Peglin

Listen, I adore this game - it feels so, so wrong to be giving it a negative review. But, I need you to understand what it's like to actually own this game after having put some hours in and learning to appreciate it. It's like this. You look through your library and find "Oh, Peglin, I used to love this game, why did I stop playing it?" So you drop back in and you blaze through boss after boss - and quickly you remember how all the relics stack with different balls for MASSIVE DAMAGE. So you get creative, you try and have a little fun. You try to make builds that scale with the amount of damage you've taken. Or utilize the reload mechanic to your advantage. It takes some luck to get the right items together, sure, but there's a few ways to get the same or similar effects so if you're clever enough you can make most things work in most runs... or at least pivot to something else similar or similarly interesting. It's great like that, encouraging you to try new things by gi...

Peglin is a blast of a deckbuilding roguelite for the first few completed runs, however once you start doing runs at higher Cruciball difficulties, the cracks really start to show. The game does not give you the ability to adequately gain strength to a degree that can contend with the rapid difficulty spikes of Act 2 and 3. I have over 70 hours at the time of writing and not once have gotten lucky enough to pass Cruciball 10. Because of this, combined with a distinct lack of meaningful meta progression, means that the fun build variety you'd usually get out of roguelikes does not actually exist. A lot of "upgrades" (often received from fighting bosses) come with downsides that far outweigh the positives they could ever give you. A lot of pegboard layouts focus far more on the theme of the encounter than actual play-ability. There are many where a single bad Refresh peg spawn can end entire runs and others that practically require specific balls or upgrades to even contend with, resul...

The second best pegging experience I've had in my lifetime.

[h1]🧩 [i]Peglin[/i] - Peg-Popping RPG Fun[/h1] [b]What I Played:[/b] I dived into Peglin for a few hours, bouncing orbs, popping pegs, and battling it out with roguelike flair. [b]The Good:[/b] [list] [*]The mix of Pachinko and RPG elements is surprisingly addictive. Strategizing where to aim your shots for maximum damage adds a nice layer of depth. [*]Relics! These game-changers keep each run fresh and exciting. Discovering new relics and figuring out how to combo them feels so satisfying. [/list] [b]The Bad:[/b] [list] [*]The randomness factor can be a double-edged sword. Sometimes you get insanely good combos, other times... well, not so much. [*]The pacing could use a bit of tweaking. Some runs felt a tad slow, especially during enemy turns. Speeding things up a bit would make it even more engaging. [/list] [b]Verdict:[/b] [b]Recommended[/b] - Peglin offers a unique take on the roguelike genre with its peg-popping mechanics and strategic depth. It's a fun, casual RPG experie...

As a big fan of Peggle and also various rogue-like/rogue-lite games, I tried really really REALLY hard to like this game. However, the honeymoon phase wears off incredibly quickly, and the clashing game design elements very quickly begin to become frustrating, and the core game play loop repetitive and boring. Like many rogue-likes, this game features crucible/ascension/whatever you wanna call it: scaling difficulty. It is not enough to beat the game, you have to beat it 20 times per character on increasing levels of difficulty. In many rogue-likes, this offers a nice challenge; as you get better at the game, its difficulty increases and you're forced to use resources more efficiency, create stronger builds, and so on. Unlike, Balatro or Slay the Spire, which this game desperately tries to copy every mechanic from, it doesn't seem that skill alone is enough to beat the game starting around 10+ "cruciball". Whether or not you can win is almost entirely determined by beating the Act 1 b...

This game has a charming concept but I just don't feel it man. The enemies being tied to the board makes the game very monotonous, especially considering how little board variations there are per area. By the late game areas i'm either too under-powered to defeat the beefy enemies or too over-powered to feel like my input on the ball even matters. If you're really into pachinko you might like this game, but otherwise I'd say to give it more time in the oven

The physics in this game feels awful compared to something like Peggle.

i want my wife to peg-lin me

As someone who has now 100% this game, I can say this game will cause you immense pain if you try to do what I have done. Cruicball 20 is the worst crime ever inflicted upon humanity. I love this game 10/10 would recommend

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