Thank goodness for demos or I would not have played this gem of a game. While I am a very happy-go-lucky person, a game full of cartoon unicorns, smiling flowers, and rainbows would usually be a little too much for me. Within minutes of completing the Peggle demo I was on xbox.com, with credit card in hand, buying more Microsoft Points. What was going to be an early night, I had a 9am class the next morning, ended up being a late night full of cartoon unicorns, smiling flowers, and rainbows.
The Peggle concept is really easy to understand. There is a board full of multi-colored pegs and blocks and the player must shot balls to clear the orange pegs to complete the board. Of course, you only have so many balls to start with, but there are ways to get more. Depending on the game mode and the goals of the players it might also be beneficial to finding the many ways to wrack up those points before completing the board.
The adventure game mode will take players through the Peggle University where they unlock different characters. Each character offers a special ability that is activated by hitting a green peg or block. These abilities range in an extra ball to fireballs! After each of the characters are unlocked in the adventure mode you must also complete five "masters" boards. In these boards the player picks which character they want to play, thereby picking which special ability they would like to use.
If the adventure mode is not difficult enough, and yes it can be harder than it sounds, there is also 75 challenge boards! Challenges span different boards with different objectives, but players can choose which unlocked character they want to play as. Character choice might not matter so much on some boards, but on others, strategy in character selection can be very important.
The bad news is that the adventure mode of Peggle does not take too long to complete. The good news is that it really doesn't matter. Adventure mode is fun and players can always aim for a better score when playing again. If someone does not have that much time to play, there are also modes where you can pick and choose which board to play. The most important thing I can say about this game is that I am so very glad that you do not have to pay $60 for a game that is this enjoyable.
I had my friend bugging me to play Peggle for months and hearing him describe it made me wonder what was wrong with him. I had pretty much the same experience. I tried the demo and bought it right away... Then played for several hours. I'm a fairly typical male gamer and love my killing and shooting. That being said, I absolutely love this game... Unicorns, rainbows and all. lol
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