Alice's Wonderland 3: Shackles of Time Collector's Edition > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

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5 / 5

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FEE-FI-FO-FUM, BE HE TWEEDLES TWO OR TWEEDLES ONE, IF YE SEE'S THE GIANT, BEST YE RUN!

PostedAugust 1, 2020

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fromTIP: Don't click on anything (which starts the timer) until you find the teacup/palettes...waiting also fills the bonuses!

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

♠ Tweedle Two Still Looks Like Tweedle One, If The Giant Sees Them They'll Be None!
♠ The Clock Stopped Ticking in Wonderland I Hear, Now Tweedle's Mission Has Been Made Very Clear!
♠ The Queen Needs To See If Time's Still Tick Tocking, Way Up High Where Birds Are A Flocking.
♠ Alice Never Wanted To Grow Up, Was Her Wish, Looks Like It's Been Granted Cuz Now She's Smaller Than A Dish!
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♠ Tweedle Two Still Looks Like Tweedle One, If The Giant Sees Them They'll Be None!
♠ The Clock Stopped Ticking in Wonderland I Hear, Now Tweedle's Mission Has Been Made Very Clear!
♠ The Queen Needs To See If Time's Still Tick Tocking, Way Up High Where Birds Are A Flocking.
♠ Alice Never Wanted To Grow Up, Was Her Wish, Looks Like It's Been Granted Cuz Now She's Smaller Than A Dish!
♠ No Need To Hurry, You Won't Be Late, Time Has Been Frozen... so why do we need a freeze time option... In This Time Management Game?

I actually loved this Alice's Wonderland more than the other two versions, it's bright, it's colorful, it's challenging but not super hard and there are so many creative features and imaginative TM tasks that make it delightful to play. There are so many alters and features that I decided to jot down bullet points of what each feature gives me and what resources they require because I was able to look at my notes to better strategize. (for example Chest-bark+gold...Bush-imagination+candy) So the chest required bark to obtain gold, and the Bush required imagination to obtain candy, and by making a list with - and + I could easily glance at my notes and know what I'd need to go after on which paths first.

There are 40 Main Levels (+20 Collector's Edition version Bonus Levels) that can be played in a Relaxed, Normal or Challenge difficulty mode, and Trophy Achievements to earn. In the CE version, each level has a Teacup that allows you to assemble downloadable Jigsaw Puzzles. Each scene also has a Morphing Art Palette that allows you to "paint" 3 Concept Art pictures. The CE version also has 2 extra mini-games, downloadable artwork, bonus quests, and 4 additional achievements.

Although the concept is the same, the features are clever. Alice must collect "Imagination" and the Tweedle workers need to collect Candy as their food source. You will build Candy Factories for food supplies, repair cracks along the paths, removing stone and boulders, clearing "peelings", open Treasure Chests, and gather renewable resources from various Altars. There are a lot of strategies involved and if you don't do things in the right order, you can and will get stuck and have no choice but to start over! (the bullet point list really helps :)

The Bonuses are Magic Spells that last for about 20 seconds each, and each level usually has 3-4 different Spells available:
♠-Collect More Resources
♠-Run Faster
♠-Bargain Trade (resources traded at a better rate of 3-4)
♠-Get Candy Pile (generated on altars)
♠-Get Gold (generated on altars)
♠-Fill Altars
♠-Speed Up Workers
♠-Freeze Time
♠-Speed Up Production
♠-Endless Candy (obstacles are temporarily disabled-max 3 objects)
♠-Endless Gold (obstacles are temporarily disabled-max 3 objects)

ALICE'S WONDERLAND SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating

1-Cast in Shadow (September 24-2019) 4.2
2-Stolen Souls (April 11-2020) 4.6
3-Shackles in Time (August 1-2020) n/a

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I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Wow! Big Improvements!

PostedAugust 4, 2020

plat1098

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Time Management

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

My goodness, you've grown, dearie!

Big thumbs up for the majorly improved games engine, with a big boost to the graphics' quality. Still the slyly clever yet innocent game play constantly keeping you on your toes (talking about hard mode here). The background scenes are fanciful and imaginative, a refreshing break from green upon green meadows with trails everywhere.

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My goodness, you've grown, dearie!

Big thumbs up for the majorly improved games engine, with a big boost to the graphics' quality. Still the slyly clever yet innocent game play constantly keeping you on your toes (talking about hard mode here). The background scenes are fanciful and imaginative, a refreshing break from green upon green meadows with trails everywhere.

Still gather, build, rescue and do Wonderland things but with upgraded tasks, backgrounds and resources. It's the same Alice but better. You can disable hints and dialogs, reduce sounds and music and use your System pointer (preferred). If you keep the Zen-like generic muzak, it does clash a bit with the other musical riffs in the game.

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I recommend this game!

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Love this game

PostedAugust 3, 2020

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Alice's Wonderland 3: Shackles of Time Collector's Edition

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I love the Alice in Wonderland games. This is the 3rd one I have gotten. I love the story lines and the characters that work in them. Could be a little more interaction but I love the finding the puzzle pieces and the painters panels that pop up. Love the music. It is so nice to get this. Put our more, more please.

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

Very Good Game Hard Mode!!

PostedNovember 24, 2021

paramiti

fromTennessee

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Visual/Sound Quality

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Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

Yup on Hard Mode this game is Good
The first two are okay
But this the third in the series Hard Mode clicked
Is so Satisfying
I feel like i got my moneys worth
I am putting this in my regular TM rotations

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Time to Wonder in Wonderland

PostedAugust 1, 2020

Cyril48

fromNew Zealand

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Marble Popper, Match 3, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Not just Alice who is in Wonderland, Cyril is there too, wondering just what is coming in this game?
Don't get me wrong I am enjoying it but I find it a bit confusing as to the exact number of levels, which are at least 60 but then there is talk of mini games and other offerings .
There is no straight list of extras they seem to turn up as time starts to move.

This is very challenging and ...Show more

Not just Alice who is in Wonderland, Cyril is there too, wondering just what is coming in this game?
Don't get me wrong I am enjoying it but I find it a bit confusing as to the exact number of levels, which are at least 60 but then there is talk of mini games and other offerings .
There is no straight list of extras they seem to turn up as time starts to move.

This is very challenging and like I normally do I am starting in relaxed and then will up the challenge later.

I am halfway through world 2 and for me I find it is very alike the previous games with at the moment very little extra added in the way the game works.
There is a walk through which we have not had in the previous games and I like that we can turn off the dialogue which there is a lot of so that is handy if you don't want the banter.
One thing we have is a constant popping up of whom you need to use to get the job done when you hover over the object. At first I found it a bit distracting but now I am used to it .
Over all this is a very good game but very samey and still has me wondering when the mini games etc will come up.
I will continue my ventures here after I have returned to ventures in Europe.
It is enjoyable I just wanted a bit more variety. Show less

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Somewhere between love and like..a really nice game

PostedAugust 1, 2020

Joybelle_2

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Skill Level:Intermediate

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

This is a little different to the other games in that the graphics have changed and you are in an unfamiliar setting, a kitchen, in the first world where you will cook cakes, set tables and use a new resource of bark. By the time I went to the second world, it was just that..just another land.

It is a very basic gather resources/build/meet goals game that does involve some strategy and the ...Show more

This is a little different to the other games in that the graphics have changed and you are in an unfamiliar setting, a kitchen, in the first world where you will cook cakes, set tables and use a new resource of bark. By the time I went to the second world, it was just that..just another land.

It is a very basic gather resources/build/meet goals game that does involve some strategy and the characters move at super fast speed which is great. In this one you have the choice of demolishing and building another building to boost your resources which is also new.

Its colourful, its fun and there is a puzzle cup to make your jigsaw, and sometimes an art palette that disappears to make your three pieces of art. (this is not new) There are achievements that appear as little trophies on your map, and there is a numbered strategy guide. I don't think you will ever need it, as the timer was really over generous unless on the hard mode (there is relaxed and normal)

The options are good..you can disable the dialogue and turn off the annoying blue hint arrows. (but had I done that at first I may not have noticed that I could now demolish buildings)

It is a sweet game, but it has a couple of things that cost it a star for me. You cannot see how many worlds there are..but I guess from the BFG guide there will be four plus 10..but you cant go backwards or forwards to see. Meaning I couldn't see the achievements I had earned already? I also feel it can get a bit repetitive as most TM's must to a certain extent, but I just didn't find myself being 'immersed' in it. I just haven't come across any 'fascinating' features yet like 'uncoloured' areas or biographies as when the series was launched and you got that real connection.

Is it worth the CE? Just a matter of levels and whether you can wait I think. You prob wont get the art or the strategy guide with the SE..so really just a matter of choice. But as a TM buff I cant resist the phrase 'extra levels' lol

So a really good little game that moves along..but not different or novel enough at this point for me to give full stars. I like it a lot though! Enjoy! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Okay if you like senseless game play...

PostedAugust 20, 2020

dactulwench1

fromTexas, USA

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Large File, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

This game is just okay. But I have to admit that I personally found it to be a huge disappointment...and definitely not worth the CE version. I'm a huge TM game fan and get excited when I see a new TM game released, which tends to be few and far between, so sadly, this seems a real waste.

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This game is just okay. But I have to admit that I personally found it to be a huge disappointment...and definitely not worth the CE version. I'm a huge TM game fan and get excited when I see a new TM game released, which tends to be few and far between, so sadly, this seems a real waste.

I have to admit that I didn't initially care for the Alice series but warmed up to it with the 2nd release, which seemed more strategic with higher quality development. So I'm really confused as to what happened with the 3rd release!!

There is no strategy....just senseless chaos. The highest difficulty, which I always play on TM games when available, is ridiculously hard. I see no way to get 3 stars on all levels with this difficulty. However, the middle difficulty is super easy. I could probably get up and make a sandwich and still get 3 stars! I love a good challenge, but I don't want to waste my time on something that is literally impossible to beat at the hardest difficulty.

And the walkthrough completely baffled me. It's a confusing mess with no real direction or order to it. I felt like I needed a walkthrough to decipher the walkhrough! It sure didn't assist in getting gold.

The little mini-games consist of a puzzle (you have to find the pieces on each level) and 3 pictures you get to "paint" after collecting several art palettes that randomly appear during each level. They both seemed pointless and added no value to the game. In their defense, it was on the previous versions also, and I didn't care for them there either.

The visuals and music are great. It's the most positive thing I can attest to. But they need to concentrate on the game play too....I don't care if something is pretty if I don't enjoy playing it!!

Overall, it felt very thrown-together and rushed. I just don't know that they sufficiently QC'd this game prior to release. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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I'm baffled

PostedSeptember 20, 2020

tesamoine

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Island Tribe 5

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Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

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Storyline

1 / 5

I love time management games and try out each one that is released. Thank goodness I played the demo for this. I felt like this was senseless chaos with no real point. Granted, most time management games don't really have a story or a point for that matter, but this was extreme. Just basically running to grab things, waiting for things to fill up. I didn't know what I was doing most of the time. I ...Show more

I love time management games and try out each one that is released. Thank goodness I played the demo for this. I felt like this was senseless chaos with no real point. Granted, most time management games don't really have a story or a point for that matter, but this was extreme. Just basically running to grab things, waiting for things to fill up. I didn't know what I was doing most of the time. I didn't like the first 2 so maybe this series just isn't for me. Oh, I miss the days of Island Tribe and the original Roads of Rome/ This is a big pass for me. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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