Little green plastic army men: perhaps one of the all-time classic toysWho hasn't spent hours of their childhood enacting epic sandbox battles with these little guys? With their Army Men series, 3DO has let gamers see the world from the army men's two-inch-tall perspective

Your mission is to rescue the members of Sarge's squad from the evil "tan army guys" armyA series of progressively more difficult missions teaches the player to become proficient in using traditional army man weapons, including the M-16, sniper rifle, mortar, hand grenade, and bazookaUnlike many multiweapon games, Army Men: Sarge's Heroes offers choices of firepower that aren't gratuitousEach weapon has specific advantages and all of them are needed to complete the missionsIt's a little detail, but one of the coolest features of this game is that your onscreen hero assumes all the classic army men poses when using the weapons: the machine gunner, the hand grenade thrower, the standing marksman, even the classic "crawling guy" are faithfully represented.

So how are the missions? In a word: funAll are challenging, and one gets to fight in places where your mom would never let you, such as the kitchen and the bathroomWith great combat action, interesting missions, and a good dose of humor, 3DO has another Army Men victory--Jeanne Uy

Pros:

• Excellent combat gameplay
• Interesting missions in cool real-world locations, all to scale
• Training area teaches you the ropes

• Multiplayer options do not include a cooperative mode
• Need a memory card to save your game

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