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Viking Brothers was available as a giveaway on January 17, 2016!
By the horns of your helmet, this is a Viking adventure you'll never forget! Join two brothers as they set off across a battle-scarred kingdom to drive off savages, restore their land, and search for the magic items that will breathe new life into their once magnificent realm. Interact with captivating characters as you race to complete tasks and reap the highest possible rewards. Gather resources as quickly as you can, and then clear roads and rivers, rebuild bridges and towns, and beat back enemies, earning gold, silver or bronze trophies for your efforts. Explore glorious Asgard, delve into dwarven caves, and slog through soggy swamplands, freeing druids, fairies and fellow warriors as you guide the brothers on their quest. Through 50 levels of rollicking time management fun, you'll learn the heroic ways of the Vikings and experience an epic story of love, valor and legend! Will you take up the cause of the Vikings and restore their world today?
Windows XP or later; 2 GHz processor; 512 MB RAM; 500 MB hard drive space; DirectX 7.0 or later
120 MB
$9.99
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I love TMG, so thanks for this fun little game. One thing that would make it better is to get rid of the click through dialogue. I'd like a button so all dialogue can be turned off, but other than that, I'm really enjoying this one. I have a very slow connection and can't download lot of the bigger games, so these small ones are great.
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Thanks for the great game. Please more of this one ..:)
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Hi,
I have no boat at lv 6.
Installed yesterday without any problem, Win 8.1 Prof.
Any idea?
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Loving this game! Thanks, Alawar! I suspect I'll be buying more games in this series, if they're available.
This shouldn't be classified "Time Management" -- you can take half an hour to go through a level without being timed-out if you want to diddle around -- so, "Quest Journey" or something?
Those Viking brothers are typical guys: they loll around grinning while the workers do all the work ;-)
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Wow, I LOVE time management games, and they seem so rare! I actually do find them a good stress release, and I've had a heart attack, so I'm pretty attuned to what causes me stress - I guess I'm just odd that way. ;-) And it's from Alawar to boot! Thanks!
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And the fishing at the dock, I click on the water just passed the dock. :)
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I finally worked it out. I had to click on the items on the other island and the little warriors got in a boat and rowed across the water. Fantastic game on Win10. Love these types of games. Thank you.
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It wont let me fish at the dock in Level 6. I've clicked every where possible.
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It's been a while since I played a time-management game. Years ago, I used to enjoy them. Not so much anymore. This one quickly downloaded to my Win 10 desktop without any problems and I played the first level. I don't have enough time to do it justice, but I'll get back to it at a later date.
Thank you Stephen and the GGAOTD team for your dedication to this site. Also, a big thanks to Alawar for your many donations since I became aware of this site about 1 1/2 yrs. ago.
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Never mind, I found the work totem and the speed totem. :)
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Allan, one of us is confused. I understand Dane + history + Vikings. I understand Origin + Jade Empire + (possibly) China. I hope you realize that the Origin offer has nothing to do with the Vikings game. Whiterabbit is helpfully suggesting alternate sources for free games. None of these sources are required to get today's game which is Viking Brothers from Alawar.
I'm sorry to mention this if you already understood it but your mention of Origin and Steam suggested to me that you thought that one of them might be necessary to download today's game.
If you didn't realize that and read this too late to download the game, Whiterabbit mentions that you can get it from MyPlayCity or TooMky Games but also gives some warnings.
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I love the series of Viking Games by Alawar and I'm very grateful for this donation by them. I second your thanks to them for a great game. One of the nice things about these games is the artwork, notice in the first screen shot after the notice about the non existent virus how you're playing on the back of a crocodile, just one of the many ways the artists for these games make them more enjoyable. Look closely at the games and you'll find more 'hidden art' fun.
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I own all of these games and as you, I find them a help with my chronic pain, rather than relying on more pills.
Thank you Stephen for your moderation duties. I did download, less than 1 minute on a cable modem, to a WIN 8.1 64 bit HP laptop, and played the game with no problems. I own it already, and have played it on a WIN 7 PRO 64 bit laptop.
Hope your week is filled with happiness and great games. I'm addicted to popping balloons thanks to something I saw here about a sale on Steam. Tower defense fanatic that I am I've been playing BTD5 which I know you can play free but Firefox and Flash don't get along well and I'm tired of crashing out of the game and that doesn't happen on Steam.
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For some constructive comments... Love the fish swimming in the water (a very nice touch). Would like to have the bonuses available of being able to earn the ability to run faster, work faster, freeze time, that type of thing. Love the pop up land on a fairly early level, the one where you are building the bridge. That was a nice surprise. This game is another very well designed game by alawar.
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Worth a try to see if any worth. Like idea the levels play fast makes game seem less like work than is typical for this genre. At first I was thinking of that old Vikings game that got pretty hard. Thanks for review and game.
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Always a big fan of alawar games. Have bought many of them. I am a time management fan myself. Why are the time management games so few and far between? Serious question. Are they harder to design than the hidden object games or is there just less of a demand for them?
Anyhow, thanks so much for this one. I will enjoy it! Love this site, and thanks WhiteRabbit for what you do.
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Yay! I like these games. Entertaining and relaxing after a day of python programming. Thanks WhiteRabbit!
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I like Vikings! Vikings are cool! "Argh, Matey! Swab the plank or you will walk the deck!" Wait, switch that. Wait X2, that's not Vikings....
Thor's a Viking, right? I don't like Thor; he's a mewling quim. So, I don't like Vikings. Vikings are uncool.
I've never played a TM game that I really enjoyed. I can't imagine this one would be any different. Work is work. Play is play. Work is NOT play!
Still, for some reason, it reminds me of Settlers of Catan - the best board game never to get bored with while playing. I'm going to wind up (like a Jack in the Box) downloading this game anyway.
Until next time, White Rabbit, may you never hear the word "ETERMENATE!" spoken behind your back. Or to your face. Or off to the side either.
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Very bad, sorry! I love time management games but this is the first I thrown away. Such a bad graphic (all too little) and hard too see - no, thank you! To disable widescreen in the options will help nothing...
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Fun little game, and some of the dialog is funny, but having dialog that the player has to click through on every level gets really annoying...
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Thanks a lot for an interesting offer. As a Dane, I would love to have a bit of "our history" in my games section. However, the Origin deal is a turn of for me. I'm not that much into gaming. I simply don't have the time for big games. However, I have Steam, but that won't do today. Happy weekend and thanks again for doing such a great effort to keep the game section alive. Greets from Denmark
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Viking Brothers:
Installation:In Brief:
Viking Brothers is a time management cum strategy game on the lines of Rescue Heroes, but loosely based on a Viking theme. The game was kindly donated by Alawar Entertainment. Thanks a million for continuing to give us some excellent games.
If you miss today's giveaway it is available free 24/7 from MyPlayCity and TooMky Games . The advantage of installing the giveaway version is that there is no chance of getting toolbars, home page changes, browser changes, and your browser is never opened to the donators web site when you close the game down, like it is if you get the game from any of the other free arcade game sites.
Viking Brothers downloads to a 120 MB zip file that unpacks to a read me and a wrapped setup activation file (the orange colored file with the key symbol), plus there's a setup file with security (setup.gcd) that's protected from being hacked. This file may case some security software to alert the user to a possible malware attack, but it will be a false positive. The game giveaway team check all game giveaways for malware using several well known anti -malware suites. There has never been a game giveaway infected with malware since the project started back in Dec 2006. The installed game is 390 MB in size and is installed via the following path.
C:\Games\VikingBrothers_Game
There is no desktop shortcut installed. Be sure to make a note of where the game installs to, so that you can create one yourself. I usually use the 'send to' command from the drop down menu by right clicking on the games executable, or you can create one directly into the games folder and drag it to the desktop.
Once installed you can delete the giveaway setup files.
The game works on Win 7 and Win 10 computers, unfortunately I can't confirm whether it works on Win 8 as I've now upgraded all of my Win 8 computers.
Introduction:
Reference accessed HERE 17th Jan 2016
Reviews:
You can see some Big Fish mini reviews of Viking Brothers HERE, just scroll down to the middle of the page. You can also find forum discussions HERE and more mini reviews over on Steam HERE and iWin HERE. (I purchased the game via Steam when it was released so was able to check the game for a couple of hours with no issues)
The Game:
Reference accessed HERE 16th Jan 2016
Video and Slideshow:
You can see a slideshow of about 60 images HERE. You’ll also find videos of Viking Brothers game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Music:
There's no folders containing music files, they are coded directly into the games executable. Thankfully I think most community members will agree that the music is appropriate for this game.
You will need to change the music files to the .ogg format and rename them to the ones you are replacing.
System Requirements:
OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
CPU: 2.0 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
DirectX: 7.0
Hard Drive: 404 MB
Conclusion:
If you liked the Rescue Team, Rescue Frenzy, Weather lord or New Yankee in Santa`s Service games you'll like this one as well. It's got the same strategic game play; the only difference is the Viking theme and some gorgeous environments to explore. I don't particularly like Time Management game because I play games to relax, though these games are excellent for pain management (via distraction therapy). TM games just aren't relaxing for me, however, this type of TM game isn't as time oriented as say Gourmania, Ice Cream Mania or Beach Party Craze so I find them okay in small doses (much like the Farm Frenzy games).
The graphics are cartoon like and would appeal to younger children and families in general.
Scoring
Game play: 7
Graphics: 7.5
Audio: 7
Replayability: 6
Originality: 6
Fun Factor: 7
Total = out of 60 which equals out of 10.
Problems:
If you have any problems installing or getting Viking Brothers working, please go HERE for help. I've posted most of the common problems and solutions in a FAQ thread, which you can find in the sticky section of the forums by following the above link. If you do find any other fixes please post them in the FAQ's thread an I'll incorporate them into the thread when I have time (I always attribute fixes poted by the community to the member who posted them. Thank you.
If you are posting late in the day I would also suggest posting in the main giveaway forums; in the game discussion section, because I cannot moderate 24hrs a day over the weekend. I've created a thread HERE for that purpose. If you've installed today's game but it doesn’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at a later date. Unfortunately if your problem is actually downloading it, once the giveaway deadline is reached you will no longer be able to download the game unless you've already started downloading it before the cut-off. Sometimes you can still register the game after the giveaway has ended so long as you managed to start the download before the giveaway ends. I've tested this and the grace period lasts for up to 1 hour. Apart from the above instances; i.e. already installed, but having problems running the game, (with the possibility of receiving help from the community via the giveawayoftheday game discussion forum); or still downloading after the cut off period, but within the 1 hour grace period, or registering within an hour of the cut-off period. Once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done to get the game (unless its available from one of the free game sites) until the game is given away again (though that isn't always guaranteed).
It's worth checking the giveaway game discussion forums the day before the giveaways go live to see if we are getting a large sized file (I usually post a comment about approximately how large a file is if it's likely to cause problems for those with slow connections; however, if I'm particularly busy I may neglect to do this). It is especially important for those who have slow connections and even more so if the game is popular. We can have up to forty thousand (40 000) community members downloading over the 24 hour period (if the game is popular), with the bulk of community members downloading in the first 12 hours of the giveaway going live, there is always a massive strain on the giveaway servers. The bigger the file size, the more community members will be downloading at any one time. Because the bandwidth is shared equally among all community members, downloads can become excruciatingly slow, so if you do have a slow connection, its important to start your download as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Because these games are free, the giveaway owners cannot invest in more bandwidth without compromising the whole project, so we have to be satisfied with what we have at present.
A download manager can help speed the download up and also protect the download in case of an interruption. There's nothing as frustrating for those with really slow connections to have the connection break after an hour or so, then have to start from the beginning again. I would ask community members if you do have decent bandwidth please avoid using a manager as it does add to the number of downloads occurring at any one time, for example some download managers will download your requested file in up to 32 packets simultaneously, that effectively will take 32 download spots, thus slowing down everyone's download speeds. For those with slow downloads (due to having a slow connection e.g. a 2MB Broadband connection or less) I would advise using a download manager if the file is larger than around 200MB. My broadband connection is 100MBs, so I don't need to use a download manager, (I do have one called Internet Download Manager, but don't use it when downloading files from the giveaway site). For me a 1GB file usually downloads in about 1.5 minutes or less. My connection is quite a long way from the provider so it is slowed a little, but is still quite good at a download speed of around 12 to 14 MB's per second.
I hope the above goes some way in explaining why we sometimes have really slow downloads.
It’s always worth checking out the free games sites because sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity (MPC) has the most with over 1400 games to choose from and Toomky Games is highly recommended as well, though sometimes Gametop will have the game when the others don't. Today's game is available 24/7 from MyPlayCity and TooMky Games .
If you do download any games from these free game sites please 'do' watch out for toolbars etc. Make sure you un-check the check-boxes during installation, and, in the case of MyPlayCity, every time you boot the game up, (this may have changed now as these free game sites tend to change the format frequently). I've not downloaded any from these sites in ages so can't confirm whether they have changed....... I've posted links to all of the common free game sites below in the 'games, games and yet more games' section. If you do download a game from any of these sites you do so at your own risk. We cannot be held responsible for problems arising from an installation recommended here. :)
The gamegiveaway site is the safest site I know of where you can get free software and games. (BitsduJour is also great for free applications). The only disadvantages with downloading from here is you have to download and install within the day of the giveaway and if and when you upgrade or buy a new computer legally you aren't allowed to transfer games given away previously, unless they are being given away again after you upgrade, or if you've purchased a license. :)
You just have to look at the sites track record since the game giveaway site was created back in December 2006. No games given away here since the inception of the gamegiveaway site have been infected with malware, there are no toolbars installed, nor home pages hijacked or browsers changed. There is one slight annoyance, but that only occurs if a community member isn't paying attention; i.e. when the final window pops up after installing a giveaway, called 'the Software Informer' installation window. Some community members have complained that they were given no choice in its installation. That is not true; when the final window pops up, there are two buttons, one asking if you want Software Informer installed and the button to close the giveaway window down. Some community members have clicked on the wrong button, probably because they weren't paying attention. Thankfully Software Informer is a genuine application, that can easily be uninstalled by the usual means. It's actually a useful piece of software, especially if you have a lot of applications running on your computer. Basically the program will list the programs that need updating, or programs that have available updates. They wont be automatically installed (thus cancelling many giveaway registrations); you have to click on individual buttons to update each program/application. :D
Games, Games, and yet more Games:
There are 509 games on sale this week, with a new batch of games to come on Monday. You can find all of the games on sale HERE. I won't bother listing any of the games, but it should be worth visiting as there are games for all tastes. Of course you do need to install the Steam client, but IMO it is well worth it. There are lots of free games (not just free to play online games) available plus there are always games on sale. You'll often find other game distributors will sell games with a Steam key and most of the bundled games on sale usually come with a Steam key as well.
You'll find some excellent deals over on the following Game sites.
GreenManGaming They usually have coupons to the value of 23% and sometimes more off pre ordered games. I've pre ordered lots of AAA games from GMG and saved up to 25% off the pre order prices you find on Steam.
Gamersgate Summer Sale
GOG (DRM free games)
Gamestop
GameFly (soon to be sold off)
I've removed the Desura link because the owners are bankrupt and there has been no activity on the site in many months. The servers are still live (at least until Bad JoJo's subscription to the servers has ended, Bad JoJo are the owners of Desura and Indie Royale, or were until filing for bankruptcy). If you own any games via Desura I advise downloading all of the drm free games you have on that platform and on the Indie Royale site before the sites are taken down.
Free Game Sites:
Toomky Games
MyPlayCity (over a 1000 games to choose from)
Gametop
FreeGamePick
To be honest there are too many game deals around too list them all. Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you for a very decent price. If like me you prefer Steamworks games, many of the above sites also sell Steamwork games.
If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums HERE for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles (there's over 20 of them - If you purchased all of them you'd be paying around $80 for around a thousand dollars worth of games); or check out the four day sales at IndieGameStand. you'll find the indie bundles thread HERE. The thread is outdated, but all of the links will still take you to the latest bundles.
The latest IndieGameStand game is Spirits of Xanadu
You can get the game for $1; pay over the average to get a bonus pack for the game. (The price at the time of writing was $1.67). The game includes a Steam code as well as a drm free download.
The deal ends Tuesday 19th Jan 2016 5am (GMT)
The latest DIG game is 8-Bit Commando:
Pay £0.99 for the game or you can get two keys if you pay more than the average of $0.99 (at the time of writing ). One Steam key to share with a friend or family member perhaps? You'll find that deal HERE. They also have five bundles of several games that'll cost you less than $1.50 each HERE (DIG Bundles 48, 49 & 50, reBundle 9 and DIG Greenlight Bundle 3 and 4 ). You get Steam keys for all of these games apart from the DIG Greelight Bundles. If any of those games are added to the Steam store you will get a Steam key, in the mean time, you can download DRM free copies.
The single game deal ends Midnight Tuesday 19th Jan 2016 and will be replaced with a new game.
Most of the bundles available retail for around $5 give or take a few dollars (apart from the Daily Indie bundles that only cost $1.49 for six games), but you can pay as little as a dollar for some. There are some excellent bundles out at the moment. I highly recommend the first four sites as they regularly change their bundles, at least weekly. Bundle Stars is the most prolific, usually with at least 10 bundles, but sometimes a lot more. some bundles stay for months, others for only a few days. I also recommend buying the Greenlight bundles as you will get quite a few being Greenlit and save a large amount of money on newly released games. I reckon at least 75% of the games from those bundles have been Greenlit since I purchased my first Greenlight bundle. (I've bought at least 50 bundles with only Greenlight games and they have never cost more than $3 to $4 per bundle, with savings up to 90%. The flying bundle is the only one that will inform you when a game has been Greenlit and will send you your Steam keys, the rest you have to check your accounts page to see if they have added Steam keys. sometimes it may take several weeks after the game has been released before you get your keys, but generally its either the same day or a few days at the most.
Bundle Stars (26 bundles)
Groupees (3 bundles)
Indie Gala (5 bundles)
Humble bundle (2 Bundles)
Indie Royale (this bundle is no longer live)
Bundle Bandits (0 bundles)
Blink Bundle (0 bundles)
Play Injector (0 bundle)
Get Loaded (0 bundles)
Games Rage (0 bundles)
Flying bundle (1 bundles)
FREE GAME:
The free game from Origin is Jade Empire: Special Edition (Highly Recommended). This game may change soon as it's been available for almost two months now.
Check it out HERE.
You do need a free Origin account and install the Origin client to get these free games. Once you've installed the Origin client and signed into your account select 'On the house' from the 'Free Games' drop down menu. Then select download now. The game will then be registered to your Origin account permanently.
A Request for help:
Regards
Whiterabbit aka Stephen
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