| Farm Frenzy 3: Ice Age is the next installment of | | | | each level's set objectives which include earning a |
| the farm management series that has taken the | | | | certain amount of money or producing a certain |
| casual gaming world by storm. Join Farm Frenzy | | | | number of cakes for example. The challenge is to |
| 3's star Scarlett as she buys a farm in the North | | | | efficiently manage the various operations on the |
| Pole and heads north to turn the farm into a | | | | farm with as little machinery downtime as |
| success! Help her create delicious frozen treats, | | | | possible, and making sure your farm animals are |
| and breed and care for many arctic animals. | | | | not eaten by roaming predators. Fast reflexes will |
| Farm Frenzy 3: Ice Age continues the story of | | | | get you very far in this game. |
| Scarlett, the star of Farm Frenzy 3 and its | | | | As you progress through the 90 levels in the |
| followup game American Pie. In her quest to help | | | | game, you will earn stars, credits that you can |
| farmers around the world, Scarlett now finds | | | | use to buy new farming machinery and upgrade |
| herself in the North Pole after buying an arctic | | | | your existing technology, making your farm more |
| farm through a newspaper ad. Honestly though, | | | | efficient in various ways. The stars you obtain |
| what kind of farm would succeed in the frozen | | | | depend on how well you perform in each level. |
| wasteland of the North Pole?! | | | | Beating a level in record time will get you more |
| Not one to be intimidated by a challenge, Scarlett | | | | stars than finishing in "Silver Trophy" placing. |
| is determined to make her arctic farm work. This | | | | Because of that (and because later levels have |
| isn't a normal farm though; you won't see any | | | | technology requirements before you can attempt |
| watermelons, pumpkins or chickens here. Instead, | | | | them), you may find you need to redo certain |
| Scarlett is focusing on breeding arctic animals such | | | | levels in order to obtain enough stars to buy the |
| as penguins (Penguins in the arctic? Right...), | | | | required technology. |
| walruses and even mammoths (Mammoths? | | | | The town grid of previous Farm Frenzy games is |
| Maybe that's why they named the game "Ice | | | | back in Ice Age. You can see your progress |
| Age"...). | | | | through the levels along the streets of this town. |
| The game engine for Farm Frenzy 3: Ice Age is | | | | What makes this interesting is that when you |
| the same as for the other Farm Frenzy 3 games, | | | | reach street corners, the gameplay reflects that |
| so the majority of the gameplay is very similar, | | | | by allowing you to choose which "street" or level |
| but with a cooler (heh) more arctic look and feel. | | | | chain to work through, making this game not as |
| For example, you won't see any predatory | | | | linear as its predecessors. Also interesting is the |
| wolves here, but you'll get crazy polar bears | | | | fact that the buildings on this town grid slowly |
| trying to ruin your day. | | | | upgrade and expand as you work your way |
| The gameplay starts out pretty intuitively, with | | | | through the levels, giving the picture of a farming |
| the farming processes from the other Farm | | | | community that is growing with your farm's |
| Frenzy games translating pretty well in this arctic | | | | success. |
| sequel. You start off breeding penguins whose | | | | Gameplay-wise, Farm Frenzy 3: Ice Age does not |
| eggs you collect. These eggs can then be | | | | bring many new mechanics that have not been |
| tractored off to the nearby town for some quick | | | | seen before. This is pretty understandable |
| cash, or they can be transformed into powdered | | | | considering it is basically a re-design of Farm |
| eggs, then into cookies, then into cakes... that is if | | | | Frenzy 3. What it does do however, is dress the |
| you build the necessary machinery on your farm. | | | | mechanics up in an exotic arctic feel that makes |
| There will be some recipes that require ingredients | | | | the game fresh and a welcome change from the |
| not produced on your farm, so you will need to | | | | tired wheat and chicken farm games. If penguins |
| order these ingredients in via helicopter. | | | | and ice cream are your thing, it looks like an Ice |
| The objective of the game is to manage your | | | | Age is coming! |
| farm as efficiently as possible and completing | | | | Rating: 4.0/5. |