Angry Birds Star Wars: I won this game as player two with a score of 48,500 (and I won two out of three rounds too.) More by fluke than actual skill, but still, it’s a (insanely) fun game.
This is a review of Angry Birds: Star Wars Xbox One edition. Angry Birds has been a popular game for a long time, and there have been many different versions released for Chrome, various apple devices and mobile devices. However, this is the first Angry Birds version (as far as I’m aware) released for Xbox.
Xbox One is a fantastic new console – I’m doing a separate review for it later, check back for the link to it here – and combined with this entertaining take on Angry Birds, it’s a great game either played alone or great as a family.
Firstly, there is a good multiplayer section. Play either cooperative to take down a level (good for beginners working together) or, for the more competitive amongst us (read me, my dad and stepmum) there’s score attack which is competing to see who can complete the level and get the highest score possible using a set amount of birds. There are groups of one level, three levels and five levels to play from, and they are selected at random ranging from the early on (very easily) to the more advanced (very, very hard). There’s also a range of different birds, each made to look like and with powers relating to their character from Star Wars. Luke Skywalker has a lightsaber that circles around the bird when activated. Han Solo shoots in whatever direction you move the left stick to hover over. Chewbacca has a force push and is generally a large, furry thing that barges into anything in it’s path – and there are many more characters to be discovered.
I’ve not done the single player mode, but it appears that as the primary player (player 1) unlocks more “stickers” or characters in the single player “career” mode, they also unlock them as stickers for the multiplayer. However, these stickers are only cosmetic and don’t have any impact on the multiplayer mode.
Overall, it’s a great game for the family and is a smooth little game. There has been no glitching while we’ve been playing, and even a “challenges” section. If you’re a fan of Angry Birds, or want a family game that everyone can play – regardless of whether you’ve got one controller or five, all the family can play on one or spread out amongst them – I’d really recommend the game.
- Angry Birds Star Wars: Multiplayer mode with three players in a score attack mode. Everything is Star Wars themed!
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