Pinball Games - Pinball FX, Pinball Arcade, etc

[Omizzay]

The new Star Wars tables are up now on XBLA.

Any idea when these will be up on PSN for Zen Pinball? I'd rather have them on my Vita

[neoELITE]

Any idea when these will be up on PSN for Zen Pinball? I'd rather have them on my Vita

I believe they were up a day before XBLA

[multi]

Are there more Star Wars tables coming? I thought there were more than 3 in demo vid I saw.

I'm liking the Clone Wars one best at the mo, but I'm still trying to suss them all out really, not played a massive amount.

[moosegrinder]

I love the Episode V table.

[multi]

I find that one a bit to starty/stoppy, can't get a decent rhythm going.

[neoELITE]

Are there more Star Wars tables coming? I thought there were more than 3 in demo vid I saw.

I'm liking the Clone Wars one best at the mo, but I'm still trying to suss them all out really, not played a massive amount.

There will be more - the press release from Zen a while ago mentioned ten tables. If you're on Facebook, add them as a 'like' - they're quite active with news.

Has anyone played this on the Wii U yet? I downloaded the android version but didn't enjoy it at all. I think it was having the screen so close to me.

[stefcha]

I downloaded the android version but didn't enjoy it at all. I think it was having the screen so close to me.

Which device? Didn't enjoy it on the N4, but it seemed pretty good on an N7 I had a look at. Same thoughts for Pinball Arcade really, I guess they're both too cramped on a smaller screen even if it is 4.7".

[b00dles]

NeoElite - I must apoloigise, I beat your Agents score by a pathetic amount last night, almost embarrassingly so and nowhere near my 1st and 2nd still stefcha on that one iirc.

I've now got quite a few rosettes, regularly new tables mean that there are only a few people on some of them, which makes getting those rosettes easier Where are the rest of the thread, not on 360 anymore? Or everyone on Pinball Arcade? I think there are only three people tha thave got the star wars table and there's at least ten of you lot on the other ones.

Ep V and Boba are definitely good tables, not entirely convinced by Clone Wars though really, need to give it a bit more time I think,

[moosegrinder]

I find Boba difficult to navigate. Some of the tables are incredibly difficult just because they're so busy with the artwork.

[b00dles]

Yeah, some of the tables have painful clashing of backdrops and ramps and colours etc, I can find some tables easier to play on my other xbox hooked up to a different telly, must be a contrast issue or something but even that aside, it can take a while to actually understand trajectories you need for certain ramps / areas.

I still find Iron Man one of the worst for that and my pet hate, Rome.

Tbh though, the score I have on Boba was mainly just from pinging the ball about and keeping it alive long enough, rather than tactically making shot x followed by shot y.

[stefcha]

Where are the rest of the thread, not on 360 anymore? Or everyone on Pinball Arcade? I think there are only three people tha thave got the star wars table and there's at least ten of you lot on the other ones.

I've gone off the 360 a bit of late and only have about 20 MS points until some freebies turn up - once they're in (monday?) I'll be back!

[Jonnysaxc]

I'm not enjoying this much recently, I have become too focussed on making the ball pop back out again via nudge and consequenlty having no fun

and I did not like the last set of tables at all (tessla etc)

BUT- I do love Thor and will probably have a go at defeating Loki as my next challenge

[b00dles]

I've gone off the 360 a bit of late and only have about 20 MS points until some freebies turn up - once they're in (monday?) I'll be back!

No it's fine stefcha, I'm sure you're busy, wouldn't want to trouble you, the new tables aren't good anyway, you must have better things to do.

You're going to rob me of my rosettes

[stefcha]

I dunno, last time I was all "right, those rosettes are mine!" so I played for hours, didn't make a dent in any, switched off in despair.

[b00dles]

P.S. You must have a lot of friends on your list that play this as I still can't get over your superscore (or whichever one it is) you're still 1,000 ahead of my score or something daft.

[stefcha]

Not that many, I don't think there's more than ten or so on the leaderboards for most things, later stuff is pretty sparse especially. Probably owning every table ever does it, the multiplier is a bit silly now.

[b00dles]

Dammit. That was my one vain hope, I'll just have to concede that you've got higher scores than me overall

I better get back to those earlier ones. Unfortunately some of them are a bit silly now, the top 3 scores on stuff like Secrets of the Deep are all 200mil+ iirc, so starting from scratch in a 'I'll have a quick go to get some leaderboard places' mean you've got to play and keep your balls going for AGES to even get anywhere near them.

In other news, I don't think Zen can make car based tables, both Speed Machine and V12 are just a bit poop. Actually, maybe it's just cars, the car one that was on Pinball Dreams (or Illusions... think it was Dreams) was a bit turd too.

[neoELITE]

I'm enjoying the new Star Wars tables as I've been able to put some time into them. Boba Fett is my favourite and I managed to get an extra ball on it last night.

If you need to add some people to your leaderboard, True Achievements has a thread for that - most of my friends are pinball fx people so you can add them'if you put pinball fx in your message. Don't add kasskados though - his superscore is over 10,000 for a reason - he's got around 500m as an average score. I think he's a machine.

[b00dles]

Saw a message yesterday, heart sank.

Fired up the game and saw you took both Ep V and Boba Fett.

Bastard.

Gives me a target though

[neoELITE]

I took Clone Wars this morning too.

I'm 26th on the tournament list. I really want a pair of zen slippers. The top 3 scores are unreachable though. I beat my high score to get to 26th. The Episode V table is really slow to score on at first but if you build up the ramp lights and the character features, you get lots of points. I got an extra ball but it sank almost immediately - I got it after popping the 50g achievement so that must be how you get an extra ball. On that table, I'm scoring more for my bonusses.

[b00dles]

I did have quite a good run on Ep V, I like how the modes roll into each other, I had Jedi or Sith multiball while I had activated other stuff a few times but didn't put it to good enough use. I'm going to try and crack them this weekend. Fear a new message.

[stefcha]

I've finally started on the new tables, Episode V is the first in the list so I had a go on that. Had no idea what I was doing, need to read up on the modes because with them all flowing into each other it gets a bit confusing. And I think it's bugged, that flap in the middle of the table just stuck open after a while, never timed out and nothing seemed to shift it.

But anyway, had a great run on my 3rd ball, got to 177m with two extra balls in reserve. Then I spotted b00dles had just over 180m in the top corner, I could see the score agonisingly inching down as I got nearer (do all the tables do it like that? never really noticed) so obviously the fear kicked in, and I ended up with about 180m and 36 points after the two remaining balls were completely wasted.

I was slightly annoyed.

[b00dles]

I hope that means your 180 was under mine as I don't think I could get there again...

NeoElite / hairyjeesus' score on Boba is still winding me up, I've had to take a break from it for a while.

I find getting the ball into the Slave II unnecessarily difficult and due to it being a massive thing in the middle of the table, it can totally stitch you up in regards to going down the gutter after an unfortunate bounce or roll.

[Blu3Flame]

The PC version of this is great. I knew I'd find a good reason for owning a swivel monitor.

[Blu3Flame]

They're going to be adding a free table to the Steam version soon too.

[stefcha]

A new one? Ace! I'm still waiting for the sale to buy the lot, it does indeed look stunning in full portrait.

[b00dles]

Oh shit, my monitor is a swivel too. That would be awesome. Can I possibly buy all of them again on Steam though? And start all my scores from 0?

Then again, at least on Steam there is a smaller chance of the servers that will be running the high sscores etc being kept on for longer than the 360 version

Are we going to be getting anymore for 360 does anyone know? At least that way I can migrate over to Steam earlier, safe in the knowledge I'm not going to be missing any. It's actually a shame the 360 version doesn't support swivel monitors as I always play the 360 in the man cave through my monitor anyway but that's never going to happen.

[Blu3Flame]

A new one? Ace! I'm still waiting for the sale to buy the lot, it does indeed look stunning in full portrait.

Well Civil War!, Fantastic Four!, Paranormal and Sorcerer's Lair have Steam Achievements listed now so they'll be coming soon. I expect the free table with either be one of those or they'll give Mars away which is the freebie on the Win8 version.

[stefcha]

Oh shit, my monitor is a swivel too. That would be awesome. Can I possibly buy all of them again on Steam though? And start all my scores from 0?

Just download it and see, you can demo any table available so far. Some even have a proper modeled table view, and it does look absolutely gorgeous in general plus full portrait is so much clearer. The only annoyance is having to put your monitor in a portrait mode via your graphics card options before starting (unless you can hotkey it like on laptops - I can't find anything for my 7850 though).

[Blu3Flame]

The only annoyance is having to put your monitor in a portrait mode via your graphics card options before starting (unless you can hotkey it like on laptops - I can't find anything for my 7850 though).

Don't need to do that anymore as they added a rotation option inside the game.