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Peggle Nights

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9.5 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: PopCap Games

Developer: PopCap Games

Genre(s): Puzzle

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: September 16, 2008

Summary

The sun has set at the Peggle Institute, but the bouncy delight has just begun! Join the Peggle Masters on a dreamtime adventure of alter egos and peg-tastic action. Stay up late to aim, shoot and clear orange pegs from over 60 levels, and bask in Extreme Fever glory. Then, take on 60 Challenges for even more rebounding joy. [PopCap Games]

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What The Critics Said

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1UP

Like other recent favorites Lumines and N+, Peggle hides a thoroughly entertaining and enduring payload behind its deceptively simplistic approach, taking over your platform of choice with its charming mix of wit and lucky bounces.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

Peggle Nights is crammed with eye and ear candy, all cleverly calculated to reward.

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Worth Playing

If you're new to Peggle, there's no reason why you can't start with this, and if you want some more levels to set off a new bout of addiction, then Peggle Nights is definitely for you.

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IGN

Even though you ultimately don't have all that much control over how games of Peggle play out, PopCap still managed to create an engaging experience by infusing the addictive qualities of slot and pachinko machines into its title through a masterful implementation of sound effects and color.

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Game Revolution

Final word, Replayability: Beneath this friendly, deceptively simple-looking game lies a smug, mocking worst-enemy waiting to happen—just when you think you’re starting to get ‘good’ at Peggle Nights, you’ll come to a new Zen level of understanding at which you realize, in the best meditative sense, that you know zilch, nada, zip, zero, jack-shit, nothing.

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Wired

Peggle Nights, like its predecessor, is extremely polished, challenging and fun.

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Thunderbolt

I would have really liked a level editor, but the game is still just as addictive as the original. It is difficult to understand why it's so fun and engrossing, but I suggest that you don't worry about the "whys" and just start playing. That's what I'm going to do.

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PC Zone UK

Addictive and joyous. [Dec 2008, p.66]

PC Format

I forsee this causing some severe sleep deprivation. [Dec 2008, p.98]

Destructoid

If you’ve played the previous Peggle incarnations by PopCap and enjoyed them, Peggle Nights is a safe purchase. It’s a new coat of paint on a classic casual title. If you’re unfamiliar with the former stuff, do yourself a favor and (at least) download the demo. It won’t disappoint you. Just ask the PC guys, they've had it forever.

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GamingTrend

Bottom line is this: If you’ve never played Peggle before, add 15 points to that score and buy this immediately. If you’re like me and have already played it to death, be warned that there’s nothing new to see here and you may just want to move right along to something different.

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Absolute Games

Changes to the formula are so light that one can’t help but wonder what prevented PopCap Games from making a patch for the original game. The answer to this question is on the price tag.

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PC Gamer UK

They've made it feel like a franchise they'll dutifully milk, rather than a game they'll love to keep making. [Dec 2008, p.76]

Eurogamer

Peggle Nights is still a great casual game. It's just a game that PopCap has released before. It's like draughts and checkers. You don't need to buy the board and pieces twice to play the same bloody game.

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AceGamez

Whilst this is definitely a fun game, it is certainly not justified if you own the original. This is simply a very cheap trick by the developers to get twice the cash for what is essentially one purchase.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Patrik Ek gave it a9:
Peggle is very fun casual game, but I think more new characters would have been fun. The graphics are slightly improved compared to the first Peggle game. Still a very fun game.

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