Fantastic Pinball Thrills
- June 25, 2015
- Fancy Bytes, Reactor
Get on SteamAre you ready for the ultimate Pinball challenge? The authentically detailed Pinball tables are inviting you to a round of thrilling arcade action. The modern technology ensures a top-notch, state-of-the-art physics simulation.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a quick, fun, and accurate pinball experience with responsive flipper controls and full Xbox One controller support.
- It features six original table designs with cool animations and a user-friendly interface, making it accessible for casual play.
- The game is affordable and provides a nostalgic feel reminiscent of classic 80s pinball machines.
- The ball physics are often criticized as inferior, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences with little skill required.
- Many players find the table designs generic and lacking in variety, with no meaningful goals or challenges.
- The sound design, including music and voice acting, is described as irritating and detracts from the overall experience.
- graphics10 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally considered lackluster and fail to compete with more vibrant and polished pinball titles available on Steam. While the user interface is user-friendly and offers customizable graphic options, the overall visual quality and animations are seen as disappointing compared to other popular pinball games. Many reviewers feel that the graphics do not meet the expectations set by recent releases in the genre.
“The game has a user-friendly UI and plenty of user-defined graphic options that the average Steam PC user has come to expect and will appreciate their inclusion here.”
“First of all, this game is not meant to compete with the likes of the well-known pinball games on here with licensed tables and super fancy graphics.”
“Right from the outset, I knew I was going to be disappointed; the graphics were lackluster, and the inability to control the initial ball strength, with its 'all or nothing' response from the ball plunger, immediately put me off the game.”
“The graphics are so-so and lack the vibrancy that we have become accustomed to with the recent additions to the Steam library of Pinball FX, Pinball Arcade, Pinball Parlour, and Zaccaria Pinball, all of which are fantastic sets of pinball games and exciting to play. Most of them have loads of hidden extras, brilliant animations, and other features. The best of those mentioned even give you the first table for free, and those free tables are far superior to any of the ones included in this set and, more importantly, are worth every penny. In fact, I'd go as far as to say the first two are worth a lot more than the price we pay.”
“I may write separate reviews for the other two sets (Hot Pinball and Soccer Pinball Thrills), but if I do, I doubt they won't be that different from this one because they use the same basic targets, the same ramps, the same bumpers, etc. The main difference is the artwork and slight changes to the look of the tables.”
- music2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely criticized as irritating, and the limited voice acting is described as poor, leading many players to turn down the sound to avoid discomfort.
“The music is truly irritating, and the voice acting, what little there is of it, is so bad that I turn the sound way down whenever I suffer from memory loss and have forgotten how bad it truly is and start playing it again.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players express a strong affection for pinball games, appreciating both traditional mechanical tables and their digital counterparts, highlighting the enduring appeal of the gameplay experience across formats.
“I love pinball games, whether they are the real mechanical tables or the digital types.”
