Angry Birds 2

Angry Birds 2 is a puzzle video game developed and released by Rovio Entertainment for the Angry Birds series. The game was soft launched in Canada on March 5, 2015 as Angry Birds: Under Pigstruction, and officially released worldwide on July 30, 2015.

History
Initially Rovio Entertainment Corporation stated that they won't make a sequel. However, they started to develop a game involving time travel, that game would be Angry Birds 2 at the time called "Angry Birds Big Adventure (ABBA)". The game was originally about time travel and one of the developers Måns Wilde said that the game was very story driven in early development. These time periods in the game would include:


 * A prehistoric level set on the Mesozoic period;
 * A level inside the King's Diner set on the 70s.

The concept art uses the Toons Designs. Bubbles and Stella appear in some of the concept art.

The game was soft launched in Canada on March 5, 2015 as Angry Birds Under Pigstruction. The game was worldwidely launched on July 30, 2015.

Plot
After the events of the first game, the pigs steal the eggs again. After Level 1 is passed, Chef Pig sucks the eggs to his airship and leaves, 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, it featured the Angry Birds 2 Cinematic Trailer where the pig steals the eggs, replacing them with sandbags and the flock try to defeat him, which he leaves on the airship.

Gameplay
Trying to emulate the gameplay style of past Angry Birds games, Angry Birds 2 is a physics-based puzzle video game. As with similar games, the main objective is to pop all the pigs in the levels, who are sheltered inside of structures made of glass, wood and stone, alongside other objects. To pop said pigs, the player has to launch a limited group of characters using a slingshot. If they run out of characters without popping all pigs, they will get a Level Failed screen and lose a life.

The main feature of Angry Birds 2 is the player being able to choose which character are they going to use; these characters are represented with cards. Every time, the player will only be able to choose up to three characters, while the other ones will appear as the characters are being launched. Because of this, certain characters can work better on certain structures, while they be weaker on other ones. Levels are divided into a series of "zones", one following the other. When all pigs in a zone are popped, the player will pass to the next zone, and so on until they complete the level. After beating a level, the player will get one, two, or three stars depending on their performance.

To launch a character, the player has to put their finger on the slingshot and drag it to aim. While aiming, they will be given a trail of white dots that will predict the area the character is going to travel through. Releasing the finger will result in the character being launched. In this state, the player can tap anywhere onto the screen to make them perform their special ability. However, they will only be able to use it once, and will not use it if they collide with any surface. Once the character is launched, the player will be unable to use them again; to compensate this, the game uses the Destruct-O-Meter, a gauge that will be filled as the player destroys buildings. When full, it will empty itself and give the player an extra card.

Items

 * Apple
 * Black Pearls
 * Eggs (x4)
 * Slingshot
 * Spell
 * Blizzard
 * Chili
 * Golden Duck
 * Mighty Eagle
 * Pig Inflator

Gimmicks and obstacles

 * Balloon
 * Glass
 * Lava
 * Stone
 * Water
 * Wood

Playable characters

 * Angry Birds
 * Bomb
 * Bubbles
 * Chuck
 * Hal
 * Jake
 * Jay
 * Jim
 * Matilda
 * Red
 * Stella
 * Terence
 * Leonard

Non-playable characters

 * Corporal Pig
 * Gale
 * Hatchlings
 * Lazer Bird
 * Luca
 * Mighty Eagle
 * Poppy
 * Super Red
 * The Incredible Terence
 * Willow

Enemies

 * Minion Pigs

Bosses

 * 1) Chef Pig
 * 2) Foreman Pig
 * 3) King Pig
 * Zeta

World Map locations

 * 1) Cobalt Plateaus
 * 2) Pig City
 * 3) Bamboo Forest

Main menu
The main menu of Angry Birds 2 is where the player can see their characters' statistics and enter other modes.

Story mode
The story mode of Angry Birds 2 follows the story of the game. The mode takes place on a World Map, where the player can select a level to play. After picking up a level, they will see their records in said level and will be given the option to play it. There is also a "Play!" option that takes the player straight to the latest level they played.

Levels are divided into several categories:
 * Normal Level: The player has to clear a series of zones by popping pigs.
 * Hard Level: Similar to the Normal Levels, but with a higher difficulty.
 * Score Level: The player has to get a certain amount of points. These levels have infinite zones, though they end as soon as the player gets the points asked for. These levels are the rarest in the game.
 * Boss Level: Similar to the Normal Levels. However, the last zone will feature a boss the player will have to fight against. The boss has a health gauge that will tell the boss' health. Emptying the gauge will defeat the boss.

Tower of Fortune
The Tower of Fortune is a place where the player can win rewards, such as Gems, Black Pearls, Spells, Feathers and Hats. In every floor, they will be given four cards to choose, one of them having a pig that will steal all their rewards. In the floors that are multiple of five however, there will only have hats to choose. The player can leave whenever they want and claim their rewards.

Daily Challenge
Daily Challenges are an optional mode that tasks the player with completing three levels without failing. The Daily Challenges are as follows:
 * Red's Rumble: Played on Mondays. Has Red as the title character.
 * Blues' Brawl: Played on Tuesdays. Has Jake, Jay and Jim as the title characters.
 * Chuck's Challenge: Played on Wednesdays. Has Chuck as the title character.
 * Matilda Mayhem: Played on Thursdays. Has Matilda as the title character.
 * Silver Slam: Played on Fridays. Has Silver as the title character.
 * Bomb's Blast: Played on Saturdays. Has Bomb as the title character.
 * Terence Trial: Played on Sundays. Has Terence as the title character.

After completing one of these Daily Challenges, the player will be able to play King Pig Panic, three difficult boss levels that will give the player great awards when completed.

The Arena
The Arena is a weekly tournament where the player competes against other players. Daily, the game will choose up to five characters the player will have to use. However, if the player does not have one of these characters, they will be unable to use them unless they free them.

During a match, the player will play against another player. Both will play with their characters to obtain the most amount of points as possible. These matches have infinite zones, and end when both players run out of cards. Once a match is finished, the game will compare the points both players obtained, and the player with the most score gathered will win. If the player loses, they will be able to replay the match by paying with gems.

Hat Shop
The Hat Shop is a place in Angry Birds 2, where you buy hats that increase your Bird Power. You do not have to unlock it from a specific level, you unlock it once you start the game.

Score Multiplier Rank
Ranks are the level of the birds in Angry Birds 2. The rank affects the multiplier of the score, meaning a higher level will achieve a higher score, filling the Destruct-O-Meter faster.

Profile Avatar
The user can select from a range of avatars: his/her Facebook avatar, bird avatars, or pig avatars.

As the user progresses through the Chapters, avatars are unlocked in groups of 4.

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 2.56.1):


 * Play the Arena! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 10 ]
 * Play the Tower of Fortune! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 5 ]
 * Play a Clan Event! [Rewards Black Pearls  × 20 ]
 * Collect 25 Stars! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 10 ]
 * Play the Daily Challenge! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 10 ]
 * Play the King Pig Panic! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 20 ]
 * Collect 5 Apples! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 15 ]
 * Use a Spell! (including event spells) [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 20 ]
 * Watch a Video! [Rewards AB2_Gems.png × 15 ]
 * Claim your 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 achievements in Game Center or Google Play, these are missions that are intended to be completed over a longer period of time than the daily quests. Rewards for the feats include Feathers, Gems, Black Pearls, and Chests.

Daily Challenge
Players are challenged by respective birds each day, given one full day to complete a daily challenge and get all rewards. If they do not have the respective bird, they will not be able to attempt the daily challenge. The daily challenge consists of 3 stages, stage 1, stage 2 (hard level) and boss stage. List of respective birds challenge:


 * After Completing One Of Them - King Pig Panic

If the players can beat the daily challenge, player can unlock the King Pig Panic, how ever all 3 levels are boss levels, with the higher rewards. The daily challenge has a passing streak (except King Pig Panic), if the player goes seven days in a row with out failing they will get a legendary chest on the seventh pass, if they fail a day the streak will break & they will have to start over.

The Nest (Bird Arena)
The Nest is an online weekly tournament where players may challenge another randomly selected player. It will be unlocked at level 25 in single player campaign formerly, then at least Star Rank of 5 and currently at level 29 to enter the arena.

Clans
As of 2.15.0 update added clans and also ban system, Rovio edited End-user license agreement (EULA) page since 2017.

Mighty Eagle's Bootcamp
Mighty Eagle's Bootcamp is a daily training. Pass Level 38 in order to unlock it. If you get a really high score, you might be featured on the Top 100 global leaderboard! Each season is 47 days long. In the shop, you can buy many things like chests, exclusive hats, special animated avatars, and much more! At the end of each season your frame resets, but your frame will be converted into Mighty Eagle Coins depending on how high your frame level is, so it's not a total loss! The shop will always be open, so the player has to play the challenge more often to get all the great rewards! If you play the training you will get Mighty Eagle Coins depending on how far you go in the training. You also get Mighty Eagle Points depending on how high your score is. Each day, remember to collect your Mighty Eagle Points to upgrade your frame.

Achievements
The Achievements are available on the iOS and Android platforms. See Angry Birds 2/Achievements.

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

Critics
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."

Users
The game received generally unfavorable reviews from fans on Metacritic, The main criticism fans had was the live system, the microtransactions, and the lack of difficulty.

Trivia

 * Various locations in the game are references and puns to real world and fictional locations:
 * New Pork City is a reference to New York City.
 * Shangham is a reference to Shangnan County.
 * Mount Evernest is a reference to Mount Everest.
 * Ham Francisco is a reference to San Francisco.
 * Pig Bay is a reference to the various locations named Big Bay.
 * The Pig Apple is a reference to "Big Apple", a nickname for New York City.
 * The Hamalayas is a reference to the Himalayas.
 * Madagooscar is a reference to Madagascar.
 * Oinklahoma is a reference to Oklahoma.
 * The Hamazonas is a reference to the Amazonia.
 * Copacabacon is a reference to Copenhagen.
 * Pigfoot Mountains is a reference to Bigfoot.
 * Central Pork is a reference to Central Park.
 * Hamsterdam is a reference to Amsterdam.
 * Missispiggy Rivers is a reference to the Mississippi River.
 * Boarneo is a reference to Borneo.
 * Got Ham City is a reference to Gotham City.
 * Twin Beaks is a reference to the Twin Towers.
 * Hog Warts is a reference to Hogwarts.
 * Porkyo is a reference to Tokyo.
 * Hambodia is a reference to Cambodia.
 * Lichtenswine is a reference to Liechtenstein.
 * Porka Rica is a reference to Costa Rica.
 * United States of Hamerica is a reference to the United States of America.
 * Hamtartica is a reference to Antartica.
 * Luxembird is a reference to Luxembourg.
 * Ham Marino is a reference to San Marino.
 * Snouta Cruz is a reference to the various places named Santa Cruz.
 * Beakini Island is a reference to Bikini Atoll.
 * Porko Rico is a reference to Puerto Rico.
 * Various profile pictures contain several reference to other Angry Birds media:
 * One of the first profile pictures contains an injured Mechanic Pig.
 * Misty Mire, Madagooscar, and Snout Slough's profile pictures reference Angry Birds Go!
 * Pig Bay's profile pictures are from the album from Angry Birds Stella.
 * Oinklahoma's profile pictures are the transformed birds from Angry Birds Space.
 * One of Copacabacon's profile pictures have a Minion Pig holding some fireworks that first appeared in Year of the Dragon from Angry Birds Seasons. Other two have Foreman Pig disguised as a clown and as a mage, referencing Abra-Ca-Bacon, also from Angry Birds Seasons.
 * One of Porkland's profile pictures contains Matilda in her very first design.
 * Missispiggy Rivers' profile pictures are pigs affected by the Flock of Birds powerup from Angry Birds Space.
 * Got Ham City and Hog Warts's profile pictures are the realistic looking character featured in Angry Birds: Hatching a Universe.
 * Hambodia's profile pictures are from title screens from episodes of Angry Birds Toons:
 * One picture is a taken from the title screen of "Egg's Day Out".
 * Another profile picture originates in the title screen of "Run Chuck Run".
 * One of the profile pictures is from the title screen of "Hog Roast".
 * The fourth profile picture is from the title screen of "King of the Castle".
 * Porka Rica's profile pictures feature the Zombie Pigs from Angry Birds Friends.
 * 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 Kakoa 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).
 * The lives system is identical to Candy Crush Saga and its sequels (Soda, Jelly and Friends) 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, his old toons design his still used but with with a new grey helmet similar like Cordon Bleugh!,Thunder Chuck, and his current toons design.
 * 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. This one is New Pork City.
 * 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.
 * 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 third most levels in the Angry Birds series with 3,020 levels in total (as of August 2021). Angry Birds Dream Blast has the most levels with over 7150+ levels and Angry Birds POP! is the second.
 * 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.
 * His design uses also a lot of The Movie's proportions.
 * The Bubbles Adventure seems to be a reference to Ham O' Ween.
 * In Bamboo Forest (Gravity) levels, sometimes the structures will start collapsing autonomously even before you shoot the first bird in that stage (not happened on PC version). If lucky enough, you may be able to pass some stages without having a single bird launched.