Release Date: October 18, 2018
A shoot'em up, in which we play as a girl transformed into a black bird. As we play Black Bird, we explore a gloomy land and eliminate hordes of enemies using bombs or bubble-like projectiles.
Black Bird is a shoot'em up developed by Onion Games - a team whose portfolio includes such titles as Million Onion Hotel and Dandy Dungeon. The game, supervised by Yoshiro Kimura (producer and director of Little King's Story), is coming to the PC and Switch.
In Black Bird we observe the action from the side. During the game we play as a girl transformed into a black bird. Running to the right, the protagonist crosses a gloomy land and eliminates hordes of enemies by firing bubble-like missiles or dropping bombs. You'll need skill and reflexes - enemies often attack from all sides, and have varying resistance to damage.
Black Bird's two-dimensional graphics feature a pixelart style and a bit depressing colors, contrasting with a dynamic soundtrack that encourages you to play.
Platforms:
PC Windows October 31, 2018
PlayStation 4 December 16, 2021
Nintendo Switch October 18, 2018
PlayStation 5 December 16, 2021
Developer: Onion Games
Publisher: Onion Games
Age restrictions: 12+
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System Requirements for Black Bird Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Dual Core, 4 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD or better, 500 MB HDD, Windows 7/8.1/10.
Game Ratings for Black Bird Video Game.
Video Chums: 3 / 5 by A.J. Maciejewski
Aside from its distinct graphics and hilarious music, Black Bird is basically a copy of Sega's classic shooter Fantasy Zone.
SwitchWatch: 80 / 100 by Juan Romero
Black Bird is one of those rare games that come along and just completely surprises you in every way. It's fun, completely bonkers in a good way, has a quirky musical score, great design, and is only let down in my view by the slightly high price being asked for. If you can stomach that then give some to Onion games because this is worthy of being in any Shoot 'em up fans collection.
Hardcore Gamer: 3.5 / 5 by James Cunningham
Black Bird is a wonderful, sad, strange, funny, cute and bizarre shooter that can't quite make its gameplay match the quality of everything else.