad to see that the entire game takes place in the 'real world' and not the crappy 'Army Men world'.Īs far as the game goes, this is your standard RTS, albeit a very basic one. In fact, fans of the movie Apocalypse Now will get a kick out of the game's main villain.

Army Men: RTS is something of a parody of old war films, set in a parody of an RTS game. I love the smell of melted plastic in the morning.smells like victory. The buildings themselves also show a bit of creativity - how many other games can you name in which you have a soda can as a base and blender as a resource depot? Good voice work and nice, over-the-top war film music round out a good, if not great package. Each of the units is well animated and look great even when you zoom up on them. In order to wage your little war, you are given access to just about every green soldier type you could get out of a bucket. Most of the boards are static, but have a few animated details, such as a fly circling a bowl of fruit, to keep things interesting. Although there are a few instances of messed up perspective, the game does a good job of giving you a view of the world from a point of view of a toy. But then again, considering what type of game this is, too many details and bits of eye-candy would probably distract you from the game. Graphically, Army Men: RTS is not the shining gem on the system and really doesn't stack up to some of the other titles on the system. When I found out that it was a real time strategy game, something the series started as, I was interested.

Honestly, the series has been limping in the past few years and either needed to be put out to stud, or brought behind the shed and shot. When the prospect of a new Army Men game came up, I wasn't exactly wetting myself in anticipation.

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