Gnomes Garden 3

Gnomes are a pretty popular race in fantasy tales, especially when it comes to Dungeons & Dragons stories. Hence, they are pretty well established when it comes to lore, although they are not everyone’s first choice, mainly because they are small and not very good in melee combat. On the other hand, they are masters of magic, which makes them very useful on the battlefield.

Gnomes Garden 3 is a time management game in which you play the role of a young princess trying to rescue her family and her castle from an evil warlock that stole all that while she was gone. As you can tell from the name, this is the third entry in the series, and if you are already familiar with the previous games, then this one shouldn’t take you by surprise either.

The story is not complicated at all, especially since it is explained in the first few minutes with just a handful of phrases, plus a couple of images. Hence, it all starts when the gnome princess decides to go home after her previous adventure, only to find that an evil warlock has stolen her castle, along with her family. Hence, it’s her duty to get everything back to normal as quickly as possible.

The gameplay is more or less the same as in every other classic time management game out there, which means that your time is spent gathering resources, clearing the road of obstacles and rebuilding various facilities. Each mission has multiple objectives, and you can also upgrade certain facilities, get more workers on the field at once, or produce more food from the same farm.

All of this must be done as quickly as possible, because there’s a timer going down from the moment you start playing each map. Depending on how fast you finish with all the objectives, you are rewarded with up to three stars for your effort. The graphics are nothing to write home about, but at least each map is different than the last, which keeps boredom away.

Even if it’s not much different from the first two games in the series, Gnomes Garden 3 is still a bundle of fun, especially if you like a challenge. Each mission is a blast, and they get significantly more difficult later on.

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