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Quick Look: Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Despite what Cold War propaganda tells you, F-14s can effectively fight in ground combat.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Aug. 16 2011

Posted by: Joey

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Toy Soldiers: Cold War

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@isnipeyoudie said:

@MistaSparkle said:
Does this game and the first one have splitscreen? That would be amazing.
I know the first one does, not sure about the second.

They both do!

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Edited By Rolyatkcinmai

Kind of amusing that Brad and Will, in a comfortable, closed room made it less than half as far in the survival mode as I did with a friend standing on the busy show floor at PAX East in March.

Pullin' a Brad.

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lol FPS Russia

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Edited By KillyDarko

This looks like a lot of fun, I wish this was also available on the PC.

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@TheMasterDS: Given the timing of the original release, isn't Trenched the rich man's Toy Soldiers?

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I CAN'T FIND YOUR FUCKING LEGS!!!

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Two minutes of campaign. Hilarious :D
 
Anyway, great QL. Will and the co-op were great additions.

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@katanalauncher: You know what, you're not wrong. It's more like Brutal Legend without the story elements that made Brutal Legend worth playing. Take the ability to control your troops that you have to do in between making big picture orders or go on the field personally to wreck shit up. Brutal Legend was all about that. Only thing is that's why Brutal Legend failed - it threw way too much at you requiring way too much micro and, looking at the game, this game suffers the same issue.

In Trenched Double Fine learned the right lesson and made clear STRATEGY times and COMBAT times, relieving the issues almost entirely. This game in comparison just looks like a mess of jumping around the field, ordering troops, playing a Third Person Shooter, buying stuff, and then getting surprised by things you didn't know about the strengths or weaknesses of specific units you should know if you've, say, beaten most of the campaign like they apparently had.

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never seen anything with Stallone.

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Edited By mabber36

looks boring
 
I'm really dissapointed in summer of arcade
 
ms splosion man was way better than all 5 summer of arcade games

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I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY

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Gettin' Jiggy with it!

Wish this came out on PS3, seems like fun.

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getting brad overload. i can only handle so much monotone... a little variety wouldn't hurt. hell, throw kessler in one.

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@Baal_Sagoth said:

@MaxOpower said:

Any one else experiencing trouble with the video. three times it has skipped to the DOTA 2 teaser while I was watching.

Yeah, stutters and randomly ends for me too.

Edit: Ok, only the HD version gave me trouble. HQ is fine, awesome QL!

Yea same here, it just ends randomly. I haven't tried the HD version yet.

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Never gonna hit steam I guess? I hate that most if not all of the good XBLA games never hit the PC. Fuck you M$. Bastion did though, at least.

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Looks more fun than all the other Summer of Arcade games combined, can't wait to grab it.

Although I have to agree with the other comments here, I would sooner get it on the PC than the 360 if it were available.

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Classic QL

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Epic save, good sirs, EPIC save

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This looks really cool. I might be tempted to get back on xbox gold at some point to play this. Just moved my router out of ethernet range so it would cost me some money. 

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looks like it could be a fun one...dunno if it's 1200 Microsoft space bucks worth of fun but it looks fun all the same.

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First Blood is a better movie, but Rambo II is more iconic.  I'd say see Rambo II or III and you're good for the whole franchise. 
 
This QL was pretty entertaining and I loved how the team-play survival ended.  Good stuff.
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39:30-40:00 was some of the most stressful footage I've ever had to watch. Edge of my seat sir 

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I didn't see Rambo until a few months ago. It's worth watching!!

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Mercenaries: Tabletop

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That awesome music sounded a lot like Brad and Will talking.

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This is the Brad we know is hiding within: knowledgable, passionate, and kick ass.

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I think Will needed to raise the debt ceiling.

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How could you not have watched Rambo? WTF

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Damn! What an ending! 
 
Will's thoughts that he enjoyed the game but it isn't good are weird. Especially since it's riding high on Metacritic.

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SCUD Missile FTW!

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You quote Rocky 4 and the say you haven't seen Rambo good job guys.