Holy Angry JRPG, Batman!

Dear Diary: The farmer told me I
had a big job ahead of me tomorrow

When I think of Angry Birds, I think of two things.  The gaming tycoon that is Rovio, who are having a lark floggin the this of their avien themed games, and of the classic tactical game Worms.

Why Worms?  Because back when I did little else but play it, I had a grand time firing bazookas at my opponents between Shotgun-Sniping them and shepherding them to their deaths (with Explosive Sheep).  And yes, there's little correlation between having geometrically designed parrots in a slingshot and squadrons of hilarious invertibrates in mortal combat, but it's there.

Getting back on track, the abused horse carcasse that is Angry Birds continues to make games to this day.  And only recently, due to my move to the US which I find rather curious, has it's latest iteration been released: Angry Birds Epic, a fantasy RPG.

The game is simple enough and features everything you'd expect from a Fantasy Role Playing Game.  Alchemy, Blacksmithing, and a number of classes suited to your five heroes, all to suit the same story that is written on the whip used for the flogging: To retrieve the eggs stolen by the Piggies.

This time though, rather than house in ramshackle buildings of any material they stole from a building site, they're every kind of baddie you can think of.  Soldiers, Noblepigs, Skyfarers, Pirates, Jungle Pigmies, Ghosts, Zombies, Ninjas...  Even the Swiss!  There's even an Airship!

Battle itself couldn't be simpler than greasing up a pig and telling 20 lonely farmers to catch it, and it's just as entertaining.  You have five fowl warriors with you, each with up to five classes of their own. Each class has two features, an offensive and a support ability.  The player picks and chooses what they'll use encounter after encounter, changing between hot spots on the map trail.

As is the want of Rovio, being social can be profitable too.  Friends can be requested for help in dungeons, and if you're popular enough to have five friends playing Epic, they can all help you open a friendship gate!  Sadly I don't have that many friends.  Just Richard who I think has gotten himself stuck amongst the Pigmies.

What kind of end is there for this game though?  Will it end up being a continual Pork Grind Fest?  Will I begin a never ending dungeon with no dragon waiting for a chicken dinner?  I may not know for weeks.  I have that with the only other game that contains birds with anger management issues I'm playing is Birzzle Fever.  Because inane tapping games are also my thing, it seems.

Would I recommend this game to friends though?  Certainly.  Not because I want friends to help me out when I want to do a daily dungeon with someone other than Piggy McCool, but because anyone who had a fun time playing Final Fantasy, Wild Arms, or any turn based game in the past 30 years, should give this free game a crack.

And while you're at it, befriend me.  Those gates have some awesome goodies behind them, and I want to save my Gold Snoutlings.