The golden era of the Bravo Company Commandos
Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes 2 starts sometime after the events of Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes, a year or less. It is announced in the Green Plastic News that the capture of Field Marshal Tannenburg will end the war since General Plastro disappeared, as it is believed that he has become a victim of plastrification and has been trapped in the Real World.
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In the end of Sarge’s Heroes, General Plastro have the change to go back to the Plastic World when the destroyed Portal was partially active. But somewhat he gets plastered in the Real World again some time later.
These events begin in the middle of a battle in a Real World house, at a table, during a Thanksgiving dinner (late 2000 in RW time). Bravo Leader One attempts to contact HQ, but the Tan are destroying the field. Sarge and his Commandos were fulfilling the missions of destroying the Portals that went to the Real World, or that led to them, since the last Sarge’s Heroes campaign. This bad idea was to not allow Tan Army or anyone else with bad intentions to use them. But in the future it was learned that this was a bad decision that equally harmed the Green Army by severing entrances to the Real World.
Real behind the game facts:
Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes 2 is the sequel to Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes videogame. It was released in 2000 for Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PlayStation 2.
The game goes between the Plastic World and the Real World, in which Sarge is the size of a typical plastic Army Man soldier. It features many interactive effects, such as breakable wine bottles, bustable soda cans and music that spikes in intensity when enemies attack.
Sarge’s Heroes 2 is very similar to its predecessor in terms of graphics and gameplay, however, in terms of performance, the game was greatly improved in comparison to Sarge’s Heroes but at the cost of longer and/or non-linear levels.
One of the many additions was the inclusion of Vikki as a playable character during some campaign missions. In addition, the Game Boy Color version adds Scorch and Riff as playable characters making it one of the few Army Men games allowing you to play as a member of Bravo Company. Indeed, all members of Bravo Company have a major role in each version of the story as Sarge or Vikki team up with one member of the Company at least once during the campaign.
One of the many changes from Sarge’s Heroes was the soundtrack that abandoned its militaristic and heroic tone in favor of more rock-oriented music. This change was most likely made to reflect the shift in tone from the first game, where the Green nation is losing against the Tan Army, to the second, where the Greens are on the offensive against a disorganized Tan Army.
Versions
Each port of the game follows the same story but are different from each other. The PlayStation version is not a straight port of the Nintendo 64 version with the former being built from scratch for the console and having different levels and gameplay. The PlayStation 2 version is an enhanced port of the Nintendo 64 version with better graphics alongside some features and remastered FMVs from the PlayStation version.
The Game Boy Color version is a completely different game with a vastly different plot from the other versions though still being a sequel to Sarge’s Heroes, using comic book styled cutscenes to tell its story. This version of the game let’s you play as either Vikki, Scorch and Riff as they proceed to fight an insurgency of Tan embolden by Plastro’s return.
Game cheats & codes:
Blue Spy in Level 2:
In the PS1 version of Sarge’s Heroes 2, if you go to the bridge level and blow up the crate next to the bunker, they will unlock a teleport to a small secret area where they can collect some heavy weaponry. However, upon travelling through this teleporter, a character named “Blue Spy” will enter the game, adding a squadmate healthbar that appears below Vikki’s. The Blue Spy will taunt Hawk and tell him it won’t be the last time they meet, before teleporting away. It’s not clear if this is meant to be Brigitte Bleu, the Blue Spy of the original game, or neither.
Sources for this article:
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