burungberang Active 6 years, 1 month ago
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burungberang@cltan1985Then again… one plus side about buying gems and playing ads to gain more cards is that 3-stars is virtually guaranteed. You fling more and more birds, destroy more stuff, pop more pigs, and all that adds up to the score going way past the 3-star threshold. Trust me, I passed the hellish Lvl 30 with three stars and went on to breeze through 20 more levels and get all three stars each and unlock all seven birds.
Yet my aforementioned suggestions stand. Rovio should better listen and implement all the necessary tweaks before AB2 gets registered into Metacritic. I’ve read some reviews and there are a number of missed chances to perfect-score.
burungberang@cltan1985Lots of negative user reviews about the lives system here in this thread. Not surprising. Rovio please look here and find ways to work things out. But I can understand Rovio, this IAP thing must have been a very hard decision to make. Everyone makes difficult decisions that eventually cannot satisfy everyone. As for us fans it’s time to find constructive solutions.
For core gamers: A premium edition of the game, or an IAP to remove the lives system as in Cut the Rope 2. Make it clear to Rovio that premium is still relevant in the freemium era!
For everyone else: A more generous energy system with 10 lives (one regenerated each 15 mins) to fit AB’s gameplay style, and unlimited play on weekends like Candy Crush (albeit with Candy Crush it’s obtained with buying IAP).
Also cut down the gem prices of spells and offer spell bundles!
As for ads, I dunno what to say. I used to hate ads because I used a bog standard tablet. Now I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and I am OK with playing ads to gain gems and extras. In fact I’m interested to see if view-to-play can actually succeed the freemium model after knowing about Futureplay Games, founded by former Rovio head of games.
burungberang@cltan1985This is going to be a three-week event, where you get to earn one bird per week. You need to earn 100 of these tokens to earn each bird and you’re given a week (per bird) to do so. Alternatively you can take the freemium path and purchase the birds with premium currency. All birds you obtain will remain available after the event ends.
Ref: http://www.windowscentral.com/angry-birds-race-sonic-dash-epic-endless-runner-takeover
This is one of the many imaginable Angry Birds crossovers I’ve had in mind. Perhaps in the future the flock could find their way to Super Smash Bros and even Mario & Sonic at the Olympics.
burungberang@cltan1985I recall in an interview some time ago that when Rovio announced their acquisition of “Casey’s Contraptions” and changed the name to “Amazing Alex” they said the name change was because “Casey’s Contraptions” was a mouthful, even to native English speakers. That was what I thought of “Under Pigstruction”.
I hope this naming wisdom prevails when the game gets launched worldwide.
burungberang@cltan1985@sahil-gagrai I’ve always dreamt of an AB Pokemon game too. But I’d like to limit them to bird- and pig-type Pokemon and use classic slingshot game-play. Like this: http://2.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/95/78/bf972160124eeadaa16eefff166efabd.jpg
burungberang@cltan1985It’s been like two years since I last posted anything in the forums. Not that my interest in AB has dwindled – OK maybe a little bit – but after reading some recent news about Rovio and coming across this thread I think it’s time to make a comeback to let out my honest opinions on the way forward.
I assume when you mean “What’s Next From Rovio” you accept something outside the AB box. I think Rovio observers must be longing for the company to brandish its own ‘Zelda’ or ‘Pokemon’ (assuming AB being like their Mario) – a completely different franchise with completely different world, premise and characters that can keep Rovio buoyant and complement the Angry Birds series.
Granted they’ve acquired Amazing Alex and set up Rovio Stars where they publish third-party developed stuff like Juice Cubes and Tiny Thief, but it feels like Rovio doesn’t love them as much as they love Angry Birds.
Like one report says about Rovio’s newly-published annual profit: “The struggles are a sign of the dangers of becoming overly reliant on a single flagship brand.” Read more at http://www.businessinsider.com/r-angry-birds-maker-rovio-says-profit-fell-73-percent-in-2014-2015-3/
The “phenomenon” may be over, yet the brand still resonates, just like the Mario and Sonic franchises despite their current troubles.
And I agree somewhat with @abginebird that Rovio should have merged ABO with ABFriends and maybe ABSeasons as to better manage the franchise.
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