
This is especially true when it comes to boss encounters. It’s usually a case of trial by error until you know what formations work and which ones don’t. The game does a great job in slowly introducing new enemy types and your own list of counters to combat them. The first 15 cover events in the Great War up until the British and French forces are knocking on Germany’s door. There are 18 main levels in the game and 6 extra missions. I can recall more than a couple of times when pressing down saved a structure from immanent destruction. I can control defensive position with the up button, sell them with the left button, upgrade them with the right button, and repair with down. What I like playing with a controller is that we have shortcut buttons using the d-pad. By holding the R2 button, the player is given the option to control, sell, upgrade, and repair units. They have a bit of time to prepare their defenses just before the enemy wave hits. Besides that though, there is little to do.Īt the start of each level, the player has a bird’s eye view of the entire battlefield. The game’s main strength lies in its arcade like gameplay as the player tries out different formations to obtain higher scores.

The aim of the game is to hold out against numerous waves of enemies, and to stop them from breaking through to your toy box. Toy Soldiers HD is a hybrid tower defense game with action elements where in players take control of vehicles and structure to further aid in the defense. Since its release, Toy Soldiers has had a few notable bits of DLC, all of which are now available in Toy Soldiers HD. The game was praised for its novel use of WWI era toys set in dioramas that somewhat resemble battles that took place in the Great War. The original Toy Soldiers first released on the Xbox Live Arcade all the way back in 2010.
