Army Men: Sarge's Heroes

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows. The player normally controls Sarge, a Sergeant in the Green Army and fights evil General Plastro and the members of the Tan Army. Both armies are named after the usual colours of toy army men. The game's storyline is somewhat dark, partly because of General Plastro's killings.

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Developer(s)	The 3DO Company[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)	The 3DO Company[lower-alpha 2]
Series	Army Men
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows
Release	Nintendo 64 NA: September 28, 1999 EU: April 14, 2000 PlayStation NA: February 22, 2000 EU: August 17, 2000 Dreamcast NA: October 30, 2000 EU: November 17, 2000 Microsoft Windows NA: 2000 EU: December 15, 2000
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Single-player

There are two modes for single player: Campaign and Boot Camp.

Campaign

Campaign is the main mode of Sarge's Heroes. The player plays as Sarge, the protagonist for many of the Army Men games. The player travels through several missions, completing objectives, killing enemies, destroying vehicles, and rescuing people. The plot starts out as the Tan Army is invading the Green Army base. Sarge rescues Colonel Grimm and they evacuate the base in a helicopter. In the game, Sarge discovers portals that lead from the "plastic world" to the "real world". The Tan Army is getting "Weapons of Mass Destruction" from the "real world" (toys and ordinary objects, e.g. magnifying glass). Throughout the game, Sarge rescues commandos of his own unit, Bravo Company. Sometimes they are in Tan bases, and other times he has to go through portals and save them from the "real world". To avoid the destruction of the Green Army, Sarge must destroy the portals and stop Plastro.

Boot Camp

Boot Camp is a training level in which the player learns the controls. Boot Camp consists of training areas for all weapons, an obstacle course, and a "live fire course" in which Sarge is shot at.

Dreamcast Version

The Dreamcast version contains differences from the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 (the Dreamcast version is actually the N64 version with enhanced graphics, voice acting and music) and Windows versions. It was developed instead by Saffire and published by Midway. By entering the cheat "SFFRMV" in the Dreamcast version you can view a short "Making Of" film. It also contains a plethora of extra characters such as a fluffy pink bunny, a little girl, a skeleton as well as the faces of many of the games developers.

Multiplayer

In 2-4 player multiplayer (only 2 players in the PlayStation and PC), players choose their character, faction, and difficulty. Players then select a map. The players fight each other until the number of preset required kills to win is reached.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings (N64) 61.76%[1] (DC) 55.50%[2] (PS) 49.22%[3] Metacritic (DC) 60/100[4] Review scores Publication Score AllGame [5][6] Eurogamer 5/10[7] Game Informer (N64) 7/10[8] (PS) 5.5/10[9] GameFan 75%[10] GamePro [11] GameRevolution D[12] GameSpot (DC) 6.5/10[13] (N64) 4.2/10[14] (PS) 3.9/10[15] IGN (N64) 6/10[16] (DC) 5.3/10[17] (PS) 3.5/10[18] Next Generation (N64) [19] (DC) [20] Nintendo Power 7.4/10[21] OPM (US) [22]

Chris Kramer reviewed the Nintendo 64 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "The camera and control will probably make you throw down the controller in disgust every now and then, but if you can get past that, Army Men delivers some fun."[19]

John Gaudiosi reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "Nowhere near as fun as its nearest competitor, Toy Commander, this is the only other option for anyone looking for some miniature warfare. At best, it's worth a rental."[20]

The game was met with mixed to negative reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 61.76% for the Nintendo 64 version;[1] 55.50% and 60 out of 100 for the Dreamcast version;[2][4] and 49.22% for the PlayStation version.[3]

Notes

1. Ported to Dreamcast by Saffire.
2. Dreamcast version published by Midway Games. PC version published in North America by GT Interactive.

References

1. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
2. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes for Dreamcast". GameRankings. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
3. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
4. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes for Dreamcast Reviews". Metacritic.
5. Sackenheim, Shawn. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (N64) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
6. Thompson, Jon. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (DC) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
7. Goldsmith, Tom "Tosh" (July 19, 2000). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (PSOne)". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 29, 2001. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
8. McNamara, Andy; Fitzloff, Jay; Reiner, Andrew (January 3, 2000). "Army Men Sarge's Heroes (N64)". Game Informer. Archived from the original on May 27, 2000. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
9. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (PS)". Game Informer (86). June 2000.
10. "REVIEW for Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (N64)". GameFan. October 13, 1999.
11. Scary Larry (October 5, 1999). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Review for N64 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
12. Ferris, Duke (December 1999). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Review (N64)". Game Revolution. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
13. Provo, Frank (November 20, 2000). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Review (DC)". GameSpot. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
14. Fielder, Joe (October 13, 1999). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Review (N64)". GameSpot. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
15. Fielder, Joe (March 13, 2000). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Review (PS)". GameSpot. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
16. Austin, Dean (October 15, 1999). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (N64)". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
17. Chau, Anthony (November 14, 2000). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (DC)". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
18. Perry, Douglass C. (March 8, 2000). "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (PS)". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
19. Kramer, Chris (December 1999). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 2 no. 4. Imagine Media. p. 107.
20. Gaudiosi, John (January 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 1. Imagine Media. p. 94.
21. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes". Nintendo Power. 125: 124. October 1999.
22. "Army Men: Sarge's Heroes". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. 2000.

External links

• Army Men: Sarge's Heroes at MobyGames