Since then, Rovio Entertainment has released 12 games in the raging Birds series, as well as three spin-off games, and has branched out into merchandise, cartoons and an upcoming film scheduled for 2016.
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Earnings before interest and tax slumped to €10 million (Dh40.3m) last year from €36.5m in 2013. And so adding any new features risks ruining that balance.
That will keep most players busy for a while, but the game is essentially endless thanks to the new social features Rovio has incorporated. At its core, the game hinges on the same drag-and-release mechanic that made the original impossible to put down. “With raging Birds 2, we wanted to bring a level of expressive depth and detail seen previously only in a console game or animated series”.
Raging Birds 2 is here and it looks great on any mobile device. But as far as we know, Rovio’s latest blockbuster raging Birds 2 has always been known as such, so don’t believe what you read.
Have you wasted all your lives and you don’t want to wait for a half an hour in order to play again?
Mad Birds 2 also feature candid spells.
Also, for the sequel, Rovio added a map similar to the one featured in “Candy Crush” games to show players the different levels and stages. Rovio hasn’t changed a whole lot, but it feels good to have mad Birds back, minus the racing excursions and co-branded spin-offs.
In comparison to a few of the recent iterations of mad Birds such as raging Birds Star Wars or mad Birds Transformers, the levels of raging Birds 2 are quite easy. Same for quests and missions -restarting a level uses up one of the five allotted lives.
There are also boss piggies every ten or so levels, bloated porkers that require multiple hits and a modicum of extra tactical prowess to take out.
After 25 stages, players can step into the Arena and battle against friends for high scores in daily tournaments. There are many more spells to fool around with, each more delightful than the other.
If only Rovio offered some sort of premium version, as they have in the past, that just lets you purchase the game outright most of these complaints would just fall away. The first mad Birds, while not the most original game, was able to stand out thanks to its art style, charm, and addicting gameplay, quickly becoming one of the most popular games on mobile devices, in turn allowing it to evolve into a substantial multimedia franchise.
In Short: Somewhere underneath this shameful collection of monetisation gimmicks there’s a decent game waiting to be played, but it never gets a chance to fly as free as it should.
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Cons: The game’s desperate attempts to fleece money out of you are sleazy and profoundly tiring, and all but ruin the experience.
