
Release Date: October 21, 2021
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.
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.
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.
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).
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+
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System Requirements for Toy Soldiers HD Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
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 System Requirements:
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.
Game Ratings for Toy Soldiers HD Video Game.
Nindie Spotlight: 7.7 / 10 by Justin Nation
This strategy / action hybrid has gotten only a mild facelift but its unique and approachable play remains intact
XboxEra: 7.2 / 10 by Jesse Norris
Toy Soldiers HD is a solid all-around package, though that $30 price point does feel a bit high. If you’re in the market though for some well-made hybrid tower defense, shooter, dogfighter then this plastic battleground should fit the bill. It might be ugly as sin at times, but it is a damned good time reliving an incredibly weird take on one of the darkest conflicts in modern history
Digitally Downloaded: 2.5 / 5 by Matt Sainsbury
Perhaps the most appropriate way to describe the Toy Soldiers HD experience in 2023 is “quaint”. Essentially, you’re playing a defunct and superseded genre, blended with ancient action mechanics, more than 10 years old. There has been no meaningful effort to do much more than upscale the visuals. Therefore, what you’ve got here is something that has its charms, but is archaic on every level. Toy Soldiers was never good enough to be a “classic”, so you don’t even get to enjoy the retro nostalgia that comes from early-era PS3/Xbox 360 games now. It’s just dated.
Average score from votes.