It's basically a level pack for Peggle. It's a little disappointing just how little has changed. But first I'll say that I think this one does better in regards to the level themes. The game takes place in the dreams of the Peggle masters, and each one is centered around a different thing, with the majority of them even telling a story. This doesn't just help keep the levels more unified, but the peg placement felt so much better entwined with the backgrounds. In the last game the background had some cool art, but for the most part the pegs felt at best lazily placed around the objects in the picture, or at worst just slapped haphazardly all over the spot. But in this one not only has every background being more carefully chosen to fit a story, but the pegs feel carefully placed, with some pretty neat details, like a bowling ball rolling down the alley is circled by moving pegs (the ball itself is stationary, it's just that the pegs kind of emulate what the movement would be like).
Unfortunately it doesn't actually introduce any new ways to shake things up. It definitely does a way better job crafting its levels, but it doesn't throw in anything that we hadn't actually seen.
There's literally only 1 new master which you unlock at the very end. Every other master plays exactly the same, which is a missed opportunity. Since these take place in dreams, it would have been cool if they got new powers that either fit in with their dream topic, or allowed their usual powers to be superpowered. The latter would need some rebalancing of levels to not make them as easy, but at least it'd be fun and new.
It's also kind of disappointing that there aren't even any new kinds of pegs.
I'm still giving it a 9, because at the end of the day, despite being disappointing as a sequel, it's a tiny improvement on Peggle, an amazing game. I think the best time to play it would be if you haven't played the original Peggle for a while (if at all) and get that itch to play again, well now you can play again with new levels. Going straight from one to another will feel like one long game, which may be exactly what you want to be fair.
Unfortunately it doesn't actually introduce any new ways to shake things up. It definitely does a way better job crafting its levels, but it doesn't throw in anything that we hadn't actually seen.
There's literally only 1 new master which you unlock at the very end. Every other master plays exactly the same, which is a missed opportunity. Since these take place in dreams, it would have been cool if they got new powers that either fit in with their dream topic, or allowed their usual powers to be superpowered. The latter would need some rebalancing of levels to not make them as easy, but at least it'd be fun and new.
It's also kind of disappointing that there aren't even any new kinds of pegs.
I'm still giving it a 9, because at the end of the day, despite being disappointing as a sequel, it's a tiny improvement on Peggle, an amazing game. I think the best time to play it would be if you haven't played the original Peggle for a while (if at all) and get that itch to play again, well now you can play again with new levels. Going straight from one to another will feel like one long game, which may be exactly what you want to be fair.