Rovio is trying something different with its new Angry Birds title, Angry Birds Action!
The free-to-play mobile game is ditching the 2D model, instead opting for a pinball-inspired 3D game that twists around some familiar Angry Birds mechanics. It's also adding in a large amount of augmented reality content, as well as an extra incentive to have the game and see The Angry Birds Movie.
Acting as a prequel to the upcoming animated film release and borrowing its animation style, Action! features the four main characters of that movie -- Red, Chuck, Bomb and Terence -- progressing through various levels to try to gather eggs while being waylaid by enemy pigs (who are sometimes in disguise as birds). Instead of charging up your bird characters by pulling back a slingshot, here you use your finger to aim your character in the direction you want to send it, trying to beat the level in as few tries as possible.
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The free-to-play mobile game is ditching the 2D model, instead opting for a pinball-inspired 3D game that twists around some familiar Angry Birds mechanics. It's also adding in a large amount of augmented reality content, as well as an extra incentive to have the game and see The Angry Birds Movie.
Acting as a prequel to the upcoming animated film release and borrowing its animation style, Action! features the four main characters of that movie -- Red, Chuck, Bomb and Terence -- progressing through various levels to try to gather eggs while being waylaid by enemy pigs (who are sometimes in disguise as birds). Instead of charging up your bird characters by pulling back a slingshot, here you use your finger to aim your character in the direction you want to send it, trying to beat the level in as few tries as possible.
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