{"id":92725,"date":"2018-10-22T14:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/birdsisle-review\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:04:06","slug":"birdsisle-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/birdsisle-review\/","title":{"rendered":"BirdsIsle Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/is1-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Purple118\/v4\/af\/fd\/ac\/affdac9f-5d0f-9f20-376b-f7023a51250d\/source\/256x256bb.jpg\" width=\"150\">  <\/p>\n<p>Creating a semi-involving story for a match-3 game seems an impossible task. BirdsIsle, the new game from Amrita Studio, may have just managed it though.<\/p>\n<p><p> <img width=\"2208\" height=\"1242\" alt=\"BirdsIsle\">    <\/p>\n<p>It involves you collecting a crew of &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; birds in an ornitary by completing several stages that ask you to match&#8203; up a colorful range of fruits and objects. You match them up by colorful vertically, horizontally, and even in grids of 2&#215;2. <\/p>\n<p>Moving these items is done by swiping on the touchscreen, and making lines or squares of four or more items will see you unlock certain power-ups, create explosions, or set off chain-reactions.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p>\n<h2 class=\"r_c_sct_cll_ttl\">The Good<\/h2>\n<p><p> <img width=\"2208\" height=\"1242\" alt=\"BirdsIsle\">    <\/p>\n<p>BirdsIsle may be a match-3 game, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean it&rsquo;s another generic entry in this most overcrowded of genres. This is in part down to the presentation, as mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>It gets you to care about these birds you group together. Their distinctive designs are one factor, and another is their adorable chirpings. We&rsquo;re not talking about birdsongs either, but the various geographical and word facts they keep sharing with you. It&rsquo;s somehow enjoyable to learn about the world. Who knew.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the clear and colorful in-game visuals, which make BirdsIsle an incredibly easy title to get to grips with. Even the in-app purchases aren&rsquo;t as irritating as in other match-3 games. You can replay past levels to gain more coins and the like if needed, but we didn&rsquo;t lean on this crutch too much to pass the latter stages.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s most impressive in BirdsIsle is how it asks you to play stages tactically straight off the bat. If you go in swiping mindlessly you won&rsquo;t get far. Instead you have to make sure you clear a certain amount of items per stage, and often there are other obstacles to work your way around &#8211; including defending your board against wood-boring beetles.<\/p>\n<p>You do this by matching up four or more objects in certain ways &#8211; such as in L-shapes or 2&#215;2 squares &#8211; and gaining certain power-ups that are then essential in competing for&#8203; that level&rsquo;s main objective. It&rsquo;s this need to think about the shapes you have to create that really helps BirdsIsle differentiate itself from its rivals.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p>\n<h2 class=\"r_c_sct_cll_ttl\">The Bad<\/h2>\n<p><p> <img width=\"2208\" height=\"1242\" alt=\"BirdsIsle\">    <\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s ultimately no getting away from it &#8211; BirdsIsle is a match-3 game. Regardless of how many power-ups and intriguing gameplay gimmicks it throws at you,&#8203; it&rsquo;s impossible to escape the fact that you&rsquo;ve played many titles like this before. <\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s not necessarily a deal-breaker, but if you go into BirdsIsle expecting it to blow the puzzle genre wide open you will be disappointed. Set your expectations accordingly and you&rsquo;ll be very happy indeed though.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p>\n<h2 class=\"r_c_sct_cll_ttl\">The Verdict<\/h2>\n<p>No it&rsquo;s not the most original game in the world, but BirdsIsle has more than enough about it to make it well worth a look into anyone with even a passing interest in the puzzle game genre. You can download it via the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.onelink.me\/app\/71365d70\">App Store now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p>7.9 <\/p>\n<p>OVERALL  <\/p>\n<p>\n<p>Graphics <span class=\"aa_pull--right aa_text--bold\">8.4<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\n<p>Sound\/Music <span class=\"aa_pull--right aa_text--bold\">8<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\n<p>Replayability <span class=\"aa_pull--right aa_text--bold\">7.6<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\n<p>Game Controls <span class=\"aa_pull--right aa_text--bold\">7.9<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\n<p>Gameplay <span class=\"aa_pull--right aa_text--bold\">7.6<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <span class=\"r_c_rt_d_m_\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/appadvice.com\/app\/birdsisle\/1360275669\" class=\"r_c_rf-app_l\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/getapp.cc\/app\/1360275669\" class=\"r_c_rf-app_gt aai-arrow-download\"> FREE <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/is1-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Purple118\/v4\/af\/fd\/ac\/affdac9f-5d0f-9f20-376b-f7023a51250d\/source\/256x256bb.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>BirdsIsle <\/p>\n<p>Amrita Studio   <\/p>\n<p>Source link: http:\/\/appadvice.com\/reviews<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a semi-involving story for a match-3 game seems an impossible task. BirdsIsle, the new game from Amrita Studio, may have just managed it though. It involves you collecting a crew of &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; birds in an ornitary by completing several stages that ask you to match&#8203; up a colorful range of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":92726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}