Aztec Tribe developed by Merry Pen Games is a casual combination of agricultural stimulation and city construction game. Lately the developers tend to mix genres for our collective entertainment so let’s examine another product of their efforts.
The storyline is simple. There is this tribe of natives who peacefully live in the mountains. But eventually trouble comes and enemies seem to surround the tribe from every side. After careful consideration the elders decide it’s time to move on. Once tribe’s scouts discover a lush valley fit to become a new home it’s your turn to help. To survive and settle in this foreign place the Aztecs need a lot of help. To help little civilization to thrive you will be building a lot shaping land to your content.
This game is centered on resources. You always start in a similar fashion. You move people to the new place, build a wigwam [a side note: I mean, come on – Aztecs in a wigwam?!] where your people will sleep. The next stop will be creating farming land to produce food. Then goes the mine, the sawmill, etc.
Once you have enough of precious resources you can upgrade the buildings. A tip for players – you must always leave at least one worker in each building to keep it running.
In Aztec Tribe you will have a choice of playing strategy: either you are set on victory and leave the level as soon as you can or you want to master the game and continue to play the level until you receive the star for your efforts. The latter strategy offers more challenging goals for the strong of heart.
On the basic level there is wood to collect, gold to dig, etc. but you must focus on your main strategy to meet the goals of the game. Aztec Tribe offers 34 levels from rather easy to more and more difficult. There are pests to overcome and disasters to face but the game itself will not get repetitive. Since the game is not timed you have enough time to consider your options. You will have a number of ideas to try so replay potential of Aztec Tribe is rather high.
Also keep in mind that this particular game is a late-bloomer so the first hour of game-play may seem a tad too slow. Don’t you worry, it’ll pick the speed up soon!
Overall this strategy based building game with nice graphics and tolerable music will make the time fly. The game offers a relaxing fulfilling time for the devotees of time management games.
