Updated with a randomly-generated endless mode, is this now a rival to Doodle Jump? I’m not sure yet. It’s certainly enjoyable fun and adds a lot to the game, but I’m not sure if the fiddly bits are genuinely annoying or if I’m just a bit rubbish. Possibly both, thinking about it.

Bird Strike

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Anyway, you still have to zoom up and up, higher and higher, but now there’s no falling back down to consider. You can fall back down a little way, but beyond that it’s game over. Which is all as it should be.

If you’ve bought Bird Strike – and there’s no reason not to, quite frankly – it’s an excellent update, but I don’t think it quite pushes the game into the upper reaches of the “must have” iPhone games. It’s a fine game, but the iPhone’s got millions of those pesky little buggers. There’s no reason not to buy this, as I said, but there’s also no compelling reason to choose this over dozens of other equally good games.