Beards and Beaks Cave DLC now available

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Beards and Beaks is the only mobile Xbox Live title so far to feature downloadable content. The game launched with both a gratis set of levels (Woods) and a paid prepare (Mountains). And now, the fifth and presumably last prepare of levels, Cavern, is available for purchase.

In our Beards and Beaks review, I noticed that a ninja gnome appears in some of the between-level screens but not every bit a controllable unit. The Cave DLC rectifies that, as it introduces both the Ninja gnome and Sorcerer gnome to Beards' gameplay. The Ninja is fast and kills enemies with farthermost precision, though he can't take as much damage as other gnomes. Yep, he's hands my favorite unit. The Sorcerer is no slouch either, launching fireballs over long distances. Neither of the new guys can be used in older levels, but they do brand the Cave levels experience fresh.

Adding units to one side but non the other wouldn't be fair. To keep things balanced, the Cave also introduces new enemies – a super stiff Football crow and another crow that's extra fast on its feet.

As for the levels themselves, I encountered a new environmental hazard – a gate that players can manually open to let the gnomes through. But the gate closes later on a few seconds, treasure-conveying gnomes can't pathfind through it correctly, and when it raises back up, it kills any gnomes who were attempting to passing through. You tell me if it'due south a good addition or non. The overall difficulty of the Cave levels is harder than previous levels, which makes sense as players will have already honed their strategic flicking skills on previous levels before taking on the Cave.

The Beards and Beaks Cavern DLC costs 80 Microsoft Points ($1). While it sadly doesn't add together any Achievements, the new units, enemies, and overall claiming correspond a great value for the money. Anyone who really likes Microsoft'south gnome versus crow game should not hesitate to requite the Cave a download.

Beards and Beaks can exist purchased here (Zune link) on the Marketplace.

Updated Feb 2022

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