Peggle

Due to hectic life, the blogging had been delayed. My apologies.

For this post, I decided to do a review of sorts. The review for today will most likely be short and sweet. The game being reviewed is Peggle a puzzle game that can best be described as “Breakout” meets “Plinko” from the Price is Right. The purpose of the game is that there are blue pegs and orange pegs (also green and purple, but I’ll get to that in a moment, keep your pants on). In order to beat a level, you must hit all of the orange pegs. You have ten balls to do this in. Sounds simple right? Well, yes and no. Some of the levels come across as incredibly easy, and are easy to beat on one try. However, as you get later into the levels, things become far trickier. Parts of the level begin to move, which adds a new dimension into the game. Now, earlier I mentioned green and purple pegs as well. The purple peg – with each shot, the purple peg moves to a different location. In short, it is simply worth more points. That’s it. The green peg is what is interesting. There are different “characters” in the game, which during adventure mode you get to play as. Each one has a special ability. The green peg lets you use this ability, and there are two per level. My personal favorite – Zen Ball. Zen Ball is the last one you get to use. Basically, what it does is line up your shot, and then say “No, this shot is better, you’re taking it.” It makes minor adjustments to make your shot a whole lot better. All of the power-ups have their advantages, but that is just my favorite.

Now, the “Adventure” part of the game is still fairly quick to beat. There are 55 levels in adventure mode, which can be completed rather quickly (I think I did them all in an afternoon). Hearing this, you might be thinking “Well what’s the point Pitt Geek, it sounds like a really short game!” Wrong. After beating the Adventure part of the game, there are challenges to play. I will openly admit that I am still stuck on these challenges. There are tons of them, and they are rather difficult. Many of them require getting a lot of points, which requires earning many “Style Points” (getting points for doing cool shit).

So if you are looking for something to be a great distraction for quite a long time, this geek recommends Peggle. Go play.

END NOTE: It should be noted that this is a very frustrating game. It is the primary source of my swearing nowadays. Just a warning.