Toy Soliders is a fun game. The simple objective of defend your fort set to the cast of 1940-esque, vintage styled, tin toy soldiers is addicting and visually appealing. Even better, Toy Soldiers hands out a couple of Avatar Awards! I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. I love the Avatar Award gimmic. It’s goes hand-in-hand alongside the gamerscore concept and geeks like me eat it up.
To earn the Gas Mask: Start the game, and finish one level.
To earn the Helmet: Finish the game you started.
Toy Soldiers - Gas Mask
Toy Soldiers - Helmet
August 22, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Avatar awards are far more appealing than buying them. The epitome of the how absurd the prices can be for avatar clothing can be found in a Gears of War 3 competition. Whoever buys more shirts of kill or live for a specific character will determine their outcome in the game. Buy this virtual shirt to cast a vote…. no thanks! As great as it would be to give my avatar a lightsaber, Jedi robes or even dress as a Big Daddy, I refuse. It would be awesome, but contradictory to the principle of the issue. Wouldn’t stop me from letting someone buy it for me though…
August 23, 2010 at 1:18 pm
I agree, marking a game changing decision based on the amount of point of sale transactions are made feels a bit… hollow. (Curse you American Idol!) However; that being said, I’ve been know to shell out a few bucks here and there is I think the Avatar Gear is worth it. I won’t go “fan-boy” crazy, and I hope that someday there is more implementation options for my Avatar and his gear (I’m sure there will be) but for the time being I can appreciate it for what it is.
I think that the Avatar Awards for unlocking in-game milestones are genius, and I hope game makers keep them coming…
August 23, 2010 at 7:24 pm
On Second thought…
Looking into the marketing for Gears of Wars Avatar Item, the money spent on that item will be donated to Child’s Play — a charity I happen to strongly support. For 80 MS points you can grab yourself an Avatar item and support a really worthy cause.
August 23, 2010 at 7:50 pm
At least make the item you’re purchasing cool, like the full armor for humans or horde. That would be an improvement, not a lousy t-shirt!