'Angry Birds Stella' Now Available for iOS Devices Worldwide

[tbrinkma]

I think it's time for a well-respected tech site to do a "state of IOS games" piece. I recently purged a bunch of games from my iOS devices and realized the only ones I really enjoy are simple, quick-play casual types like THREES and TWO DOTS.

How many more "sling X at Y" types do we need? Or runners? Jetpack Joyride, Doodle Jump, Temple Run...all have the same mechanic.

I am digging the new Madden game, however. Dare I say EA did something right, for once?

Um... Jetpack Joyride, Doodle Jump, and Temple Run *don't* have the same mechanics. They're part of the same overall genre, but they share little *if anything* in the way of mechanics.

Jetpack Joyride: Touch/don't touch to control.
Doodle Jump: Tilt to control.
Temple Run: Swipe to control.

 

[Padmini]

After the first few levels, I'm not especially impressed. Would prefer more levels added to Angry Birds Star Wars II.

 

[Chrjy]

Let me add some context to this thread:

I pretty much agree with everyone that Rovio are milking Angry Birds and I've never been overly keen on the theme...however...if you had as much success with a game such as Angry Birds wouldn't you milk it?

I know I certainly would.

 

[Gasu E.]

And there I was thinking the Angry Birds were going to get pissed up on lager, don a string vest and beat their wives.

Those wives would then be some really, really angry birds.

 

[jw2002]

So I downloaded this game (free) and played it for a while. It is pretty decent. However, it is absolutely infested with ads. And as you go higher in level, the ads get more and more intrusive. I gave up and deleted the game.