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<blockquote data-quote="msilcommand" data-source="post: 285706" data-attributes="member: 7642"><p>The Williams game on Android has extra visuals and pro physics as something you need to earn on the tables, even tables you bought (I believe). In the upper half of the menu when choosing practice or play, there are options to turn on/off affects, such as pro physics. </p><p></p><p>The default physics are definitely Zen's original style physics (light alloy metal-ish ball, vacuums making shots more scripted, sort of leather-soft feel to walls, flipper magnet affects, ball trails, less bounce), but tuned to be a little tougher (more bounce, less flipper magnet affect, little heavier feel to the ball, harder walls). </p><p></p><p>I believe, as usual, their challenge modes or dailies are always in their normal physics. I am not sure on this, but I believe that is their norm.</p><p></p><p>Once you unlock the ability to turn on pro physics, it is notably harder, faster, and less forgiving. There is very little magnet affect or back spin to keep the ball on the flippers, flippers are a touch hotter, the table seems to be at a steeper angle, no vacuum affects to help your shots (you'll t throw bricks), and the slingshots seem hotter. Honestly I always play classic on PS4 or PC, but I rarely put on pro physics on my Android, because touch screen controls for flippers is not a great experience as it is, and I just use the Android mainly for practice and planning. If I got a controller to pop my android in, and it had a solid reaction time, I would play pro physics. </p><p></p><p>The only note I would have about Zen's physics on Android, PC, and PS4 is that the ball still feels like a chromed-alloy weight, rather than a solid steel ball. That seems to be their overall choice of style, and it makes the game faster, which I believe was their intention, and something they are probably going to stand by. I support it, because it gives me a variation on play from Farisght to Zen styles. Farsight definitely got closer to a solid steel ball feel, but they fell short in other areas with ball physics (notably that it sometimes feels like I am just knocking around a JPG of a ball).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msilcommand, post: 285706, member: 7642"] The Williams game on Android has extra visuals and pro physics as something you need to earn on the tables, even tables you bought (I believe). In the upper half of the menu when choosing practice or play, there are options to turn on/off affects, such as pro physics. The default physics are definitely Zen's original style physics (light alloy metal-ish ball, vacuums making shots more scripted, sort of leather-soft feel to walls, flipper magnet affects, ball trails, less bounce), but tuned to be a little tougher (more bounce, less flipper magnet affect, little heavier feel to the ball, harder walls). I believe, as usual, their challenge modes or dailies are always in their normal physics. I am not sure on this, but I believe that is their norm. Once you unlock the ability to turn on pro physics, it is notably harder, faster, and less forgiving. There is very little magnet affect or back spin to keep the ball on the flippers, flippers are a touch hotter, the table seems to be at a steeper angle, no vacuum affects to help your shots (you'll t throw bricks), and the slingshots seem hotter. Honestly I always play classic on PS4 or PC, but I rarely put on pro physics on my Android, because touch screen controls for flippers is not a great experience as it is, and I just use the Android mainly for practice and planning. If I got a controller to pop my android in, and it had a solid reaction time, I would play pro physics. The only note I would have about Zen's physics on Android, PC, and PS4 is that the ball still feels like a chromed-alloy weight, rather than a solid steel ball. That seems to be their overall choice of style, and it makes the game faster, which I believe was their intention, and something they are probably going to stand by. I support it, because it gives me a variation on play from Farisght to Zen styles. Farsight definitely got closer to a solid steel ball feel, but they fell short in other areas with ball physics (notably that it sometimes feels like I am just knocking around a JPG of a ball). [/QUOTE]
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