Sunday, May 27, 2012

You're an angry bird walking in circles...

Since before Christmas, thank to my longtime friend Johnnie, I've been addicted to Angry Birds.  And while all the versions (except for Angry Birds Space, which sucks runny bird eggs) are fun, not all the Angry Birds are equal.  So here's a list of all the different Angry Birds (excepting, again, the ones from Angry Birds Space) and their rating on Polt's Awesome Scale.

Best start here.

Black Bird (aka Boom Boom)


This guy is the best because regardless of the kind of material they're going against (glass, wood, stone or pig) he simply blows them all up and out of the way!  He doesn't go as far as some birds, but with his destructive power, who cares?


Big Red Bird (aka Big Brother)

This big boy just slams into things and knocks them down, over or to pieces.  He quick destructive, and a great bird to use.  But he flies even less far than the Black one, and isn't explosive, so that's why he rates below the Black one.














Yellow Bird (aka Speedy)

This guy can fly farther and faster than any other.  And with his increase in speed, he can blast right through wood like it's not there!  Doesn't so much against stone at all, and for whatever reason, even a small pain of the glass stops it, even though the glass is destroyed.  But honestly, you can go through wood but not glass???










Little Blue Bird (aka Triple Threat)

This little guy can split into three individuals, hitting three different things.  Also, he wreaks all kinds of havoc on the glass obstacles like nobody's business. But he's basically worthless against wood and even less so against stone.














Orange Bird (aka Blow-Up Bird)



This is a weird one: he swells up to a big balloon shape.  And that's really a great thing, if you can get him positioned properly.  But it's sometimes difficult to do so.  And sometimes, he doesn't move things (like the snow squares in the Christmas holiday version), HE moves.  So his whole gimmick is then worthless.  But if you can get him properly positioned, he's quite helpful.



Blue Parrot (aka Freak-Out)

He's only in the Rio version, and I suppose he's a character from the Rio Disney movie, having not seen it, I don't know.  He doesn't fly very far, and is quite awkward, and all he does it, when he hits something, he flails his wings around and knocks things over.  It's okay, but not all that.






Red Bird (aka The Regular One)

This guy is the first one you deal with.  And he's....okay.  Fine.  Kinda meh.  He doesn't DO anything like all the other ones.  He's kinda....there.  Which is, well, as I said....fine.
















Green Bird (aka Boomerang)

This guy swings back like a boomerang, which can be helpful getting to things on the far side an of obstacle. But he's very difficult to control at times and really, honestly, not worth the hassle.
















Two Blue Parrots (aka The Chain Gang)

Again, these are probably from the Disney movie that I refuse to see, so I don't what the hell is up with them.  But they're chained together at the ankle.  When launched, they're very awkward flying about and the only thing  they do is, when instructed, fly in a straight line right out of the screen.  Anything in their way is presumably sliced up by the chain between them.  It's an okay thing, but nothing spectacular, and they are very difficult to control.  I'm glad they're not used too much.








White Bird (aka Egg Pooper)

This guy drops eggs which explode on contact.  Sounds not too bad right?  Wrong.  Getting the hang of how the eggs fall (straight down, no sideward momentum at ALL) sucks.  And the bird itself doesn't fly very far at all.  And why do we need exploding eggs when we have a Black exploding bird that explodes more powerfully?  The only upside to the Egg Pooper is that after dropping the egg, the bird itself flies off at an upwards angle, and take out some other obstacles if positioned properly.  But that too isn't easy to get the hang of.  And it really doesn't make for all the other White Bird lameness.







Worst end here.

So, do any of you play Angry Birds, and if you do, do you agree or disagree with my opinions?

POLT

1 comment:

Adam said...

Rio isn't a Disney movie