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Sadly, I have never taken the time to record how I achieve my three-star scores. You just won’t be able to get it on every try. Still, for most levels, you should be able to achieve a three-star score within a couple of hours or less. When you consider that you may have to accomplish the same precise aiming for three or four consecutive shots in order to get three-stars, you can begin to see why getting such scores can be very difficult. The only solution here is to keep trying till you get it “right.” There are times I am certain I have done exactly what I needed, with the bird landing exactly where I thought I wanted it to land - only to have the shot fail to produce the previous effect. Repeating a successful shot is often not easy. The difference between aiming a shot to go exactly where you want vs. having the shot miss can be a movement of a millimeter or so in slingshot positioning. This requires aiming the slingshot in exactly the right direction with exactly the correct amount of force.įor me, this is the most infuriatingly difficult part of the game. If half the battle is knowing where you want your shot to go, the other half is actually getting it to go there. This is what makes Angry Birds the intriguing puzzle game that it is. Especially as the levels get more difficult, you’ll need to play a level over and over and over and over and over (and add several dozen more “overs”) until you figure out the three-star solution. You have to start thinking like: “If I clear out these blocks over here, it will allow my next bird to go through that narrow opening and hit that key foundation piece.”Ĭlearly, unless you are very lucky, you won’t be executing the winning sequence on your first try. Rather, you have to plan in advance for the combined effect of two or three consecutive shots. Especially on the harder levels, it can be difficult to even get one-star scores this way. Unfortunately, this will not typically lead to three-star scores. For many players, simply trying to destroy the most pigs on each turn is their entire strategy.

The rock may roll for a bit, fall and hit another object, starting a chain reaction that causes far more damage than you had imagined possible. One common example is hitting a rock with the intent to move it rather than destroy it. Try some shots that seem likely to be “bad.” Occasionally, you’ll be surprised an unlikely shot will produce results that will turn out to be the key to victory. Try a variety of shots from different angles. When you first start playing a level, it’s useful to experiment a bit. In the second part, I’ll show specific examples of these principles in action. Rather, in the first part of this two-part series, I’ll provide general guidelines that should help you through any level of Angry Birds. The fun of Angry Birds is to discover the solutions on your own. I consider those “tutorials” to be cheating. This is not a set of tutorials for each level (all sorts of such guides are available on the Web). If you are seeking three-star enlightenment, I offer the following guide to getting top scores. For the true Angry Birds aficionado, simply “winning” with a one-star score is not sufficient. You also get a 10,000 point bonus for each bird that remains “unused” after destroying all the pigs.īased on the number of points you attain, you are awarded anywhere from one to three stars. The more you destroy, the more points you get. The exact number of points can vary a great deal, depending upon how many blocks (and occasional other objects) you destroy along with the pigs. If you succeed in eliminating all the pigs, a number of points are awarded. You do so by launching birds from a slingshot, which destroy both pigs and blocks. The primary goal of each Angry Birds level is to eliminate pigs that are surrounded by various blocks (e.g., glass, wood, stone).

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Instead, my reward for the many hours I have spent at my iPad is that I have earned a three-star rating for every level of Angry Birds.įor those of you who have recently emerged from hibernation and remain unaware of Angry Birds and its star ratings, let me explain:Īs with many digital games, Angry Birds consists of a series of levels. I might have cured cancer by now, if I had devoted the same amount of effort to that worthy goal as I have to Angry Birds.

The only downside to these diversions is the gargantuan amount of time you will waste playing them. Together with Angry Birds Seasons (with its Trick or Treat and Season’s Greedings sections), these addictive apps are my all-time favorite iOS games.

Angry Birds is the number-one selling iOS app ever.

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