Underplayed Gems

Army Men: RTS (2002)

Army Men: RTS cover
Developer
Pandemic Studios
Publisher
3DO
Platforms
Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Rating
3.9 of 5, 12 player ratings
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

Commanding tiny plastic soldiers across backyard battlefields feels like a childhood toy box brought to life with simple, unpretentious strategy.

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About

The never-ending war between the Greens and the Tans is reinforced with new strategies and tactics, as this release in 3DO's Army Men series garrisons on the GameCube. Army Men RTS features true 3D graphics and plays out across a variety of familiar, real-life environments transformed to demanding battlegrounds by the perspective of the little plastic soldiers. The original PC version of this game was developed by Pandemic, the experienced real-time strategy developers of Dark Reign 2 and Battlezone II games, and Army Men RTS is built on a version of the Dark Reign 2 game engine.

What players say

A console RTS with inventive plastic-soldier units and genuinely funny movie-spoof cutscenes, but dragged down by clunky controls and mediocre gameplay. Considered the best of the Army Men series, which fans admit is faint praise.

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Screenshots

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