PixlBit

Real combat, plastic men.

Have I used that line yet?

As the title mentions, this is a third-person shooting game featuring little toy army men. Since all of the characters are plastic, you can expect the game to be free of blood and gore; anyone feeling a little bloodthirsty would be let down by that! The story involves a war between the "good" forces of the Green Army and the "evil" forces --

What's that? I'm copying what I wrote for the first game? Well, true. Hey, I figured if this game can recycle material, then so can I!

This game is basically a level pack for Army Men Sarge's Heroes, as the gameplay and controls are exactly the same. There are no new weapons, and all of the control issues are still present. Strangely enough, they switched around a few of the button functions, making the fire button "A" and the strafe button "Z" among other things. That's a great way to fix controls, just rearrange them!

Most of the levels have new graphical work, but all of the sound effects are recycled. The same voice samples are used for both Sarge and the enemies, which really goes to show you the care and detail the developers put into this game. Wait, no, I meant, it really shows you why 3DO went out of business.

I hadn't beaten this game before, so I decided to sit down and complete it this time around. It took about three hours, so it is still a short game. There are a few missions where you play as Vikki, the colonel's daughter (w00t?), which might be interesting if she had either a different movement style, or different weapons. Something to make the change of character worthwhile.

With the brevity of the first game, then this one is worth having if you wanted more. For anyone who didn't like the first game, there is nothing here which will change their mind.