Angry Birds Journey

Angry Birds Journey is the latest video game in the Angry Birds franchise and it is the first slingshot Angry Birds game since Angry Birds 2 (released 7 years ago.. wow, I feel old) and even though this game is a step in the right direction for Rovio and the AB franchise in general, this game still feels like a massive downgrade compared to the other games in the series..

Don't get wrong this game is not bad at all it's just.. okay..

Let's start with the positives, The artstyle is pretty cool and eye to look at, I don't really mind the new character designs, The Angry Birds characters gets redesigned every 3 months at this point, So there's kind of no point of complaining about the designs, They gonna change the next game, and the game is pretty addicting at first and that's pretty much where my complements end..

The game gets really repetitive and boring after a while, unlike the older AB games where they always tried to do something new with the franchise, This game just feels like a downgraded version of Angry Birds 2 which was (to be honest) not a very good game..

First of all, Only 5 birds.. What's up with that?!

Only Red, Chuck, Bomb, Stella, and Silver, No Bules, No Matilda, No Terence, Like come on man, How are you gonna make an Angry Birds without Terence!

You can't replay the levels you beat anymore, when you beat a level that's it, You beat it, You can't replay the level anymore, They basically got rid of the 3-stars system and just ruined the satisfying feel of accomplishment, Yes, You can't go back to a level and get 3-stars because there's no 3-stars anymore, and that was like my favorite thing to do in the old Angry Birds games!

All the levels feel the same, They ruined the bird's powers, making them go through everything, Yeah, remember when Chuck used to be the best bird to use with wood, Now he goes through everything, Silver who used to be good with stone, Now she goes through everything too, thus ruining all the strategic methods we used to do to get the three stars (THAT ARE ALSO NOT IN THE GAME ANYMORE)..

They also brought back the card system from Angry Birds 2.. Do I need to elaborate on that?.. and let's not forget the 5 lives system, Yeah If you lose the lives, You have to wait like 6 hours before you can play again or you could just pay!

Again, I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed, I remember when I was like 5 year old, playing the old Angry Birds games all the time, The original Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Seasons, Epic, Friends, Star Wars, Star Wars 2, and now seeing Rovio release these unfinished, boring, mediocre games after releasing all these classic absolute bangers, It just breaks my heart, man..

I just hope Rovio listens to their fans and go back to the formula that made the Angry Birds games so fun to play because if I'm being honest chief, This game is just not it..

After trying out a few of the levels, I have to conclude that Angry Birds Journey is not for fans like me.

The original Angry Birds games, which I played growing up and found to be incredibly memorable and enjoyable, are much more complex than this one, which feels like it was designed for those who had never played Angry Birds before.