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Peggle Game Review–Happy To See You Win!

I’ve talked about a lot of Xbox Live Arcade titles, and I have to admit, out of all the titles I’ve tried so far, I’ve never met one that was so enthusiastic about you winning as Peggle.

A strange sort of action / puzzle hybrid, which, frankly, I love playing, Peggle features you shooting balls at pegs in an attempt to clear a board of orange-colored pegs.  You’ll be able to hit green colored pegs for powerups like guide lines and the ability to light up surrounding pegs, and purple pegs will give you a score bonus.

Completing a level will allow your ball to continue moving, and any other pegs it hits will add to a score multiplier before your ball falls into one of five holes with different value scores.  When your ball finally DOES come to a stop, a cascade of fireworks will burst into life.  All of this is done to the tune of “Ode to Joy”.

See what I mean?  It’s a really over the top victory celebration.  Not that I’m not glad for it, mind you–I had a lot of fun solving this action packed puzzler–but still, if you like your games understated and subtle you won’t like this at all.  Meanwhile, I loved it, and I’ll recommend it freely to anyone else who wants to try.