One of the top 10 best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade games of all time, Toy Soldiers is a unique, action-packed strategy-based game in which you command antique WWI toy soldiers vying for control of the trench-filled battlefields of Europe.
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I returned to this after discovering its fully available on my series S, you've got to hand it to microsoft the way they preserve your previous platform games for future play is pretty slammin.
It's just like I remember to be honest, its a well made WW1 setting but in a toybox diorama with solid TD mechanics and its gosh darned hard.
I picked up right where I left off and flailed badly at the level for a little while before realising why I never finished it in the first place, I'm simply not that good at it, and while it's quality made its just not for me.
Maybe I'll come back again and try once more, but for now I'm bidding it farewell.
It's just like I remember to be honest, its a well made WW1 setting but in a toybox diorama with solid TD mechanics and its gosh darned hard.
I picked up right where I left off and flailed badly at the level for a little while before realising why I never finished it in the first place, I'm simply not that good at it, and while it's quality made its just not for me.
Maybe I'll come back again and try once more, but for now I'm bidding it farewell.
The one quality of Toy Soldiers that tickled my fancy the most was how much of a cutting, satirical takedown of WWI it was. Sure, when I first played the game, I definitely noticed the aesthetic and setting inspirations, but years later, it struck me how much the game highlights the bitter realities of trench warfare by forcing the player into a defensive role against waves and waves of enemy soldiers charging across no-man's-lands only to be cut down by all the cool turrets you have set up.
I have a friend who is, for some reason, an absolutely savant at strategy games and no matter how hard I tried, no matter how many units I personally operated to try and achieve maximum effectiveness, this mfer would annihilate me every single time.
It won't run anymore.
Been really loving this game. I played through the basic version on xbox 360 in the past, but here I loved having access to the DLC, including shooting down UFOs and various space toys from the era which is a lot of fun! The final boss was a real pain though.
Upgrades don't seem to work perfectly I feel and this is a evident when trying to take on the robot in the final space mission. Apparently the final upgrade for the AA turrents is crap, but the second is the best, for whatever reason.
The most annoying is the final difficulty as it requires you to control ALL of the turrets yourself. First mission I found it was possible but I highly doubt I can cover the whole areas.
Upgrades don't seem to work perfectly I feel and this is a evident when trying to take on the robot in the final space mission. Apparently the final upgrade for the AA turrents is crap, but the second is the best, for whatever reason.
The most annoying is the final difficulty as it requires you to control ALL of the turrets yourself. First mission I found it was possible but I highly doubt I can cover the whole areas.
A fun concept and pretty well executed.