Army Men: World War - Final Front | |
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Developer(s) | The 3DO Company |
Publisher(s) | The 3DO Company |
Series | Army Men |
Platform(s) | PlayStation |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Army Men: World War - Final Front (titled Army Men: Lock 'n' Load in Europe) is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by The 3DO Company exclusively for PlayStation. It is the third installment in the World War subseries.
Army Men: World War - Final Front is a third-person shooter, with the gameplay style being very much like the previous Army Men. Once again, many of the missions are modeled after World War II battles and some battles take place in mysterious regions such as desert lands resembling Egypt and Jungles similar to South America's. It also features the player to control vehicles, such as bikes, tanks, boats and submarines.
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 50/100 [2] |
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | [3] |
GameRevolution | F [4] |
GameSpot | 6/10 [5] |
IGN | 4.5/10 [6] |
Next Generation | [7] |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | [8] |
PlayStation: The Official Magazine | 3/10 [9] |
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] Scott Steinberg of NextGen compared the game to the Vietnam War, calling it "a downright ugly and vicious war you just can't win." [7] Four-Eyed Dragon of GamePro summed up his review of the game with, "If you plan to do a tour of duty with Final Front, expect an uphill battle without any shiny medals." [10] [lower-alpha 1]
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