Quoted from radium:I just hope the Williams tables are “pinball simulations” with the original gameplay and physics and NOT a “pinball video game”. I played their Star Wars tables with the storm troopers doing the Macarena and little tie fighters zipping around, and they are fun but not the same thing.
PBA had its share of problems but they got a lot right.
did you even read the blog post? they are going for faithful recreations of the tables. their original designs are a completely different thing.
Quoted from woody24:Played a little bit of Fishtails. The table looks good. But the ball physics just aren't quite there. To me, the ball movement feels like the ball is a little heavier and the table is set to a little more steeper incline.
Just seems like some hard hits the ball goes up really fast, stops then comes right back down. Kinda like playing the backbox part of Banzai. Except that it's not THAT bad.
But the good thing is, they've removed ball trails and the scores from popping up for every switch. Bad news is, that after every game, they take you back to their menu to show you how much XP you've gained in the Zen Pinball game, then show you a high score list, then will ask you if you want to play again.
agree on the feel of the ball. but i'm sure they will get it dialed in with some time and testing.
the ball trails and scores on the playfield can be turned on if you so choose. not sure who would want those on but at least the option is there.
i'm hoping they will include some sort of 'virtual arcade' room where you can move from machine to machine instead of being kicked out to the normal menu system.
its a beta. things will change. give them feedback on their own site!
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