Common Sense Media Review
By Chris Morris
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Angry Birds pigs star in challenging, captivating puzzles.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 7+?
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Bad Piggies
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What's It About?
Kids create carts and aircraft out of items -- including wheels, fans, boxes, springs, and balloons -- so the pigs can retrieve pieces of a shredded map by rolling, jumping, or flying to it. Players attempt to unlock star boxes along the way. There is often more than one way to solve the puzzles, but figuring out the best technique requires concentration and creative focus. The game also features a sandbox mode, which gives players access to all available parts so they can create whatever they want, largely without restrictions, to get stars.
Is It Any Good?
Let's answer the primary question first: Is Bad Piggies as good as Angry Birds? No. It's an entirely different sort of game, but it's one that ultimately isn't as welcoming to players, especially young ones. It's an app that demands attention to detail and focus (and that's often still not enough).
Is it a bad one, though? Not by any means. In fact, it's quite good -- with well thought-out puzzles and a terrifically fun premise. It may not be a game you can play for just a moment, but if you have time to sit and think, you'll find yourself captivated and determined to finish a level (or get all three stars). Or, perhaps, you'll simply enjoy experimenting in the game's unlockable sandbox mode. Either way, it's a game that is less about mindless fun and more about challenging you.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Have kids use LEGOs or similar building kits to make real-world machines to achieve goals.
Give kids a limited number of materials and let them create a vehicle on their own, with only their imagination guiding the way.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Science : engineering , gravity , physics
- Skills : Creativity : imagination , making new creations , Thinking & Reasoning : hypothesis-testing , problem solving , solving puzzles
- Pricing structure : Free to try, Paid, Free
- Release date : September 27, 2012
- Genre : Puzzle Games
- Publisher : Rovio Entertainment Ltd
- Version : 1.0.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.0 or later; Android 2.2 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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