Hamst3r's Quick Review
Peggle Deluxe
To all of you who haven’t played Peggle yet: What’s the hold up? Are you scared of “casual” games? I assure you, while Peggle may be casual in that it’s pick-up-and-play and go-at-your-own-pace, to actually complete Peggle is far from a casual affair. Some have said that there is no strategy in Peggle beyond shooting the ball in any direction and hoping that something good happens, but they are wrong.
Once you get past the basic Adventure Mode you can try your hand at the more advanced, “Master Challenges” mode. In addition to completing the Master Challenges you can also try clearing every stage of 100% of it’s pegs. I assure you, these are not simple tasks. The Master Challenges consist of 15 pages of increasingly more difficult events and while they are not tortuously difficult, I am certain you will have to replay many of them way more than you might suspect.
Peggle is an incredibly simple pachinko-style game, yet still I have found it to be quite engrossing and fun to play. For those leery of such ball bouncing casual games, there’s a free demo available that lets you play for a good amount of time before coming to an end. Once you’ve played it for 10 or 20 minutes, I think you will agree, Peggle is really addictive and pretty damn good.
