Peggle 2

A brilliant, addictive downloadable that will is designed to target and trigger the happiness center of your brain.

Peggle 2 is one-button joy. You think, you aim, you fire, and you sit back and watch as massive combos and bright popping colors take over. That it’s such a joyful sequel to an all-time classic stretches my grin from ear to ear, just like most of the rest of Peggle 2.

Even if Peggle 2 works best as a solitary pursuit, you can fully expect 12 bucks to buy you innumerable hours of absorbing amusement.

It’s just more of the same, but isn’t that what we all wanted? The whole thing is executed with real style and class, and deserves to be huge.

If you liked the original, this sequel is as addictive as the first game was. If you never tried it and your Xbox One is in need of some arcade games, this is one of the best choices at the moment.

Peggle 2 might be the most addicting game on the Xbox One. Online leaderboards and more content would've done it a few favors, but it doesn't buckle under this criticism. 'Xbox, go to Peggle 2' will be a phrase uttered in many living rooms.

It isn’t going to set the world on fire, or change the series. It is Peggle, and if you want more Peggle, you will get exactly that here

Simple but nonetheless enjoyable puzzle and party game created but the same very team behind classic franchises such Bejeweled and Plants Vs Zombies.

Maybe it's not the masterpiece we were waiting for, but Peggle 2 is still one of the most enjoyable games a player could buy and play.

Those who loved the original Peggle will easily get their money’s wortht out of its sequel.

Peggle 2 is surprisingly void of a free-to-play framework, although a shop is listed as “coming soon.” It’s one of those games that you can just pick up, play, and have immediate fun with. Yes, it plays out more like a level pack than a true sequel, but that’s okay with me. As long as this formula remains entertaining, I wouldn’t mind more of it.

Catching your ball in the bucket below or racking up enough points to gain an extra shot satisfies like never before, but the title will absolutely appear on a device you probably already own sometime very soon.

Peggle 2 is a gloriously addictive sequel that'll slap a great big smile on your face and keep it there.

Mechanically, Peggle 2 is just as good as the previous Peggle titles, and once you get into a groove, it’s really hard to put down the controller.

Peggle 2 is another addictive puzzle game from PopCap Games. Direct and effective, this sequel has fewer masters than its predecessor, but it's still fun.

It's heaps of fun, totally absorbing, and such a wonderful place to be.

Peggle 2 is exactly, but not enough of, what we wanted. When you make something this addictive, you gotta supply, man.

It's a ridiculous, excessive, joyful game that will devour all of the time you're willing to give it.

Peggle 2 is ultimately the same basic concept as the original set of games, but it's still most definitely worth playing if you're a series fan. PopCap could have done so much more than they did, especially when you consider the generational leap, but the good news is Peggle fans will eat this up and fall in love all over again.

Still addictive as ever, Peggle 2 does not shake the original formula, offering another occasion of spending hours and hours shooting balls around the screen. Too bad for the lack of local multiplayer.

Too obviously set up for DLC, but Peggle 2's peg-busting charms are worth the investment. [Feb 2014, p.76]

Strange crossing between pinball and pachinko, Peggle is one of PopCap's greatest hits on all platforms in which it appeared. The second episode debuted on Xbox One, serving as a colorful "more of the same".

I don’t expect many people will organize online Peggle 2 parties, and playing a puzzle game against strangers isn’t as much fun. Pity there’s no local splitscreen play.

Peggle 2 lacks courage but it's an extremely funny, colored and satisfying puzzle game. There are some missing parts, like multiplayer leaderboards, but future DLCs should fill the holes.

Peggle 2 is more of what you’ve come to love about PopCap’s peg-busting puzzle franchise brought to Microsoft’s next-generation console. If all you want is more, then Peggle 2 will definitely please—but if you were hoping for something to really refresh the series after its previous outings, “more” may leaving you wanting, well, more.

There's really nothing really new or innovative in this version of Peggle, but you know you have to try it.

Like Peggle Nights, Peggle 2 feels like just an extension of the original game and not a whole lot more.

Peggle’s secret is the way it makes you feel about these successes – and it’s here that this most feels like a true sequel. Clear out a level and the resulting Ultra Extreme Fever is a bigger festival of light and colour than ever, and Xbox One’s Game DVR popup serves as an extra pat on the back. The accompanying crescendo is no longer limited to Ode To Joy either – each Master has their own piece of classical music.

Peggle 2 brings to Xbox One all the fun of its predecessor. Unfortunately this new chapter misses some important features like hot seat multiplayer and leaderboards online.

The game crashes. I mean, it crashes a lot. Oh, you finished a level? Let’s return you to the Xbox home screen. You’re loading a new level? There you go, back looking at your pins. Oh, you’re on the last shot of an extremely difficult level that you’ve been trying to conquer for more than an hour? LOL, SEEYA.

More of the same is perfectly acceptable when it’s as good as Peggle, but there’s a disappointing lack of both content and ambition here.

Peggle 2's visual overhaul makes for a cleaner, fancier Peggle experience, but the lack of leaderboards assures your addiction will be relatively short-lived.

Peggle 2 remains a foregone conclusion for existing Pegglers and puzzle fans alike, even if it doesn't quite live up to the addiction that destroyed everyone's work ethic back in 2007.

Peggle 2 is still a wonderful game, but to a super-fan there are too many things that feel miscalibrated. In a way, that's more damaging than the suggestion PopCap isn't sure what else to do with Peggle: it suggests PopCap needs to rediscover itself.

At a price tag of $11.99, this isn’t what I’d consider a steal. But if you’re absolutely dying for more Peggle, this will likely keep you satiated for a week or two.

A missed opportunity. [Issue#144, p.102]

Though not as experimental or revolutionary as we would have liked, Peggle 2 is as bright, bouncy and brilliant as ever, delivering the same addictive action as its predecessor.