Viking Brothers 3 Collector's Edition

The Vikings are the inspiration for a variety of movie characters and video game stories, given the fact that their culture was pretty hardcore to say the least. Besides the fact that they conquered every land they came across, their gods and traditions were very fierce as well. Hence, you can find references to Odin, Thor and Loki in a multitude of modern stories.

Viking Brothers 3 is a time management game part of the fairly popular series that focuses on typical Viking myths and stories, although they are slightly exaggerated most of the time. There are barely any elements that set the franchise apart from all the other time management flicks out there, especially when it comes to gameplay, so don’t expect any riveting changes in that regard.

The story revolves around an evil god who decides to destroy the universe and everyone who’s a part of it. Naturally, a handful of Vikings decide to stop this entity from achieving its plans, and you are in control of their campaign. Most of the story is presented through dialog and short cutscenes, on the other hand, since the actual levels feature very little storytelling.

Your job as the player is to tackle a variety of maps full of resources and objectives, using only a couple of workers to do your bidding. Whether you have to speak to certain characters, clear roads or rebuild structures, most of the gameplay can be boiled down to a few rounds of fetch. Naturally, you have a time limit on the normal difficulty level, so it’s important to act quickly and complete the objectives in a logical order.

In case you need some extra help, there are all sorts of boosts and power-ups that help you along, including some that speed up your workers. In fact, these are required later on in order to hit the time limit, otherwise it’s pretty difficult to gather all the resources you need. The interface is very simple as well, given the fact that all you have to do is click on things and wait for your Vikings to run around the map.

When it’s all said and done, it’s difficult to tell Viking Brothers 3 from the previous installments, but then again innovation is not a big part of the genre. Hence, if all you are looking for is some time management action, there’s plenty of that here.

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