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Sutekh137
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Thanks for the explanation on level design. I’ve no doubt a lot has gone into it, but then it should tell you something when veteran players talk about how samey the levels ultimately are. All the balance and generated structures in the world don’t amount to much if it still feels “meh” at the end of the day. Like I said: do a poll and see what players think about the new content rolling out (and its volume). Also a poll on how excited new levels make them.

I am not sure what you mean by 1-2 new dynamics in each chapter… Examples: Ham Francisco was basically a harder rehash of Pigsyland with explodey-pig thrown in (that’s not much of a new mechanic). And, as someone else observed somewhere on this forum, Pig Bay is 60 levels (instead of the standard 40), and the only new mechanic was water, something not all that new for many Angry Birds players. Sixty levels is about 300 rooms. Three hundred rooms to slog through without much differentiation to them. Even the boss levels were almost all carbon copies of each other: get the boss in the water, clear a path, then boot him out. Prior boss levels have been far more engaging.

I’m curious as to how you know _why_ players are being retained by AB2? Are they in and watching ads because of the treasure chests? The Arena? Several folks on this board have said they either don’t even play the campaign levels or are far behind. So what makes Rovio think it is the campaign level additions that bring folks back every day? Do you guys even keep track of campaign level play? I thought those completions were just stored locally (if not, could you please save all game progress in the cloud so we don’t have to worry about manual backups?).

Yes, I could just take a vacation. And when I come back, I’d have a hundred levels to slog through. That would mean an immediate uninstall. Because I think you are missing my point: it’s not the volume of content so much as how uninspired it is. It’s just a grind in order to make folks buy more gems. Clear as day. Like I said in a previous post, Angry Birds Space was updated with Brass Hogs and Mirror Worlds, and that meant HUNDREDS of new levels — it basically doubled the size of the game! Did I complain? Not at all. I got after it and loved every minute of it. To reverse an old relationship adage, “It’s not me, it’s you.” *smile*

Thanks,
sutekh137