Toy Raid review

Toy Raid by Flying Tiger Entertainment Inc.

Current Price: $0.99

LE?: NO

Reviewed at v1.0

Toy Raid by Flying Tiger Entertainment is a newly-released shooting game with relics of childhood toy battles and Parachute from early-gen iPods. With colorful visuals and fast-paced gameplay, Toy Raid is one of the hottest apps to release this summer. 

In Toy Raid, you're shooting anything and everything that comes after you in the air: helicopters, paratroppers, UFO's and more. Everything is coming after you to destroy your base. Don't worry, though, because along with these enemies from the sky are also plenty of special weapons/bullets to help you stay alive. Shake your device to active the nuke's!

You can play this game with either touch or tilt contols, but I prefer the latter. However, with both control mechanisms, I'd like to see smoother movements. Sometimes I feel the controls could be smoother and less clunky, especially with touch. Also, at times when playing on touch controls, I would activate a nuke. This may be due to the position I played it in, and it's not a huge deal--but worth mentioning.

Controls aside the graphics are eye-catching and keeps your attention throughout the game. The sound effects are clear and make Toy Raid even more fun and intense. The animations are fast, keeping gameplay exciting and fresh at each wave, of which there are over 50! 

Gameplay is intense yet incredibly fun. It's a simple shooter that doesn't require you to do much in order to be successful. The arcade-style gameplay is sure to appeal to a wide variety of gamers, especially those who looking for something simple yet fun and action packed.

There are no difficulty options; the game increases in difficulty in each wave, so there's really no need for it. Other options include sound off, English/Spanish language selection, control type, and a personal high-scores chart.

Truth be told, I've only reached Wave 11-barely 1/5th of the game! But, with that said, Toy Raid is worth every penny. Hopefully, the 50+ levels will last gamers of all skill level a long enough time to enjoy the arcade style fun of this app. 

The app is currently just $0.99--a bargain considering its replay value. Kudos to game designers John Brandsetter, Jeremy Klein, and Flying Tiger Entertainment for creating a great app! Grab Toy Raid now before the price goes up. 

Graphics: 4/5

Sound: 4/5

Replay Value: 5/5

Value: 5/5