Toy Soldiers HD
Release Date: October 21, 2021
Strategy, World War I, RTS, tower defense, arcade elements, remaster/remake, indie games, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
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Toy Soldiers HD is an improved edition of the 2010 tower defense strategy in which we control an army of plastic soldiers. The game was created by developers from Signal Studios.
Toy Soldiers HD is a remastered version of the tower defense strategy, which in 2010 was released on the Xbox 360 console (two years later a PC version appeared). The game offers better graphic design, improved interface and new content. The game was developed by the authors of the original game, i. e. Signal Studios.
Mechanics
Toy Soldiers HD is a real time strategy with arcade elements, where instead of real people we command plastic soldiers. This is a tower defense game - the gameplay is mainly about fortifying the location and the objective is to stop the enemy's attack.
Watching the action from above (we can move the camera freely) we control several dozen types of units (we have here both infantry with different types of equipment and e.g. tanks) and try to gain an advantage over the enemy. At any time we can also take control of one of the warriors directly and participate in the action - then the game turns into a shooter.
The remastered version of the game offers several different maps, user interface and camera settings fixes, as well as a new level of difficulty.
Game modes
In Toy Soldiers HD we can play alone or with others. The game offers a role-playing campaign (along with DLC content for the original game, which has been integrated with the missions from the main game) and a multiplayer mode.
Technical aspects
Toy Soldiers HD has a three-dimensional graphic design that has been improved in comparison to the game from 2010. The developers provided support for higher resolution and increased texture detail, making the whole thing look noticeably better (although it is difficult to talk about a radical change).
Videos and Screens
[1:46] Toy Soldiers HD trailer #2
[1:32] Toy Soldiers HD trailer #1
Video Chums: 8.2 / 10 by A.J. Maciejewski
Toy Soldiers is an excellent game and even though this HD iteration isn't a huge improvement over the original, it's still sure to provide hours upon hours of tower defense fun for fans of the genre. Plus, its multiplayer modes can be a genuine blast.
Impulsegamer: 3 / 5
Toy Soldiers HD is a tough one to recommend. The game hasn't really changed for better or worse, making it both fun to revisit while being a bit ugly to look at. Most of the time the game is fun enough to ignore any of the graphical shortcomings or the frame rate issues, but sometimes the difficulty spikes can be a bit discouraging. Overall, this is a barebones HD remake that could've used some more fine tuning especially in the graphics department. Here's to hoping this unique franchise can be revitalized in the future but, as for Toy Soldiers HD, this battlefield has seen better days.
Destructoid: 7 / 10 by Zoey Handley
Otherwise, Toy Soldiers HD is probably how you remember it. There are some noticeable changes, but nothing revitalizing. Unlike Toy Soldiers Complete’s tendency to just shoehorn new mechanics into the old game where they didn’t necessarily fit, Toy Soldiers HD feels true to the original experience. It’s a bizarrely lighthearted take on a nightmarish war, but not one that feels like it wholesale throws away the history.
Toy Soldiers HD Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows October 21, 2021
PlayStation 4 October 21, 2021
Xbox One October 21, 2021
Nintendo Switch December 31, 2022
Developer: Signal Studios
Publisher: Accelerate Games
Age restrictions: 16+
Toy Soldiers HD System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 460 or better, 6 GB HDD, Windows XP SP3 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i7 / AMD FX-8370 4.0 GHz, 5 GB RAM, graphic card 3 GB GeForce GTX 1060 / 4 GB Radeon RX 580 or better, 6 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit