GamePro said, 'If you buy just one tower defense game this year, well, knock yourself out. Toy Soldiers: Cold War was released on Xbox Live on August 17, 2011, and received 'favorable' reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Eurogamer said that while it was a definite improvement over its predecessor, 'it can't survive more than a few days of intense play'. The Commando is, simply put, John Rambo, a John Rambo that carries a machine gun in one hand and a bazooka in the other, a John Rambo who screams things like 'You wanted a war!' Įarly reviews were generally positive ahead of release.

Talking about the barrage types, Arthur Gies of IGN said, 'the show-stealer was The Commando. For the event, Signal Studios developed and released a new trailer for the game while also being featured in the Summer of Arcade promotional video. Along with its inclusion into the Xbox Live 2011 Summer of Arcade promotion, Toy Soldiers: Cold War playable demos were hosted on the show floor. Toy Soldiers: Cold War made another showing at the 2011 E3 Convention to a positive reception.

Jordan Devore of Destructoid said, 'Way to set the bar high, Signal Studios.' and Stephen Totilo of Kotaku 's reaction was that, 'It looks like a fantastic upgrade.' The announcement of Toy Soldiers: Cold War was made on March 9, 2011, as a lead up to its first public showing at the 2011 PAX East convention in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition, killstreaks are rewarded with special one-time attacks called 'Barrages', which include being given the ability to call an airstrike or control an invincible Rambo-inspired commando for a limited time. For example, while players are still able to control vehicles such as tanks or helicopter gunships on the battlefield, time using these vehicles is limited by a battery charge which can be replenished either by collecting floating battery icons or returning the vehicle to its recharge stand. The game features boss levels with certain large enemies, such as the Antonov winged tank, the Typhoon-class submarine and the final boss, the Russian project R.I.S.E and a number of changes and additions to the gameplay. Compared to the original game which featured generic World War I battlefields, diorama settings range from jungles and deserts to real world locations such as the streets of Paris and the Great Pyramids. Toy Soldiers: Cold War features similar gameplay to the original game, with players trying to repel a Soviet invasion across a diorama towards a toybox in a child's bedroom.

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