Icebreaker is a unique puzzle physics game for mobile! Use your icebreaking skills to solve puzzles and cut your way through ice, rope, cannons, explosives, smile and chickens to get your clan back safely to the Viking longboat.
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I could never get far, but I always liked it.
Um jogo criativo e desafiante. Mas um pouco macante
Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage is a really fun puzzle game. I have not yet beaten the game as it is really difficult but I have reached the final world (as of writing this) so keep that in mind.
The story is nothing special, but it is definitely improved by dialogue that is actually funny (most of the time).
You cut through ice to get the frozen vikings into a boat where they will quickly be freed from their excruciating pain.
The great level design and various bonus challenges/collectibles make this not become repetitive. There are chests, which act like the vikings but give you coins when reaching the boat. They are made unavailable if you don't plan around them. Coins can also appear in levels floating around which are used as hints as they show how you how you might be able to beat the level. Coins can also be used to unlock optional levels or shortcuts.
There are also two kinds of bonus challenges.
The first one doesn't really have a name but they are random optional extra tasks that appear 1-2 times per world and also unlock extra levels.
An example for that kind of challenge is the goat man in Troll Marsh (the second world). He appears in a level together with some goats which act as enemies, if a viking touches them they die and if the goats get in the vikings boat they die. It is possible to beat the game as normal, but if you get the goats into the goat mans boat first (which is really hard because of the levels design) you unlock a new branching path including new goat based levels, which are a nice break of pace.
You can also set your own records by using less cuts and if you cut a certain amount of times (or less) you will be granted a "par". A par is usually given out to the player if they cut the minimum amount of times, but in some cases you can get a record even better.
Par does not only make levels more replayable but also unlocks some of the hardest levels in the game.
There are also achievements and gems, which are hidden, to keep you interested.
The level design is also great. There are a lot of great ideas which are either world or even level specific.The levels are almost all diverse and fun to play.
The enemies are also good. My only problem with them is that there are normally not more than one per world.
The boss battles are also only okay and the boss of Under Dwell is easily cheesed, making him a 10 second fight if you play perfectly.
The last world, named Kraken, is my only real problem. There is a giant difficulty spike from the 3rd to the last world, due to its world mechanic sometimes being incredibly janky, which is why I have not yet beaten the game.
All in all Icebreaker is still a great puzzle game and definitely a hidden gem from the mobile gaming golden age.
Edit: I have now completed it and the last bunch of levels were great
The story is nothing special, but it is definitely improved by dialogue that is actually funny (most of the time).
You cut through ice to get the frozen vikings into a boat where they will quickly be freed from their excruciating pain.
The great level design and various bonus challenges/collectibles make this not become repetitive. There are chests, which act like the vikings but give you coins when reaching the boat. They are made unavailable if you don't plan around them. Coins can also appear in levels floating around which are used as hints as they show how you how you might be able to beat the level. Coins can also be used to unlock optional levels or shortcuts.
There are also two kinds of bonus challenges.
The first one doesn't really have a name but they are random optional extra tasks that appear 1-2 times per world and also unlock extra levels.
An example for that kind of challenge is the goat man in Troll Marsh (the second world). He appears in a level together with some goats which act as enemies, if a viking touches them they die and if the goats get in the vikings boat they die. It is possible to beat the game as normal, but if you get the goats into the goat mans boat first (which is really hard because of the levels design) you unlock a new branching path including new goat based levels, which are a nice break of pace.
You can also set your own records by using less cuts and if you cut a certain amount of times (or less) you will be granted a "par". A par is usually given out to the player if they cut the minimum amount of times, but in some cases you can get a record even better.
Par does not only make levels more replayable but also unlocks some of the hardest levels in the game.
There are also achievements and gems, which are hidden, to keep you interested.
The level design is also great. There are a lot of great ideas which are either world or even level specific.The levels are almost all diverse and fun to play.
The enemies are also good. My only problem with them is that there are normally not more than one per world.
The boss battles are also only okay and the boss of Under Dwell is easily cheesed, making him a 10 second fight if you play perfectly.
The last world, named Kraken, is my only real problem. There is a giant difficulty spike from the 3rd to the last world, due to its world mechanic sometimes being incredibly janky, which is why I have not yet beaten the game.
All in all Icebreaker is still a great puzzle game and definitely a hidden gem from the mobile gaming golden age.
Edit: I have now completed it and the last bunch of levels were great