Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (Dreamcast, 2000)

This is one of the best games for the dreamcast. There are lots of destructive weapons to choose from. The graphics are good for the time. One of the parts of this game that I like the best is that you can play with three other people at the same time.

I personally think the dreamcast was one of the best systems ever made.Its solid in performance and very reliable. Army men sarge's heroes is a well rounded game to play. the levels are easy to navigate and there is plenty of action,and if you loved to play with the plastic army men as i did when i was younger this game is the one for you."think of plastic army men coming to life"

Husband has been looking for that game, so when we finally found it on ebay he just had to get it. Thankfully, it wasn't too expensive as other rare games are.

The latest facet in 3DO's ongoing Army Men series and the first of the games to appear on the Dreamcast is Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, a solid Dreamcast revamp of the loathsome PlayStation original. Containing 16 missions and nearly 40 levels of toy soldier combat, you will be called upon to rescue your platoon, save General Griff's daughter, destroy the tan army's portals, and prevent the destructions of your own green army base. While the base plot remains the same, the Dreamcast version of Army Men Sarge's Heroes ships out with improved visuals, crisp game-engine cinematics, and tweaked gameplay.

At its heart, Army Men Sarge's Heroes is a 3D action combat game. As Sarge, you run around gathering weapons, completing missions, and blasting the tans to smithereens, all while trying not to get yourself blown into little plastic bits. There are times when you'll need to climb ledges, navigate minefields, or crawl silently up to an enemy, but the vast majority of the game is spent simply eliminating the opposition on a series of linear battlefields. To be fair, the environments in Sarge's heroes are not straight in the strict sense, but the means of going from point A to point B within them is usually so obvious that no backtracking or planning is necessary. Whether you're at the beach, jungle, fortress, kitchen, or backyard backgrounds, Army Men Sarge's Heroes emphasizes survival over traversal. You have to complete three or four mission segments to complete each particular mission, but an untimely demise will take you right back to the first mission segment - thus, you end up wasting 20 minutes of progress. As far as weapons, the game offers an M16 rifle, a .50-caliber machine gun, a zoom-capable sniper rifle, a powerful shotgun, impact grenades, a grenade launcher, a flamethrower, an artillery launcher, satchel charges, and a mine detector. Although you have to hunt for these items, most levels contain a fair majority of them, which means you're never really outgunned. Include the auto-aim feature, and you've got a game that is engaging and inviting for children, but not up to the task of satisfying the finicky palettes of adult game players.

Even though the inherent gameplay of Army Men Sarge's Heroes isn't remarkable, praise must be given to Saffire, the game's developer, for taking the time to go in and play-test its version of the game. The PlayStation version was the definition of buggy, while the later Nintendo 64 update fixed only the game's graphical problems. This time, Saffire made Sarge's Heroes playable. Ledges that were once too high or too narrow, but necessary for advancement, are now wider and easier to reach. Furthermore, while there are still times when Sarge sticks to rocks and shrubbery, such instances are infrequent. Enemies don't respawn every 100 paces either. As such, while the game may not tickle the fancy of Quake and Unreal Tournament adult players, it's now actually possible to play the darn thing.