
Angry Birds 2 is a pointless follow-up to an irrelevant game
Five years ago, Rovio Entertainment established mobile phones as a gaming platform with Angry Birds and, after having milked their cash cow dry, here is the long awaited sequel.
Angry Birds 2 presents itself as the first real sequel to the 2009 hit game by redesigning its visual appearance while attempting to preserve its foundation.
A familiar game with new paint
As with its predecessor and every spin-off that has followed, Angry Birds 2 focuses on the birds trying to rescue their eggs from the pigs and seek revenge. Players slingshot a verity of birds at the pigs fortification and then progress to the next level.
Seriously, why bother?
Despite the minor changes, it's still the same game everyone played back in 2009 that has been milked and saturated by so many spin-offs. Basically, it's still just all about tossing birds at pigs and watching them go "pop" like a balloon. If a gamer has played any Angry Birds game, then they have played them all and Angry Birds 2 is no exception.
To be fair, criticizing a game because it's no different from its predecessor may feel like a redundant when games like Call of Duty bring in over $1 billion without any significant changes.
However, the difference here is that AAA titles also have a real story and character development... Angry Birds 2 does not; it doesn't get that free pass.
Angry Birds is now a has-been
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David123_6640August 4, 2015, 11:28 amMy son like this it. Thank you.
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I hate to be that guy but... the difference between Call of Duty's sequels and Angry Birds is not off-set by story content, necessarily. In recent years, after a few stagnant sequels, COD's genuinely made a significant effort to shake up the formula. By comparison, Angry Birds just produced a ton of spin-offs that went nowhere. It's like if we'd gotten Modern Warfare, then six different varieties of Ghosts. Which would effectively make this game Modern Warfare 2-3's worst elements combined combined, if we're going to really run with this parallel.
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Actually you make a very good point and now feel a little stupid for not including that that little comment. After all Advanced Warfare had mechs and exo-suits. But I do appreciate the feedback should better look out for such comparisons in future reviews.
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I am thoroughly impressed by the graphics in Angry Birds 2. I didn't know a mobile game could be so beautiful. It is partly a result of my new phone, which is crazy fast and 1440p. Other than that, yea, gameplay is the same old thing with little tweaks and a candy crush attempt at money sucking, which pretty much ruined it for me.