History VideoGame / IceAge

* UnwinnableByMistake: Near the end of the game, there’s one segment in the volcano level where two platforms are so far apart it’s practically impossible to make the jump.

The original ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game which was negatively received by players and critics alike. It was created by {{Creator/Ubisoft}}. Following the success of the first film, WesternAnimation/{{Ice Age The Meltdown}} received an Action Platformer game released on all major platforms at the time (except the PSP). The console versions of the game were platformers where the player controls Scrat, with the ocasional mini-game featuring the main characters, whereas the DS and GBA games are puzzle games where the player uses the three main characters to overcome obstacles.

The original ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game which was negatively received by players and critics alike. Following the success of the first film, WesternAnimation/{{Ice Age The Meltdown}} received an Action Platformer game released on all major platforms at the time (except the PSP). The console versions of the game were platformers where the player controls Scrat, with the ocasional mini-game featuring the main characters, whereas the DS and GBA games are puzzle games where the player uses the three main characters to overcome obstacles.

The original WesternAnimation/{{Ice Age}} only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game which was negatively received by players and critics alike. Following the success of the first film, WesternAnimation/{{Ice Age The Meltdown}} received an Action Platformer game released on all major platforms at the time (except the PSP). The console versions of the game were platformers where the player controls Scrat, with the ocasional mini-game featuring the main characters, whereas the DS and GBA games are puzzle games where the player uses the three main characters to overcome obstacles.

WesternAnimation/{{Ice Age Collision Course}} didn't receive a game of its own, given that movie tie-in games fell out of flavor by the mid-2010s (VideoGame/{{Ratchet And Clank 2016}} being a major exception but that's because it's a remake of the original) However, in late 2019 a game called ''Ice Age Scrat's Nutty Adventure'' was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It's a platformer reminscent of the second game where players take control of Scrat through scenarios from all five movies.

* PaletteSwap: Many, many enemy types are encountered in different climate areas having only undergone a palette swap. I.e. during the "Ice" levels you fight polar bears and wolves. On the "Spring" levels, you have regular brown bears and grey wolves opposing you.

* CollectionSidequest: Obviously, the acorns of varying sizes. While collecting them is entirely optional, there are special golden coconuts that have to be collected in order to open the crack that leads to the next level.

* PunchClockVillain: The pirates come off as this in the fourth game.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The opossum twins are considerably more annoying here than in the film, at one point flat-out getting the coconut Scrat needs for passing to the next level and refusing to give it to him until he beats them in a rather hard digging mini-game.

* WallJump

* GoKartingWithBowser: The fourth game pits the herd against the pirates in game's worth of mini-games. At the end, Gutt admits they're not really out to cause trouble, but he still advises people to just give him what he wants and he'll be on his merry way.

The original WesternAnimation/{{Ice Age}} only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game which was negatively received by players and critics alike. Following the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 received an Action Platformer game released on all major platforms at the time (except the PSP). The console versions of the game were platformers where the player controls Scrat, with the ocasional mini-game featuring the main characters, whereas the DS and GBA games are puzzle games where the player uses the three main characters to overcome obstacles.

The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game which was negatively received by players and critics alike. Following the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 received an Action Platformer game released on all major platforms at the time (except the PSP). The console versions of the game were platformers where the player controls Scrat, with the ocasional mini-game featuring the main characters, whereas the DS and GBA games are puzzle games where the player uses the three main characters to overcome obstacles.

The 2012 mobile games ''Ice Age Village'' and ''Ice Age Adventures'' were generally well received by the public. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance precursor.

Like other big-budget films, Ice Age franchise has spawned videogame spinoffs. The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game alongside it, which was negatively received by those who played it. Following on the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 and 3 had proper ActionAdventure titles on all major platforms. They focused on the franchise mascot Scrat, the prehistoric rat-squirrel hybrid on his quest to find more and more nuts at the same time, unfurling alongside the main plot of the films. There are also various mini-games, sometimes by Scrat, sometimes from the perspective of Manny, Sid or Diego. These games have received generally mediocre reviews, although Wii and IOS versions of ''Dawn of The Dinosaurs'' [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames currently hold scores]] [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 75]] and [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 78]] on Metacritic. The 2012 IOS spin-off ''Ice Age Village'' was also generally well received. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance precursor.

Like other big-budget films, Ice Age franchise has spawned videogame spinoffs. The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game alongside it, which was negatively received by those who played it. Following on the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 and 3 had proper ActionAdventure titles on all major platforms. They focused on the franchise mascot Scrat, the prehistoric rat-squirrel hybrid on his quest to find more and more nuts at the same time, unfurling alongside the main plot of the films. There are also various mini-games, sometimes by Scrat, sometimes from the perspective of Manny, Sid or Diego. These games have received generally mediocre reviews, although Wii and IOS versions of ''Dawn of The Dinosaurs'' [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames currently hold scores]] [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 75]] and [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 78]] on Metacritic. The 2012 IOS spin-off ''Ice Age Village'' was also generally well received. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance precursor.

Like other big-budget films, Ice Age franchise has spawned videogame spinoffs. The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game alongside it, which was negatively received by those who played it. Following on the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 and 3 had proper ActionAdventure titles on all major platforms. They focused on the franchise mascot Scrat, the prehistoric rat-squirrel hybrid on his quest to find more and more nuts at the same time, unfurling alongside the main plot of the films. There are also various mini-games, sometimes by Scrat, sometimes from the perspective of Manny, Sid or Diego. These games have received generally mediocre reviews, although Wii and IOS versions of ''Dawn of The Dinosaurs'' [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames currently hold scores]] [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 75]] and [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 78]] on Metacritic. The 2012 IOS spin-off ''Ice Age Village'' was also generally well received. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its GameBoyAdvance precursor.

* AbsenteeActor: Crash, Eddie, Boris and Silas are missing from the fourth film's game.

* GoKartingWithBowser: The fourth game pits the herd against the pirates in game's worth of mini-games. At the end, Gutt admits they're not really out to cause trouble, but he still advises people to just give him what he wants and he'll be on his merry way.

* CardCarryingVillain: Gutt calls himself evil in the ending of the fourth game, but he backs off when he recognizes he's been defeated.

* BossOnlyLevel: [[spoiler: The final level, ''Skeleton Bridge''.]]

* CardCarryingVillain: Gutt calls himself evil in the ending of the fourth game, but he backs off when he recognizes he's been defeated.

* WallJump

* DoubleJump: Buck, Sid and Scrat can all double jump.

!! Tropes featured in Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs:

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Like other big-budget films, Ice Age franchise The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game alongside it, which was negatively received by those who played it. Following on the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 and 3 had proper ActionAdventure titles on all major platforms. They focused on the franchise mascot Scrat, the prehistoric rat-squirrel hybrid on his quest to find more and more nuts at the same time, unfurling alongside the main plot of the films. There are also various mini-games, sometimes by Scrat, sometimes from the perspective of Manny, Sid or Diego. These games have received generally mediocre reviews, although Wii and IOS versions of ''Dawn of The Dinosaurs'' [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames currently hold scores]] [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 75]] and [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 78]] on Metacritic. The 2012 IOS spin-off ''Ice Age Village'' was also generally well received. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its GameBoyAdvance precursor.

* Hammerspace: Scrat is somehow capable of carrying 30 or so chunks of rock with no visible implements.

Like other big-budget films, Ice Age franchise The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game alongside it, which was negatively received by those who played it. Following on the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 and 3 had proper ActionAdventure titles on all major platforms. They focused on the franchise mascot Skrat, the prehistoric rat-squirrel hybrid on his quest to find more and more nuts at the same time, unfurling alongside the main plot of the films. There are also various mini-games, sometimes by Skrat, sometimes from the perspective of Manny, Sid or Diego. These games have received generally mediocre reviews, although Wii and IOS versions of ''Dawn of The Dinosaurs'' [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames currently hold scores]] [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 75]] and [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 78]] on Metacritic. The 2012 IOS spin-off ''Ice Age Village'' was also generally well received. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its GameBoyAdvance precursor.

* AirborneMook: Surprisingly rare, even though Skrat is rather well equipped to handle them (see FirstPersonShooter below). The only example is a trio of bees late in the game, though they’re surprisingly difficult to shoot down.
* ArtificialStupidity: Melee enemies can only attack Skrat if he’s on ground level with them. If you jump onto any raised object, it’ll successfully fool them and allow you to shoot them with impunity once you get the ability to throw rocks. This is true even if you’re standing on a 10 cm rock shooting at a bear.

* DoubleJump: Skrat joins other platformer protagonists in the long list of proud users.

* FirstPersonShooter: Skrat soon learns to shoot small chunks of rock. While it can be done on the move in third-person, it’s much easier to find a safe spot (see ArtificialStupidity) and let loose in this mode.

* GroundPound: Skrat can perform a rather powerful one by pressing attack button at the end of jump. The blob monsters fought at the end of one level do that, too.
* Hammerspace: Skrat is somehow capable of carrying 30 or so chunks of rock with no visible implements.

* InstantIceJustAddCold: In one level, Skrat has to traverse an once-frozen river by jumping onto ice floes. If he falls into the water, he'll end up as an ice cube.
* InvincibleMinorMinion: The large animals are invincible and can only be stunned: understandable, given their size relative to Skrat. However, there are also Skrat-sized prehistoric bugs, which can only be stunned too. At the same time, it's entirely possible to kill salamanders and toads.
* MundaneUtility: Skrat’s powerful GroundPound attack is also used to break through hollow ice on the ground to get to the acorns underneath.

* SpinAttack: Skrat gets extremely powerful one by collecting berries. However, you’ll rarely need to actually use them.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The opossum twins are considerably more annoying here than in the film, at one point flat-out getting the coconut Skrat needs for passing to the next level and refusing to give it to him until he beats them in a rather hard digging mini-game.

* VineSwing: One of the skills Skrat can use to traverse the levels.

* WombLevel: The Ice sections of the game end with one, after Skrat gets swallowed by Maelstrom.

* BlobMonster: The primary enemy fought inside the prehistoric crocodile when it swallows you are bluish blobs of slime. These are relatively difficult to kill, because they have good health, move all over the place and attack with a damaging GroundPound.

* WombLevel: The Ice sections of the game end with one, after Skrat gets swallowed by the prehistoric crocodile.

Like other big-budget films, Ice Age franchise The original Ice Age only had a cheaply made Game Boy Advance game alongside it, which was negatively received by those who played it. Following on the success of the first film, Ice Age 2 and 3 had proper ActionAdventure titles on all major platforms. They focused on the franchise mascot Skrat, the prehistoric rat-squirrel hybrid on his quest to find more and more nuts at the same time, unfurling alongside the main plot of the films. There are also various mini-games, sometimes by Skrat, sometimes from the perspective of Manny, Sid or Diego. These games have received generally mediocre reviews, although Wii and IOS versions of ''Dawn of The Dinosaurs'' [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames currently hold scores]] [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 75]] and [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs 78]] on Metacritic. The 2012 IOS spin-off ''Ice Age Village'' was also generally well received. However, this wasn't to last with ''Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games'' , a Kinect- oriented game that gathered mostly negative reviews on par with its GBA precursor.

!! Tropes featured in the Ice Age games:

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