Angry Birds 2 is a 2015 puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment as the twelfth game in the Angry Birds series, and is the direct sequel to the original Angry Birds. It is free-to-play with optional purchases for in-game currency. The gameplay features a new bird named Silver, spells instead of power-ups and gameplay occurs in multi-stage levels. It was soft-launched in Canada on March 5, 2015 as Angry Birds Under Pigstruction, and it was released for iOS and Android worldwide on July 30, 2015 and the name was changed to Angry Birds 2.
Just as in the original Angry Birds, players use a slingshot to launch birds at nearby structures; a key difference in Angry Birds 2 is the ability to select the order each bird is used. This can give the player more freedom by allowing the creation of their own unique strategies. The main enemies of the game are green-colored pigs of varying sizes, who can be defeated by hitting them with birds or objects.
Individual birds and spells are represented on cards. Tapping on a card will select it, placing its contents on the slingshot for launching. Players increase their score by destroying objects and pigs. The “Destruct-o-meter” fills up during play and if it gets full, a random card will be given to the player. Only three cards can be displayed at a time; the rest appear in the deck. The player loses a life if all cards have been used and at least one pig remains undefeated without the use of gems to continue the level; once five lives have been lost, the player must use gems or wait (30 minutes for each of the 5 lives, totaling up to 150 minutes/2 hours and 30 minutes) until the lives are refilled.
Levels include multiple waves of pigs, which progress through separate structures. Bosses will appear on some levels, and require the complete depletion of the boss’ health bar in order to defeat it and spells are disabled in boss levels.
Gifts are randomly located in the levels. Hitting blue gifts allows the player to send a gift to a friend through Facebook. Hitting white gifts will reward the player gems or bird feathers. Occasionally, Golden Pigs may appear in some levels, which fully fills the “Destruct-o-meter” when they are popped. They are not required to go to the next stage though, but are helpful whenever the player is about to run out of cards and gives them a last-minute chance to beat the stage of a level. The game may be connected to Facebook to compete with the player’s friends in high scores. Gems can be earned from completing daily quests or from in-app purchases. They can also compete with the world’s players through the arena’s daily tournament, just like Angry Birds Friends, where they are endless stages of levels, which reward them with feathers according to their positions in the current tournament, which help them to level up birds, causing them to acquire more points in the game.
