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One of the worst things you can tell a child to do is clean their room. Children hate to clean their rooms, but they may feel differently if they had some of the methods displayed in The Magic Toychest. The goal of the game is to pick up each room of the house. Players use physics to get the toys into the toy box. The goals of each level differ, as far as the toys that need to be picked up, but each level contains a puzzle challenging players to get the specific toy into the toy box.

The Magic Toychest is a bit different from other casual games, as far as the way they introduce the game play. There is an entirely different area for the tutorial levels and the tutorial levels walk the player through all of the different items that can be used to get the toys into the toy box.

Once the player has worked their way through the tutorial levels, they are off to put their newly learned skills to the test. The first few levels are fairly easy to figure out, but the levels get a bit challenging after the first few. I was able to solve the puzzles in the first room without too much of an issue, but if you can’t get through a specific puzzle you can always skip the puzzle and go to the next level/puzzle. I did have to skip a few puzzles and continue on with the game. The skip feature is a great feature and eliminates the frustration factor. It is a big frustration to have one level stop the player from continuing on with the game, especially in puzzle games because some puzzles can be challenging.

The puzzles involve getting the specific toy to the toy box and the player has to use physics to get the toy into the toy box. Each toy is “propelled” to the toy box by using other toys. For instance, whiffle bats can be used as bridges, letter blocks can be used to prop up the whiffle bats and teddy bears can be used to get toys rolling in the right direction. The toys always have to be put into motion in some way. The player can drop a toy on another toy, such as a ball, to get the ball moving or shoot a dart from the gun to get things in motion. Once the toys are in motion, it makes it a lot easier to get them into the toy box.

The graphics in The Magic Toychest are bright and the rooms of the house look like the rooms they are suppose to be. For instance, the children’s rooms look like children’s rooms and have bright walls and bright comforters and furniture. The different sections of the game take place in a house and each room looks great.

The Magic Toychest was a really fun game and had a good balance between challenging puzzles and easier puzzles.  The physics in the game are great and the toys and balls roll like you would expect them to when they are hit. Any player that likes physics games and enjoys puzzles, should definitely check out The Magic Toychest. The game has a lot of game play and is worth the $19.95.