Software:Army Men: Green Rogue

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Army Men: Green Rogue
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North American cover
Developer(s)The 3DO Company
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company
SeriesArmy Men
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, PlayStation
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: March 20, 2001[1]
  • EU: April 6, 2001
PlayStation
  • NA: April 11, 2001
  • EU: April 27, 2001
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Army Men: Green Rogue (Army Men: Omega Soldier in Europe for the PlayStation) is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation.

Gameplay

The game takes the form of top-down, forward scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Commando or Ikari Warriors.[2] Unlike those games it features a 3D environment with polygonal enemies, instead of 2D sprites, and the screen is constantly scrolling forward.[3]

Green Rogue was a newcomer in a long line of army men games from 3DO, many aimed at an arguably undiscriminating juvenile audience, with fair to middling critical responses. Despite that, Green Rogue featured some atypical gameplay, including multiple upgradeable weapons with nine levels of potency, a "biostrike" smart bomb, and a supersoldier mode. However, as lamented by one of the game's designers,[4] some of that gameplay may have been overlooked by reviewers.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PSPS2
AllGame1.5/5 stars[6]1.5/5 stars[7]
EGMN/A2/10[8][lower-alpha 1]
Game InformerN/A1/10[10]
GameRevolutionN/AD−[11]
GameSpotN/A3.8/10[3]
IGNN/A4.3/10[2]
Jeuxvideo.com6/20[12]11/20[13]
Next GenerationN/A2/5 stars[14]
OPM (US)N/A2/5 stars[15]
PSMN/A4/10[16]
The Cincinnati EnquirerN/A2/5 stars[17]
Aggregate score
MetacriticN/A39/100[5]

The PlayStation 2 version received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5]

David Chen of NextGen called it "a harmless enough diversion, but there are better ways to spend your time."[14] David Smith of IGN complimented the FMV opening but added that once the opening movie ended the quality took "what Bill Hicks called 'a real big @#$%in' dropoff.'" He continued that everything in the game was sluggish.[2] Tim Tracy of GameSpot was complimentary of the graphics, saying the game carried "some fairly smooth and detailed textures and is a decent game to look at", but was critical of the gameplay particularly collision detection and the constantly scrolling play field which he found made it difficult to manoeuvre to pick up power-ups and dodge enemy attacks.[3] Human Tornado of GamePro said, "On the whole, Green Rogue is a disappointing member of the PS2's first wave of Army Men games. It's too slow to be a challenge, and the graphics don't live up to 128-bit expectations."[18][lower-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 2/10.
  2. ↑ GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version three 2.5/5 scores for graphics, control, and fun factor, and 3/5 for sound.

References

  1. ↑ "3DO SHIPS ARMY MEN®: GREEN ROGUE™ FOR PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM". March 20, 2001. http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_032001.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Smith, David (March 20, 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/20/army-men-green-rogue. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tracy, Tim (April 2, 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue Review (PS2)". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/army-men-green-rogue-review/1900-2703816/. 
  4. ↑ Game Writer Guy (March 3, 2023). "Is Green Rogue the Worst Game Ever?". https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/is-green-rogue-the-worst-game-ever/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/army-men-green-rogue/. 
  6. ↑ Thompson, Jon. "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS) - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31711&tab=review. 
  7. ↑ Thompson, Jon. "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2) - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31073&tab=review. 
  8. ↑ Kujawa, Kraig; MacDonald, Mark; Sewart, Greg (June 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (143): 106. https://retrocdn.net/images/0/01/EGM_US_143.pdf. Retrieved January 2, 2024. 
  9. ↑ Steinberg, Scott (May 3, 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2) [clicking on "Full Review" leads to a review of Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 instead"]. Greedy Productions Ltd.. http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5654. 
  10. ↑ "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (98). June 2001. 
  11. ↑ G-Wok (March 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue Review (PS2)". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33322-army-men-green-rogue-review. 
  12. ↑ Romendil (May 11, 2001). "Test: Army Men : Omega Soldier (PS1)" (in fr). Webedia. https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00001368_test.htm. 
  13. ↑ Jihem (April 26, 2001). "Test: Army Men : Omega Soldier (PS2)" (in fr). Webedia. https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00001352_test.htm. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chen, David (June 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". NextGen (Imagine Media) (78): 81. https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n81/mode/2up. Retrieved July 18, 2022. 
  15. ↑ Rybicki, Joe (June 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (45): 97. https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-45-june-2001/page/96/mode/2up. Retrieved July 18, 2022. 
  16. ↑ Tokoya (June 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". PSM (Imagine Media) (46): 31. https://archive.org/details/psm-issue-046-june-2001/page/n29/mode/2up. Retrieved July 18, 2022. 
  17. ↑ Saltzman, Marc (May 2, 2001). "'Army Men' games not created equal". The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett Company). http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/050201_army.html. 
  18. ↑ Human Tornado (May 2001). "Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2)". GamePro (IDG) (152): 69. https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cc/GamePro_US_152.pdf. Retrieved January 2, 2024. 

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