Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-4794476-20200205232035

Hi all,

It's been a while since I've posted anything on the forum so I figured I'd start with another ranking of all the Angry Birds games.

I've done this before, but I figured with all the new releases I'd have some new opinions regarding the game.

Also, I'm probably gonna forget to include the irrelevant ones. Sorry to newer fans.

14. Angry Birds POP!, Fight, Angry Birds POP 2, Dream Blast, POP Blast, Action, Evolution, basically all the new games + the match games
These were all the games I didn't want to talk about. They're all bad and nothing but Rovio's desparate cash grabs.

13. Angry Birds 2
A game ruined by too many updates. Not much to say other than that, but I guess I will anyway.

Rovio added a ridiculous amount of randomly generated levels to the campaign. Gameplay gets stale and boring after level 200. Other than the campaign, you can compete with overpowered CPUs to make in-game currency to upgrade your birds so you can compete with even more overpowered CPUs to upgrade your birds even more.

12. Angry Birds Transformers
The gameplay is fun for the first couple days of playing. Afterwards, I realized how repetative and annoying the gameplay was. Plus, it's ridiculously hard to unlock characters without spending money. It had a good base to start off of, but it feels like Rovio became uninspired and wanted money.

11. Angry Birds GO!
The game had a lot of potential to be good, and I liked it when I was younger, but nowadays I realize just how bad of a game it was. Younger me might've been able to play the same type of levels over and over again to slowly unlock characters without spending money on in-game currency, but if I were to play the original now I would lose my patience after the first couple campaigns. Plus, they ruined this one too with the newer updates and layout.

10. Angry Birds Friends
I redownloaded Friends out of interest recently, and wooooow. This game looks awful. The graphics look cheap and uninspired, the levels are boring and recycled, and nobody plays anymore. It's pretty sad.

9. Angry Birds Seasons
What was once a solid strategy game has become a petri dish for Rovio's desperation for money. There's not much to say about the game, other than that you have to buy the older episodes back now by slowly collecting coins or paying for them. Ridiculous.

8. Angry Birds Epic
The game is pretty fun for the first couple levels, but Rovio doesn't do much to evolve the gameplay to make it more engaging. Also, it gets ridiculously challenging at some points which just makes me feel like they're trying to coax players into paying money.

7. Angry Birds Rio
I'm pretty fond of Angry Birds Rio. While the gameplay is the easiest in my opinion out of all the earlier slingshot style games, it introduced pretty interesting mechanics that helped evolve the future of Angry Birds. I specifically like the boss battles, the more durable enemies, and the creativity involved in designing each level. Overall, a pretty solid game.

6. Angry Birds
It's a real shame to see how much this classic game has managed to decline over the years. The classic style really died past chapters such as Birdday Party and Bad Piggies, and we were given mediocre content past that. I did enjoy the Shockwave chapter out of all the newer ones, since it introduced actual new mechanics and engaging gameplay, but other than that the new updates have been a large dissapointment, especially the mighty league. Now, the game is riddled with ads and in-app purchases that taint the gameplay experience.

It's pretty dissapointing. If I had to rank this current version of the game, it'd be much lower on the list but when Angry Birds was in its prime, it was one of the greatest.

5. Angry Birds Star Wars 2
Star Wars 2 is a really great game, but is nowhere near as good as Star Wars. It feels like this game isn't very nessecary, and was just a bid to sell more merchandise. After all, nobody actually enjoys the prequels out of genuine sentiment, but more so as a joke and if you think otherwise you're lying to yourself. However, gameplay itself is very challenging and the newer characters make the game very entertaining. So that's a plus.

4. Angry Birds Stella
I feel wrong for placing this above Angry Birds classic. Classic's prime days are definately better than Stella in terms of gameplay, but because of the game's decline Stella beats out.

I definately like Stella's gameplay, and it's one of my favorite in Angry Birds. It definately stands out instead of being a typical slingshot game like Seasons or Rio (though back in their time, the whole slingshot trend hadn't gotten old yet) by introducing new mechanics like a brand new flock with new abilities. My favorite feature is probably the fact that birds activate their abilities in slow motion, I thought that was a very good touch. My only criticism would be that the game isn't very challenging. I also like that in-app purchases are kept very minimal and almost non-existant, so that's a plus.

3. Bad Piggies
Bad Piggies is one of Rovio's best games outside of Angry Birds. I guess it just goes to show that they absolutely do have the potential to create great projects, and it's a concious choice to be lazy and create terrible puzzle games. Bad Piggies has a unique gameplay style never seen before in a puzzle game. It has so much personality, and unlocking new items by playing levels for the sandbox is a lot of fun and feels rewarding. The creative mode in this game is so cool, and for once in-app purchases are actually worth it. (Field of Dreams is hours worth of fun) I know they ruined this game with in-app purchases and currencies but I honestly don't care as long as the soul of the game is maintained.

2. Angry Birds Space
Space is hands down one of my favorites. I would put it first if Star Wars hadn't beat it by a small margin. It juggles a more compelling story with brand new mechanics, newly designed birds, boss battles, and so much more. There is so much content fit into this game, and each chapter feels distinct, introducing new mechanics unique to it, and more challenging than the last which is exactly what you'd want in a puzzle game. It's a shame it doesn't get updated more oftenly nowadays, but knowing Rovio's current ability to ruin everything it touches (sorry) that might not be such a bad thing.

1. Angry Birds Star Wars
Star Wars is truly one of the greats of Angry Birds games. It features so much creativity and makes the two properties fit together like puzzle pieces. It's nearly perfect from beginning to end, and is one of the only Angry Birds games to have a definitive end. Characters are also not overpowered, unlike games like Stella or Angry Birds 2.

So what does all this mean?

Well, first things first, it shows that Rovio absolutely has the potential to create great things. I'd say 2011-2014 were definately a prime for their success, and it was because they were producing higher quality projects and didn't need to rely on in-game purchases to make their money.

I believe that Rovio still has the potential to comeback from their financial crisis, but need to put in the work to do so instead of their lazy cash-grab match games because nobody, and I mean nobody wants to play those games.

In my opinion, I would love to see a new slingshot style game from them again. (Possibly an Angry Birds 3?) They have a lot of great characters, locations, and stories to tell and if they can stop being lazy they can absolutely pull it off.  