{"id":27209,"date":"2026-10-05T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=27209"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:42:24","slug":"birdcage-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/birdcage-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdcage (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Birdcage is a 2D vertically scrolling bullet hell style shooter.\u00a0 But this one has some unique gameplay ideas that set it apart from the rest.\u00a0 It almost kind of reminds me of a PSOne shooter called Einhander from Square of all people!\u00a0 Anyway, Birdcage is available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a story here, but it\u2019s really not important.\u00a0 All you need to know is you are a spaceship and you blow up the other spaceships.\u00a0 You move with left control stick but don\u2019t use any of the face buttons, just all the shoulder buttons.\u00a0 Hold down the R2 trigger button for a default spreadshot. \u00a0When you hold down the R1 shoulder button, you\u2019ll fire a more focused forward shot instead but you\u2019ll slow down a bit.\u00a0 The L2 button will bring out a laser sword for short ranged attacks.\u00a0 It\u2019ll automatically hone in on enemies, but you can also swing it around with the R stick.\u00a0 Let got of the button and the sword will be thrown in that direction.\u00a0 When you defeat enough enemies with the sword, a meter will fill and when it\u2019s full, you can press the L1 shoulder button for a powerful attack that even destroys bullets!<\/p>\n

There are three modes of play, Story Mode, Arcade, and Score Attack Mode.\u00a0 You can also view artwork you\u2019ve unlocked and leaderboards.\u00a0 Stages have midbosses and when you defeat them you can choose to refill your health, get an extra life, or extra points.\u00a0 There are no other power-ups in the game.\u00a0 Depending on how well you do will determine which stage you go to next.\u00a0 There are six stages in all but you won\u2019t go through all of them in a run.\u00a0 You can take a few hits before you explode but when you do it\u2019s Game Over and you must try the stage again from the beginning.\u00a0 Which is my only main problem with the game is that like other bullet hell shooters, this one is so gosh darn hard even on Easy.\u00a0 Plus I don\u2019t usually complain about graphics much, but here they are kind of drab with lots of greens, browns, and grays.\u00a0 But at the very least, this one does have some neat ideas.<\/p>\n

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Birdcage is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You shoot other spaceships that explode and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Birdcage is a 2D vertically scrolling bullet hell style shooter.\u00a0 But this one has some unique gameplay ideas that set it apart from the rest.\u00a0 It almost kind of reminds me of a PSOne shooter called Einhander from Square of all people!\u00a0 Anyway, Birdcage is available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27211,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27209\/revisions\/27211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}