Club Penguin In 2014 Review

I think Club Penguin’s 2014 year is okay in my opinion.
But since I came at the very end of this year’s Music Jam, I still feel quite new to CP. (Note that)
I agree with the activities in the Frozen Party and the School and Skate Party, we never get to do much and most non-members weren’t able to do much, such as adopting a Snowman Puffle or grab a skateboard and ride it around the island like I do as of now.
For the Halloween Party though, I think this is my favorite party even though it’s my first Halloween in CP, there are different various quests and new antagonist introduced (Skip), but I think there should be more quests every day during the party.
The Pirate Party has my similar opinion as the Frozen and School & Skate Party, but in a different way, members get cool swords while non-members stuck with a lame wooden sword and fight the same battle with crabs with the same difficulty and gameplay.
Lastly, the Merry Walrus party seemed interesting at first, it was quite a surprising twist that the team decided to do something different instead of hosting Holiday Parties. However, when the party launched, it seemed in-between disappointing and okay, but just like the Halloween Party, we get to do quests by doing different activities and get a limited edition Puffle at the end.
For the iOS apps, starting with the Sled Racer, it was really addicting, I tried everything to beat my own (and other penguins’) scores, but I can always try again.
And the Puffle Wild, it is really awesome, I had experience with some match 3 games such as Candy Crush, the positive thing about this app is that there are no life limits comparing to Candy Crush and if you use Wild Puffles in game levels you get an extra thousand points or two if you use their power-up (My favorite wild Puffle is a black deer whom I named him Mudskipper, however my least favorite is the Yellow Unicorn Puffle because I’m an anti-pegasister).
There is only one few negative thing about Puffle Wild though, if new players or non-members have only the blue and red Puffles or only blue Puffles to play with in the game, they get less advantages in playing the game. This is because I got all Puffles when I bought my first membership month (including the cat and dog Puffles). So there should be some Wild Puffles available to non-members.

I could suggest what improvements CP should make:

1. Non-members and member activities needed to be (more) equal, such as obtaining member items and adopting certain Puffles.
2. More activities in parties, and also a storyline needs to be added in (in which I agree with).
3. More excitement needed in parties (I might be suggesting some to the team via email later).
4. An active debugging team. (Which I agree as well, but I don’t see much bugs in CP. :/ )

That’s all I can say for 2014. Hope 2015 will be better. ;)

–Tigerspirit8

Wow, that was amazing, I’m 100% with you, I just admired what you said there! Nice! I did used to like the more simple parties, rather than being total sell-outs and putting everything everywhere! You are absolutely right about the pins as well as them being hidden in obvious spaces again and again. Thank you for sharing! ;)

I wish someone from CP Team will read that, because 100% of the post is a truth! If they learn something from last year’s mistakes, 2015 will be a very good year :)

In my opinion, 2014 is worst year ever in CP. Why? Most party decoration just recolor of past party. And almost all Penguin Style items now just recolor. The parties was boring and most of them suck. What disappoint me very much are they focus more on puffles, always spoil next party completely, CP creativity just more on takeovers and puffles, they ruin the anniversary party, and discontinue the yearly Holiday Party. The 9th Anniversary Party just recolored 7th Anniversary Party also CP spoiled the entire party hat in CP Times. Merry Walrus just lame idea, the party too. I feel the only room decorated is the Snow Fort. The rest, I feel it just recolored Holiday Party 2013. I hope in 2015, CP will stop these crappy takeovers, more focusing in their game, stop more pay attention to puffles, do more creative parties and items and stop recoloring, and CP need to learn right way how to give hint. I mean, CP just spoiled EVERYTHING COMPLETELY. I like how CP foreshadow the 9th Party Hat with the Anniversary Ballon Pin but I later surprised why they just spoiled ENTIRE hat in the CP Times. Why CP, why? Stop destroying your own game and your player! If you don’t want lost your game and your player, just simple, fix every mistake you made in 2014 . You can make 2015 a best year

What a great review :)

First of all, let me start off with the fact that I am in eleventh grade and have been playing CP since I was in third grade. I often find myself still stuck in the olden days, only going to the parties to look at the room decorations and the buildings transformations. I have never had interest in collecting new clothes (I have my standard original outfit), doing ‘quests’, or even redecorating my igloo each month. I know a lot of the new players probably enjoy all of the newer features that Club Penguin offers, but they truly don’t appeal to me. Because I only play CP for exploring the transformed island, and a membership is not required to do so, I have barely renewed my membership this year.
Back when the first nights quest was released (I was younger and it was a whole new idea in CP) I instantly got a membership and spent multiple hours helping people get through the maze. In addition, I recall there being a hot air balloon in the forest (I was too young to remember all the details) and I begged my dad for a membership because I could actually fly above the island! In addition, all of the original PSA missions, also including the F.I.S.H (and I didn’t have a membership then so I could buy the items) were really exciting. I remember that the spy googles were really secret and everyone wanted to get them. Some other memorable things… that play in the stage where you could go underground was cool. And that St. Patricks Day party where there was a members only room in the forest was very irritating for me because I didn’t have a membership then. Also, don’t get me started with the sports shop… (And that time they reversed the colors!)
So bottom line, things have changed, but in the wrong way for an older players and perhaps a better way for a new player. I guess CP needs to capture a new audience!

I like how people are complaining about take overs. This year only had 2 1/2 takeovers this year. The music jam was half a takeover. Thats the least take overs cp has ever had in a year. List of Takeovers:Frozen, Muppets, the people in the music jam.

l disliked 2014 on CP. Club Penguin is getting really Lazy in my opinion

Well I guess I’ll share my opinions on all the 2014 parties and mini events on Club Penguin. Starting from January and eventually going on to December.

New Year’s Day Fireworks: An awesome way to alternate the firework tradition held on Club Penguin year-after-year! While some could argue that it “strew from tradition too much” looking back I absolutely love how it looked with the Coins for Change train station. Although, I wished the team introduced a new quest, to obtain a special New Year’s item. Another thing is, the event needed to start on December 31. Score: 9/10

Prehistoric Party: I love how this party expanded the storyline given the previous year. I loved the excitement leading up to the party with the mysterious message, and the appearance of the Time Trekker. I love how the party in a way showed us an island that had elements of present-day. Glad they brought back the transformations and the dino-dig igloos were a great way to allow the party to “come into their igloos”. The new dino puffles were a great treat at the time as well! Not much to complain about, possibly my favorite party of the year. Score: 10/10

The Fair: From this party the biggest thing I remember is struggling to obtain enough tickets to buy all the exclusive items. I am a big clothing guru and buy everything from the catalog, but with the high prices I was a tad disappointed in Club Penguin. While The Daily Spin was a great new way to obtain items, it was nearly impossible to obtain pins, like Trainman said. Don’t get me wrong I did love the party and all the interactive features (boat rides, ferris wheel, roller coaster etc..), but I feel like Club Penguin had too high expectations for the players. Score: 7/10

Russian Welcome Party: The decorated ice rink reminded of that simplicity of parties in 2008, I truly applaud Club Penguin for responded to the large percentage of players that prefer the old Club Penguin. In my opinion, more things in the room could’ve been added to decorate. Also, I don’t understand why Club Penguin made this event 1 month after the release of the Russian language on Club Penguin. Score: 7/10

Muppets World Tour: I will admit that I was a tad disappointment among hearing that “Muppets” was going to the center of a future party. I really enjoyed all the room designs and how they showed that cultural sense from around the world. Kermit the Frog was almost impossible to find, and as a result I never obtained his background. I was truly disappointed with the Muppets Theater, since there was such a huge lead-up to it. Score: 8/10

Puffle Party: The rooms for this party were such fun! Similar to the Prehistoric Party, I loved the excitement leading up to the Puffle Gala. Once the Gala was released, I was slightly disappointed, because in my opinion it was just a big fashion show. I was expecting something along the lines of the award show from the Hollywood Party 2013. My favorite room was the forest, and I was hoping with all my flippers crossed that they would keep this amazing room! The cove’s watersides were great fun too. Overall a very fun party. Score: 9/10

Funny Hat Week: Eh, it was alright, could’ve been better. Given all the promotional material, I was expecting something like a contest, not just a hat giveaway event. The hats were awesome items and I was pleased with that. It was a boring party, in my opinion, and unlike the previous mini parties I never found myself going back to the room for pleasure. Score: 5/10

Future Party: When I first heard about this party I was SO excited! Think about all the potential of a Future Party! Man, was a disappointed. I wasn’t really a fan of this EPF party type storyline, I prefer something along the lines of Operation Puffle. The items were super ugly, and the fact that it was a follow-up of the Puffle Party was even a greater disappointment. I did enjoy the create your own robot feature, but the idea of fighting in space didn’t really strike me as fun. In my opinion, the destroyed rooms looked awful. Score: 4/10

Penguin Prom: This party is truly my favorite mini party of 2014. The limo was an awesome feature and I truly enjoyed how it was a graduation as well as a prom. I think it was a great event to lead up to the Penguin Cup! Another thing is, I liked how the team didn’t spoil the party and built plenty of anticipation up for the event. I remember seeing plenty of penguins at the event breaking out their dance moves and partying in the limo. Score: 10/10

Penguin Cup: First, let me say that it was obvious that the Sharks were going to win and I believe the other teams were at a disadvantage. The blue team already had a HUGE fan base, consisting of for the most part, all of the island. I appreciated famous players joining smaller teams such as the Fluffies. Anyways, most of the free items were pointless, such as all of the vuvuzelas. I liked how by earning points you got better and earned more in a sense “power-ups”. The CPSN was a great way for penguins to act as broadcasters! I really enjoy these types of parties, because they’re very different from others. However, I do wish more rooms were decorated. Score: 8/10

Music Jam: I will admit I was super excited for this party. The lead-up for the event was a huge, a cruise on Club Penguin? Wow was I excited whenever I heard the news of that. Let’s start with the positives, SoundStudio was a great new mini game to replace DJ3k. Violetta shouldn’t have been in this party, I understand that they want to appeal to other cultures, but if they do Spanish, they have to do Russian, Portuguese, French, etc. The music cruise was beautiful, but I hated the music-esque details. We all know that the rooms were a MAJOR disappointment considering they only decorated one room and that room was from another party. Definitely the worst party of 2014, maybe EVER. Score: 1/10

Turbo Race 3000: What was the purpose of this mini party? It didn’t really appeal to anyone and few to no penguins even raced in the event. It was a cool one-time thing type party, but I wouldn’t want to do it again. Overall, this would’ve been a better party if it had appealed to more penguins. Score: 6/10

Frozen Party: Another party in which the team listened to the players, great job Club Penguin team! I really liked the storyline of this party and how they turned it into a summer bash, but ALL of the party was spoiled with leaks leading to little to no surprise when the party did arrive. Club Penguin, please secure your designs more to preserve that surprise players get whenever they logon on the first day of the party. Like Trainman said, the snowflake scavenger hunt was far too easy and a glitch arose in which I lost my snowman puffle after the party had concluded. While, the freezing feature was a cool addition it was overused causing a sort of lag in rooms. Another thing is, I didn’t like how the “Let it Go” song was instrumental, although I understand sometime it can be hard to get copyright rights for the song. Score: 5/10

School & Skate Party: I liked how this party capture that Coins for Change theme of giving back. I LOVE the mall so much, and I was in awe whenever I first logged on and saw it. The scavenger hunt was somewhat of an improvement from the Frozen Party, but still wasn’t as good as the previous years’s easter egg hunts. In my opinion, the skatepark was cool at first, but after a week became boring and pointless. This party really felt like a summer bash on the island. I applaud the team for creating amazing room designs, but this party truly lacked quantity. Score: 6/10

Halloween Party: I really like the idea of using the hotel as a certain of paranormal happenings, but I wish they created at least a few new room designs. The hotel was awesome, but this party didn’t have the same “wow” factor as it’s predecessors. The ghost puffles were a cool new addition, but I would’ve liked to see the return of the transformations. Another way to capture that feeling from previous Halloween Parties is by re-introducing the annual Halloween Igloo Contest. Like I said there wasn’t much to review here since there wasn’t too much that was really “amazing”. Score: 7/10

9th Anniversary Party: It’s cool how the team really went for that grand scale with this Anniversary Party. I would’ve liked to see the return of the previous year’s yearbooks and a different design that strays from the typical coffee shop look. I really like the colors of the party hat, again not much to say since it didn’t have that “wow” factor. Definitely not the best Anniversary Party we’ve had. Score: 8/10

Pirate Party: I don’t like how this party reused the Star Wars party’s way of dueling. I like the idea of Rockhopper’s ship destroying and I look forward to seeing the new ship design, although I do wish construction began during the party. The room designs reminded me of previous Adventure Parties. Again, this party lacked quantity, but was amazing on quality. I wasn’t really a fan of a lot of the items, but I did enjoy the octopus legs and the grey sword (sorry I forgot what these items are called!). Score: 7/10

Merry Walrus Parade: I really like the idea that this party displayed; a tease at the new Merry Walrus tradition. It was fun to ride in the parade and see a similar design in the Disney Christmas Parade, but this party failed to appeal to a large audience on the island. Another thing to note is that there was no free item for this party. Score: 8/10

Merry Walrus: The idea for this party was great; a stray from the typical Holiday Parties the island hosts annually, but I felt like this party was one of the greatest disappointments of the year. Whenever it was revealed that the party consisted of “crazy traditions” I expected something equally fun, cute and weird. While this party tried to create a new event for the island it failed to meet the standards of previous Holiday Parties. I did enjoy the Merry Walrus mascot, as he acted as a sort of Santa Claus for the island. I was so happy that the mall came back! It was a great way to alternate a room used before, something the team should do for future parties. I felt like this party lacked in not only quantity, but quality alike. Score: 3/10

Overall: The year started off with a “bang” with the Prehistoric Party, but slowly as the months went on the parties got worse and worse with an occasional pleasant surprise. I have faith that since 2015 is the Club Penguin 10 year anniversary, that the parties will be bigger and better.

Towards the end of 2014 Club Penguin has lessened the events. Between different parties like when the island is not decorated they should have some events around the island. I know we had the Turbo Racing 3000, the Penguin Prom, 9th Anniversary and Funny Hat Week but that’s just 4 and there was 12 parties. It gets boring waiting for parties to start so instead I just log off and go play some Minecraft. We need more Events!

I wasn’t part of club penguin in the year 2014 as I had quit after the prehistoric party becoz of my school studies and later joined back club penguin this December becoz my Dad got me monthly membership subscription but I can totally agree on your post. Club Penguin seems to get confused on how to satisfy Club Penguin players. The migrator is sinking and Club Penguin needs to come up with something good in 2015. I pointed out 10 things Club Penguin can be fun for us in 2015. I’d appreciate if you can have a look on it. http://clubpenguinsky-cpsky.blogspot.in/ :)