Ice Age Village is a peculiar case. It is very clearly an advergame for the upcoming Ice Age movie, yet it certainly doesn’t lack the quality most advergames do. Those who turn their nose up just because of the game’s intentions are missing out, for sure.
Keeping with the continuity of the feature films, we find out that Earth is starting to melt and transition out of the ice age, and with it Pangaea is starting to break apart (hence the name of the new film Continental Drift) This predicament tasks you in finding new homes for the series’ characters and other creatures within the Ice Agecanon.
If you’ve ever played any modern social games where you were forced to build buildings, Ice Age Village follows that routine with a bit of a deviation. Let’s face it, variety is what can make or break a social game, and this one does a decent job in that respect. For example, you can breed any of the types of animals in the game, including wooly mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers, prehistoric birds, and more.
If breeding animals makes the game sound like Dream Zoo, you’re assumption would be correct. Although here, progress moves much quicker, so you won’t spend so much time just waiting for the next activity to complete. The families you create here make a lot more money for you than in Dream Zoo, which obviously makes things more fun.
Besides being better at rewarding your breeding, Ice Age Village is also a bit better at giving you activities to do that can earn you additional bonuses for participating. You can rub on eggs to earn additional money, for instance. Another mini-game plays like Fruit Ninja, featuring Scrat swiping at jumping piranhas.
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