Game Review: Peggle Nights

Game Review: Peggle Nights October 5, 2008

Posted by Chaim Gartenberg in : First Look/Reviews, Video Games , trackback

Alright everyone- its finally here. Peggle Nights, sequel to the most insane game ever to grace casual gaming. If I haven’t already mentioned this, I happen to be a huge Peggle fan. Currently, I’ve beaten the game on every platform it’s on: PC, Mac, iPod.

Basic Game Play:

For those are familiar with the game, its the same Peggle you know and love. The basic premise of the game is this: you have a board of pegs/bricks, that when hit, light up. There are 25 orange pegs, 1 purple (constantly changing location, grants a point boost when hit) and two single use greens, which grant the special power of the character being used. using the 10 shots allotted for play, the goal of the game is to hit all the orange pegs. Extra shots can be won by scoring 25,000, 75,000, or 125,000 points in a shot, or by landing the ball in the “Free Ball Bucket,” which darts across the screen.

Whats New:

You may be asking right now- so what is so new in Peggle Nights that I should fork out another $20 to buy it? Well, there are 60 all-new levels, ranging in difficulty from easy to somewhat hard. Again, the Adventure mode serves really more as a warm up to the meat of the game, which are the challenges. In both games, there are 60 challenges, in which you are required to fulfill variations on the main game — win with 35 orange pegs, win with less shots, score large amounts of points etc. — which are HARD, demanding skill and planning to accomplish. So for those who already beat the original, a whole new set of challenges awaits.

Even if you beat all those — including the Clear All challenge which, as in the original, requires clearing every peg (not just the oranges) on every level — a new, final task remains: Ace Score, an additional challenge in which each level has a certain score, based on difficulty, that must be reached.

Finally there is the promise of additional Bonus Levels, to be made available later on and the introduction of a new character, Marina, who brings a new power into the game.

Overall, Peggle Nights, while not deviating in terms of gameplay, is an excellent, addictive, and most of all, fun game. (And i will beat you ALL at Duel Mode. so there.) Peggle Nights is avalible from Popcap for $20, and right now is Windows only. (Mac version hopefully coming soon.)

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