Review Of Tap Birds

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay in the blog. I was off on vacation for a while but back to work tomorrow.
Today's topic is about another Bayview product, Tap Birds. Tap Birds appeared near the end of my quest, and lots of people have asked me if I was going to play it and set the record for it as well. I would love to set the record, but Tap Fish took too much out of me to seriously take it on. Moreover, fish have always been a bigger interest in my family.
My father has kept fish in a pond for many years, birds (especially ducks) on the other hand, ate our crops! My dad taught me to use a gun at the age of twelve and we had many duck hunting trips together. Heck, my father hated birds so much that he would open the living room window, take out a pellet gun, and shoot down from the trees any woodpecker or squirrel he thought was making too much noise! My mother hated this, but the farm cats (of which there was a legion) worshipped my father and as they ate whatever came tumbling down.
Well lets get back to the topic at hand. After much delay I began to play a bit of Tap Birds last week and presently I am on Level 10. First the good points. The graphics are very beautiful, much more stunning than Tap Fish. The backgrounds in particular are works or art, and I love the option that allows you to preview backgrounds before you buy. The birds are also animated better than I thought they fly naturally and land on branches and on the ground. This is much better than the fish in Tap Fish that do nothing but swim (and in some cases like the blue crab, very unnaturally). In this aspect Tap Birds is a definite treat to look at. I give it an A.
How about game play? Unlike Tap Fish, Tap Birds limits you to 25 birds an aviary, worth 4 XPs each. You get 2 XPs when you buy. In this aspect Tap Birds is much faster at getting XPs. The downside is that this same feature makes it difficult to make coins well. The birds also make very little profit. There is no Electric Eel or White Grunt equivalent in Tap Birds. Even the highest ranked bird, the Greater Adjutant, makes a measly 100 coins profit! It must take a long time to collect coins in this game, although XPs will come quickly. I give this aspect a B.
How about function aspect. Here is where Tap Birds get annoying. Lets start with the food. You just can't tap anywhere like in Tap Fish. You have to tap on the feeder on the right (I'm a lefty, however). Under the feeder is a purple bar graph to tell you when it is full. This is all fine and dandy, but the full feeder does not contain enough food to feed all 25 birds, so you have to tap on it again after you just filled it. Kind of defeats the purpose of having the full bar in the first place. There is also an annoying step where you have to choose the feed to give, between the default feed or worms (which cost 5 coins each). Apparently there is no real advantage that I can see to giving your birds worms. Nevertheless, the game annoyingly asks you this every time you feed. It is a time-wasting unnecessary step.
As for stocking aviaries, I like the idea that we have to put the eggs in nests; seems very natural to me. However, it is a little difficult to correctly tap those little nests, so I often have to tap well over 25 times to make sure they are filled.
The thing I dislike the most about Tap Birds, however, is cleaning the bird crap. The algae in Tap Fish, was acceptable, but this bird poop looks absolutely horrid! Do I really need to look at that every time I open the game? I wish they could change it to cleaning fallen leaves. That would be more visually pleasing. I give functionality a D.
Overall I give Tap Birds a B, mostly on its stunning artistry. The makers definitely put good time into making the birds and backgrounds. They are really enjoyable just to look at. Probably if you like Tap Fish, then you will like Tap Birds as well. Good luck tapping and here's hoping my father and his cats stay away from your aviaries!