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Love it or loathe it, you can’t deny that as a franchise Angry Birds has been quite successful for company Rovio. Now a new spin-off game has been announced that removes the bird-flinging mechanic that the game is most famous for and replaces it with a story, quests, items and a customisable character build. That’s right – Angry Birds is getting an RPG.
The new game entitled ‘Angry Birds Epic’ will involve turn-based battle and a crafting system for armour, potions and weapons which can be made from resources picked up during the game or purchased for real money via micro transactions. There will be a story-driven campaign mode as well as endgame content to play after you’ve fought your way through the waves of Bad Piggie-based enemies to complete the main story.
A soft release of the game is coming to the Apple App Store this week in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as a way to introduce players to an early version of the game which Rovio say will be tweaked and refined before the full version is launched although no world-wide launch has been announced yet, although Rovio hope to make the game available soon. The game will also probably be available on Windows Phone, Android and iOS when the full launch goes ahead.
So, has the idea of an Angry Birds RPG gotten you fired up or do you just wish the franchise would vanish already? Let us know in the comments below!
Action! Kung Fu! Stickmen? If you want to play a game that makes you feel like a badass, I found the game for you. One Finger Death Punch.
One Finger Death Punch is an action brawler where you only use 2 buttons, the left and the right mouse button, to defeat hordes of enemies coming at you. Easy you think? Not really. The game is surprisingly challenging especially if you don’t get into the rhythm of it. And don’t think you can just button mash. The game strongly discourages it. Button mashing usually leads to you missing attacks and leaves you open to attacks from your enemies. But when you get into the feel of the game you can’t help but feel awesome; especially when you take out a Brawler, an enemy that requires you to hit him with a series of clicks in a certain order to kill him.
While you are mainly unarmed in the game, you are able to pick up weapons dropped by enemies you defeat. These include bows and daggers, which can be thrown at enemies far away as well as kill tougher enemies in one shot. You can also pick up a variety of melee weapons like swords, staves, and even a broom at one point, that allow you to have a further reach to take out more enemies faster.
The main game mode of the game is a Mob mode where you have to just straight up defeat all the enemies that come at you. To break it up a bit, they have other “game modes” scattered between,
including a Timed mode (kill everything before time runs out), a Defender mode (deflect knives being thrown at you), a Smash mode (toss enemies into buildings and items), a Light ‘Blade’ mode (fight with a light saber), and many more modes. There is even a Boss mode which puts you against a single tough enemy.
The aesthetic of the game is quite interesting. The general graphics make the game look like it is older than it is; kind of like an old arcade game or old console game. The general overall feel of the game feels inspired by old martial art films. They even have a game mode that is sort of homage to this where everything is grey with a film grain. Even the music and sound effects contribute to this. One of the things I enjoyed most about the aesthetic of the game is that even though your character is just a stickman, you can tell that he is actually doing various martial art moves. The game switches between a few different forms of martial arts: Flying Crane, Eagle Claw, and Shaolin Tiger. They even have a Drunken Master form which seems to only be used in the Boss mode.
All in all, One Finger Death Punch is an addicting, fun beat them up that makes you feel awesome for just pressing two buttons. And I can’t wait to try to get a perfect score on all levels. I definitely recommend it. It’s a fun game for an awesome price.
I consider myself a collector of video games. Whether I got my games in a really good sale or from a game bundle; I’m currently sitting on over 300 games, many I have yet to try out. Guess it is time to delve into the pile and see if I can find some awesome games for you to play.
This week I chose to try out the game named Finding Teddy.
Finding Teddy is a Puzzle Point and Click game where you play as a little girl who is trying to find her teddy bear that was stolen by a monster from the cupboard in her room. She follows the monster though the cupboard and then finds herself in a magical world full of bizarre creatures and enchanting sounds. Now she must explore this strange land and help its inhabitants in order to rescue her Teddy.
The gameplay of this game is pretty simple. You mainly move around the world by clicking the sides of the screen to move on to the next area. You will quickly find that some areas you won’t be able to get to until you solve a puzzle or help one of the inhabitants. For example, one of the first “puzzles” you come across is trying to get bye a large blob creature blocking your path. If you don’t come to it with the right item it will eat you and digest you.
While these ‘bring object to creature’ puzzles are common in the game, one of the more unique types of puzzle that is common in the game as well is the musical puzzles. On the top of the screen you can reveal some lines of musical “notes” that you can press, each playing a different tone. As you go through the game you reveal more and more of these notes as you solve puzzles using them.
In this world the little girl is traveling though, the only way to communicate is by uses of these musical notes. This game contains no dialogue, only music. Even the sound effects in the game are just a series of musical tones. This is probably one of the things I enjoyed most about this game. It’s very calming and really adds to the atmosphere of the game.
One of the main problems I did find with the game was that at the beginning of the game you are just thrown into this world without really any idea how to move or how to even play. But after a bit of randomly clicking around the screen I quickly figured things out and was able to get the feel of it.
I would rate this game a 7/10. The games aesthetic and general atmosphere is very enjoyable. And while the puzzles weren’t overly hard, it feels good to figure them out and move on to the next area. So, if you are a fan of Point and Click games or just want a simple, calming game to spend a couple hours playing I would recommend this game to you. If you are not a fan of these sorts of games, it may not be for you.
You can buy it for PC, Mac, and Linux here. (Finding Teddy is currently on sale 50% off on Steam until 3/10/14)
It is also available for iOS and Android.
I am a lover of great deals and this usually leads to me finding game and music bundles on a variety of sites including Humble Bundle and Groupees.
Today I found an awesome bundle on Groupees.com called the VGM & Beyond Bundle. This is a bundle of Video Game Inspired Music; including music created using original Gameboys, 8-bit/Hard Rock Fusions, Electronic-Symphonic works, and various Covers of Video Game music including a chilled out Reggae cover of the Mario Theme.
How can you say no to that?
What’s best about it is you only have to pay at least $1 to get it. But I suggest paying a bit more if you can for this bundle. A percentage of the money from the bundle goes to help a young child in India named Surya who needs to have heart surgery to fix a hole in his heart.
