Angry Birds Go! Android Review

The different episodes of Angry Birds were only the first phase in the studio Rovio plans to conquer the world. Already at work on a cartoon inspired by cholerics birds, the studio explores new leads and tent unprecedented approach in promoting its piafs. This is now in a racing game that one finds throughout the Angry Birds troupe. 

The announcement of Angry Birds Go! let think that Rovio had ceded at easy development by following the path traced by many other studios before him. We then imagined that the Angry Birds series would quickly masked for turn into racing game to the Mario Kart. By far, this is indeed the inevitable conclusion, but in y looking closer, Angry Birds Go! seems to have found adequate strings to differentiate of the model and finally propose a rather personal formula. 

A background, thoroughly, thoroughly! 

The races of Angry Birds Go! quarreled by all on the flank of mountains and consist hurtling down cliffs more or less steep. Without brake, nor accelerator, the notions of pilotage then boil down to direct his vehicle towards the left or right, either by inclining his gaming machine, either by simply pressing an edge of the screen. One finds on the track few slabs boost, but none bonus object, which definitively distinguishes Angry Birds Go! of Mario Kart. Instead, each character has his own power for take advantage. L'red bird can go very fast once, small blue birds have meanwhile several accelerations, the pink bird locks himself in a protective bubble, the black bird coward bombs, etc. 

Outside these powers, nothing distinguishes a pilot of another. This is at vehicle level that all happens. The gear is thus be governed by several characteristics (speed, acceleration, maneuverability, etc.) should be done mount by spending the parts harvested during races. Increase one of the criteria of the vehicle also amounts to increasing its general category, opening access retesting. There is thus several types of Tests in the game. In each world, one finds single races against few competitors, shopping alone against the watch, races where must explode fruit on the course, and duels more or less difficult. In addition to these types of tests repeat as many times as necessary, a special challenge against a character systematically awaits us at each level. Beat three times that competitor allows not only to unlock the next world, but also to add this driver to his team. 

Shopping, it tires 

Obtain new pilots is far from being negligible in Angry Birds Go! : Even without being specially fan of power of this or that character, it is comfortable to broaden his team for the good and simple reason that each member of the troupe gets tired to each contested race. Indeed, a pilot may engage only five races a row. After that he must rest. The recovery time is grosso modo equivalent to half an hour, a delay during which the driver is not available. More one has pilot's station, more one can therefore play, it's as simple than that. 

Long and Free 

Basic, Angry Birds Go! is proposed free. It is therefore possible to play without having to spend anything, for as long as wanted. The races allow to earn coins which in turn are changing the vehicle, which increases our chances of win more trials, unlock new pilots and access other worlds. The game system is well-rehearsed and purchases in-game are therefore not necessary to progress. The only temptation relates the urge to buy a multiplier of parts for advance a little faster and counter the relative slowness of progression. Actually, with prices steadily higher to improve his vehicle, time spent collectible parts becomes logically increasingly long. Same thing for afford new vehicles, to buy for their share with crystals, even rarer than the parts items. Collection takes therefore shows long and tedious, which is not a problem in itself, but must be emphasized. If the races are fast, the general progression does not advance well quickly, and will ask to replay several races on the same circuit to obtain valuable coins and extremely rare crystals. Few objectives come then add to increase its nest egg, as does collect a certain number of pieces on the circuit or of make a jump of a given length. All this fact that the duration of life shows himself pretty huge while housing to traditional day are not even not yet arrivals to add new races. 

Angry Birds Go! is compatible with Telepods toys allowing of scanner a figurine of kart for obtain its virtual declination in the game. Without figurines to disposal, we not been possible test this option.

Threes Android Review

The simplest concepts are sometimes the most difficult to explain. This is the case of Threes, a game full of numbers, but not a game of maths either. I promise to do my best to be as clear as possible. 

The game screen consists of 12 squares each of which can accommodate an encrypted card. Initially you will only see one blue cards, red cards and two blank cards 3 The overall goal is to merge the cards in pairs to create a new one bearing a greater number. The first constraint is any beast. Maps 1 and 2 can not merge between them to give birth to 3 cards That makes sense, 1 + 2 = 3 3 A map can in turn merge with another card to turn 3 in card 6 (3 + 3 = 6). 6 cards can not merge with other cards 6 to form 12 with the range 12 12, 24 with 24, 48 with 48, and so on. 

Rule 3 

The second constraint is that the gameplay. It is possible to act on the maps that dragging in one of four directions. But be careful, a card never moves alone, is all visible cards after your move. And since there can come out of the gate, if two data cards have the opportunity, they will merge following the rules above. With each stroke, a new card is added to one of the empty boxes and the game ends when there is more space to accommodate new cards - which constantly forces the brain to démoëller to find the right combinations before displaying full. Points are then awarded based on the remaining cards on the grid and you're ready to start over. In this regard, note that past frustrations of the first parts, progress began to be felt with each new test. Better controlled its gate and tactics even put up with the ability to see the color of the next card to invade the grid. We know as well as if it is a credit card, it will be wise to make room next to a red card. 

Just like its minimalist concept, Threes offers a simple, uncluttered realization. A nice music and small voting power of each card brings good humor, humor and personality to this numbers game. Clearly, these buttons are not too much to counter the relative coolness of the concept but are still insufficient to keep us more screen time. This in itself is not a problem since Threes is not intended to be played over long time slots, but rather in small sessions more or less regular.

Out There Android Review

Let it be said, smartphones are far offer only little address to the Angry Birds games. There are also games deep gameplay and rich universe. This is particularly the case of Out There, a Rogue-like space very nice which is not reminiscent of a FTL. There have been less flattering comparison ... 

Out There tells the story of an astronaut charged with making regular cargo flight between Earth and Jupiter's moon. To shorten his journey, he immersed himself in regular cryonics until he wakes up in a place which is completely unknown, not knowing how long he slept. The goal is to explore the area to find out what happened, but also to find any trace of civilization. We will however see that this journey is not easy and that death can be crossed at any moment ...

FTL without fighting 

From there, Out There takes the form of a Rogue-like the FTL for example, since we explore a set of planetary systems randomly generated each party to discover a sequence of events always new. But unlike FTL, it is not about fighting, difficulty from resource management and storage of goods. But to get them, he must first know where to look. Be aware that gas planets may grant a certain amount of hydrogen and helium for fuel, the metal planets it possible to get useful iron to repair the hull of the vessel and a host of other components used a system rather complete craft, while other planets habitat contain between oxygen and carbon. It would therefore be tempted to keep everything in the hold, but things are not so simple. Indeed, the ship base includes only extremely limited number of storage locations, which requires difficult choices and taking maximum risk. Release of hydrogen in space and you'll be exposed to fuel exhaustion, a rare metal release and you will find perhaps never again.

This is even more true that it is possible to equip his ship with a number of modules, the many and varied functions. Some are required, like the cosmic bender which makes traveling from system to system, propellant interplanetary, the drill and probe hydrogen, while others are used to make life easier for example by increasing the amount material extracted, the shield or the maximum range of our ship. However, there are other powers for offering less sympathetic: a scanner to check what kinds of minerals on each planet before spending its fuel for landing, a terraforming tool capable of creating life on a metal globe or, conversely, a star destroyer creating a black hole that can be borrowed later by providing the appropriate module. And there are dozens as it is to find, crafter and equip a location free storage or finding plans on a planet that hosted life in the past, either through events choice multiple, or by interacting with various life forms that inhabit the galaxy and that will sometimes be inclined to help you.

The keys to a good replayability 

Everyone is free to set its own goals based on their tastes and his mood. One can for example be carried away by history and extraordinary ambiance provided by graphics rather pleasing to the eye, a neat soundtrack work and excellent writing. Thus enjoy reading journal entries written by our hero on every trip, especially since they are extremely numerous, highly immersive and written in impeccable French. Others may try to collect vessels and thus store more and more resources, meet as many alien races to decipher the alien language, or different endings to unlock the program. The easiest way is to join a remote system (think still improve your drive before that, since the stars are more distant from each other), but there are others linked to the discovery of a superior alien race, terraforming, etc. You can also play the score and try to do well in the leaderboards, but in no case the task will be easy.

Death awaits the unwary and every second. Even when it is believed to be finally safe in a strong and full of resources ship, you can lose the game in a flash. For example, it may be subject to a choice between several roads on which there are alien words undeciphered. It is obviously possible to escape, but it is clear that great rewards await the adventurous. We then randomly chooses to hit the other side of the galaxy in a remote location without having sufficient range to reach the nearest star. It then remains only forfeit. Similarly, a single jump system can result in dysfunction of several modules. The unfortunate people who have spent all her iron a few seconds before then end up unable to repair and would end up forced to dismantle other important modules to survive, or even abandon it altogether. In short, we must be vigilant and weigh the pros and cons in every moment, which further improves the atmosphere a little more of this title for € 3.59 inevitable fact of office.