Army Men Advance (GBA)

"Army Men Advance" is a video game released for the Gameboy Advance console in 2001 by 3DO. It is based on the long standing video game series "Army Men". In the United States, the game received a rating of "E" by the ESRB panel which deemed it suitable for all ages. The storyline of this video game has held strong throughout the series and remains unchanged in details. The player controls the "green" army, more specifically the main character in Sarge, and must repel hostile "tan" forces who are aspiring to world domination. Gameplay reflects a typical shooting title where the player must complete several ...  Read the complete review

Someone needs to hire image consultants for the Army Men (check out my Playstation 2 reviews on that) - speak their name and you're bound to get a bunch of sneers from game reviewers all over the industry. I can't speak for their console careers, but whenever the Army Men hit the Game Boy system it's usually a treat, not a horror - and on the Game Boy Advance, the game is definitely better than the average GBA launch title. Though the past few Army Men games were handled by Digital Eclipse, the first GBA adventure was handled by DC Studios - there's definitely room for improvement for these little guys' GBAdvance adventure, but it's a ...  Read the complete review