Axe in Face

Axe in Face – Vikings are pretty attached to Daffodils, but don’t lose your head!

Vikings have always tended to strike terror and fear into the hearts of anyone who ever stood in their way. Although the horde have long since given up raping, pillaging and generally being a pain in the butt to unsuspecting villagers, we still don’t know much about what they did in their downtime. Well thankfully to this little game, we have a bit of an insight, if slightly more tongue in cheek than anything else.

You play the part of Redbeard who likes nothing more than to tend to his fields of Daffodils. Rather than going berserk with a bloodlust triggered off by a horn, your character is too sensitive about his garden and woe betide anyone who dare cross through his beloved Daffodils!

Fortunately it’s down to you and your trusty axe to stop the waves of Vikings from trampling their way through your fields. What you must do is draw a line from Redbeard to the desired destination. Once you release your finger from the end of the line you’ve drawn you get to watch your axe fly. If you’re on target the Vikings will become a little detached from their heads, if you’re not accurate, the Vikings will continue in their path to your Daffodils.

You only have the one axe so you must wait for it to return to you after each throw (which it does in a boomerang operation), before you can take another attempt in beheading the Vikings again. As you play your way through the levels you will see a range of different looking Vikings which all have strengths and weaknesses. For example, Vikings in sacks make big jumps, but stop for a few seconds before each jump. Other Vikings, have shields and can only be killed by using the axe from behind. Meanwhile, some Vikings use trees as defence and can only be stopped should you ignite your axe in a fire beforehand.

You are graded quite simply by the number of Vikings you kill in each level and this is increased by the combo of how many you bump off in one throw. However you will lose the level should you fail to prevent the Vikings from treading on your flowers!

Although this is in essence a bit of a violent game, it’s not gory or disgusting and actually is quite cute and as such lends itself to anyone of just about any age to play. And yes, even when you lose Redbeard looks so cute when he cries!

Overall, this is highly addictive, a real steal at only 59p and one you could easily get hooked on playing.

Rating 88%

Positives

Simple and entertaining

Addictive

Cute and amusing

Challenging, particularly at later stages

Negatives

Quite repetitive

The graphics never change so the levels never really alter