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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 292969" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Magic Pixel has done a nice job with their Zaccaria Pinball, making improvements along the way when you consider the initial release a few years back. Unfortunately they are hindered by being ridiculously small (4 employees) and in need of a surge of capitol so they could hire more and maybe grab the Gottlieb license. Zen also started off really small and kept reinvesting in itself. At or near launch of Xbox 360 and PS3, they pretty much had the market to themselves, especially by being download only. This put them in front of my face long before I knew a thing about FarSight's Gottlieb and Williams Hall of Fame discs. By the time TPA came out, Zen was already onto FX2 and Zen 2, pretty much on equal footing with FarSight other than it being real pinball vs fantasy. </p><p></p><p>FarSight pulled ahead with a more true to pinball feel simply by having rubber that made the ball bounce as opposed to the leaden feel of Zen. Turns out that was a choice by Zen designers, and Deep was the lone voice asking for a bouncier feel. By the end of FX2, tables were being designed with that feel in mind and many older tables got retuned to mimic this more in FX3. </p><p></p><p>Any new studio that would have a go has a lot of ground to cover just to even catch up with Zen. Pinball Wicked is the closest anyone has come to getting there, but they've yet to produce a second table and are still tweaking the first. To get the needed attention, someone would need to strike a deal with the likes of Jersey Jack, Spooky, or American Pinball, or be insanely good at original table design as well as having a fantastic pinball engine. I'd love for Zen to have some proper competition, but man that's a steep hill for any studio to try and climb now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 292969, member: 134"] Magic Pixel has done a nice job with their Zaccaria Pinball, making improvements along the way when you consider the initial release a few years back. Unfortunately they are hindered by being ridiculously small (4 employees) and in need of a surge of capitol so they could hire more and maybe grab the Gottlieb license. Zen also started off really small and kept reinvesting in itself. At or near launch of Xbox 360 and PS3, they pretty much had the market to themselves, especially by being download only. This put them in front of my face long before I knew a thing about FarSight's Gottlieb and Williams Hall of Fame discs. By the time TPA came out, Zen was already onto FX2 and Zen 2, pretty much on equal footing with FarSight other than it being real pinball vs fantasy. FarSight pulled ahead with a more true to pinball feel simply by having rubber that made the ball bounce as opposed to the leaden feel of Zen. Turns out that was a choice by Zen designers, and Deep was the lone voice asking for a bouncier feel. By the end of FX2, tables were being designed with that feel in mind and many older tables got retuned to mimic this more in FX3. Any new studio that would have a go has a lot of ground to cover just to even catch up with Zen. Pinball Wicked is the closest anyone has come to getting there, but they've yet to produce a second table and are still tweaking the first. To get the needed attention, someone would need to strike a deal with the likes of Jersey Jack, Spooky, or American Pinball, or be insanely good at original table design as well as having a fantastic pinball engine. I'd love for Zen to have some proper competition, but man that's a steep hill for any studio to try and climb now. [/QUOTE]
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