Does Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs (VR Game) Burns Enough Calories That You Will Lose Weight??? - FGR
2Does Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs (VR Game) Burns Enough Calories That You Will Lose Weight??? - FGR
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00:00 - Intro
01:48 - Angry Birds and VR Background
04:28 - Isle of Pigs Review
09:40 - Good for Fitness and Statistics
11:54 - Outro
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According to Wikipedia, Angry Birds is among the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. With 9.19 billion dollars in sales, it ranks just slightly below the Dragon Ball franchise and Grand Theft Auto Series. That is absolutely nuts compared to the cultural impact of those two franchises. With that money, It's no wonder why the team at Resolution Games put the franchise into VR with Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs. With stylish visuals reminiscent of the Angry Birds Movie and a low price of twenty dollars this puppy sored to the top of the sales chart. The question remains: how well does the franchise carry into the Virtual Reality world, and does it have enough movement so someone like me will lose weight? Well there is only one way to find out, baby. My name is Jack Jenkins. Welcome to my YouTube channel. Today, I will be reviewing Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs to see if you should buy it as well and see how many calories I burned. The footage was played and recorded on a Meta Quest 3 if you are wondering.
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Angry Birds: Island of Pigs is the first VR game I've ever owned. I Got this with my thirty dollar referral code when I purchased my Meta Quest 3. I am stating this because the whole VR technology is brand new to me. Thus, my rating may be a bit higher than other reviews due to the novelty of Virtual Reality. Regardless, Angry Birds: Island of Pigs is one of the top ten best games I've played this year. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, you must use these birds and a slingshot to take out some pigs. To beat the level, you must destroy as many of them as possible through direct hits or by having the environment destroy them. The more destruction you cause with the least amount of shots being taken the higher the score you will get.
Originally, the Angry Birds series was a simple 2D iPhone game you played while waiting around. I was worried the game wouldn't have carried over, but it did so beautifully. The game starts off with fifty-two levels over four different worlds. After beating that, you get fifty-two additional levels in the same worlds, this time with a spooky theme. The levels start off on the base of an island, then move to the cliffs, up the ski slope and lastly to the pigs disco themed hide out. Along the way you can see this air balloon come in close and closer until you are next to it. Once you beat the game the air balloon gets destroyed and then you repeat the same path in the Spooky version.
With a hundred and four levels by the developer it’s enough content to last a few hours but it pales when compared to the over five hundred levels in the original game alone. I would have preferred a bit more levels with more variety in the settings. So far it’s two tropical-themed levels, a snow level, and an eighties disco theme. Would love a bit more variety even considering the other games in the series. Give me a volcano level or a desert theme. It would be awesome if the developers took inspiration from the phone franchise and gave me Angry Birds Star Wars in VR! Get to shoot the birds at the deathstar. Hey, a man can dream…
The gameplay in these levels is very simple. You get three birds for each level and must slingshot the pigs to death. The strategy comes in on where in the level you should hit to do the most damage. Doing more damage with fewer birds builds up more points. These points correlate to a higher star rating. These don't really unlock anything else, which is a shame. It would be cool if the stars correlate to unlockable skins or hidden levels. Additional strategy comes with the different birds' abilities that can be triggered. Red is your standard bird, but Yellow comes in handy with the ability to speed up after shooting. That allows you to do more damage and cause more chaos. The bird Bomb can explode whenever you hit the trigger. This guy is my favorite for just destroying everything. Lastly, blues split into three different birds, causing a wide array of disrepair. The iPhone games have about twenty different types of birds, so there is room for a sequel to expand upon this concept. Though the content the developer provided is enough, original levels are a great simple time.
The spooky levels, however, do have a bit lacking in the fun. Angry Birds is about the delicate balance between strategy and raw destruction. I feel they leaned too much into the strategy portion. Amazingly, an update that doubled the game's length came out, but I am a bit disappointed with the reuse of the same environments and the lack of chaos. Where all this fun can be found, however, is with the level builder...
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