Things I love:
Footprints in the sand
Running to get out of the rain
Building sand castles
The Roster of the Dead
Having a 3 year old chief
No bald headed kids wearing war paint
The coral reef
The medical research area/hospital
Villagers putting their hands on their hips - cute
Playing in the puddles
Thunder and lightening
Sunshine
Cleaning up after the rain
Children gathering herbs

Things I Dislike:
No work for builders ( when all is done )
Tag for the children ( or another game )
The collectables are to scarce
No benches for the nursing mums to sit on
The villagers won't allow the fruit and honey to stock up

Get rid of the villagers who dislike running!
Just kidding.
:P
Okay get rid of the villagers who dislike running AND learning AND working all at the same time.
And yeah the secret dances they practice crack me up. It's too cute!

My only complaint is that Building Skill is really short-changed and that leads to many annoyances.

If they fix this one thing, I won't have a single complaint!

My only real complaint is that the statue takes too long to raise. And that my villagers won't raise the statue unless I'm constantly watching them. I've been babysitting my villagers for 10 hours while they raise the statue, and I'm getting really bored of the game now.

likes:
fruit trees
the cannonball in the bath (edge jump)
crazy potion
events
ROTD(Roster Of The Dead)
voices (ending chief and ruins)
awards
etc.

dislikes:
statue
collectibles

Well I love this game as much as (if not more than) the first two. My likes: I love the weather effects. I like that the kids can now collect herbs and even become chiefs! I also love the new collectibles and think they look really cool.
I love the running potion!
I also love that the person who likes learning trains twice as fast.
I like the hand movements, they add personality.
They discarded the ugly characters.

Dislikes:
Only one kid can pick up a collectible! So it takes way longer to earn points/food(Am I the only one who noticed this? Sure seems that way)
When we're short on food, it's so hard to keep the villagers on task. I keep telling the screen, "Worrying's not gonna do any good. Leave it to the farmer!"
As in the other games, I wish the nursing mother wouldn't just walk around doing nothing.
When the Chief points out a rare collectible, sometimes it's one I've already got, or even worse, I can't find it!
The voices are rather annoying for the most part.
I hate how long it takes for the fruit trees to bloom. WHY must it take 4 hours?
They discarded the old characters that I like.

Ok is it long enough for you? lol

I think um . . . two kids picking up collectibles is, ah . . . not something I liked much. It means the game is broken, basically. It's an exploit. Rather than that, I would prefer that children are only able to pick up one collectible, and you just get a bit more tech or food for them.

Not to say that 20-year fires and panmictic populations are realistic . . . but you know what I mean.

There are a lot of things I like about the game, a few things I dislike. I really wish kids picked up mushrooms and collectibles on their own. I don't like a lot of the No's and uh-uh's they have a.. quality about them I find annoying, then again, I don't like some of the voices so that could be the reason. I love the graphics, they really have become quite pretty. I miss some of the old villagers outfits and heads, but only some. I love the hidden room, wish it had greater purpose.

I love that the chief can teach, but only once every 24 hours means I have to keep the game on pause in order to give them a decent education. Game time wise that means YEARS are passing between classes. Maybe base that on game years rather then actual hours. Maybe once ever two game years, which on fast is about 2 hours. I don't play the game for two hours straight, but it would be nice that when I pop in, I could educate. Part of my frustration with this is that the villagers can be so hard to train and it is boring and annoying to have to babysit until someone who has a tiny bit of skill becomes a trainee so they don't walk off the job the first sign of not improving. Which is more frustrating when I just peeked in before having to leave to find ten people not working and I don't have the time to babysit. Another solution could be that masters can also lecture. Say you need more farmers, take a master farmer and have him give some lectures. Maybe chief can lecture once a day, but any master can lecture twice a day, though I'd prefer Chief twice, master three times.

I loved the statue! I love the bath, I love the roster for the dead, though I wish I could add notes. Again I thought that visually a much prettier game. While I like the orchard cause it looks good, I dislike the orchard because it blocks collectibles. Course, if the kids would pick them up on their own {hint hint for next game} that would be no problem.

Loved the puzzles, wished there was more.

Wish there was either no child chief, or the child chief could educate the others. I wish the chief did not teach parenting. A skill that will be useless for 4 years. Not bad if they have other skills, but some kids only learn that.

I wish Esteemed Elders had... something. I liked the totems myself.

I wish the JoATs had something to acknowledge them too.

I do love this game and am totally addicted to it. There are things I like that I can't even think of at the moment. But, I thought I'd just offer my two cents on what I think would make the game so much better. IMHO, at least!

I love most things about this game - it's kept me engaged longer than the other two and I have been motivated to start new tribes from scratch which I've never bothered with before.

I like:

The fact that you can finish the game with a modest population - I don't like it so much when I don't 'know' each of the villagers
The foot prints in the sand.

I like the fact that sounds change as you move across the map.
I like all the tasks - I just wish there were more. However, the extra 'awards' section keeps the game moving along with a sense of purpose after you have 'finished' it.
I have just noticed this but I like the fact that children's heads sparkle when they have been taught by the chief - I like to think of it as the gift of knowledge!


I LOVE the sun coming through the clouds and the shadow cast on children playing in the dirt.
I LOVE the rain - seriously, the weather and the atmospheric tinklings really make me happy.


I miss the drum for school and the gong for events.
Like most others, I feel that gaining building skill after all tasks are done is a bit frustrating

I really, really don't think that children should pick up collectibles on their own. This is one part of the game that can keep you playing for hours. Without it the game would become a little like Plant Tycoon where you go on, do one or two things then quit as nothing then happens for a long time. Don't get me wrong - I love PT but if I fancy a real 'play', I play VV not PT.

I would like to see the children interact with each other and the adults more. When you put two adults on each other it says they are embracing - why can't adults and children embrace? Also, when a child says they are lonely, putting another child on them has no effect. It would be lovely if they could run off and play.

While I have no intention of joining the debate about what mothers in real tribes do, it does appear as if having good parents has no discernible impact on the tribe's success other than breeding. It would be nice if they could have an effect - good parents encourage learning and a work ethic??

Anyway, this was supposed to be short!

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I would like to see a couple of different time counters. One on the detail of the characters that counts down to their next birthday. It would be awesome if it could be in real time (hours and minutes) as well as Isolan time (6 months and 5 days for example). I would also like to see a time counter on the main island portion letting you know how much time has passed. It could be fairly simple such as: Day 1 or 2rd Month 5th Day or Year 1 Month 2 Day 14, etc. That would really help fiction writers who write about their actual tribes as well as those of us who like to keep track of those things.

I think it would be neat to have an option where you take one of the adults, it could be that it has to be an esteemed elder (or the chief - but should have option to have both and not just one or the other), and you put that adult in a certain spot (say the amphitheater or by the fire) and you have different options. The adult could make a proclamation, such as Blessings Day or Harvest Festival; or announce a wedding or birthday for a villager (or couple); etc. Don't know if this is too "Sims"-like because I've never played Sims. Just thought it would be cool.

I actually posted this in VV4 Suggestions, but thought I'd post here too so people could comment on it. It kind of bugs me when people use the Suggestions forum to comment on other people's suggestions. That forum is just supposed to be for suggestions NOT comments about what other people think would be great for the game or would like to change. Sorry...this turned into a bit of a rant.