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    Any TPA Tables You Regret Buying?

    I wouldn't say regret, since it's such a small amount of money. So I don't begrudge giving FS my money considering how much work goes in to these things. However, there are tables I rarely play, and would never buy if they weren't bundled. Ripley's Believe it or Not. I just don't like the...
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    A VERY dangerous thread!

    1. Improve the UI, on both console and iOS. It's really letting the whole product down. It needs a complete makeover. 2. Ball shadows on iPad versions. Without them, the balls look too fake. 3. Nudging/tilting on iPad. I don't play these versions much because I can't really control the...
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    Lack of visual consistency

    No. They are my own opinions. (There's no need for the defensive fan, ad-hom routine here. That stuff is so predictable, and tedious.) It's entirely valid to point out where Farsight need to improve. And I think they need to give serious thought to their overall art and design direction.
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    1.2.2 Now Out! (Feedback & Discussion Thread)

    Thanks for that! I managed to get it working. Cheers!
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    1.2.2 Now Out! (Feedback & Discussion Thread)

    Well, I have an iPad 3, and I've tried all the rotating tips provide above, and my success rate is 0%. Nothing I do -- whether rotating back and forth, locking, unlocking, tilting, whispering sweet nothings to Baby Jesus -- will change the rotation. How this kind of thing got through "quality...
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    No hope for planet earth (iOS PBA user reviews)

    Ooh, my pet hobbyhorse... The embossed effect should offend everyone. ;) The reality is that games are judged as part of a package. And although we now have great tables, the overall package is lacking. The presentation really is at a 1 star level, at least for the UI. I don't think it's...
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    ipad, iphone, kindle-compared to PS3, XBOX......

    I have them, but rarely play them. Great tables in real life, not so much on a touch device. Like others, I have a hard time playing with the touch controls on my iPad Retina. It just doesn't feel like pinball. I wish I had some controller I could plug in to the iPad; that would probably...
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    Lack of visual consistency

    [semi-rant] Clearly, FarSight does not employ a professional artist or graphic designer. The art is all over the place, whether it's the low resolution textures, the lighting, the lack of real time shadows, the lack of real-time (faux) reflections, or the overall presentation of the UI. In...
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    Dissapointed

    Whatever will FarSight do without IPB's $5?
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    So Guys, if you had to choose...

    I don't mind waiting. Whatever's best for FarSight. I'd like to see them tell Microsoft to get stuffed, but we live in the real world (the one with NDAs, lawyers and mortgages to pay). Not that the other giant multinational corporations are any different. Look at Apple: it costs very little...
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    Farsight comes clean on issues with 360 platform

    Perhaps you should ask for your $5 back. Or file a class action lawsuit for it, based on this alleged "agreement".
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    Farsight comes clean on issues with 360 platform

    How would that solve anything? It would make things even more complicated, time-consuming and expensive. Some of the problems are due to the core business model. Even Zen -- who are "published" by Microsoft (and I use that term loosely) -- have had substantial problems and delays due to...
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    Bug Gorgar - Bug - Ball Lighting - Camera

    Problem 1: the ball can sometimes appear to be cartoonish, with an overbright hotspot and bad rim lighting. Possible cause: this occurred after I played through the entire set of tutorials. Exiting the game didn't fix the problem, neither did starting a different table. However, after...
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    Comment by 'Butterkins' in article 'The Pinball Arcade Prepares To HIT THE ROAD With DLC Tables Pack #5'

    No disrespect to FS, but this will probably be the first (and hopefully only) table pack that I won't buy. I've never been a fan of Taxi, and Harley Davidson doesn't interest me, either as a theme or a table. (Frankly, I think Harley is a strange choice for a table at this early stage of TPA's...
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    FaceBook "Fans"

    I think I'm going to have to unsubscribe from the FaceBook page. The rampant stupidity on display is getting worse, and it's making me feel like every 2nd person on this planet is an A-grade moron, troll or both. I feel really bad for FarSight some times. When someone isn't asking about...
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    Latest NEWS And INFORMATION On FarSight Studios' The Pinball Arcade

    FaceBook "fans" seem to boil down to two types: FarSight, have you considered doing a table called "Addams Family"? I used to play it all the time at the local bar. or F**k you FarSight. You ripped me off of 99 cents. Expect legal action soon.
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    DLC Release Date

    Yah, that was me, a few months back. At the time, I was wondering how FarSight had managed to circumvent/coerce/combobulate Microsoft's onerous and expensive update practices for XBLA. Now it looks like FarSight have not been able to do that. Sad panda face.
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    DLC Release Date

    I really cannot stand Microsoft (and I don't use their OS) but to be fair to them, their XBLA limitations were well known in advance. This was always going to be a problem for any XBLA app that needs code updates. Zen Studios and others have faced exactly the same problem. It's one of the...
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    DLC Release Date

    Mmmm, sorta, maybe, not really. When asked about the 4BM limit some time ago, FS were pretty confident of it not being a problem: So, something went wrong with this strategy. FWIW, Zen has run in to similar problems. Pinball FX 2 hasn't been updated in ages, and they've shunted proposed bug...
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    DLC Release Date

    I certainly don't underestimate how good of a pinball simulator the game is, but pinball itself is still a niche, and hardcore pinball is an even smaller niche. I know that we all love any decent pinball we can get, whether it's FarSight or Zen, but for the mass market, pinball really doesn't...

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