While many indie developers choose to simply take an existing franchise and simply create a spiritual successor to what is already established, I appreciate how titles such as Bird Game + take an existing formula and turn it on its head. Conceptually, this is an appealing idea, and its pacifist design provides an interesting counterpoint to Star Fox’s action-heavy one. You play as an unnamed bird flying across a body of water dodging obstacles and utilizing every skill at your disposal to make it to safety while the on-rails camera prods you along. The problems with Bird Game + begin at its most fundamental level. Unfortunately, now that I’ve played the game, I can say with certainty that you should barrel roll clear out of Bird Game +’s path, as this is easily one of the most underbaked and shoddily-assembled games I’ve played on Nintendo Switch in quite some time. Between its gorgeous aesthetic and vaguely Star Fox-inspired on-rails flying gameplay, it seemed that this minimalistic arcade flapping-simulator would be right up my alley. As I began Bird Game +, I was incredibly hopeful.
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