Video Game Reviews
Title: Army Men Advance
Review rating: **
Platform/console: GameBoy Advance
Release date: June 2001
Genre: Action
Players allowed: 1
ESRB rating: E (mild violence)
Production company: 3DO
This update of the Army Men series has creatively mapped environments
with cartoon like colors. You only get a choice of two characters
in a medium challenge throughout 12 missions - ideal for younger
players. The AI of your enemies is pretty average as their
only real challenge is to attack you at angles instead of
straight on. You can’t use the enemies as shields because
they fire right through each other to you.
The controls have a strafe option, the R button, and you use
the L button to switch from semi-automatic to auto (if you’ve
acquired one). For continuous shooting, the semi-automatic
weapon shoots 1, 2, 3 in between each shot and the automatic
shoots six rounds between each pause. Not many objects to
avoid except moving vehicles that can damage you easily if
you get too close.
Amusing situations like a gunship in a bathtub and swarming
attacks from all angles on the screen make this title likable,
but replay is limiting especially since there’s bonus
missions/maps or multiplayer option.
Review by Michael Siebenaler
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