Bird Fever: Angry Birds 2 Coming to iOS and Android

Don't mess with a winning team. And with a franchise that already has three billion downloads, Rovio is more than right to continue investing in new versions of the success Angry Birds. Almost six years after the original's release, 14 apps under the same title – eleven of the main series and three spin-off. Now it's time for the first direct sequel to the game that gave rise to the rabid birds saga. After one soft launch for the Canadian market in March, Angry Birds 2 was released worldwide this Thursday (30/7) to iOS e Android.

The logic is the same as in the original: the player must help the birds to recover the eggs stolen by the green pigs by launching them with a slingshot through different levels, with different challenges and obstacles. But the producer Rovio deserves congratulations for being able to innovate even in a simple format.

Among the new mechanics is the possibility to choose which bird will be released first - through a simple, although unnecessary, card system - which allows you to create different strategies to pass the same level, increasing the ability to replay about the game.

Another novelty is that the levels now have more than one “area”, each one with its own buildings and pigs to eliminate. So you need to carefully count how many birds are still available. To balance the difficulty, it was created for the Angry Birds 2 the “destructor”, a gauge in the upper-right corner of the screen that fills as birds break through level structures – and pigs together. Eliminating a golden pig automatically fills the "destructor", but running out of cards ends the game. A system of 5 lives, which recharges in 10 long minutes, prevents the player from continually restarting levels

The birds remain pretty much the same – Red, Blues, Chuck, Terence and the others already known to the public are back. But the pack has a new member: Silver (in the English version), which gives a loop and dives towards the ground when activating its power. Red, the red bird, also has a power - when clicking on the screen, he gives a scream that shakes the buildings in front of him.

In addition to birds, other available cards cast "spells", each with a different effect - conjure a shower of rubber ducks, inflate pigs, turn all objects into ice or even summon the Huge Eagle, which destroys everything it encounters. ahead. Powers need to be used strategically – turning buildings into ice makes them vulnerable to Blues, for example.

Players will need to gather all the tools at their disposal to take on the bosses. These special pigs have a health bar that indicates how much damage they still need to destroy. The social side is also highlighted. In addition to being able to gift friends from Facebook With prizes collected in the stages, the app has an arena for scoring disputes between players.

With the game freemium, Angry Birds 2 It's free, but with in-game purchases. With real money it is possible to buy jewels that can be used in different ways within the game, the main one is: buy more cards within stages. Still, it doesn't feel like being forced to spend, and you can watch an ad video, instead of buying jewelry, even though you “buy” fewer cards than jewels.

For those who are already familiar with the game, it's easy to get used to the changes, and for those who are just starting out in bird fever, the new features don't make the game too complex. And with 240 levels, divided into 9 areas such as Feathery Hills, Baconópolis or the Misty Mud, of three different types, the Cobalt Plain, the City of Pigs and the Bamboo Forest, the game arrives with many hours of gameplay prepared.

What is left for the players is an already known entertainment, but that still brings good surprises and news, making Angry Birds 2 a string to match the name. While the Rovio keep blending innovation and familiarity right, the series will continue to be a successful franchise – and the birds won't go extinct. As Red says in one of his lines in the game, “Pain is temporary, but anger is forever.” let's hope that Angry Birds Also.

Download here the Angry Birds 2 all with iOS e Android, and let us know what you think of the game!