Jim Squires

Angry Birds helped us fall in love with the physics of speed all over again. Bad Piggies taught us how much fun could be had with pigs on wheels. With titles like these in the series past, I suppose an Angry Birds kart racer was inevitable.But while thematically a fit, Angry Birds Go! is a pretty big break from what Rovio has brought us in the past. It's their first game with 3D modelling. It's their first game in an established genre that the console crowd would get eager about. It is, as much as can be for one of the biggest names in mobile gaming, something of a gamble. And while I've been having a lot of fun with it, I don't think it quite hits the high mark that Rovio might have hoped. At the start of every race, players will pull back on their slingshot (a nice nod to the original game) and shoot their racer onto the track. From there the game becomes an exercise in overly-simplified design. Player don't need to worry about braking or accelerating. Drifting isn't (much of) a thing. There are no item boxes to break, and in many of the game's challenges, not even other racers to compete against. In all honesty, the game could have been called Angry Birds: Steering isn't too much for you, is it? If so, we're really sorry and will take it out in a future update.