Peggle has had a huge following in PC gaming for years but I was never into PC gaming so its appearance on Xbox Live Arcade this week was very tempting. For a mere 800 Microsoft points you can snap up one of the most addictive games ever in the history of ever.
The concept is very simple and requires you to shoot balls to knock down the orange pegs but you only have a limited amount of balls (10) to use in a standard game. You can gain extra balls by reaching certain scores.
This game is so addictive I spent a solid 4-5 hours on Wednesday with no break and completing the story mode fully. I am now on the challenge mode which means you have to meet a certain score for that level. This is where the game is getting increasingly hard. I just about managed to finish the 300,000 score levels but now I am on the 350,000 score levels they seem impossible. I dare not even think about the 400,000 and upwards levels.
The game also offers online multiplayer where you can challenge your friends to get the highest score. My experience of that last night though was not great. The game was very laggy and something I would expect to be fixed in the next few days/weeks.
On the whole it is an extremely fun game and is a steal at only the 800 points requested.
Yeah, but you still beat me though! Lag was quite annoying, had it again tonight playing someone else. Fortunately it doesn’t ruin the game with it being turn based. But hopefully it will be fixed!
It was a good game and I did only beat you by one. Have to have a rematch to see if I can increase it.
Peggle is great! On those 350 challenges+ you just have to try to do the long shots and the off the wall shots. One of the great masters to help you get the score up is the rabbit “warren” Didn’t like using him at first but that triple score is a life saver. Just hope you get that!