Разработчик: The 3DO Company
Описание
Take control as the sergeant in the field, leading your men into the heat of battle in this tactical action game.
- 28 action-packed mission in three different terrains.
- Drive tanks, jeeps, half-tracks, and cargo trucks.
- Devastate your opponents with deadly airstrikes, paratroop drops, and air reconnaissance.
- Tons of destructive weapons at your disposal including cannons, machine guns, grenades, and bazookas.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: 1.4 GHz or faster
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 3D Graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 300 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Multiplayer is not supported
Отзывы пользователей
I never would've guessed this series had no tie in with the actual toys, or with Toy Story. Somehow as a kid I always assumed Toy Story acquired the rights to the Army Men toys and then this franchise used the same type of licensing deal for their own franchise of games.
Nope.
Somehow this has absolutely nothing to do with the actual toys and was allowed to exist regardless. It was actually designed based on the plastic toys to avoid German censorship at the time, oddly enough. Considering Command & Conquer needed to have all the people turned into robots, they wanted to come up with something out the gate that didn't require multiple versions of the game. Weird considering it's an American company that was started by the guy who owned EA. I guess German markets were still large enough in gaming that this was a concern out the gate.
It's as good as I remember. I'd highly recommend this game to anyone who like an old RTS challenging PC game.
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-Quick Review-
Army Men is a Top-Down Shooter developed by The 3DO Company and released in 1998. You play as plastic protagonist Sarge, and he’s usually dead because he got ran over by a tank, shot by a bazooka, ambushed by a squad, stepped on a mine, shot by a tank, melted by a flamethrower, ran over by the caravan he was escorting, accidental demolition incidents happen all the time too.
Review Video:
If you don't like reading, or are curious about watching gameplay check out my video here:
https://youtu.be/pt1xXN50tyU
-Detailed breakdown review-
Story: When I was little I didn’t have many games, so I played the heck out of the games that I did have. I don’t remember where Army Man came from… either I claimed it as my own from my dad, or I saw it in a department store and begged my parents to buy it for me. Either way, I had this game and I played it a lot. I remember struggling to finish the first campaign at all (I think I worked on it for years to be honest; them little-kid-motor-skills, I tell ya), I also remember crazy self-imposed goals like trying to destroy every single tree and fence at Basic Training.
Was there a reason to do that? No! But I thought maybe I could make the whole level flat somehow if I just tried hard enough, and maybe they’d be so impressed with my diligence that I’d unlock a secret… (I was of the age where video games were still magic and who knows what could happen if you did something in a video game?)
While replaying Army Men a lot of those memories have come washing back, it’s kinda surreal. I remember wondering if Sarge from the CDROM Army Men was the same Sarge from the Nintendo 64 game “Sarge's Heroes” that I played over at my uncle’s house.
There is actually Army Men Lore! I haven’t deep dived into looking at any of the Army Men Lore, but there’s been several games, and even way back here at the beginning here there’s a story! There are 4 Factions of plastic Army Men we know of: Green, Tan, Blue, and Gray. Most of the story we get is from the Army Men Opening Video which is basically a call back to World War II Newsreels. I knew it was a call-back, but as a kid I didn’t realize just how closely it actually imitates those old Newsreels! Perks of coming back as an adult, I guess!
There’s also a super weapon to be investigated. Each Campaign you will get part of a key to find and unlock this mysterious weapon to try to discover the weapon before the other armies do. Army Men has Three Campaigns and 9 levels for each Campaign (28 levels in total, the last campaign has 10 levels). Your first stop is the Desert, then you’ll fight your way through the Alpine Forests, and lastly you will travel through the Bayou to gather all three keys and stop the Tan army from unleashing this new potential super weapon device, and causing who knows how much devastation on the world as we know it!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3341178554
Gameplay: The controls for this game are kinda weird, by default movement is handled by the Number lock keys instead of WASD, when this came out there wasn’t really a standard movement control set up on the scene yet, some games used WASD, others used arrow keys, and some outliers (like Army Men) used the number keypad instead.
You can aim with your mouse, but I recommend keyboard turning for this game, the mouse is a bit unruly and I don’t like it. But occasionally I reached for the mouse controls just to be faster at responding. The problem is you shoot with spacebar, and/or mouse clicking. Again, the controls are going to just be your biggest hurdle if you’re going to pick up Army Men… It’s completely unchanged from the game I played all those years ago. To its credit and detriment. Oh, and if you’re feeling adventurous; I remember trying to play this game with a flight simulator joystick, for some godforsaken reason I don’t understand.
So If the controls aren’t convoluted enough for you, thankfully the rest of the game is pretty straightforward. Your primary weapon is either a normal or “Auto Rifle”. The Auto Rifle lets you shoot while moving, you actually shoot slightly faster while moving too! Your secondary weapon can range from Grenades, Bazooka’s, Flamethrowers, and Mortars, each one useful in different circumstances. Your third weapon can be TNT, Mines, Minesweeper, or a portable heal-kit. Getting familiar with all these weapons and utilities is essential to playing Army Men because you really can’t get anywhere without using all of them. Some missions you get a Mortar, other times you only have grenades.
You also have three I’ll call them “Axillary” items on your F keys. Recon to see where every hostile is on the map. Airstrikes to ruin someone's day… and also drop a bomb on any location of the map. Lastly and my favorite: Paratroopers; this allows you to drop troops anywhere on the map. Paratroopers are my favorite because you then get a squad of soldiers who you can give them basic instructions like “Follow me”, “Green Defend”, and “Green Squad Attack!” They’re pretty brainless as far as AI is concerned, but they are just the distraction you need to make most missions so much easier.
There are also a few different vehicles, vehicles have their own health and sometimes they have weapons on them. The only vehicles of note are the ones with weapons: The Tank is the GOD of this game, basically shooting limited bazooka shots, next we have the Jeep which has a mounted gun turret on top of it, as a kid I hated the Jeep because it was fast and only turns when moving… like cars in real life, but nearly all the rest of the vehicles can spin like a top without moving, but not the Jeep, you gotta be moving forward or backwards… but watch ‘em go! There’s also two convoy-caravan-style-vehicles, one has a gun which has limited forward shooting ability, the other doesn’t have a gun and is only a plastic bullet sponge serving no other purpose for me, to make matters worse it, much like the Jeep only turns when moving. Well that’s not entirely true, the most effective weapon ALL vehicles possess is the ability to flatten any plastic Army man. Like A Pancake.
I’ve given you the tools, now it’s your turn to use these tools to achieve victory over the Tan, Blue and Grey Armies.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3348558885
Conclusion: So the big question is “Would I recommend playing Army Men”? …And I answer you: Maybe? For the nostalgic, definitely. I’m so glad I replayed this game! It was a trip down memory lane, It took me 7 and a half hours to complete the campaign. I didn’t even remember if I even BEAT the campaign as a kid.
It’s funny, I thought coming back to Army Men as an adult I might be slightly better at the game, and I am a bit more strategic and can play a little bit better… But on the whole, I feel pretty much just as terrible as the game as I did when I was ten years old. I got the “SARGE IS DEAD” message more than I care to talk about.
Some people might like older games, and for those of you who do, this game is worth picking up. It works exactly how it did when I was a kid, how often can we say that about games? Crazy control schemes and everything. For the more tech savvy of you you can mod the game to make it a bit easier on the eyes and have better resolutions, but I’m not that smart. Hex Editors scare me.
But for many people with more “modern Video Games Tastes” Army Men is a skip, it’ll frustrate you, won’t make sense. Finessing the cross hairs around with light taps on the keyboard to change the angle which will be the difference between missing your target and hitting your target will just annoy you.
But I like Army Men, I’m glad it’s on steam, and I hope to be back at some point with reviews for the sequels which I never played!
A timeless classic. A tad of a shame there is no remake in the works. (Perhaps one, one day, will be in production?) Oh, and concerning the review, if you are new to the series or the game, it is great, but the controls need tweaking and getting used to.
Classic
I didn't play the game that long but after figuring out the controls, OMG this game is good! I truly love it and I didn't expect the gameplay to stick. I recommend buying this game and yes it works well on Windows 11 64bit
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | The 3DO Company |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 01.02.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 78% положительных (85) |