Reviews

Army Moves and its sequel Navy Moves form the backbone of Dinamic's - and Spain's - reputation for rock hard Speccy gaming.
I'd never played either game and so tonight I must have been feeling especially sharp as I gave Army Moves a spin in the emulator.
An hour or two later, and with judicious end of level savestates and I have ploughed through to near the end. To get there I have driven by jeep through a hail of bullets, aircraft and armoured cars jumping holes in the route in the left right scrolling of phase 1. I have then flown three phases in a helicopter over land and sea scrolling smoothly right to left. Then I have run at the enemy Green Beret Style in two more phases, now flick screen though, and then stormed into the building itself, the final phase moving through doors to both left and right.
I'm emulating the game in 128K so there is just one load.
It sounds a big game, with all these phases and so it is, but it is designed to be played at speed. It is an intense beguiling experience requiring the player to learn the rhythm of each phase.
And after doing so I understand Dinamic's difficulty curve better. If it were easy it would all be over too quickly. I have enjoyed it all the more for setting a hard challenge.
Army Moves was criticised for bad collision detection but I don't agree. The collision detection simply favours death rather more than life. It feels unfair but at least it is consistent. In the scrolling phases you get sent back to the beginning which is a bit mean - but the game still has oodles of playability. I found phase one especially addictive.
I have really enjoyed discovering Army Moves. The run and gun phase is too messy for my liking so its a 4 rather than a 5 from me, but do give this one a run for its money. I nearly missed it out on reputation alone and found a much better and more accessible game than I'd anticipated.

I have read stack's review and he's probably right.

But for me this game is far too hard to be enjoyable. Aceptable graphics, poor gameplay. (I'm not a good player so if you like challenges do not take this review in consideration).

Army Moves is the first and foremost example of the "new wave" of Dinamic games coming around from 1986 on: big, colorful and definitely not a walkover!

You must retrieve some documents held in an enemy base, and in order to do this you must cross the frontline by jeep and helicopter. Then you can access the second part, where you are on foot and must reach the base by passing through a dangerous swamp, then look for the safe holding your objective.

The bad reputation this game got from the British press (as far as I know the impression was more positive in other countries) was, I believe, due to the fact that the first 2-3 sections are not easy to negotiate, and many reviewers were probably not patient nor constant enough to overcome them. On the other hand, the game looks good if sometimes plagued by attribute clash, is large and varied and will be a fierce test of your gaming skills. Army Moves is a winner.

There's something diabolical in this game.
3,5/5

Insane difficulty makes an otherwise average game even less enjoyable.

Give yourself a pat on the back if you can last more than 3 minutes....

....That's what she said!