Army Men - Air Attack - Blade's Revenge
Army Men - Air Attack - Blade's Revenge is a PlayStation 2 shooter game released in 2001 developed by The 3DO Company. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 2 twin analog sticks, directional pad, shoulder and face buttons, with a dedicated peripheral only where explicitly required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 5.7 / 10
About this game
Army Men - Air Attack - Blade's Revenge is a PlayStation 2 shooter game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while 3D scenes, streamed data, cinematics, surround audio, and interlaced television output need to preserve action and state readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include DVD loading, the 8MB Memory Card, analog sticks and pressure-sensitive buttons, Multitap, Network Adapter, dedicated peripherals, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 2AI review
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A playful helicopter diversion for short co-op sessions
Its best moments turn a garden into a toy battlefield. The winch gathers supplies or drops household objects on enemies, while upgrades make clearing a base satisfyingly forceful. Sideways movement, automatic aiming and a useful map keep the action approachable. Sandboxes and garden scenery reinforce the miniature-war identity. Unfortunately, destruction, collection and rescue assignments soon repeat, and generous shields leave the solo campaign short on challenge. Cooperative missions and separate versus modes offer a better reason to return than another solitary sweep. Uneven frame rate, heavily compressed cinematics and music buried beneath gunfire also make the presentation rough. It works best as light local company, rather than a demanding flight game with intricate tactics or a compelling long campaign.
Strengths
- Object lifting and firepower upgrades
- Cooperative campaign and versus modes
Weaknesses
- Repetitive, lightly challenging solo missions
- Action slowdown and compressed video
Who it is for: Players seeking accessible helicopter shooting and local co-op.
Play notes: Automatic aiming and plentiful shields keep combat approachable; solo repetition matters more than difficulty.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Co-op and versus add uses, but similar easy missions limit solo staying power. | Reviewed | 4.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Object lifting and firepower upgrades make the simple shooting enjoyable without producing deep tactics. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The household toy scale is distinctive, while music has little presence amid gunfire. | Reviewed | 5.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Accessible steering is undermined by action slowdown and compressed cinematics. | Reviewed | 5.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- 3DO
- Publisher
- 3DO
- Release date
- 2001
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsShootingSolo-friendlyWarReplayableMain Story Under 10 HoursFast-pacedLinear LevelsPlayer versus EnvironmentDodgeThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle playerCo-op
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 2Worldwide2001
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Sources
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