3DO Army Men World War PC Game

It's official The ongoing battles between the ~Tan and ~Green armies has escalated into ~World War The aggressive ~Tans have built an army with a stronger armory and more troops and continue their sweep across enemies and cities, seeking to expand their ever-increasing territorial domination. In the campaign, playing as the ~Green Army, you must stop the invasion and encroachment of this powerful enemy.

In Army Men: World War, gameplay can be set at the easy, medium or hard skill level. Controls are customizable and both campaign and single scenario play is available. A ~Boot Camp tutorial is offered as a means of learning how the game is played. Action is accomplished via the control of squads by directing their actions (firing, defending, movement) with up to a dozen available during many missions.

Campaign victory conditions require a sequential completion of a series of interconnected missions while losing as few troops as possible. Missions can be lost in two ways. First, by allowing all ~Green soldiers or any map-specific units to be eliminated, and second, failure to achieve all mission objectives. Individual scenarios (battles) are single-player games fought with or against computer-controlled forces.

Multi-player game types include ~Deathmatch, ~Black Flag (capture the flag and go on a killing spree), ~King of the Hill (find and hold the hill), ~Node Control (seek out and capture the nodes), ~Capture the Flag (enter opponent's base, capture a specific designated flag and bring it back to headquarters). Other multi-player games are ~Capture All Flags (multiple flags must be taken), ~Meltdown Fusion (combination of ~Capture the Flag and ~Node Control) and ~The Last Man Standing (variation of a deathmatch).

Other features of Army Men: World War include options such as map selection for specific battles, number of computer-controlled opponents (up to three), how much plastic each player receives to buy units at the beginning of a game, rules of engagement and point goals needed to win each game. Squad assignments and troop placements prior to battles as well as fog of war, replacement of casualties, random power-ups, replenishment of power-ups and item pop-up labels are additional options. ~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide