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Black Bird

Black Bird

Nintendo
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Release Date: October 18, 2018

Singleplayer

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.

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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.

Mechanics

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.

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Platforms:

PC Windows

PC Windows October 31, 2018

PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 December 16, 2021

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch October 18, 2018

PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5 December 16, 2021

Developer: Onion Games

Publisher: Onion Games

Age restrictions: 12+

Features

System Requirements

System Requirements for Black Bird Video Game:

PC Windows

PC / Windows

Minimum System Requirements:
Dual Core, 4 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD or better, 500 MB HDD, Windows 7/8.1/10.

Ratings

Game Ratings for Black Bird Video Game.

7.4

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 56% of Critics. There are 13 Critic Reviews.

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NintendoWorldReport: 7 / 10 by Neal Ronaghan

I wish there was more to it, or at the very least that it was a little more forgiving. The style of Black Bird is masterful as the mixture of the peculiar soundtrack, dour pixel art, and elegantly simple gameplay makes for a fun yet fleeting experience. It's just over too soon for everyone except shoot-'em-up savants.

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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.

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Niche Gamer: 9 / 10 by Brandon Orselli

Black Bird is an excellent shoot ’em up and a landmark release for Onion Games. As this is their first release on proper gaming platforms, it makes sense they went all out and produced an exceptional game within a shiny package. It really is a fun time, and can get legit challenging.

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