Army Men RTS Game Overview:
Army Men RTS: does a good job of creating a real-time strategy
game based on the classic line of plastic toys.
The Army Men franchise has been very successful for 3DO over the
years, yet few Army Men games since the original have made it to the PC. It was
probably only a matter of time before an Army Men installment let you control
an entire brigade of those little green plastic men in a real-time strategy
game, which is exactly what Army Men: RTS does. The game originally debuted on
the PlayStation 2, but Army Men: RTS feels right at home on the PC. That's no
doubt partly because it was created by Pandemic Studios, an experienced
developer of real-time strategy games. Army Men: RTS maintains the broad appeal
of the series, as its basic design makes it very easy for players to pick up
and enjoy, though die-hard fans of the genre will find it frustrating at times.
You'll control a variety of green plastic troops, such as this
flamethrower.
Army Men: RTS places the Green army under your direct control in
a series of campaign missions and single-scenario battles called the
"great battles." The campaign has you chasing after a rogue Green
general who joined your archenemy, the Tan army. Your pursuit will place you on
battlefields ranging from a backyard to kitchen countertops. The owner of the
house that's the stage for the battles in Army Men: RTS must be quite messy--there
are toys and garbage spilled all over the place. The mess is a benefit to you,
though. Some of the things lying around can be used to harvest resources. There
are two resources you'll need to construct an army: plastic and electricity.
Plastic can be found in items like dog bowls and action figures, and you can
even harvest some from dead units. Electricity can be acquired by finding
things like watches or flashlights. Some missions also have power-ups that will
boost troops' speed or firepower.
The campaign has varying objectives for each mission. The Green
army will face challenges like having to destroy a Tan base, capture an
infinite source of power, or escape from a basement infested with ants. Each
mission also includes two secondary objectives called medal goals. Completing
one goal will grant you a silver medal, while finishing both will give you a
shiny gold medal. Accumulating medals will unlock new great battle scenarios.
Completing one medal goal in a mission is easy, but getting both goals can be
quite difficult at times. That's because the goals can conflict with each
other. For example, one goal may be to finish the mission in a certain amount
of time, while the other requires you to find every power-up on the map. You
most likely wouldn't find all the power-ups in time on a mission you're not
familiar with.
There's plenty of detail in the game's supersized environments.
Army Men: RTS plays like a standard real-time strategy game.
While there are some missions where you have only a small squad of soldiers,
most of them allow you to build a base and produce troops. In these cases,
you'll start out with a bulldozer that is used to build structures like the HQ
and the resource depot. The barracks produce infantry and the garage produces
vehicles. All these buildings can be upgraded to produce advanced units. You
can also build defensive structures like a sentry tower and an AA gun.
The units themselves are well prepared for the war against the
Tan army. There are several types of infantry--the basic grunt, the grenadier,
and the sniper are only a few of the little green men you'll command. There are
also several types of vehicles like the tank and helicopter that support your
infantry, and a medic vehicle can be deployed to repair units and buildings.
You need to field a balanced army in order to survive encounters with the
enemy. Grunts form the backbone of the Green army, but they get chewed up by
just about anything if they don't have any backup. Part of putting together a
balanced military force is knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the
different unit types--for example, tanks can't fire at air units, mortar men
can only attack buildings, and bazooka men are effective against vehicles.
There's quite a bit to keep track of, but not so much that it gets confusing.
Resources can be extracted from mundane items, such as this toy
robot.
The Green army will often employ hero units to get the job done.
Cutscenes between every mission help add to the heroes' personalities. Sarge,
the tough leader, is found in every mission. The other heroes are unique
versions of other basic troops. Their presence adds character to the basic
elements in the game, and as such it can be depressing to see them die in a
mission.
Overall, Army Men: RTS does a good job of creating a real-time
strategy game based on the classic line of plastic toys. Although not
particularly challenging, the campaign mode will keep you busy for a while. The
lack of a skirmish mode is a drag, but at least there is a multiplayer mode in
which you can challenge your friends to a plastic duel. The bottom line is that
the game is very easy to play and quite fun despite its limitations. Gamers who
have had no RTS experience will be able to dive right in. Meanwhile, though
hard-core RTS players won't find Army Men: RTS to be one of the more
sophisticated games in the genre, they'll at least be able to enjoy its
originality.
Army Men RTS Game System Requirements:
System= Pentium III CPU 500 MHz
RAM= 128 MB
Video Memory= 16 MB
OS= Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8
OS= Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8
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