Heads up for fellow ps3 owners - Pinballistik now free on psn.

[Palmer Eldritch]

hey the store updated tonight and I saw that Pinballistik is now free.. I believe it comes with a few tables and there are 2 DLC tables that cost money but the main pack is now free... I haven't played it yet but thought you all would like to know since it's free pinball..

this isn't tied to plus or anything, it's free for all ps3 users.

mods: I know this doesn't necessarily belong here as its not about TPA but I thought I'd post it in the ps3 forum in order to let people know

 

[ER777]

I wonder if this means that more DLC is coming and they'll finally get to patch their longstanding bugs.

 

[Tabe]

Thanks for the heads-up. Will give it a shot.

 

[spoonman]

Yep. Not a great pinball game, but certainly not the worst either. It looks like you only get 1 table (Circle the Wagon).
The battle mode at least adds something new to the mix.

Not being able to play your own music from the PS3 hdd is a bummer though, but you can't do that in TPA either so....

Every time the game ends I think my Xbox Media Center is starting.

 

[pinbot-76]

I'm always willing to try free. Thanks for the heads-up!

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

its aight, the battle is interesting.

 

[spoonman]

its aight, the battle is interesting.

I agree.
I think there was a NES game with this mode.

Too bad they don't support online play.

 

[Jericho]

Gah, I payed £6.19 for this last year! I can't help but think that Pinballistik came out 4-5 years to late. By the time it hit the PSN store we already had the superior Marvel and Zen Pinball with ZP2 and TPA just around the corner.

If you enjoy the free Circle the Wagons table I would recommend getting Sector X but for heavens sake avoid Made of Money. It's awful beyond words.

 

[shogun00]

If you enjoy the free Circle the Wagons table I would recommend getting Sector X but for heavens sake avoid Made of Money. It's awful beyond words.

I've enjoyed the Made of Money table quite a bit. Even with its flaws (frame rate hiccups), I really liked the theme and the challenge the table offers.

Since you can demo the two DLC tables, I say let them decide for themselves.

 

[Tann]

Roaming on the PSN store, I finally saw that Pinballistik was now free-to-play (one full table and 2 table trials). 4 months later.

The classic table hasn't a huge amount of interest, but the battle mode is kind of fun.

The leaderboards are just perfect: for each highscore, there is the number of balls played (i.e. including extra-balls), the duration of the game, and the PPS average (points per second).
If only TPA had the same polish...

By the way, after a few game sessions on Pinballistik, I went back on TPA and... oh Jeeeez! How the controls are laggy!
I was used to it (in 1080i/p, even reduced a few updates ago), but now, I'm asking myself how I could play with such delay...

I have to go back to 720p now. Damn.