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AbleGamers' Web Game of the Week: Learn 2 Fly 2

Written by Patrick Hancock

Published on 26 June 2011

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Learn to Fly 2 is here to show us that sequels can be just as entertaining as the originals. Your penguin from the first game returns, slowly recovering from his head-on crash with the giant wall of ice that previously ended his flying escapade. This time, however, he is out for revenge after being humiliated on the internet from his crash. Still recovering, he decides to use a stuffed dummy to test his new flying and destruction methods. The game has three modes: Story Mode, Classic Mode, and Arcade Mode.

learn-to-fly-2-fb All of the modes play out just like the original and have you navigating your dummy penguin as far as he can go after launching off of an ice ramp. You'll start off going hardly anywhere, but you quickly earn money that you can use to buy extra aids to help you get further. Your ultimate goal in Story Mode is to destroy "The Wall" at the far end of the level in as little attempts as possible. There is no maximum amount of attempts, so you can take as long as you'd like.

Classic Mode is very similar to story mode except that there's no plot surrounding it. You still earn money to spend on upgrades to fly your penguin further just as you would in Story Mode. Arcade Mode is a bit different since they only give you a certain amount of money for you to go as far as you can with.

You can either control your penguin with the A and D keys or change the controls to mouse only, making the game greatly accessible. There aren't any colorblind issues to be seen, but there are a few cases of text being difficult to read for low-vision readers. There's an option before you even begin the game to play without any sound which is a clear indicator that hearing-impaired gamers will be at no disadvantage while playing Learn to Fly 2.