Army Men: Air Attack 2 (PlayStation)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Ryan Davis
• Reviewed on: 10/13/2000
• Updated on: 05/17/2006
• Released on: 09/26/2000
• Originally published on GameSpot: Army Men: Air Attack 2 (PlayStation) Review

The Army Men series has had a prolific, but less than illustrious, history. Based on the little green army men that almost everyone played with as kids, these games have focused primarily on the strategy and action-adventure genres but have rarely been able to deliver anything other than a subpar experience. The exceptions to this have been the Army Men helicopter games. The latest installment in this series, Army Men: Air Attack 2, improves upon the groundwork laid down by the previous Air Attack, making it the most playable game in the series yet.

The quality of the Air Attack games can be at least partially credited to the older titles in EA's Strike series, such as Desert and Jungle Strike, to which they bear a remarkable resemblance. As in the Strike games, Air Attack 2 puts you in control of a helicopter, which you must guide through a series of mission-based levels, each with its own set of goals. Ranging from guarding military installments to rescuing downed soldiers to stealing secret weapons from behind enemy lines and out-and-out demolition, the variety in the mission objectives keeps Air Attack 2 from getting stale and keeps you engaged from mission to mission.

Air Attack 2 has the same gameplay found in the first Air Attack game. You can move in all directions in this plastic 3D world using the left analog stick, strafe using the L1 and R1 buttons, and deploy various artillery, as well as use your chopper's winch, using the controller's face buttons. The different military hardware at your disposal depends on the helicopter and copilot you select between missions. These choices also have an impact on other aspects of the gameplay, such as weapons accuracy, winch speed, chopper speed, and the amount of abuse your craft can handle. These features offer nothing new in the way of gameplay, but their tight and responsive control more than make up for that.

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