Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Demo

The Ice Age series features the fantastic world of talking animals that must find shelter before the long winter sets, as well as migrate toward more temperate landscapes. The lovable characters always manage to get into ridiculous situations and barely escape with their lives from the perils of the changing environment.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs gives you the opportunity to take control over the most recognizable characters from the movies and use their special abilities to accomplish a variety of feats, most of which regard their escape from the arctic cold. Thus, you can play as Sid, Manny, Diego and various others, each one of which needs to survive the challenges that lay before them.

The core mechanics of the game are those of a regular third-person adventure game, although it does play out more like a platformer. But, every once in a while, you also have to come up with a solution to the puzzles that block your way, by making use of your character's special abilities. Inadvertently, hilarity ensues at every step, thanks to the variety of funny situations you find yourself in most of the time.

As in the movie, the surrounding landscapes have been carefully designed and rendered for your pleasure, with beautiful mountains, glaciers and, obviously, a lot of snow. The characters are also very well animated and the look exactly as they did in the original motion picture, as do the environments they have to explore throughout the game's story line.

Speaking of which, the plot follows the one from the movie, although you do get to meet a few new faces and take part in some original events. Other than that, there are over 15 levels that can be explored for bonus points and various other secrets, each one of which is closely modeled after locations that have made their appearance on the big screen as well.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a fun and entertaining game you can spent a few hours with, in case the movie made you want to relive the experience once more. You can share the fun with your friends over the Internet, by making use of the multiplayer function and the multitude of mini-games available for you to compete against each other.