Quack Quack Attack: PEGG Blaster launches on iOS and Android with egg-flinging madness
Silly name, simple game
- Quack Quack Attack: PEGG Blaster is now available on iOS and Android
- Slingshot-based gameplay focuses on ricochet shots and clearing waves
- Squad building, gear, and PvP add depth beyond the core puzzler loop
Quack Quack Attack: PEGG Blaster has made it through closed beta in one piece, which a lot of games don't manage, and it's now properly out on iOS and Android.
Captain Duck, the ark, the ocean full of monsters - it's all still here, and I still don't think it's especially bothered whether you take any of it seriously. Fair enough. You're flinging eggs at things, and within about thirty seconds, that's the only part of the premise that matters.
The slingshot holds up. Line up a shot, let go, watch it ricochet round the screen until it runs out of steam. Get the angle right and you'll clear a whole wave in one go, which feels better than it has any right to for something this simple.
Squad building is where it starts asking a bit more of you. Around fifty bird heroes split across six classes, five picked at a time. Some pairings you'll land on straight away. Others take a bit of trial and error, and a couple of runs where you wonder why your squad's just standing there doing nothing useful.
Levelling, evolving, a card system for abilities, gear to forge on top of all that. For a puzzler with this name, there's a surprising amount going on under the hood, and I mean that as a compliment.
Once you're through the main campaign, there's the Tower of Purgatory for punishment, Fishing Grounds if you fancy something calmer, and Starry Expedition for PvP against other people's flocks. The AFK collection keeps going regardless, so your crew's still gathering things even when you've forgotten it exists for a day or two.
Quack Quack Attack: PEGG Blaster is out now on iOS and Android.
If idle systems and AFK rewards are your sort of thing, our list of the best idle games on Android is worth a look.
