Halloween Party 2016 Critique

Hello penguins! Last year, I introduced my party critiques by discussing the Halloween Party 2015. This year, I will go into more depth and discuss different elements that changed this year. So let's begin!


The art is pretty good. My favorite room has to be the Ski Lodge. The pumpkins are placed in locations that feel good, almost strategic. The hanging lights and the fish skeleton are really cool graphics, and the Ski Lodge just looks magnificent in the dark.

Another favorite of mine is the Dance Club. The pumpkins look really cool, especially the Astro-Barrier pumpkin by the stairwell. The candelabras are interesting, and the large pumpkin by SoundStudio is very detailed. The tiles behind the large pumpkin have great coloring.

The amazing art doesn't come without a few issues, though. For example, the pumpkin next to the Lighthouse door has a few issues. The shadow erases part of the doormat, and the right side of this Jack-o-Lantern appears to be in front of the support beam when it really should be behind it. This issue has been present at every Halloween Party since 2011, but every year it goes unchanged, and every year I lose my patience just a bit more.

Another glitch is the Pizza Parlor glitch. This problem presents the pumpkins behind the counter instead of atop it in the Pizza Parlor.

This clearly wasn't intentional, because the .SWF file didn't have this issue.

It's just the actual display in the game that's off.


The Halloween Party often has some of the best music, so let's examine what is on the table this year.

The main theme for this party is 1035. It is a remaster of a track from the Halloween Party 2008 titled Under the Cover of the Storm. It is a great song to listen to; I love it. It even includes a triangle.

The track 1055 is a remaster of an older song called Halloween Jam. It features some great instrumentation from the piano and the violin, and the background of the track even includes a triangle and sandpaper. At one point, all of the instruments cut out and all that's heard is the sound of thunder. It's really fun to listen to.

My favorite song from the party is 1036. The only instruments I can recognize are an 808 drum and possibly a harp, but trust me, it's really good. The last track fit really well with the Nightclub from the Halloween Party 2007, but this one fits best with the flashier, bigger, more animated and interactive Nightclub from recent Halloween Parties.

The Nightclub from the Halloween Party 2007

The Pizza Parlor track, 1033, is also an entertaining tune. It is basically a looping instrumental of Gotta Get the Gotcha from Halloween Panic. My favorite part is when the piano starts to play, just before the hook. The main part of the song, the chorus, is essentially a remix of random voice samples to a tune. It's wonderful. I would say this is a wonderful Club Penguin track, but sadly, this song was not made by Club Penguin. It appeared in a YouTube video by Thomas Ridgewell in 2014. I will not name it here, but if you ask me by clicking this link and sending me a tweet, I will tell you.

The Mine Shack's theme (1041) is alright. The only instrument it is an organ, which would be okay if the song didn't have a bunch of sound effects in it, but since it's still very spooky and interesting to listen to, I don't mind it too much.


Since most of the rooms are the same as they were last year, there isn't much to say here; but I'll try.

Transformations from 2012 and 2013 returned, including three zombies, three vampires, three werewolves, and a new ghost that has not been seen before. They are all very cool, but unfortunately, they are completely randomized with no way of choosing which creature or color you mutate into. The system is flawed, but still enjoyable and interesting.

Just like they did in 2015, the tube tables at the Dance Lounge have returned as well. I think these are quite neat, and I would not mind seeing them used yet again in the near future.



Aside from that, penguins with the Miner's Helmet or Hard Hat can turn the Iceberg into a Jack-o-Lantern. This is a good deal more fun with friends, for it takes longer to achieve this alone.

But aside from all of that, the main quest is a new scavenger hunt. This quest is quite basic, just requiring the player to find and collect all three of a specific variant of spectral sweet hidden in a room. There are sweets of other colors in order to confuse you, though, so beware.

This quest is very simple and doesn't provide me with a decent amount of content. Another thing is, unlike trick-or-treating or the hotel quests from former Halloween Parties, these cannot be redone at any point; but other than that, these quests are harmless. I tend to overlook them.


The story here is quite simple. Spectral sweets have appeared all over the island, and it is your duty to collect them all to provide a power source for the aforementioned Monster Maker 3000, located at the Beach. I see no problem with this, but I wish the team had explained us why these candies had been placed where they were.


This Halloween Party was great. I can't say it's as great as good as 2015, but it is a lot more enjoyable than the 2014 Halloween Party. It involved great returning elements and decorations, some new and old music, and some exellent activities. This Halloween Party ranks in as an 8/10. Goodbye!

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Frozen Fever Party 2016 Critique

Hello penguins! Today I will be critiquing the last takeover of 2016, the second Frozen Fever Party! Let us begin!

The decorations at this party were not good. The rooms that were decorated intentionally were medicore, and I don't much to say about them, but it's the rooms that were modified unintentionally that had issues.

Minor nitpick, but the archway at the Ski Village was missing for the duration of this party.

The Ski Village regularly, as of June 2015

The Ski Village during the Frozen Fever Party 2016

Another nitpick, but the fireplace located inside the Ski Lodge seems to have frozen unexpectedly throughout this event.



This is more of a serious problem. For the first four weeks of this event, the PSA Missions and the EPF Handbook were completely inaccessible.

What the EPF Command Room is supposed to look like

What the EPF Command Room looked like during the
Frozen Fever Party

Another major issue is that the Puffle Berry Mall was inaccessible from the Plaza for the first 2 weeks of this event.

Not to mention the Mall being completely shut off to anyone without a spy phone and the fact that this complete rehash that will last weeks.

— Chilly573 (@Chilly573) August 17, 2016

The party rooms also had frozen variants. Let us now discuss those..

The Town is my favorite frozen variant of them all. The pattern on the ground is completely concealed under the ice. I especially like the coloring on the fish. It is amusing how the sign on the Coffee Shop was modified to "Iced Coffee" after it's chilled. The coloring on the Dance Club windows is especially interesting here.

Another great room is the Cove.

I really like the coloring on the snow fort, especially the floor and the pointy tops on the towers. The umbrellas have wonderful shading, and the ice is, as usual, very elegant.


The music at this party was a positive overall.

The second song was 909, and it is quite peculiar. It is clearly a 2014 track. It features a xylophone, just as the original Town Center theme from the day after this party. but unlike the first Town Center music, this one is controlled and quiet most of the way through, and the Town Center music is just loud and unpleasant.

The next track is 1131, and it's really cool. It fits the theme of ice quite a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if this would play at an upcoming Festival of Snow or an event similar to this. It also has a style similar to the music from Plants vs. Zombies with the string instrument (which I cannot put my finger on at this current moment) and the chimes that play every ten seconds or so. (Here's the Plants vs. Zombies link, even though that music is better.)

The main theme, 1132, is decent. It has some respectable instrumentation, including a good selection of wind instruments and a violin. This is exactly what I would imagine the main theme to a Frozen Party would sound like. It's extremely peppy and fun. It works a lot better than the Town Center's music from the previous Frozen Parties, for those sound a bit too much as if they were trying to make me feel really emotional for a simple party. That song is 910.

My favorite song from this party was definitely 1133. It has really nice instrumentation, and has a slightly more important tone. It sounds like it's from the Marvel Superhero Takeover, but it also has a very Frozen sound to it. It also brings back the horn from the Card-Jitsu party theme, and you can't go wrong there. It's great fun, and I love to listen to it.

The final track is 1135, and I'm not a fan. For a decent length of the runtime, the only instruments are a piano and a tambourine. There is also some harp and various string instruments in there, but they are in the background for just a fraction of it. This song also gets extremely repetitive quickly. It has 2 parts to it, and they are both different. There's a definite split in the track between them. They don't flow together nicely, and it is extremely bothersome.


The items available were very hit-and-miss. On one hand, we have Snowgies, which is extremely hideous, and the low-polygon count of their eyes make them look like demons.

On the other hand, the Solid Ice encored. The Solid Ice is a gorgeous item that transforms your penguin into ice. It has many different shades of blue and indigo, with snowflake prints and really unique shading. I love it.

The playability at the Frozen parties is like no other. Penguins had the ability to freeze rooms, which has only been seen in small doses with the Holiday Party 2012. The rooms were then unfrozen using the heart emote. This was an interesting concept, but without at least 2 people actively freezing and unfreezing the room, it got quite dull, very quickly. They should have introduced a type of secret reward system that would grant you 500 coins for freezing 2 entire rooms, or something along those lines.

Rooms such as the Beach, Snow Forts, and Town Center do not have many elements to interact with. All of the other rooms, though, have an abundance. The Forest, for example, has many elements in Oaken's shop, as well as the Reindeer Puffle stables. The Dock has many pins, paint, and Oaken's Cloakens, graphical glitches aside.

A problem with the Dock's .SWF file

The story at this party is, if the definition of "story" allows for it, Anna's birthday. There isn't much else, except the collection of pins. This category will not be considered in the ranking.


This party was yet another disappointment. It had some decent elements included in it, including good music and some great items; but due to many graphical and technical glitches, as well as an unwarranted 6-week runtime, this party sadly gets a 3/10.

What did you think of the Frozen Fever Party? Is it better or worse than the Frozen Party 2014? Goodbye!

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