App Review: Angry Birds
Angry Birds is a fun and highly addictive puzzle game that’s available on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
Priced at $0.99 
Angry Birds is a game with a lot of replay value, especially if you take on the challenge of getting 3 stars in each of 165 available levels.
The Plot
The mean green pigs have stolen the birds’ eggs for dinner. Now the angry birds must eliminate them in order to recover their eggs, but the pigs have taken refuge under structures made from several materials which the birds must destroy.
Though silly and absurd, the plot adds some fun and comic relief to the game.
Controls and Gameplay
The game is incredibly simple and straightforward to play. You make use of a decent type of physics engine to launch the birds from a slingshot and into the structures where the pigs are located in.
Each structure has one or more weak points which you must find to destroy it and eliminate the pigs with as little birds as possible.
Most birds have special abilities which are triggered by tapping on the screen while the launched bird is in mid air. Each ability is unique and has it’s own purpose, such as breaking ice blocks, dashing into wood blocks, throwing grenades, some even explode, destroying the hardest stone blocks.
Music and Sounds
The music in Angry Birds is probably my only complaint. With 165 levels of game play, you’d expect more than just one song for the title, and more than one victory music theme. At first it’s fun to listen to, but after 90 levels it can get pretty old. It is perhaps the only weak point in the game.
The sounds, on other hand, are hilarious. Despite there not being that much variety, hearing the birds cheer and “woot!” while in mid air is always amusing. The pigs laugh and snort when they barely escape annihilation, daring you to try your worst against them.
Conclusion
Angry Birds is a fun and highly addictive game. With 165 levels to play, funny plot, hilarious sounds and tons of replay value, at $0.99, Angry Birds is a definite bargain and a must download. Oh, and did I mention new levels are often released on version updates?
