I too was super disappointed playing fish tales. The simulation has no bounce. The slings don't seem right, the bounce off the top of the slings are just dead. Even bounce passes just seem deader than I expect. It is like they simulated a machine that is still using the original rubbers from 1990s.

I also couldn't do things I traditionally do on fishtales. Like trying to from a cradle on the right, do a rolling backhand to the lock, by quickly flicking the right inland to get the ball rolling up the flipper.

And the flippers were slow. Didn't feel like real flippers, certainly didn't feel like lightning flippers.

Is it fun to play, sure. But the hype on the simulation falls flat.