Bird Strike
PikPok is another Kiwi development company that is producing some top notch stuff. Today I took a look at their new game ‘Bird Strike‘. Hit the ‘read more’ link to see what I thought and to get the chance to win yourself a copy (we have 3 copies to give away).
The game itself is pretty straight forward and easy to get into. You are simply trying to get Gerald the bird from his perch on a wire up to a UFO way up in the sky and, as someone once said what goes up must come down, he rockets back down to ground where you get to ‘BREAK STUFF!’ and land with a splat.
Ready for take-off!
Whilst soaring through the sky you’ll collect what looks like little golden bird seeds to increase your score, rockets to give you a boost through the sky, crash helmets to break through stuff and umbrellas to help slow you descent. But as always along the way their are obstacles you’ll need to get around. Some that are hard and you’ll need that crash helmet to break and some that you can fly straight through but they will slow you down (clouds, washing hanging on the line etc etc).
Don't hit those steel beams!
There are three locations to unlock (USA, Asia, Europe) with three levels in each and three medal levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold) to achieve. To unlock the next level you will need to achieve at least a bronze. But we all know third place isn’t good enough so you’ll be wanting to get that Gold medal. The latest update also introduces OpenFeint leader boards to the app so you’ll definitely be needing the gold and more to beat the best.
I will get gold on all of them
The graphics and animation are great and whilst fairly simple are really pleasing to the eye as is the audio (to your ear). The cartoony-like feel makes the app really fun to play. When I first opened the app it straight away put a smile on my face because of the fun it brings with things like the UFO zapping Gerald and the animation when he hits the floor after his long decent. I challenge you not to smile at least once when you play the game…… I bet you can’t.
Zap!
It is an easy to pick-up-and-play game ideal for those times when you’re sat outside the upteenth womans clothes shop waiting for your wife to stop abusing the credit card. Or if you let your kids play with your iPhone/iPod Touch then it will be a great fun game for them (my 8 year old loves it).
If I would have to say anything bad about it it would be the shortness of the game and the ease at which I had unlocked all the levels. I would really like to see the developers offer in-app purchases of extra level bundles. Maybe, offer continents with 3 levels in each continent as a bundle. So you would have Africa, Australasia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Asia and Europe, giving you 12 extra levels. Although trying to beat my own high score, or the high score on OpenFeint, is challenging sometimes a change of scenery is nice.
At $2.59 I still say this game is worth every cent just for the sheer fun it brings.
-Bird Strike
Check out the gallery for a heap of screenshots:
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- I will get gold on all of them
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- Ready for take-off!
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- Don't hit those steel beams!
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- Zap!
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- Bird Strike
Giveaway
To enter we thought we’d stick with the ‘Bird’ theme and get you to simply link to iPhonewzealand from your Twitter account, saying something cool about the site and including @iphonewzealand for example:
Hey! Check out this awesome iPhone site just for NZ! http://bit.ly/5ZuxWm @iphonewzealand
Winners will be drawn at random on Sunday 31st Jan and will be notified by Twitter (so you need to follow us).
1. Competition is open to all New Zealand residents
3. Winners will be supplied with a redemption code to download the app from the U.S. iTunes Store. If you don’t have a U.S. account, you will be able to set one up upon redemption of the code.
4. Competition commences Saturday 23rd January 2010 and closes 11:59pm Saturday 30th January 2010.
5. Three winners will be drawn at random from the valid entries.
6. Winners will be notified via twitter so you must follow us.
7. Winners user names/twitter names will be announced on the website on Sunday 31st January 2010.
8. The redemption codes supplied to winners will have an expiry date which will be made known to the winners. Prizes must be redeemed before the expiry date.
9. Judge’s decisions are final, no correspondence will be entered into.
10. See here for our full competition rules and conditions
Bought the game? Tell us what you think in the comments below…
