Game Reviews: Toy Soldiers- War Chest

Toy soldiers: War Chest is an upcoming action/strategy video game being developed by Signal Studios and published by Ubisoft.
The game will be released on Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 11, 2015. War Chest will be the first title in the series not to be a Microsoft console exclusive.

Building on two Xbox 360 games from 2010 and 2011, "War Chest" sees tanks, cannons, teddies, ponies, dragons, drones and pixies collide in a battle for supremacy. A deluxe Hall of Fame version includes licensed characters from cartoon series He-Man and G.I. Joe as well as Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed" games. Toy Soldiers: War Chest is similar to the previous games where players prevent enemy units from reaching the toybox by building and upgrading turrets.   Place and upgrade turrets to protect your toy box from waves of increasingly cunning and powerful foes, or take direct control of your units to mow down enemies. Success in battle will require players to balance strategic prowess and deployment of resources with a steady finger and deadly aim. In War Chest, turrets can be improved by upgrading armor, fire rate and damage separately.
Certain units have the ability to heal nearby units and some will focus on destroying any placed turrets. Barrages and playable units from Toy Soldiers: Cold War returns with a few changes. Instead of earning killstreaks or destroying a specially marked enemy unit, the game uses a bar that fills up when killing enemy units. When the bar is filled to a certain level, a special ability can be used to call in barrages or spawn a hero unit such as zeppelin that performs a bombing run.

The game features 4 highly customizable armies (8 in Hall of Fame Edition). Players can choose which turrets to deploy, barrages and modify the hero's arsenal. As the game progresses, new customization options will become available. Toy Soldiers: War Chest comes in two versions: Standard and Hall of Fame Edition. The Standard version is digital while the Hall of Fame Edition is available on disc except for the PC version which is all digital. The standard version features 4 armies such as Kaiser from the original game and the new Starbright, Dark Side and Phantom.

 For the first time in franchise history, Toy Soldiers: War Chest leaves the battlefields of past-eras behind to face-off against the armies from players' imaginations. Each army is unique and can be customized with weapons and upgrades earned through gameplay. The Hall of Fame Edition features four additional licensed armies based on fictional characters. This includes Duke and Cobra Commander from G.I. Joe, Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed and He-Man from Masters of the Universe. The characters can be purchased separately or as a bundle on the standard version.