Army Men: Major Malfunction

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Army Men: Major Malfunction
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Developer(s) Team17
Publisher(s) Global Star Software
Platform(s) Xbox, PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: April 11, 2006 (Xbox) [1]
  • EU: August 4, 2006
Genre(s) Third-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Army Men: Major Malfunction is a third-person shooter video game developed by Team17 and published by Global Star Software for Xbox and PlayStation 2.

Contents

Story

The main character is a soldier named Private Anderson. He is forced to fight his way through many enemy soldiers as he tries to defeat the main villain, Major Malfunction, who has taken over the house with his toy army.

Reception

The game was widely panned by critics for its poor story, graphics, enemy artificial intelligence, [5] and according to GameSpot its "horrible problems with aiming and camera control". [4]

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