Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years Amazon Minimum Age: 96 months Binding: Video Game EAN: 0010086510201 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: "Sega of America, Inc." Manufacturer: "Sega of America, Inc." Platform: Sega Dreamcast Publisher: "Sega of America, Inc." Sales Rank: 12119 Studio: "Sega of America, Inc."
Editorial Review: Most of us remember waging monumental battles and planning out complicated rescues with toy planes, boats, and such in our youth. Now you can do the same, virtually, in Sega's Toy Commander. The premise is straight from a six-year-old's dream: some of your toys have gone bad and are rampaging through eight rooms in your intricately detailed home. It's up to you to take command of the loyal toys and lead them through 50 individual missions to put a stop to the plastic menace.
The progressively more difficult missions, consisting of action sorties like rescuing toy steamboats from malicious submarines, or strategic ones like transporting eggs into a pot of boiling water, are anything but a tea party. All missions fit comfortably within the game's storyline and can be seriously challenging. The sense of scale, as you commandeer the game's 35 vehicles, is true to the look of an ordinary room to a tiny toy. Fun and offering a surprising amount of depth, Toy Commander is a nostalgic, innovative, and entertaining romp. --Sajed Ahmed
Pros:
4-player split-screen death match mode, using any of the 35 vehicles in one of the eight rooms
All the vehicles look and handle very differently, adding to the gameplay
Impressive detail and interactivity in the game's environments
Varied missions include warlike action, racing, and strategy elements
Cons:
Tedious mission goals could prove frustrating
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Toy Commander
This is another must have game for the Dreamcast system. It is not very long but it is a whole lot of fun. The boss fights are challenging and it's fun getting to them. Good game, a lot of fun for everyone.
Rating: - "I am the Toy Commander"
Single player the excitement builds up for each game in each room. Airplanes and Spaceships, dogfighting and dropping bombs on enemy vehicles, trains, ships and submarines. Tanks and armored vehicles fighting from the ground, along with the infantry protecting civilians. Race with planes, cars, and helicopters. Two, three or four player can fight each other. And destroying teddy bears; What more can you ask for. Great action, good controls, especially in dogfights, excellent graphics. You won't be disappointed if you like to play war.
Rating: - Could have been much better, a real disappointment
I really had my heart set on Toy Commander and when I got it, the game just didn't deliver! The game concept is really cool on paper but it didn't translate into a good game. The jerky camera which comes as a result of the poor vehicle control actually makes me sick everytime I play it! Control is so important in any 3D game and this game just lacking, big time!
The multi player mode is also disappointing as the small vehicles get lost among the colourful stages. The game is just not fun! The graphics and the sounds are great but the game is just lacking in the fun department.
I'm sorry people but the bottom line is that you can pass on this game and be quite contented because you saved a couple of bucks.
Rating: - A Forgotten Toy...
Toy Commander was a little game released by Sega a few months after the Dreamcast was unleashed. It received good reviews, but not that many people bought it. Well, anyone who has a Dreamcast owes it to themselves to buy this game. Toy Commander is one of the most original titles I have ever played.
The Good:
The premise and gameplay is very original. You are the Toy Commander (Andy, a young boy), who has lost control over many of his childhood toys. In a series of 50+ missions, you must fight for the alliance of your toys and regain your title as Toy Commander. The missions are very imaginative and use the environements (bathtubs, hallways, parent's rooms, bath rooms) very cleverly. My favorite is where you make an assault on a "harbor" (a bathtub) in your plane. Simple, but clear and sharp graphics Music goes well with the mood of the game Many different vehicles to choose from The game is very humorous and utilizes the "Toy" concept very well The weapons are very cool (even if there are only 4)
The Bad:
Some wonky controls and camera angles can lead to some cheap deaths A few of the missions are impossible to complete in the given time limit The bosses are way too easy
Toy Commander is one of the rare games that is both original and fun. The gameplay is so varied and clever that Toy Commander never gets stale. There is even a multiplayer mode- which is also gobs of fun. If the game's controls were a bit tighter, TC would be perfect. Still, Toy Commander is one of the finest games on the Dreamcast. And to Sega: Please make a sequel sometime soon!
Rating: - Toys,Toys,and more Toys!
Toy Commander is a very good game. When I do single player and multiplayer, I stock up on the cheats to defeat bosses. Just go to a site with cheats and you'll defeat the game in no time!!!!!!
- Toy Commander
- Could have been much better, a real disappointment
- A Forgotten Toy...
