Like the majority of you out there I started playing VV3 as soon as it came out and I LOVE IT. I think the map is great and I like some of the new things they do (still hate it when they go off to do laundry). My first complaint has to do with going from the 1 hour trial to the full version. I played VV3 on the free trial and loved it. My trial ended and I had to leave for Wednesday night church services. When I came home I bought the game and started playing. The game gave me back the people I had before (which I appreciated because I liked them - especially like having a kid for a chief-no lost adult worker). The problem is that the game continued playing as if I hadn't left so now it's about four hours later, they have practically no food, they're all weak; well you get the picture. I had to spend the next four hours taking kids around the city looking for mushrooms so my people would survive until the fruit on the tree was ripe. If I had known that I would get the same people back and if I had known that my time was almost up I could have paused the game.

I miss how I could put more than one kid on a mushroom and they'd all get a mushroom!!! I saw some posts about VV2 that said you could do this with 'shrooms and collectibles, but I never could. Would be nice!!!

I love the new, improved look of the villagers and the new names! Awesome job! I'm glad that the designers disregarded some of the suggestions. For example: I'm glad there's no night and they can work 24/7.
I do wish they had made it so the kids would be a little more proactive in getting mushrooms and collectibles. Also, it's frustrating to click on a kid and it says, "Looking for mushrooms", but they don't ever get any on their own.

Two last things (for now): I get really frustrated when I hear the chimes and spend the next 5 minutes or so scanning the map to try and find what should have appeared. Sometimes there's a 'shroom or two, sometimes there's a collectible or 2 (or even 3); but sometimes there is NOTHING! Lastly, I really miss being able to put all the adults on a fruit tree (i.e. coconut tree in VV2) when there is only enough left for one trip and they all get a piece of fruit to deposit in the food bin. This works for the bee hive, but NOT the trees.

Oh, forgot to mention that I love how both adults get parenting skill for having a child. Also, the women seem to get parenting skill during the time they are a "nursing mother". Wish the developers had followed the suggestion about letting mothers work while nursing. Oh well. At least they do get skill while nursing.

I think that could have been their compromise. I don't think they wanted to give us too much...but a mother getting parenting skills while nursing still helps us in the long run, without giving us another worker.

Another cool thing I discovered...One of the kids was bringing an item back when the villagers completed a puzzle and started celebrating. Remembering how it was on VV and VV2 I cringed thinking he was going to drop it and go celebrate, but he Didn't!! He held on to it, deposited it, and then went to celebrate. THANK YOU LDW for fixing that!!!!

Any hint on where to find a strategy book for VV3?
How do you get rid of the sharks in the ocean?

All of the puzzle solutions are in the VV3 Guides. Click Forum List and scroll to the bottom.

Look here , lakitten.

Barbara,

Thank you.

I love the sharks! I have one stupid one who keeps getting caught on the right side of the reef. I also love the weather on this one. Can't stand the squeal the kids do now though. So far, that's the only bad thing I've found.

xray.....Thank you....Lakitten