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I for one still, for all that is holy, do not know why anybody would want to be on Facebook. But they can put up any crap they want there for AB2, I’m not playing that one anyway

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I just read a review about the game. They made it very clear that the whole setup of AB2 with the lives system, the 2 games per level, the random generating of the level layout, the free use of given birds from the start, spell cards and the earning extra lives/birds is to make everything as unpredictable as possible. So there basically is no way of learning and improving by doing it over and over and over again. AB2 is nothing more but a way to keep on pushing you to spend money. Over and over and over and over again.

I for one could never figure out why King made/makes millions of dollars day after day after day with Candy Crush, but I highly doubt that AB2’s game style/type will have the same effect for Rovio. The old addiction that AB carried is nowhere to be found in AB2, so there is no satisfaction in playing AB2 and therefore no need to spend money.

Remember Nokia, Rovio?

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I have auto-rotation disabled and this is the first time AB rotates “the wrong way”. Maybe I’ll see if the auto-rotation works, but I’m guessing AB2 probably won’t last enough on my phone ;-)

Hmmm, now it turned the right way. Maybe it depends how I hold the phone when starting the game…

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Well, I’ve tried patiently finishing the level even if a high score is out of reach. But then you don’t have a retry option, you can only go to the next level. Loading… loading… loading…. ah. Exit to main menu, now select the previous level again. Loading, loading, loading…

Nope, not doing it for me. But there’s always an AB Space, Rio or Star Wars score that can be improved. Since I currently no longer hold any Topscore :-)

And why is this release “upside down”? Now the bottom side of my Galaxy S4 needs to go to the left. So when a chargercable is plugged in, it blocks a good grip for aiming the slingshot. Or is that just on my phone?

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Part of the fun in AB always has been to retry levels over and over to try to improve your highscore. With AB 2, Rovio has ruined this.

So Rovio, please stop with this damned freemium shit. Just give me a game I can buy for a couple of euro’s and let me play. And once in a while, put out a major expansion for an extra euro or 2. But not this. I’m not interested in buying or earning gems, or sharing on frikkin’ Facebook. And I don’t want multiple game strategies, spell cards and whatever. Or random generating the lay-out of a level, who the f*** decided that was a good idea? And what’s the point in keeping Topscore records with a setup like that? Plain old AB was just as it needed to be.

So, I’m guessing Candy Crush Soda will win over AB 2 on my phone for now. And I’ve not spend a penny yet on King games. I’ll gladly pay a little to buy a game, but not keep on spending money to keep playing a game.