Angry Birds 2

Angry Birds 2 (formerly known as Angry Birds Under Pigstruction) is a puzzle platformer game developed by Rovio, first soft launched in Canada on March 5, 2015 and officially released on July 30, 2015. This game is the direct sequel to Angry Birds and utilizes new challenges such as multi-stage levels and boss battles (referred to as boss piggies). The game also introduces new features such as spells, cards, feathers, and a new bird known as Silver.

Plot
After the events of Angry Birds, Chef Pig steals the eggs and puts them in an airship, leaving Red to gather the rest of the flock pursuing him and the rest of the pigs. After Chef Pig is defeated, the Foreman Pig takes over followed by the King Pig on defeat. It goes on to avoid the birds from recovering the eggs. The beginning cutscene was removed in later updates.

Gameplay
Main Article: Angry Birds 2/Cards

There are a number of new changes from the prequel, although the core mechanic of launching birds into Pig Fortresses via the slingshot remains constant. Levels are now selected in the form of an overworld similar to Angry Birds Epic rather than a typical selection screen. Birds are unlocked via accessing treasure chests throughout the overworld. Angry Birds 2 introduces multiple sections labeled as "rooms" in each level (indicated at the top center, and can range from two to seven), thus players must defeat multiple fortresses one at a time in order to advance.

During levels, players are not able to select which birds are desired. Birds/cards are auto assigned from a predetermined set drawn from the pool of birds the player has previously 'unlocked'. Three (3) of these 'bird cards' are presented 'face up' thus revealing their identity. While the remaining cards are in reserve and are presented 'face down' and thus rendering their value hidden. At all times the number of reserve cards is displayed. As a card/bird is used to attack, one of the face down/reserve cards is turned 'face up' and is now active and available for attack. The three (3) 'face up'/active cards can be used in any order the player wishes. This differs greatly from previous iterations of Angry Birds, as the order of birds until this installment were locked, meaning the player could not choose which birds to fire at their momentary need. A "Destruct-O-Meter" on the upper-right of the screen accumulates points from playing through levels, and filling up the bar will reset it and award the player with an extra bird card. In the event that the player already has three (3) bird cards 'face up' the awarded extra card will be placed 'face down' in the reserve deck. (note: as the card travels to the reserve deck the identity is NOT hidden.) In the event only one bird is used to destroy a fortress, it is referred to as a "strike!" (such as in bowling) or two birds was used "birdie!" (spare), earning additional points towards the score.

Unlike previous games where players could fail levels without consequence or retry levels as many times as needed, Angry Birds 2 features the usage of lives where there are a limited amount of attempts allowed. This means that the player must have at least one life in order to play a level. The game starts out with five lives, one is deducted every time a level is failed or the player forfeits (There was a special offer that allowed the player to have six lives). Lives regenerate slowly over time (one per thirty minutes), but the player may purchase additional lives to use on demand. It is impossible to lose a life if the player does not launch any birds at the beginning of the level.

The lives are shown on the top right of the new screen and campaign map.



As of new version 2.12.2, a new home screen design bought a new layout features the character cards, the right icons redirects into campaign, the arena and daily challenge/King Pig Panic respectively. The bottom shows daily quest, chest and tower of fortune icons.

Star Rank
The star rank is a new feature in which players accumulate stars to level up the rank currently in their possession. It can be earn through campaign levels or /The Nest/. It is displayed on the top left of the screen in campaign map and home screen.

Level Types
There are various different types of leve in the main campaign: There are a multitude of ways to pop the pigs in this game, such as flinging a bird on the slingshot directly into a pig, by using abilities or - most commonly - toppling structures that can fall onto the pigs.
 * Normal Level (AB_2_Normal_Level.png) - Clear all the pigs to complete the level. (First introduced in level 1; common to find)
 * Hard Level - (AB_2_Hard_Level.png) - Clear all the pigs in a harder difficulty to complete the level. (First introduced in level 9; uncommon to find)
 * Boss Level - (AB2_Boss_Icon.png) Beat the boss pig in the last room to complete the level. (First introduced in level 5; each chapter has at least 3 of this level type)
 * Score Level - Score the required points to complete the level. (First introduced in level 14; very rare to find)

Daily Quest
Every day, you can complete six challenges in order to claim a large amount of feathers if you complete all of them. These include the following (as of version 2.19.1):


 * Playing the arena [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 10]
 * Collecting (x # of) stars [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 10]
 * Completing Stage 1 daily challenge [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 10]
 * Completing the King Pig Panic [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 20]
 * Claim gem letter [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 70 ]  (must purchase the gem letter in the gem shop)

In total, the players can get  × 120 every day.

Feats
Similar to achievments in Game Centre or Google Play, these are missions that are intended to be coompleted over a longer period of time than the daily quests. Listed below are the feats in the game:
 * Completing the daily challenge x times [Rewards black pearls]
 * Defeating x boss pigs [Rewards black pearls]
 * Leveling up all birds to x [Rewards feathers]
 * Logging in on x different days [Rewards black pearls]
 * Getting x arena wins [Rewards AB2_Gems.png]
 * Watching x video ads [Rewards AB2_Gems.png]
 * Popping x pigs [Rewards black pearls]
 * Opening x rare chests [Rewards feathers]
 * Completing x arena win streaks [Rewards AB2_Gems.png]
 * Opening x common chests [Rewards AB2_Gems.png]
 * Using x spells [Rewards black pearls]
 * Reaching floor x in Tower of Fortune [Rewards black pearls]
 * Completing King Pig Panic x times [Rewards AB2_Gems.png]
 * Completing x x4 hat sets [Rewards AB2_LegendaryChest.png]
 * Winning x weekly tournaments [Rewards rare chests]
 * Completing all Daily Quests x times [Rewards feathers]
 * Opening certain number of legendary chests [Rewards AB2_LegendaryChest.png × 1]
 * Unlocking Blues; Chuck; Matilda; Silver; Bomb and Terence [Rewards AB2 Terence Feather.png × 100 each bird]

The Nest (Bird Arena)
For details on The Nest, see Angry Birds 2/The Nest.

Clans
For details on Clans, see Angry Birds 2/Clans.

Score Multiplier Rank
For a list of bird and slingshot ranks, see Angry Birds 2/Score Multiplier Rank

Daily Challenge
For details on daily challenges, see Angry Birds 2/Daily Challenge.

King Pig Panic
The King Pig Panic is a bonus set of levels, which can be unlocked every day by completing the Daily Challenge. It originally consisted of five levels - four normal levels and one boss level - but now it entails three boss levels, each one more difficult than the last. You can try this challenge as many times as you want, but you have only have one hour to complete it after completing the Daily Challenge.

Tower of Fortune
For details on Tower of Fortune, see Angry Birds 2/Tower of Fortune.

Spells AB2 Spells2.png
Spells are powerful cards that can be brought into normal and hard levels in the campaign, as well as in the arena. They are in addition to your normal cards, and when it is selected you are guaranteed to receive at least one randomly in the level. Spells will rank up if all the birds (and slingshot) have reached the specified level (unless all the birds' level are inconsistent, the lowest level will be applied to spells). For example, if all your birds are at rank 18, except Red who is at Rank 17, then the spells will be at rank 17.

Limited Time Spells (Sponsored Spells)
The spells listed below were only available for a limited amount of time, and were usually very similar in function to the Golden Ducks.
 * Buzz's Honey Blaster Spell (Special Honey Nut Cheerios event spell available in the U.S.)
 * Octo the Lover Spell (Special Nibblers event spell)
 * Monstrous Spell of Mavis (Special Hotel Transylvania 2 event spell)
 * Shakira's Love Rocks Spell (Special Love Rocks event spell)
 * Idea Advantage Spell (Special Idea MNP Operator event spell available in India)
 * Hatchlings Spell (Special The Angry Birds Movie event spell)
 * Cardbury Gems Spell (Special Cardbury Gems event spell)
 * Release The Catch Spell (Special Support to WWF event spell available only on iOS devices)
 * SpinMaster Spell (Special Angry Birds Spinmaster toy spell)
 * Birthday Spell (Special Angry Birds 2 1st Birthday)
 * Angry Birds Evolution Spells (Special Angry Birds Evolution event spells)
 * Duck Tales Spell (Special Disney XD Duck Tales spell)

Gems AB2 Gems.png
Gems are the primary premium currency in Angry Birds 2. They can be used for: Gems can be earned in several ways:
 * Continue levels, Clans, Daily Challenge, King Pig Panic when you are out of cards and there are still pigs alive, or continuing the Arena when you are losing (AB2_Gems.png × 60 x times revived formerly: now starts at 60 < 180 < x2)
 * Refill all five lives (or six if there is an offer) (AB2_Gems.png × 60)
 * Opening either a Rare Chest or a Legendary Chest (AB2_Gems.png × 0~900)
 * Purchasing spells or power-ups (AB2_Gems.png × 50~800)
 * Reviving yourself in the Tower of Fortune (AB2_Gems.png × 20 < 50 < x2 until 3,200)
 * Changing your profile name (first is free) (AB2_Gems.png × 100)
 * Replaying clan levels ( x0 < 20 x times replayed)
 * Replay clan battles (x200)
 * Replay Mighty Eagle Boot Camp rounds (x60)
 * Switch opponents in the arena (x15)
 * Free chests (AB2_Gems.png × 10)
 * Completing daily quests (AB2_Gems.png × 3~79)
 * Weekly tournament (AB2_Gems.png × 5~300)
 * Through in-game purchases (AB2_Gems.png × 80~16,800)

Chests
There are three chests:
 * AB2_Free_Chest.png Common [Free; resets every 30 minutes (or 15 minutes with Tutor upgrade) with a additional rewards by watching an advertisement video]
 * AB2_Premium_Chest.png Rare (Costs AB2_Gems.png × 80 to open)
 * AB2_LegendaryChest.png Legendary (Costs AB2_Gems.png × 900 to open)

Generally speaking, the rewards for opening a chest are listed below: Naturally, opening a Legendary chest will grant much better quantities and qualities of items than opening a common chest.
 * AB2 Terence Feather.png × 25~7,500
 * AB2 Gems.png × 10~1,400
 * AB2 Spells2.png (The common Golden Duck to the rare Mighty Eagle, sometimes will earn up to 3 copies.)
 * AB2 HatLevel.png (Free hat)
 * AB2BlackPearl.png × 5~1,000

Chapters
There are a total of 47 chapters with 1760 levels. Upcoming areas are highlighted in yellow and italic references are fictional.

Achievements
For this game's achievements, see Angry Birds 2/Achievements.

Gallery
For this subject's image gallery, see Angry Birds 2/Gallery.

Reception
The game has received mixed reviews. Pocket Gamer gave the game a 7/10, feeling that the gameplay was a step forward in puzzle design and the graphics were gorgeous—however, it did not like the energy system that, after failing to complete a few levels, either makes the player stop playing or use gems to continue playing; overall the website thought the game was Rovio at its best. IGN awarded it a score of 6.7 out of 10, saying "Ever-shifting levels and limited lives take a lot of the fun out of smashing pigs with birds in Angry Birds 2."

Trivia

 * Unlike the original Angry Birds games (Angry Birds, Angry Birds Space, etc.), the birds have their Toons appearance (except for Silver, who made her debut in this game).
 * The game's former name, Under Pigstruction, is a play on Under Construction, an event used to show that the process of construction is taking place.
 * This is the third Angry Birds game after Angry Birds POP! and the Korean version of Angry Birds to feature the lives system. Failing a level will cost a live and after all five lives are used up (All 3 after the Pigsyland update).
 * Now, the lives system is identical to Candy Crush Saga and its sequels (Soda and Jelly) as there are up to 5 lives.
 * This is the first game to give Red a permanent ability.
 * Even though the Corporal Pig appears this game, he's not a boss; he is a Minion Pig that wears a helmet, from Kombo's episodes of Angry Birds Toons.
 * This is the second time a pun on New York City has been made. The first was New Yolk City, the setting of the Super Angry Birds comic.
 * Bubbles is the only bird from the original game that do not appear in this game.
 * However, as seen in the Extra Birds tab, there is a card that does not have any bird and when tapped says Coming Soon!, which is a possibility that it could turn out to be  Bubbles.
 * There is yet another possibility that it could be Bubbles, because the official Angry Birds 2 facebook page posted a video of a gift box shaking and making candy-munching noises with the caption "Almost time to open presents.. What do you think this one has in it?". Bubbles is known for liking candy.
 * This is the second Angry Birds video game that does not have its own Toons.TV video app, after Angry Birds POP!, as pressing the Toons.TV button redirects to a browser version. Now it redirects to its own Toons.TV app.
 * On the Angry Birds Facebook page, a 3 page comic about the story of Angry Birds 2 was released. This strip revealed why Silver was raised by the pigs. They found her as an egg, and she hatched just before getting cooked.
 * When this game is reinstalled, the black pearls will reset to 90.
 * In the World Map/Game Level, players can tap/click on a random pig. The pigs can blow a raspberry, make a face, burp, or fart. If a pig farts, surrounding pigs will groan at the pig who farted, whilst if a pig burps, surrounding pigs will grow angry towards the pig who burped. This will all happen when players tap/click on a pig.
 * Pig Bay is the only chapter with 60 levels so far.
 * This game has the most levels in the Angry Birds series -- 2500. Angry Birds POP! is the second and Angry Birds Seasons is the third.
 * Some of Stella's voice clips are reused from Angry Birds Go!.
 * Hal's appearance is based more on his original design, rather than his new one. Rovio stated that Hal's new beak was too long to appear in the game