Angry Birds ("Angry Birds") is a famous arcade puzzle game from the Finnish studio Rovio Mobile. The game has been released on various platforms, but it gained special popularity on Apple iOS. For example, in December 2009, about 12 million copies of the game were downloaded through purchases in the App Store. Now, the game can be found on popular platforms such as Android, Symbian, Windows Phone 7, PS3 and PSP, Mac OS X, MS Windows, and so on.
The plot of Angry Birds is simple and straightforward. The whole game is built on the confrontation between the green pigs and the birds. The pigs steal bird eggs, which incites fierce hatred among the colorful birds. A war to the death begins, forcing the pigs to hide in various structures made of wooden, stone, glass, and other blocks. The stronger the material, the harder it is to break the blocks and bring the entire structure crashing down on the pigs' heads. Players are tasked with eliminating the pigs using a slingshot and birds. You must pull back the slingshot with the bird and choose an approximate flight trajectory. After the player releases the rubber band, the bird takes off. Some pigs are on the surface of the blocks, but most hide in shelters. The goal of the game is to destroy all the pigs.
The birds that we control differ in their functions and abilities. For example, the red birds don't have any special skills and lack significant destructive power. The blue birds can split in flight into three, raining down destruction on the pigs. The yellow triangular birds can accelerate and crash through blocks with great force. The black birds are timed bombs, and the green birds attack along a boomerang path, and so on. Overall, the developers' imagination knows no bounds.
Each level represents a separate location, and as the player progresses further, it becomes increasingly difficult to eliminate the pigs. They hide behind obstacles, conceal themselves among multi-level stone blocks, and even wear helmets. Nevertheless, no matter how strong a structure may seem, there is always a weak point. Just throw a specific bird at some part of the structure, and the whole thing will collapse like a house of cards, burying all the pigs beneath it.
The developers of Angry Birds constantly treat players by releasing new updates. Additionally, free versions of the games can be downloaded, which feature somewhat reduced content.
In general, Angry Birds is a game that became iconic right after its appearance. The only game that can rival "Angry Birds" could be Cut the Rope, but that’s a different game with a different mechanic, so the birds have firmly established themselves on the pantheon of popular arcade puzzles.