Angry Birds VR: isle of Pigs

Virtually breaking structures is a ton of cartoonish fun.
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Angry Birds VR: isle of Pigs
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs is a virtual reality puzzle game for the Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. This is the latest chapter in the Angry Birds franchise, which has spanned cartoons, games, movies, toys, and more. Players take on the role of the slingshot, using a limited number of birds and their special abilities to defeat pigs by collapsing structures on top of them. While you cause chain reactions by knocking out pillars or blocks, forcing structures to topple onto its inhabitants, no blood or gore is ever shown. Enemies disappear in a cloud of dust, regardless of the damage caused. Otherwise, there's no inappropriate content to be found in the game, and the largest challenge comes in completing a level without using all of your birds. Parents should also be aware that virtual reality equipment makers don't recommend VR experiences for kids under 12 due to the potential impact the technology may have on younger players' physiological development.
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What’s It About?
ANGRY BIRDS VR: ISLE OF PIGS is the next game in the globally popular franchise, but it's not like some of the other titles in the series. Players aren't actually provided with a story, but instead, you're launched directly into the action. You take on the role of a giant slingshot, propelling birds at platforms to eliminate pigs that are perched on and around various structures. There are 52 levels to explore, each with their own challenges in destroying wooden platforms, stone pillars, and other objects (104 if you consider the spooky level versions of each stage). To help you figure out the best angle for launching your birds, you'll be able to teleport around a stage, looking at your target from different sides or from a raised platform before you launch your bird. That's vital, because players are only given three birds per stage. Some of them have special abilities, like exploding, splitting into three birds, or accelerating and causing additional damage. When you've eliminated all of the pigs, you're evaluated on the amount of damage you've caused to the entire stage as well as the number of birds that you have left to determine the amount of stars for that stage. Players also have the option to build their own levels, which can be uploaded to servers for others to play and rate.
Is It Any Good?
While there's no story and the gameplay can be somewhat short, the incredibly accessible play and the tons of user-made created content is lots of fun to explore. Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs assumes that you, like virtually everyone else on the planet, understands the plot of the franchise. So it completely ignores including a story, and instead tosses you directly into the action. That's fine, because it's simple to use your left hand to aim your slingshot and your right hand to launch birds at your targets. You'll be hurling the birds in seconds, hopping from virtual perch to perch as you bring pig houses tumbling down. You do have to be a bit more cautious than the previous games in the series, because you only have three birds per stage, and they only have a limited number of abilities. But that makes it easier to focus on how to clear the stages that are presented, which aren't the hardest things to do.
In fact, you'll probably find yourself clearing your way through the four worlds of the initial game in about an hour and a half, or three hours to fully clear the spooky level versions. That might seem incredibly short and unimpressive, but that's actually okay as well, because the included level editor is where the majority of gameplay comes from. There's a very active community building levels and uploading them on a regular basis, giving players con constant amount of stages on a weekly level to test your aim and puzzle solving skills. It's also incredibly easy to create these stages, so you'll probably find that as you're rolling through submitted levels, you're getting ideas of how to create your own. It's not hard to find yourself playing multiple rounds of these submitted levels and finding that you've spent hours shattering platforms with your birds. The levels may be short, but they're surprisingly replayable, and for a VR title based on this popular franchise, Isle of Pigs feels like an enjoyable way to spend some virtual time.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about violence in video games. Is the impact of the violence in Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs affected by the cartoonish nature of the combat in the game? Does it matter that you never see any actual injuries from structures collapsing on pigs, or launching birds at pillars? Does it feel okay because this is clearly unrealistic?
Is it fine to play a game that doesn't really have a story? Is that because the Angry Birds franchise is so well known now that there's no need for a story, but it does need more complex puzzle solving and challenges?
Game Details
- Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: Resolution Games
- Release date: February 7, 2019
- Genre: Puzzle
- ESRB rating: E for Mild Fantasy Violence
- Last updated: August 10, 2021
Our Editors Recommend
For kids who love puzzles
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