The vikings and the ice that trapped them have returned in an expansion on Nitrome's original physics-based puzzle game, Ice Breaker.
Ice Breaker: The Red Clan introduces lots of new obstacles to deal with strewn about an all-new set of levels. Vikings are trapped in the ice, walled-in by rock, or otherwise prevented from reaching the ship. Using your cursor as a cutting tool, it's your job to set them free. Manipulate each environment to provide a clear path from viking to ship and carve your way through 40 brand-new levels.
Here's what's on the roster for our rusty-haired vikings: ice blocks that rocket apart when you cut them, "grabby stones" that let you create hooks to other surfaces, fat ladies that need to be deflated, and fog that impedes your cutting ability. Oh, and ice. You'll have to deal with ice, too.
The levels in Red Clan are much more inventive than the original Ice Breaker. You can tell the team had more time to focus on design with a finished game mechanic ready to roll. Unfortunately some of these levels require precise solutions, and when you're cutting ropes on swinging boulders or slicing ice to knock over bulging fat ladies, precision isn't quite the name of the game. It encourages you to be inventive with your solutions, however, and I never got so frustrated I wanted to ragequit.
Same great ice-viking taste, now in strawberry flavor! Ice Breaker: The Red Clan is an excellent expansion of the already grand puzzle game.
Walkthrough Guide
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Complete Walkthrough
here's something i did on my spare time.
level 1
grab the two vikings, cut them from the iceberg, then let them swing towards the boat before cutting them loose.
level 2:
make a cut above and below the two vikings (near where the "pins" are). have the huge ball grab onto the ceiling (near another of the "pins") then cut the ice below it to let loose. if it works, the frozen vikings should get hit straight into the boat.
level 3:
cut the five crows loose to let the "dominoes" fall. cut the one crow from the smaller boulder and let it fall into the pit. cut the larger boulder loose to push the viking to safety.
level 4:
start with the two green ladies at the top, then the blue lady right beneath the frozen viking, and lastly the two blue ladies side by side blocking the viking's fall.
level 5:
just let the boulder fall. better cut the ice right in the middle. hopefully, the viking'll get pushed onto the boat. ^_^
level 6:
too many ways. one of which is to get the grabbing boulder close enough to the viking (grab first rock, slice the ice underneath, grab second rock while swinging and cut loose from the other, and so on). you could either grab hold of the rotating rock and work a way to grab the viking down, or just grab onto the viking and let your boulder fall, cutting the viking loose before it gets dragged underwater. ^_^
level 7:
one solution could be this. get the grabby rock attached onto the flying rock, slice the flying rock to get the grabby rock flying and then grab onto the ceiling as close to the viking boat as possible. meanwhile, ignore the blue lady (or pop it, whichever's more fun) slice the ice where the grabby rock was and watch the viking fly in the air. catch it with the grabby rock when it gets closest and then you can get it moving onto the boat.
level 8:
let the boulder loose onto the bowling pins - i mean the vikings and ladies. target the closest viking for better results.
level 9:
cut the ice underneath the frozen viking to get it rolling, but before it could fall onto the stack of devils, grab onto the rock. you don't want the viking rolling to the right, there's no way out there. let it fall to the left, and then the easiest would be to have it swing towards the boat.
level 10:
cut away at the ice surrounding the frozen viking until it gets light enough for the crow to carry. before it flies off, pop a blue lady on the left and watch the viking bounce up. make sure it's above the boat before cutting it loose from the crow.
level 11:
get the grabby boulder swinging and have it hover above the wooden plank at the rightmost of the viking. cut the boulder and the rope at the same time and hope the viking flies onto the boat. ^_^
level 12:
start with the green lady, the blue lady at the bottom, and the next and the next until the viking's on the boat. for the other, cut the ice right in the middle. it's the best way to get the viking safely through.
level 13:
for the viking in round ice, cut the flying rock in half lengthwise. it should get the frozen viking swinging. time it with the rotating hook before cutting it down.
for the viking in the other, slice the ice on which the boulder above it is sitting to get it to fall onto the viking. when it starts swinging, it's best if you could cut away at the ice around it, if not, just cut through the rope.
level 14:
start with the toppest viking. clear out the green ladies, cut the right rope first then the other. this should get the viking close enough to the blue lady. clear away the six green ladies that are farthest from the other viking, to get the weight uneven. cut the boulder down and before it falls, cut the rope where the blue lady is to get the viking there flying. it could either fall into the boat or beside the other viking. cut the last remaing rope.
level 15:
cut the floating ice as close to the top as possible. this should give you the highest path to roll on to. when the frozen viking is as close to the boat as possible, grab it with the rotating grabby rock and onto the boat. (tip: two opposite points on the grabby rock attached to a single point on your target should get it swinging.)
level 16:
cut a portion of the flying rock. it should push the floating frozen viking through the barrier of rock and onto the wooden hook. once there, just cut down the boulder above it and the frozen viking will swing onto the boat.
for the other, cut the frozen viking down, then cut up the tiny portion of ice holding the boulder back. it should push your viking towards the mills and onto the boat.
level 17:
cut down the ice closest to your sled. cut the next ice, making the surface smooth. you should have one clear path here. next, cut down the next island of ice (it'll actually drop into the water and be out of the way.) for fuel, cut the flying rock up and watch the sled go dashing through.
level 18:
this takes a lot of calculation. cut the round boulder down. the viking could either swing onto the top of the slide, in which case you'll need to cut the piece of wood above down quickly, or it could fall right onto the ice and into the boat.
level 19:
just cut the boulder and the frozen viking down at the same time. the flip of the icy boat should send the frozen viking rolling onto the hook. when the hook swings at the very top, cut the whole thing loose to get the viking onto the boat.
level 20:
timing is everything. cut the rope attaching the two vikings together, and before it hits the rotating planks, cut the middle viking down. if all goes well, they'll all topple through the middle, onto the boat.
level 21:
here's a hint. the farther viking should pivot onto the other viking and the rock below it. cut away at all the other bonds of that viking and cut it loose when it swings above the boat. the remaining viking should swing on the rock in the middle of the remaining pivots.
level 22:
above the boat, cut at the smallest, leftest rope holding the crows inside. this way, when the crows fly out , they'll send the red lady toppling towards the teapot looking iceberg. when this falls, get ready, because once the frozen viking's in the air, you'll have to hack away at the ice surrounding it so the two crows could lift it. cut the viking loose when it's on top of the opening.
level 23:
this is fun. cut down the vertical wood close to the weird looking contraption, sawtooth up. cut the flying rock down. cut it in lengthwise and watch the sawtooth wood work the other sawtooth wood through and the frozen viking move onto the boat.
level 24:
here's mine. i attached the grabby rock onto the tip of the rotating rock. next is to separate the frozen vikings into three frozen vikings. this way, you should be able to swing them one by one onto the boat. ^_^
level 25:
again, timing. the first two wood fillers are upside down, while the last should swing on its side. ^_^
level 26:
this one's really tricky. what i did was secure the viking on the grabby rock, attached it to the ceiling, and hacked away at the flying rock underneath. this will get the viking swinging, and i made to the left, right above the opening of the two dangerous rocks. with a little swing and good timing, i cut the holds in time to send the viking toppling into the boat.
level 27:
start with the frozen vikings first. they should clog up the hole leading down the dangerous rock slide. cut down the unfrozen viking - this one should use the safe rockslide. to unclog the frozen vikings would be a simple matter at hacking away the extra ice around them.
level 28
this one's really fun. first you'll need to get the grabby boulder onto the slide. attach it to the ceiling and pop the blue lady underneath it. when it swings right in between the empty space between the two blue ladies underneath, cut it loose. this should give you enough time to attach each end of the ice holding the vikings onto each grabby, rolling boulder. pop the blue ladies to get it out of the way, and cut at the hand-like ice stand to get the vikings moving. cut them loose on top of the boat. ^_^
level 29:
cut up a small piece of ice from the bottom of the frozen viking. this would get the wooden wheel turning - on the other side. grab hold of the wheel, so that when you let the frozen viking down, its force would send the wheel turning the other way around.
level 30:
first cut right on the middle pivot (a cut slanting to the right wouldn't hurt, but slant it on the left and your viking's going to drown. ^_^) then two close cuts by the third pivot. this could either break the ice in between these two pivots, sending the two vikings down onto the boat, and you could just make another cut by the middle pivot to free the other viking. or the pivots will do their work and you can just watch the three vikings fall on the boat.
level 31:
you just need to create a flying ice with speed strong enough to knock the rock on which the viking is standing. once it hits with enough force, the viking will simply fall off the rock and onto the boat. (remember two opposite points on one target will get you swinging.)
level 32:
cut up a large enough portion of the flying rock, enough to push your grabby rock as close as possible to the viking. once close enough, you can grab hold of him and another portion of the flying rock. cut up the flying rock and when it falls into the water and pulls the grabby rock away from the formation, let your viking loose. he'll be able to slide down.
level 33:
pop the red lady, at the same time, cut a portion of the right end of the hammer, to get it swinging. at contact, cut the other end of the hammer. if all goes well, this cut up portion will propel the vikings close enough to the boat. when they're right beside the blue ladies one by one. this will make a floating rock rise above the vikings and force them onto the boat.
level 34:
here's something to try. cut the ice at the very top in the middle, followed immediately by the blue lady below the single devil on the right stack. if you make it, you'd be left with your three vikings on top of a wooden plank under five blue ladies. pop the two blue ladies right below the plank, then the two blue ladies on top of each other.
level 35:
on the left side, pop the green lady below the devil, then cut the rope holding the devil above on the rock. they should fall into the pit. cut the rock down on top of them. pop the green lady below your viking, cut the rope holding the other viking on the rock and they'll slide onto your boat. on the right, pop the green lady below the devil and say goodbye to the devil. grab hold of the viking with the grabby rock and pop the green lady. with that force, you'd be able to swing the viking onto the boat.
level 36:
slice a portion of the ice where the middle unfrozen viking stands (the one that's horizontal) enough for that ice slab to slide to the middle. get the topmost unfrozen viking down and to the middle beside the other one. slice the ice slab ( the horizontal one again) right below the two unfrozen vikings and they should be toppling onto the boat. (you'll need a few tries here, i had tons.) next would be the frozen viking above, (it's all a matter of hacking away at the ice slowly) and finally, the last frozen viking.
level 37:
tricky. secure the viking in the middle of the ring first with the grabby rocks then pop the blue lady. this should send you flying.
cut up at the left most flying rock to get the ring moving to the right and grab hold of the second viking. (or you could just wait, they'll fly to it.) cut down four crows and this should send you down. grab the third viking while going down and at the same time, set off the flying rocks. this should give you enough force to fly on top of the boat. once there, cut off the crows so they won't be able to fly you off.
level 38:
secure the viking first onto the closer grabby rock with two hands. cut off the ice. breath in deep and when you're ready, cut off the hands, but before it falls, catch it with one hand. this will get you swinging around the curve. again before it falls, grab it with a hand from the other grabby boulder. let it loose from the first grabby boulder, watch the viking swing and remember to cut it loose from the second boulder when it's above the boat.
level 39:
darn it, this one's hard. first, you gotta slice a smooth slide down the huge floating rock. (no you can't follow the groove where the the stack stands, the third viking will get stuck on it no matter how smooth it looks.) get the stack to fall onto the boat, slicing up the topmost rock (where the top viking stands) to ensure the viking won't slide into the water with the rock. get rid of all the cut up rocks with as little slicing as possible.
level 40:
slice up the ice where the viking's frozen in as sparingly as possible. you'll use it to get grabby boulder swinging. grab hold of the viking with two hands (remember the swinging thing), and use the ice part by part to get the grabby rock spinning by attaching the falling pieces to it. if the viking swings high enough it'll end up on one end of the wooden propeller. when it's there, cut it loose. ^_^
hope i made a difference. ^_^
[Added the spoiler tags for you. Thanks so much for your help :) ~Kero]
Posted by: solstice | March 19, 2009 11:57 PM