04.06.07
Peggle
I’m not usually big into casual games, but PopCap has somehow succeeded being the only casual games company to make it onto my radar, and that alone is cause to admire them. Not a lot of casual games companies manage to profile themselves as well as they do, and on top of that, they even make really good games! Indeed, they’ve made the only casual game I’ve ever bought: Bookworm Adventures. But now Kieron Gillen posted a link to the Peggle demo on his blog, speaking highly of the outburst of Ode To Joy that is the game’s way to reward you for completing each challenge.
I downloaded the demo, and today I realized that Peggle is the first game since Deus Ex that has made me throw up my arms in triumph and laugh out loud in amazement over my own actions. Most recently, this occurred as I had ONE ball left, and there were two orange balls left on the screen, in different corners. Somehow I managed to bounce my ball off the first orange one, hitting a blue one, bouncing off that across half the screen, hitting the last orange ball perfectly, bouncing off that to another blue one, then off the side of the screen and into the purple bonus-ball, and then flying neatly into the 100,000-point end bonus hole in the middle of the bottom of the screen. That was an unparallelled thrill, rivalling even the best moments of Jade Empire.
But I still suspect Jade Empire will be a more lasting experience.
Oh, and Kieron was right about Ode To Joy.
EER said,
April 8, 2007 at 10:27
Dammit, now I’m an addict. Ode for joy ftw
Jonas said,
April 9, 2007 at 00:24
Aww my trial ran out
Now I’ll have to figure out if I want it enough to pay for it. Oh the dilemma!!
EER said,
April 9, 2007 at 11:15
My trial ran out as well, just one hour of gameplay or so I read
Anyway, I don’t think I will buy it. Or perhaps I will … Nah I won’t, I still have too much games to play. I haven’t even installed Jade Empire yet, and I bought that last month or so.