Must.Eat.Birds iPhone Game App Review
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by iPhone App Reviewer in $1, 8 Star Ratings, iPhone Game App Reviews
Must.Eat.Birds: Addictive gameplay on great cartoon graphics.
| Our Rating: 8.3/10 |  |
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Version Reviewed: 1.2
Developer: Mediatonic [iTunes Link]
Price as of Review: $0.99
Current iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Size: 6.7MB
Must Eat Birds is a new game with a phenomenal pick up and play paradigm. The goal of the game is to defend your picnic from birds but launching cartoon monsters at them through a slingshot. In either Mission or Challenge mode this sounds incredibly stupid but it’s really incredibly good fun. Mediatonic did a great job on the theme of the app, I was expecting some awful stuff when I read the game description but the first impression and beyond really got to me.
The mission mode contains 18 levels, most of which will leave you incredibly frustrating and you’ll receive the “oh-so-close” addictiveness. An average level will take several tries and there’s enough gameplay material to have you playing for days. Unfortunately you don’t get any skip levels which means quite a few will throw away this game instantly, and I can’t blame them, although cheating it does restrict the gameplay to the players who just can’t beat certain levels.
Gameplay is a little bleak, pretty much you’re tapping and sliding, there’s a lot of angles and strategy. The rules go a little beyond just hitting birds. If you want to earn some serious points you’ll need to take advantage of the multipliers, the moment one of your monsters has missed it’s target(s) you lose your multipliers. This makes the gameplay very challenging, especially in some of the missions which limits the number of monster ammo you have.
Challenge mode is very freestyle but also very trivial, the goal is just to score as many points as possible before losing all four lives. Unfortunately it’s a tad pointless as playing in mission mode is pretty much the same thing but more rewarding. The graphics in Must Eat Birds are probably some of the greatest rendered cartoon graphics I’ve seen on the iPhone. Everything is smooth and colourful, the game is meant for Japanese viewers as well which means there’s some Japanese text around the game but it actually fuels the theme. Some people however may not like it (would recommend a Japanese or English option in settings).
All in all Must.Eat.Birds is a great game that’s considerably addicting and perfect to play anywhere. I’d highly recommend picking this one up – only a buck.
Final Ratings:
Gameplay: 8.5/10 – Pick up and play with lots of concepts.
Enjoyment: 7.2/10 – I did enjoy it quite a bit but it’s no Trism.
Graphics: 8.6/10 – Great cartoon graphics.
Sound: 8/10 – Not very annoying and really fits the theme.
Technology: 9/10 – No stability problems or glitches. Open Feint support.
Replay Value: 8.7/10 – Addicting and 18 different missions.
Overall Rating: 8.3/10
Further Improvements:
- Even more missions
- More gameplay modes.
More screenshots of Must.Eat.Birds. on our Flickr Page.
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