Given the nature of the mode, I don't fully support it no matter how much it pushes gamer creativity to the forefront. You can either wait eight hours for a few new ones, pray you get one of those rare occurrences where all you have to do is watch an add, or drop some cash. Unless you're just really good, there are times when you'll be running low on birds. Given it's nature, it's sort of an obvious ploy to allow microtransactions in. It offers you chances to get new birds every eight hours that you can use to bail you out of a regular level or, you guessed it, use to actually play this new series of levels. There's a certain collect-a-thon element to the game. You get the option to play through all of the levels using any birds you want. The story obviously limits you to specific birds, but Rovio gives you a chance to put your own ideas to the test. Given the amount of characters and crazy powers they each have, it's not hard for your mind to race with thoughts of the potential of figuring out just what characters would be most effective in a given situation.

The way it follows the story is scattershot and fragmented, but it gives us the goods when it comes to the characters and level design. Rovio uses the Star Wars prequel trilogy tointroduce a slew of new bird abilities thanks to the seemingly endless amount of characters this era in George Lucas' series has. Rovio uses the Star Wars prequel trilogy tointroduce a slew of new bird abilities thanks to More of an expansion as opposed to an innovation. Rovio is the latest studio to look for extra revenue by directly tying together the physical toys with its games.More of an expansion as opposed to an innovation. and Pirates of the Caribbean) in a digital toy box. Disney announced a similar model for its upcoming Disney Infinity game that brings together different properties (like Monsters, Inc. Skylanders found great success both in terms of game sales and toy sales.

In that franchise, gamers can switch characters at any time by placing a different physical action figure on the Skylanders Portal of Power.

If Telepods seems familiar, that’s because it’s nearly identical to how publisher Activision’s Skylanders games work. Now, fans can enjoy unprecedented and seamless dual play in both physical and digital Angry Birds experiences,” Hasbro chief marketing officer John Frascotti said.Ĭheck out the game and Telepods in action in the following trailer: “Hasbro worked closely with both Rovio and Lucasfilm to deliver a fully integrated Telepods experience with the new Angry Birds Star Wars II app.