Chad Mumm: Is Angry Birds the new Super Mario Brothers?
Lastly, both games have a relatively low threshold for progression early on that allows trial-and-error players to get into the game and figure things out a bit. Since the levels in both are short, this lowers the punishment for failure and allows non-serious gamers (for whom time investment in learning the gameplay is a much bigger deal than your average serious gamer) to pick it up easily. It is my opinion that this trial-and-error nature is what makes Angry Birds so addictive to people — you don’t really have to think that much about it. Imagine playing a game of pool where you could redo every shot ad infinitum by pressing a button. That said, what makes pool fascinating to serious players is exactly what draws serious gamers to Angry Birds (and Super Mario Bros). The gamer responds to the personal challenge to solve each level in the most efficient way possible by embracing the sort of complex mental analysis that does actually require some thinking. Maybe it’s just me, but there’s a reason I keep going back to Super Mario Bros and it’s not just to complete the levels.
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