Written by Caleb MacGregor | 24 March 2011
Posted in News - Site

Please, no one beat me up for writing this. We're all entitled to our own opinions, and while many (many) people think that Angry Birds is the cat's whiskers, that opinion isn't shared by everyone. Today I'll be going through a few reasons why Angry Birds shouldn't allowed near your iPhone;

First of all, it's repetitive. I mean, come one, how often can throwing some poor bird at a tower with pigs in it be fun? We need a bit of something extra, and while they tried to do that with the extra unlockable birds, it just didn't make the cut. While the pictures change, the formula stays the same; See pigs, throw bird, kill pigs. Rinse and repeat. Doesn't this get a little old after a while? I for one can only do the same thing for so long before it becomes boring. And games shouldn't be boring. Games these days need to grab you by the throat and give you a good shake. And that's something Angry Birds doesn't do. But somehow it's managed to slide onto a huge amount of peoples iGadgets. Not only that, they've got soft toys (also known as "Plushies" to those State side). But I feel I'm getting off topic here.

Feel like you've done this before? Yeah. That's because you have.

 

I also feel that it's simply a copy of various other games. Has anyone else ever played Crazy Penguin Catapault? I think there's a version for iPhones, but the version I played was on my old phone. Basically, this is how it works; you push a button to launch a penguin. You push another button to make the flying penguin dive down and wreak mayhem on the Polar Bears that have barricaded themselves in ice towers. Sounds familiar? Angry Birds is based on that same formula. Which, for me, is another reason why it's a tad idiotic.

 

Something else: The Mighty Eagle. In my opinion, a way people can pay to skip something they find a bit tough. What happened to having to muscle through something that you were struggling with? Heck, I remember spending weeks trying to get through one level of Raptor. No cheats there. No "For $0.99 you can bring the wrath of "The Mighty Eagle" down on the heads of those piggys". I can see why they did it, and I do understand that many people have used TME, but it seems to me to be an easy way out.

And so ends my rant on why Angry Birds doesn't necessarily deserve a spot on your Springboard. Don't waste your lives people, do something constructive with your time. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's great. And take some time to delve into the bowels of the App Store: You might find a diamond in the rough.

P.S. In the not too distant future I'll be doing a review on why Angry Birds should be allowed on you iPhone. Don't think of me as a hater. Think of me as someone who looks at both sides of the coin.

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