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I must say I agree with Franky here. I feel that for new or casual players of pinball, having some sort of mode enhancing one's ability to be able to work through the tables' various features/missions either with unlimited balls , or as serenseven suggested , being able to make outlanes less hungry or increase the number of balls per game ,would be awesome. Being able to achieve some of the goals and work on the skills required to play a table well are more likely to hook more players into playing , appreciating the intricacies of the tables , and further downloading future tables ,imo.Our recent experience with CV has helped to bring me to this conclusion. In the original release with the outlanes very rarely a factor ,I was able to get further through the game and see better what the game was about . Now that it is more difficult ,I have a better sense of what I need to do , nonetheless, and am more encouraged to want to get there . Of course, choosing to play in such a training or custom mode should deactivate high scores or goals , etc . It would be just for one's own use .As well, as an IOS player with limited nudging abilities, making the right shots is even more imperative than in regular pinball.A personal anecdote: I handed this game over to my wife- who is not at all a pinball player- when CV was easier.She was able to get the Ringmaster as well as the high wire multiball with a bit of coaching. This pleased her to no end. Now that it is set to more realistic settings ,she is ,naturally , unable to do these things as often and rarely can be convinced to try it again, although she is entranced by the beautiful look of the game . From this ,I can imagine a number of other casual players choosing this app and becoming fairly quickly discouraged in a similar way. Could be a great way to spread the pinball gospel to more people ...
I must say I agree with Franky here. I feel that for new or casual players of pinball, having some sort of mode enhancing one's ability to be able to work through the tables' various features/missions either with unlimited balls , or as serenseven suggested , being able to make outlanes less hungry or increase the number of balls per game ,would be awesome. Being able to achieve some of the goals and work on the skills required to play a table well are more likely to hook more players into playing , appreciating the intricacies of the tables , and further downloading future tables ,imo.
Our recent experience with CV has helped to bring me to this conclusion. In the original release with the outlanes very rarely a factor ,I was able to get further through the game and see better what the game was about . Now that it is more difficult ,I have a better sense of what I need to do , nonetheless, and am more encouraged to want to get there . Of course, choosing to play in such a training or custom mode should deactivate high scores or goals , etc . It would be just for one's own use .As well, as an IOS player with limited nudging abilities, making the right shots is even more imperative than in regular pinball.
A personal anecdote: I handed this game over to my wife- who is not at all a pinball player- when CV was easier.She was able to get the Ringmaster as well as the high wire multiball with a bit of coaching. This pleased her to no end. Now that it is set to more realistic settings ,she is ,naturally , unable to do these things as often and rarely can be convinced to try it again, although she is entranced by the beautiful look of the game . From this ,I can imagine a number of other casual players choosing this app and becoming fairly quickly discouraged in a similar way. Could be a great way to spread the pinball gospel to more people ...
