Williams
White Water Pinside Rating
This game received 954 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.372 /10
White Water
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.562
Artwork: 8.301
Sounds/Music: 7.657
Other Aspects: 8.609
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7.995/10
13 days ago
Bristol
WH2O is one of my favourite Williams machines. It’s a great “player’s machine” and greatly rewards accuracy with the lock shot and third flipper. The theme is coherent and applied everywhere on the playfield.
If I have any criticism of the machine it is that the “mine” kickout can be brutal on some examples, and the extra ball target shot is extremely dangerous. There is minimal ball save on this game so it is not forgiving for beginners at all.
If I have any criticism of the machine it is that the “mine” kickout can be brutal on some examples, and the extra ball target shot is extremely dangerous. There is minimal ball save on this game so it is not forgiving for beginners at all.
8.072/10
56 days ago
East Troy, WI
A great Williams classic from the 90s era when the pinball games were real pinballs. What a great game. One I would love to own. This game features a lot of ramps and crazy shots. I love the yeti aspect on the playfield. Fun theme, great game!
9.904/10
7 months ago
“Sweet Nannys” the Hawaiians says about their bananas. Well, this is one sweet pinball machine! Love the Slip-In-Slide theme with all the well placed ramps. Fun stuff and will make you laugh, and if not you will most likely repeat some of the call-outs and giggle.
9.260/10
7 months ago
Great fun machine with some of the most fun ramps in pinball. And there are layers to the playing area like no other pin that I have seen, upper playfields, ramps over ramps and subways underneath.
There is a very simple objective that people can follow and some great call outs and hints on what to do. But I found the game quite hard to crack on with and this dented my lastability feeling. Still in my collection so can't be too bad.
There is a very simple objective that people can follow and some great call outs and hints on what to do. But I found the game quite hard to crack on with and this dented my lastability feeling. Still in my collection so can't be too bad.
9.440/10
8 months ago
Took awhile for me to get used to the speed and how hard to control the ball. Now that I’m better it gets played more than any of my machines. Only beat Wet Willies once in the 4 months I’ve owned but I try again everyday.
This machine will stay.
This machine will stay.
Nsw
8.352/10
10 months ago
Winnipeg, MB
I picked up a very dirty machine last month and have cleaned it up. I added leds, the led and gi boards and titans. This game sizzles. It’s super quick with some nice shots. Bigfoot feature is top shelf. The music is good but not great but the theme for me is super fun. It plays fast and sometimes frenetic just like white water rafting. The ramps are excellent and the game’s rules are challenging but not too complicated. This one for me is a keeper.
南京市
7.656/10
1 year ago
A difficult game to rate. Once you get going and get in a rhythm you can keep a ball going for a long time and see a lot more of the games features, which are quite impressive. The ramps are terrific and the upper playfield is very well done. The way many of the ramps undulate and wiggle back and forth mimics a raging river, perfectly encapsulating the theme. The whirlpool is also a neat effect. From a layout perspective the only thing I don't really like is that the right side of the lower playfield is taken up by the mountain and doesn't have much to shoot at, making the left flipper somewhat underused and making the lower half of the playfield very tight. If you miss a shot in the lower playfield it often drains.
A specific problem I had that I didn't see mentioned is that every plunge comes down the center of the playfield. I didn't see a way to do a short plunge or other way to avoid it. If it drained immediately I got a ball save (pretty sure, although some other reviewers said there isn't one). But if it didn't, I couldn't ever get control over the ball right away after the plunge, so I lost a lot of balls before I ever really had a chance to aim at anything. Plunge, glancing hit off end of flipper, hit something in the playfield and right between the flippers or out an outlane. Many times I'd lose the ball within seconds but got no ball save. Very frustrating.
[Edit: After playing multiple machines I can report that you can in fact short plunge.]
The thing is, when you do get control of the ball and can start sending it consistently up to the upper playfield--man is it fun. It's the challenge of getting there before you get frustrated and stop plugging quarters in it that's hard.
A specific problem I had that I didn't see mentioned is that every plunge comes down the center of the playfield. I didn't see a way to do a short plunge or other way to avoid it. If it drained immediately I got a ball save (pretty sure, although some other reviewers said there isn't one). But if it didn't, I couldn't ever get control over the ball right away after the plunge, so I lost a lot of balls before I ever really had a chance to aim at anything. Plunge, glancing hit off end of flipper, hit something in the playfield and right between the flippers or out an outlane. Many times I'd lose the ball within seconds but got no ball save. Very frustrating.
[Edit: After playing multiple machines I can report that you can in fact short plunge.]
The thing is, when you do get control of the ball and can start sending it consistently up to the upper playfield--man is it fun. It's the challenge of getting there before you get frustrated and stop plugging quarters in it that's hard.
8.996/10
1 year ago
A really nice simple yet complex shot pin. It's brightfull and joyfull, which are big quality for a pin for me. Music can be a little bland at first but improve when you advance in the game. The flow of the shots is a blast, very satisfying.
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