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The key for advantage play is how good is the pinball physics engine ? If all flipper control moves (dead bounce, alley pass, live catch, and drop catch), aiming consistency and nudging skills closely simulate reality, then there is potential. Obviously, the game would have to be tried to make any definite conclusions, but this is welcome news as an initial impression.
Mr. Bally, thanks for the information. It will save me some time and money knowing this, should this product make it onto casino floors. If I want random flipper strength variability, I can play an unmodified LOTR and not lose my shirt doing so.
Quoted from SolarRide:The key for advantage play is how good is the pinball physics engine ? If all flipper control moves (dead bounce, alley pass, live catch, and drop catch), aiming consistency and nudging skills closely simulate reality, then there is potential. Obviously, the game would have to be tried to make any definite conclusions, but this is welcome news as an initial impression.
Quoted from MrBally:Flipper strength will be varied randomly to add an element of chance.
http://www.igamingbusiness.com/news/nevada-approves-skill-based-slot-games-bill
Quoted from MrBally:If skill-based gambling equipment becomes licensed for casinos, don't count Bally or WMS out from getting back into pinball development for that market. Kind of funny that when Anchor Games developed and operated on a revenue sharing basis three types of pinball based slots, they used IGT slant top slots and the top box pinball playfield was made by Williams. There were boxes of playfields with Williams logo stacked high inside the Pilot Road factory in Las Vegas.
IGT eventually bought out Anchor.
What's to stop a player from cradling the ball for a few hours, while reading their favorite book ?
Quoted from FrankJ:I'll look for the link - there is a video explaining the technology they are using. There is no variable flipper strength. In fact, they are using a technology to highly diminish flipper latency from button push to flip to make the game more realistic. The player in the video is able to control the ball much easier than I have seen before in a video pin.
The game uses a combination of pinball skill to heighten the odds of winning and luck to win or lose.
The odds are set by the player and their bet when you begin play. The odds get better with good game play. When the ball exits, a roulette-like wheel appears in the center of the playfield. It displays the current odds in slices of red (good) and black (bad). The wheels spins and where it stops determines a win or loss. So, you can have an incredibly good ball and still lose your bet (or bad ball and win).
A skilled pinball player may have a better chance of winning than a non-player, but the odds are still in favor of the house.
Then you lose your $100 minimum bet
Quoted from Purpledrilmonkey:Just thinking out loud... what happens if there's a glitch in the physics.
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