Little Viking follows the trials and tribulations of one little Viking as he roams from room to room collecting gold and keys before being allowed to move on, simple right? Traversing the dungeon is done by rotating the entire room. As gravity takes hold you are able to access different parts of the level in order to complete your tasks. Along the way you will encounter enemies and obstacles such as monsters, spikes, and gas all out to stop you. Boulders and rolling rocks are used as both obstacles and tools to solve the puzzles of which there are approximately 100 to trawl through. The learning curve is gradual but you will find yourself stuck on the odd level for decidedly longer than the average level.

The graphics are simple and cute with minor animation in the flaming torches, and although these are great it wouldn’t hurt to have some animation on the main character when he walks. The death animation is reminiscent of the classic retro game Rick Dangerous which always brings a smile to my face. The silhouette style level design means there are little or no loading times but with 100 levels I was hoping for more than different hues of wall colour delineate the 10 different zones.

Music and sound effects are solid and the Viking battle scream as the hero enters the vortex is both sweet and amusing.

Gameplay is straightforward and uses four buttons, left, right, rotate left and rotate right and although they are responsive and easy to use they could benefit from being a little bigger. I sometimes found myself falling down a chasm hoping to pull right only to be impaled on spikes and my thumb just to the side of the button. The games instructions need to be discovered through trial and error as there is little in the way of ‘how to’ screens or help bubbles but to be honest it is quite refreshing to be rid of all the chaff and unnecessary options that can bump up the file size of most mobile games.

Overall, this is a great game that is easy to play and highly addictive. What it lacks in optional extras and background diversity, it makes up for with a horde of great levels and simple pick up and play gameplay. If you are after a fun little puzzler that doesn’t take itself too seriously then your will get a good few hours of Little Viking.

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This isn’t a problem though, you will want to upgrade quickly in order to make the most of the exciting gameplay and the upgrades are worth having. You can spend points gained in the gameplay to buy these upgrades or (if you don’t fancy a grindfest) purchase upgrade points via in app purchases.

The main gameplay has you on rails flying in a mixture of street level and mid height courses, the tilt functionality will have you dodging a mixture of obstacles including oncoming vehicles, missiles, billboards and fighter jets. I usually hate any game that uses the tilt functionality however in Iron Man 3 these controls are tight and you feel in control of the action.

Your main foes are the forces of AIM in the guise of flying mechs, minor bosses (in iron man armor) and some standard drones that fire projectiles at you (they look like the probot droids from Empire Strikes Back) and you can fire blasts from your hands that fire directly at the enemy or a beam of energy that can cut through multiple enemies at a time.  Sometimes the game will require you to tilt the device to dodge enemy fire and attack enemies at the same time meaning you have you contort your fingers in a way that makes the touch screen difficult to utilize which often causes you to take damage or miss firing opportunities. This feels like a minor flaw in the game design.

One other minor complaint is that the game has very few levels.  The level you play in is randomly generated however there are only a few of them and you can regularly end up in the same one time after time.

Overall Iron Man 3 is a very good game and there is a hell of a lot to unlock if you dedicate time to it (or pay for it).  The game is great without the need to purchase anything though, sure you can get the Iron Patriot armor (one of the 16 you can unlock) but there’s plenty of gameplay available for free.  The gameplay is repetitive but it is also very exciting and graphically the game looks very good, especially in the menu and upgrade system.

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