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It's fun at first, but after a while it's okay. I got unhooked after it got reset and I realized it was a pointless waste of time. Im also glad I jailbroke and didn't buy it.
I don't have a reason to be mad. It's a quirky little time consumer and that's all it will ever amount too. Not to mention a merchandising pariah.
I don't agree with you on Mcdonalds, I love chesseburgers. I don't understand the Angry Birds though, people just like simple games to pass the time.
"It's just a physics-based flinger, people -- there's a lot of these out there!"
I don't mean to troll or defend Angry Birds when I say this, but BF3 is just a game where you move a target reticle over someone and press a button and they die; MVC3 is just a game where you mash buttons to drain your opponent's life bar faster than he can do to you; Final Fantasy is a series where you select a words from a series of menus and your opponents die; Super Mario Bros. 3 is just a game where you hold right on the D-pad and then hit a button to jump over obstacles in your way... Any game can be described in a manner that makes it sound like some undeserving time-waster.
Angry Birds is mega-popular. Rovio took the right idea, went to the right place at the right time, and asked the right price. And lo and behold, it was a runaway success. Can we just accept that and move on with our lives?
I don't mean to troll or defend Angry Birds when I say this, but BF3 is just a game where you move a target reticle over someone and press a button and they die; MVC3 is just a game where you mash buttons to drain your opponent's life bar faster than he can do to you; Final Fantasy is a series where you select a words from a series of menus and your opponents die; Super Mario Bros. 3 is just a game where you hold right on the D-pad and then hit a button to jump over obstacles in your way... Any game can be described in a manner that makes it sound like some undeserving time-waster.
Angry Birds is mega-popular. Rovio took the right idea, went to the right place at the right time, and asked the right price. And lo and behold, it was a runaway success. Can we just accept that and move on with our lives?
That's not all it has in common with McDonald's Dale. It's also overrated, overpriced, and not all that good, especially when compared to it's competitors.
The Issue I take with it is how arrogant and cocky Rovio is, with their sales they have every right to be, but still...
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Considering I can get games like League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, and just recently DC Universe Online for free, the fact that Rovio is charging .99 for something that I did half assed in college kind of rubs me the wrong way. Then again, Rovio's probably too busy swimming in money to give a crap what I think.
Considering I can get games like League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, and just recently DC Universe Online for free, the fact that Rovio is charging .99 for something that I did half assed in college kind of rubs me the wrong way. Then again, Rovio's probably too busy swimming in money to give a crap what I think.
Well people like wasting their time on crap, and Apple fans have a LOT of time.
Still kinda depressing that this slight phenomenon is based on what is little more than a slingshot game though...
Still kinda depressing that this slight phenomenon is based on what is little more than a slingshot game though...
Nickleback remains popular despite sucking. Titanic was the top-grossing movie of all time for 12 years despite sucking. Oh, wait? If you pander to the lowest common denominator, you get a crappy product that the masses eat up? Whodathunkit?
theres what 3-5 version's of the thing.
So highly likely it ain't 500 million unique downloads.
plus with the first one being free now, cant see anyone not having it
So highly likely it ain't 500 million unique downloads.
plus with the first one being free now, cant see anyone not having it
I just hate all the merchandise. If they left it as JUST a game I wouldn't hate it as much...
Maybe.
Maybe.
Wait what? So, minus the fact that one person may have downloaded various versions, but plus the fact that people played it free, how many people played that thing? One person for every 20 persons on the planet? That's incredibly huge. At least McDonald's burgers are a thing you buy more than once in your life and that have been here for decades. Cheeseburgers are less popular than Angry Birds, that's what I get out of it. Blows my mind.
I think the reason people get a little pissed has more to do with the fact that its a blatant rip off of crush the castle, and the angry birds guys have made a fuckload of money without even bothering to show a single ounce of recognition or respect to the people they ripped their million dollar idea from.
I mean think about all the articles jim and a few others have made, pointing out the shady ass companies out there, more than happy to rip off indie games devs, trying to make money off someone elses idea... the only difference here is that the company doing so have met a much wider level of success than anyone else has, with this sort of shitty business practice.
All of this is without even mentioning all the arrogant bullshit involving rovio... it's enough to piss anyone off.
I mean think about all the articles jim and a few others have made, pointing out the shady ass companies out there, more than happy to rip off indie games devs, trying to make money off someone elses idea... the only difference here is that the company doing so have met a much wider level of success than anyone else has, with this sort of shitty business practice.
All of this is without even mentioning all the arrogant bullshit involving rovio... it's enough to piss anyone off.
I like to play angry birds. It's one of only two games on my iPod. The other being Final Fantasy Tactics.
Screw You.
Screw You.
I'll say this one more time. Crush the Castle is fucking boring and the physics are loose and bouncy. Saying AB is a ripoff of CtC is like saying Mario is a ripoff of Crash friggin Bandicoot.
I've never understood the hype for this game. Played similar flash games back in the day before it's time. Nothing to be jumping for joy about. I don't know; a bit overrated in my opinion. Especially with the publicity it's been getting lately.
I mean Angry Birds' cat toys?? I couldn't help but laugh after seeing them in my local Walmart.
I mean Angry Birds' cat toys?? I couldn't help but laugh after seeing them in my local Walmart.
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