Toys-to-life games catapulted to the big time in the early 2010s starting with Skylanders. Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions soon joined the fray, each adding their own special twist and unique properties to the mix, but they weren’t long for this world. Disney Infinity’s last game came out in 2015 and they stopped production of new figures in 2016. LEGO Dimensions ceased production of new expansions in 2017. And while Skylanders is allegedly continuing on, the last game in the series released in 2016, with no new games on the horizon. You might have heard that toys-to-life games were all but dead, but Ubisoft came cruising onto the scene in their fancy new starship, set on a quest to save the toys-to-life genre with Starlink.
Playing With Your Games – The Toys Most toys to life games are set-and-forget. As long as the toy is on the pad, you can play with it in-game, but you don’t really do anything with the toys to help play the game. They simply act as a totem representing the avatar. Starlink’s modular ships mean you get to play with your toys while playing the game. Swap out guns on the fly, switching from a fiery blasting flamethrower to a steady stream of icy bullets when needed. Change up your ship’s wings to alter its stats immediately. Even pop an entirely different ship over your pilot at any time.
The controller mount for the ships means that playing with the toys is always right at your fingertips. Even when not swapping o...