nicowaller

@Roto13

hear hear... they have been blowing their own trumpet a little out of proportion to their critical success. I would be shocked if they do anything but steal and reskin someone elses idea. Angry birds is fun accessible and has some limited depth, but its not exactly a showcase for game design.

Their value should be based on where they can be, not where they are, and their "portfolio" has no depth. they only need the name of angry birds to lose favor or fashion and they will be kinda scuppered.

Mind you I used to have a similar kind of disdain for the bejewelled era popcap games, but then they went ahead and stole some ideas and reskinned some stuff and miraculously created peggle and plants vs zombies, 2 games that show a remarkable amount of depth and fun design from a "match me" puzzle game developer. either way, their next IP is totally key. Angry birds doesnt have $1.2bn legs.