The 5 differences between Angry Birds 2 and the first Angry Birds

The angry birds are back. Those cute characters that made us lose hours and hours in front of the mobile screen have landed on Android and iOS with a mission: to reissue the success of the first installment. And the first news that comes to us from Rovio is positive. In just two weeks, the game has been downloaded 30 million users, a figure that makes clear the desire we had for a new version of this addictive game .But what does this title offer us again? What dilemmas will the evil pigs confront us with? We bring you the top five differences between Angry Birds 2 and the first Angry Birds.

1. The system of lives

Or it would be better to say, the controversial life system Users start the game with five lives. That means that when we fail in the levels we will lose lives until we reach zero. There are two ways to recover lives. On the one hand, waiting for a while for them to recharge. And on the other, buying new gems with real money (or using the ones we have accumulated by passing levels). This is a method that worked very well in Candy Crush Saga to monetize the game, but it breaks with the hours of continuous fun that we could spend to spend a level. Of course, on the positive side, it adds a more competitive component that will make us think a lot about each launch.

2. A more careful aesthetic

If Angry Birds was already a lot of fun and with nice graphics, Angry Birds 2 takes the cake. The animations on time to play have been improved and the colorfulness of the settings and of the characters is notorious. All this with a soundtrack to the height that results less stressful than in the first edition and invites you to play for hours. Of course, many user comments suggest that they have had performance problems with lower-middle-range terminals. In our case, with a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 the game is quite fluid.

3. Sand

One of the features that can give us more play in Angry Birds 2 is the mode ArenaIt is a daily tournament that pits us against other players from all over the world. The dynamic is quite simple, we start with a number of birds and we have to pass different levels with them. Every time we land a good enough hit we get another card with a new bird. The game continues until we lose all the birds and receive a score that places us in a certain position on the tournament leaderboard. Of course, to activate this mode we have to reach level 25 of the game (and pass it)

4. Various stages in levels

Another of the additions that increase the difficulty of this game. Each level has several phases that must be overcome in one go. In case we fail, even in the last phase, we will have to start over from the beginning or spend gems to stay in that phase.

5. More elements to interact

Lastly, we would like to highlight the large number of elements on the screen with which we can interact For example, in the first levels we will have some spitter plants that are capable of violently expelling both our angry bird and the debris that falls. This is just one example of the different tools we can use to reach our goal: defeating the evil "egg-stealing" pigs.

In short, a game that continues to maintain a high level of addiction and that is even more likeable and fun than the previous one. Of course, the new way of life can leave more than one of the faithful of the saga with a bittersweet taste.