You play as Finch, a small birdie, who is getting back into the dating scene after being heartbroken. Your friend introduces you to Bumbird, a dating app for lonely avians, and now it's up to you to pick a partner and woo them!
Visuals
Lovebirb is super cute! There are all kinds of different birds for you to date, and their profile pictures are quite hilarious. Each one also has a unique date location, which is mostly a static background with a few moving elements to go with the beat.
Sound Effects + Music
The music is fine. For a rhythm game, you'd think Lovebirb would have some killer tracks. It's just fine, and the beat of the music doesn't even match the beat of the gameplay.
Gameplay + Controls
The controls in Lovebirb are awful. There is no other way to put it. I had originally quit during the tutorial, because I kept failing. There is no direction and too much on the screen to intuitively know what to do. There are pulsing rings in the center, which is also where the 3-2-1 countdown is shown, so it would make sense that that would be the beat you use. It's not. I only found that out from reading negative reviews.
You actually wait for the arrows to be ringed in purple and shrunken around them. But don't press too early, or too late, or you fail. This is the only rhythm game I've ever played where if you don't get perfect notes, you just fail. How is that fun? It would have been more interesting to get a score based on how you did and that determines how the date went. Not a pass-fail system with no room for errors.
Replayability
If you happen to enjoy the gameplay of Lovebirb, it is replayable, since you can date several birds and commit to any of them. Successfully wooing a single bird was enough for me. I wish I could get their stories without actually having to play.
Overall
I actually loved the dialogue and story in Lovebirb. It's genuinely funny and charming. The game is just hindered by a poorly executed rhythm mechanic and clunky interface.
Visuals
Lovebirb is super cute! There are all kinds of different birds for you to date, and their profile pictures are quite hilarious. Each one also has a unique date location, which is mostly a static background with a few moving elements to go with the beat.
Sound Effects + Music
The music is fine. For a rhythm game, you'd think Lovebirb would have some killer tracks. It's just fine, and the beat of the music doesn't even match the beat of the gameplay.
Gameplay + Controls
The controls in Lovebirb are awful. There is no other way to put it. I had originally quit during the tutorial, because I kept failing. There is no direction and too much on the screen to intuitively know what to do. There are pulsing rings in the center, which is also where the 3-2-1 countdown is shown, so it would make sense that that would be the beat you use. It's not. I only found that out from reading negative reviews.
You actually wait for the arrows to be ringed in purple and shrunken around them. But don't press too early, or too late, or you fail. This is the only rhythm game I've ever played where if you don't get perfect notes, you just fail. How is that fun? It would have been more interesting to get a score based on how you did and that determines how the date went. Not a pass-fail system with no room for errors.
Replayability
If you happen to enjoy the gameplay of Lovebirb, it is replayable, since you can date several birds and commit to any of them. Successfully wooing a single bird was enough for me. I wish I could get their stories without actually having to play.
Overall
I actually loved the dialogue and story in Lovebirb. It's genuinely funny and charming. The game is just hindered by a poorly executed rhythm mechanic and clunky interface.