Learn to Fly 2 - Game Review

Who told that the penguins are flightless birds? This emperor penguin from the free online launcher game Learn to Fly had firmly decided to prove that this is not true. At the end of the first game the penguin collided with an iceberg, but this did not stop him and now he is back in the second installment – Learn to Fly 2 – to avenge himself. Having awoken from his come in a hospital where his was recovering from his violent crash and healing the fractured flipper, the penguin finds the photo of himself smashed into a giant iceberg in Internet. He remembers everything and becomes furious. He leaves the hospital and closes himself in his room to develop a plan on how to avenge himself on the iceberg and prove that the penguins are not “non-flying” birds.

This is where the story behind Learn to Fly 2 ends and the game begins. You control the penguin that slides down to along the ramp made of ice, then jumps off it and fly. The penguin’s flight can be controlled with the keyboard (right and left arrow keys to tilt the penguin and spacebar to boost) or with the mouse (move the cursor to control angle, click to boost). For each flight you earn money by scoring its distance, altitude, speed, duration and destruction. You can then spend the money in the shop on upgrading sled, booster, glider, and payload that will allow you to fly even higher, longer, and be more destructive and thus earn more money. In Learn to Fly 2 you can also earn bonus points for completing certain challenges. You can then spend them in a bonus shop to buy such cool things as lower gravity, reduce drag, even rig the calendar in your favor. The nice thing is that these bonus shop items can be carried over between games.

Learn to Fly 2 has three gameplay modes: story, classic, and arcade. Classic mode is the same idea as the first game – fly as far as you can. In Story mode in addition to this you need to destroy obstacles in order to complete stages. In Arcade mode you are offered three different set budgets and your aim is to get as many score as you can being limited by this amount of money.

All in all, Learn to Fly 2 is a nice game with a lovely character and funny storyline for everyone who seeks to waste a bit of time and entertain himself.