I get that these are toys in a make believe war, but the game is a bit too “quiet” during gameplay. Also, I expected a bit more from the sound effects. I craved a few more songs, even if they ended up being recycled from the same library Bioshock Infinite used in its soundtrack. It’s not bad per se, but considering the World War I theme and the fact that the game went out of its way to include a few real-life songs from the time, I ended up wanting a bit more from it. The only aspect in which Toy Soldiers HD falters quite seriously, in my opinion, is its sound department. Whenever I would take a screenshot for reviewing purposes, the game would slow down a bit, but immediately pick up after half a second. The only instance I noticed any kind of framerate issues was with a non-gameplay feature. In no moment, even when the screen was absolutely packed with miniature soldiers ready to die for Kaiser Wilhelm II, did the framerate stutter. Well, considering it is a budget title, that is.
The improvements seem minute at first, but the improved textures and framerate go a long way to make the game look pretty appealing for 2021 standards. Then they deployed a bunch of horses that could jump over them…
I added a ton of barbed wire thinking that would halt the enemy completely. Not to mention raising hell as a miniature Red Baron with an airplane. This is essentially what I did, as I love possessing a Vickers machine gun turret to mow down tons of toy-like enemies from a distance. You will usually get used to a handful of them and “main” them during single-player campaigns and multiplayer skirmishes. There are tons of units to control, each one with a unique control scheme, so getting used to all of them is nigh impossible. The same can be said about the real-time action controls. Even though the RTS controls are a bit weird at first, you can get used to them quite quickly. Sure, it is a simplified RTS tied to a simplified action control scheme, but this is the beauty of it: it’s quite accessible. You need to defend yourself with whichever units you can afford, but instead of relying solely on your run-of-the-mill RTS artificial intelligence, you can choose any of your units and play as them in real time. Waves upon waves of enemies are being thrown at you. You’re given a battlefield to defend, and resources to spend on units and defensive structures. It sounds bizarre, but it works because it never forces you to play all four styles at once. It’s a mix between third-person shooting, vehicular combat, real-time strategy, and tower defense. Toy Soldiers HD retains the unique gameplay loop that made the original stand out from its XBLA peers.
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