Peglin

this game is so good it makes me forget about being a wage worker whose labour only makes the landlord richer

[Looks at how many hours I've put into a silly roguelike about dropping balls] Yeah, it's good I guess.

(I have more time than steam recorded me playing). This should get a positive rating as it does its core goal well; peggle as a battle roguelike. I have no complaints on the core gameplay loop. The problem is the amount of padding to compensate for a lack of content. There are only 3 areas and one (pre) final boss. You'll get through them very quickly. And then the last boss has a sudden stat boost significantly higher than everything else just to abruptly end your run. But even then it isn't that hard to beat it relatively quickly. But you can't get the true ending without beating that boss with every character, but unlocking characters is just based on how many times you've added a specific debuff or spent coins. And it's a very high number that is impossible to achieve on a few runs. There also isn't a huge variety in builds or enemies. Eventually it comes down to the same strategy. So you'll basically just need to do the same thing over and over to get the end content. This isn't like StS where there is so much variery in strategy, alternate characters unlock quick, and your choices on the map leading up to the end have significant effects on your build that the lack of variety in areas is a non issue. Not much really changes besides more peggle and going for a high dps build to grind for the small amount of unlockable content. It could have been great if it had a bit more variety of content and didn't make finishing the game a chore.

This is a soft Not Recommended. I think the game is fine, but I don't enjoy it very much. Forgive me if these thoughts are scattered. Played this game when it was new to early access and recently. I will say the game has improved. The game is called Peglin which might be to evoke images of Peggle, but these two games play quite differently. If you're looking for something just like Peggle, this may not be what you want. I find this game to fall into the unfortunate yet common rogue-lite pitfall of heavy RNG reliance. While user input and skill is somewhat important, most of a run's success hinges on luck. Beyond maybe a few planned bounces, your orb's trajectory is essentially luck based. Most boards aren't designed like boards in Peggle: there are much more pegs and seemingly much less places for intended combos. While some boards work better with certain orb and relic combinations... this comes down to RNG again. The design of the board designs seem to be catered to making certain builds feel powerful or less useful rather than player skill. Again, the point isn't to clear boards, but simply to increase damage numbers with multiple peg hits. It's fairly common to go for a certain build only to be completely denied access to the orbs or relics necessary to make a build work. While this can be an interesting challenge to pivot to a different build, I feel that there is not enough flexibility in options to do this reliably. There are also many random event spaces on the maps, some of which feel necessary to get builds going and others which feel like they can hamstring the chances of a run's success, as you can't choose to ignore them. While I recognize it is inevitable with design, some orbs and relics are leagues above others in usefulness. I feel like sometimes there is a little bit of an issue where builds don't exactly mesh together in a fun way. It feels like there are set builds to go for rather than a lot of fun elements interacting with each other. There's not a satisfying amount of interactions between orbs and relics that make each run feel unique or interesting. I don't think this can be changed by simply adding more items, as that will likely make RNG much worse. The only thing that feels set are enemy attack patterns. Overall, user interaction doesn't feel particularly impactful in gameplay. Most of the game is just building up a powerful inventory. I don't find that style of gameplay very exciting or fun. The challenge run options seem very minimal in changes other than standard number reduction difficulty. There are four characters to choose from, but you must unlock them with some rather strict and sometimes frustrating requirements. Again, you're at the whims of RNG as to whether or not you will be able to unlock these characters. You have to start with arguably the least viable character. I really wanted to enjoy this game a lot!

This game is like Maximilian Robespierre: revolutionary idea, amazing execution

Fun at first and scratched the Peggle itch, but endgame can get frustrating after awhile and gets reptitive as there only so many biomes to play through.

This game is tons of fun. It's difficult, but not in an annoying way. More of a "So, that didn't work. Let's try something else," kind of way. It makes you want to get better. It doesn't put you down. You will fail... many times... but whatever you do, don't give up. Pick yourself up and try again. YOU CAN DO IT! YOU'VE GOT THIS!!! 10/10 Bonus: The devs have worked on this game many times, and they listen to people when they make comments about how to make the game better. That is something that has become very rare, but much appreciated.

Saying for no for now because limited content what's limited content for what I see there's only three stages, a couple bosses per stage and only four characters to choose from. There's nothing wrong with the mechanics If they add more stages, least four more characters this can be a great game. If you can get the game on sale yea try it out but 20 dollars is a bit much.

i don't even really understand like half the mechanics in this game but whatever i like when ball bounce around and do damage