We don’t really post about video games here at Toyark. We’re much more about the actual toys. However, this is something that should tickle the fancy of 80’s toy fans. Ubisoft is releasing a strategy battle game for consoles and PC this summer called Toy Soldiers: War Chest. It features toys battling each other for control of the Toy Box. Now, these are mostly fictional toy lines, with a few very notable exceptions. Ubisoft has licensed both Masters of the Universe and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero to appear in the game. The character models are based on the toys themselves.
Eight armies. One toy box to defend. The Toy Soldiers: War Chest Hall of Fame Edition is a fast-paced genre-bending mix of strategy defense and action gameplay that brings to life the iconic toys and action figures from your childhood. Lead He-ManTM, G.I. Joe, the disciplined Kaiser, the loveable Starbright and more heroes into legendary battle! Two more licensed armies will be revealed at a later date. Available at retail and digitally on PS4 and Xbox One, and digitally on PC Sumer 2015.
Eight armies. One toy box to defend. The Toy Soldiers: War Chest Hall of Fame Edition is a fast-paced genre-bending mix of strategy defense and action gameplay that brings to life the iconic toys and action figures from your childhood. Lead He-ManTM, G.I. Joe, the disciplined Kaiser, the loveable Starbright and more heroes into legendary battle! Two more licensed armies will be revealed at a later date. Available at retail and digitally on PS4 and Xbox One, and digitally on PC Sumer 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoqa0DQIEDs
If they get more licenses, then I'll be game. Otherwise, the two seem out of place in a see of knock off lines.
I'm going to be playing this one.
I think it looks fun, but the graphics seem very last gen so far.
I shared this to my big brother, we wanted to do the same with our toys back then.
This looks awesome but word of warning to anybody who isn't familiar with modern videogames in the age of internet.
Ubisoft is notorious for putting out unfinished, bug-filled games on release day. They do this because they feel it's easy enough for the consumer to download a "game patch" on release day to fix any issues they overlooked during the game's R&D. But if your internet is down or you actually don't have net access, good luck trying to play your brand new game because Ubisoft's quality control is severely lacking.
Videogames have become one of the most consumer-unfriendly entertainment industries today. They give you half-finished games for full-price and then proceed to charge you more if you want the "whole experience".
That was off the wall. Dark. And Very Cool. Like the G.i. Joe thing at the end.
This looks like it'll be awesome fun!
I'm wondering if transformers might make it in too, but no clue if those rights are tied up with other game companies right now anyway. GI Joe has no current mainstream games to worry about that on. Be really neat if MLP made it in too, or Teddy Ruxpin. Ooh! Or Gumby!
This is a toy game, which has a see of generic soldiers, knock off Halo, knock off Rainbow Bright, a knock off MLP, etc. looks very odd next to fully licensed characters. If it's a greater mix of licensed and unlicensed things, then it prevents every battle being the same two popular teams (MOTU and GI Joe).
If there are only two licensed brands, then it's a game I'll skip. I'd prefer to see them either commit to the premise of it being a "toy box" full of actual licensed toys, or commit it to being toy-like and stick with the knock off lookalikes.
"If it's a greater mix of licensed and unlicenes things, then it prevents ever battle being the same two popular teams (MOTU and GI Joe)."
i dont get what you are saying there, are you trying to say motu and gijoe are almost never gonna meet? because the game has 8 armies, and 4 of them are motu and gijoe, and among those 8 armies most online players will choose those 4 motu and gijoe, so the chances to ALWAYS play gijoe vs gijoe, gijoe vs cobra, he-man vs skelletor, gijoe vs he-man, cobra vs he-man, cobra vs skelletor, he-man vs he-man, skelletor vs skelletor, and cobra vs cobra are HUGE chances
the game is between 2 factions only, not all factions mixed, its just 1 faction vs 1 faction, so what is your problem?
and this is a popular game that has 2 previous entries with generic toy soldiers, whats so bad with adding licensed toylines in the 3rd game?
if you hate "imaginary licenses" then why do you hate this game and you dont hate the toy story movies then?
this is a game famous for using imaginary toylines that is finally using real toylines, whats so wrong with that, its not out of place, the game is really fun and you are not gonna play it just because you are an order freak? lol
i dont get what you are saying there, are you trying to say motu and gijoe are almost never gonna meet? because the game has 8 armies, and 4 of them are motu and gijoe, and among those 8 armies most online players will choose those 4 motu and gijoe, so the chances to ALWAYS play gijoe vs gijoe, gijoe vs cobra, he-man vs skelletor, gijoe vs he-man, cobra vs he-man, cobra vs skelletor, he-man vs he-man, skelletor vs skelletor, and cobra vs cobra are HUGE chances
the game is between 2 factions only, not all factions mixed, its just 1 faction vs 1 faction, so what is your problem?
and this is a popular game that has 2 previous entries with generic toy soldiers, whats so bad with adding licensed toylines in the 3rd game?
if you hate "imaginary licenses" then why do you hate this game and you dont hate the toy story movies then?
this is a game famous for using imaginary toylines that is finally using real toylines, whats so wrong with that, its not out of place, the game is really fun and you are not gonna play it just because you are an order freak? lol
I couldn't care less about any previous iterations. I never heard of it until yesterday. The only reason I (and a lot of people) will have interest in it is because they used licensed characters. It's the only reason it's on our frontpage. Otherwise, I wouldn't give it a second look. I already see people saying they want to see different licenses.
By adding licensed characters, they've opened the franchise up to a new audience. That new audience is going to want certain things out of the game for it to truly interest them. No need to get your knickers in a knot over my potentially not playing this.
It's certainley an interesting concept, but ultimately seems kinda half-assed. The "Two more licensed armies will be revealed at a later date" bit seems a bit missleading. Makes it sound like there could be two more licenses, when it's obviously just Cobra and Skeletor armies.
I kinda hope that they at least tried to get more licenses for this. Some of the brands I would want to see in this kind of a game, like Power Rangers and TMNT, might have been out of their reach in terms of licensing. Though only getting two licensed brands for this seems kinda odd. I'm sure there had to have been something else they could have gotten for this.
That said, if they had gotten Thundercats instead of MOTU, I would find this game hard to pass on.
I couldn't care less about any previous iterations. I never heard of it until yesterday. The only reason I (and a lot of people) will have interest in it is because they used licensed characters. It's the only reason it's on our frontpage. Otherwise, I wouldn't give it a second look. I already see people saying they want to see different licenses.
By adding licensed characters, they've opened the franchise up to a new audience. That new audience is going to want certain things out of the game for it to truly interest them. No need to get your knickers in a knot over my potentially not playing this.
Not sure why this thread took such a crazy turn....
I picked this game up last week for Xbox One and I have not put it down. I have completed most of the campaign with the first army (one of the Non-Licensed characters) and it is a lot of fun. I have not played any multiplayer, but will likely go that route once I have completed the campaign. I decided to try my hand with the Joe's last night and it is a much different feel.
I really like the way the game plays, but I wish they would have embraced the licenses a bit more. I feel like the upgrades and weapons could easily be more directly tied to the toy lines instead of being generic toy upgrades like adding a Laser Pointer or "Dad's Lighter".
Also it seems that everyone thought that Hooded character would be Skeletor, but it is actually Ezio from Assassin's Creed.
If anyone else picked it up for Xbox One let me know and maybe we could have some multiplayer battles.
Bump.
Anyone know what's going on with this game? Are there any plans for DLC to add to the roster?
I've seen the latest trailer and the latest edition has been the characters from Assasin's Creed. Just like the LEGO games, this has potential to be a huge crossover event if they just get all the licenses for more iconic characters.
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