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Jumping in a little late, but just thought I'd join in nonetheless. I play TPA and Williams Pinball on my 12.9" iPad Pro—most immersive mobile pinball experience ever! Just want to say to those mobile naysayers out there, I argue that a touch device is the closest to replicating real pinball as you can get—you have a hand on each side of the device, and you're literally touching the table. Plus, you get to play pinball wherever you go! These are some pretty solid wins in my opinion!Okay, [MENTION=7856]PaulJansen[/MENTION]: Your thoughts were my thoughts exactly in the beginning, so I completely understand your frustration. Out of your points, #1 is still the one that I empathize most with. I was concerned at first that the freemium gameplay would ruin pinball for me, and now, about four or five months later, my fears have been confirmed: I have come to dislike tables I used to love dearly, and I have lost sight of what makes pinball so fun in the first place. I can't wait to finish unlocking all the tables (I only have four left!) so that I can rediscover that original joy of the game.2&3. I don't mind so much about controllers, but my biggest problem is that the Williams Pinball iOS app doesn't rotate with screen orientation, so you are forced to hold your device in one direction, which can be very difficult when you're in desperate need of a charge, and your cable is getting crushed under the bottom of the device while you play (okay, console players, you win on this point!)4. In addition to this very frustrating point, the Mac app doesn't support Retina Display, so the whole thing is a pixellated mess! I wish they'd fix that! Also, it's annoying that the Williams tables are just mixed in with the original Zen Tables. I feel like they should be divided into a separate category.5. I'm not so sure about this; the tables seem pretty genuine to me on iOS, but then again, I may be missing some details. Out of curiosity, do you happen to have an example of this censorship? I know that even TPA had to change some things based on licensing rights and whatnot. TPA did manage to secure additional rights as they went on (e.g. Creature from the Black Lagoon background music used to be very limited, and then they finally got the rights to the rest of the music, if I recall correctly). Perhaps Zen will do the same?6. I agree; I can't wait for more tables. But these things do take time, especially with the depth of detail Zen is putting into their tables.Overall, although I'm glad that I can earn the tables for free on the Williams Pinball App—particularly because I already purchased all of them on TPA, I do believe the entire interface needs to be streamlined to focus more on the tables and less on the freemium stuff (for example, even when you upgrade your tables to the max, the icons still show the stars and upgrade bar. It would be nicer if that crap went away when you unlocked the table to the max). But I believe Zen is doing really great work. They just need to focus on improving the app experience, and I think they'll be golden.
Jumping in a little late, but just thought I'd join in nonetheless. I play TPA and Williams Pinball on my 12.9" iPad Pro—most immersive mobile pinball experience ever! Just want to say to those mobile naysayers out there, I argue that a touch device is the closest to replicating real pinball as you can get—you have a hand on each side of the device, and you're literally touching the table. Plus, you get to play pinball wherever you go! These are some pretty solid wins in my opinion!
Okay, [MENTION=7856]PaulJansen[/MENTION]: Your thoughts were my thoughts exactly in the beginning, so I completely understand your frustration. Out of your points, #1 is still the one that I empathize most with. I was concerned at first that the freemium gameplay would ruin pinball for me, and now, about four or five months later, my fears have been confirmed: I have come to dislike tables I used to love dearly, and I have lost sight of what makes pinball so fun in the first place. I can't wait to finish unlocking all the tables (I only have four left!) so that I can rediscover that original joy of the game.
2&3. I don't mind so much about controllers, but my biggest problem is that the Williams Pinball iOS app doesn't rotate with screen orientation, so you are forced to hold your device in one direction, which can be very difficult when you're in desperate need of a charge, and your cable is getting crushed under the bottom of the device while you play (okay, console players, you win on this point!)
4. In addition to this very frustrating point, the Mac app doesn't support Retina Display, so the whole thing is a pixellated mess! I wish they'd fix that! Also, it's annoying that the Williams tables are just mixed in with the original Zen Tables. I feel like they should be divided into a separate category.
5. I'm not so sure about this; the tables seem pretty genuine to me on iOS, but then again, I may be missing some details. Out of curiosity, do you happen to have an example of this censorship? I know that even TPA had to change some things based on licensing rights and whatnot. TPA did manage to secure additional rights as they went on (e.g. Creature from the Black Lagoon background music used to be very limited, and then they finally got the rights to the rest of the music, if I recall correctly). Perhaps Zen will do the same?
6. I agree; I can't wait for more tables. But these things do take time, especially with the depth of detail Zen is putting into their tables.
Overall, although I'm glad that I can earn the tables for free on the Williams Pinball App—particularly because I already purchased all of them on TPA, I do believe the entire interface needs to be streamlined to focus more on the tables and less on the freemium stuff (for example, even when you upgrade your tables to the max, the icons still show the stars and upgrade bar. It would be nicer if that crap went away when you unlocked the table to the max). But I believe Zen is doing really great work. They just need to focus on improving the app experience, and I think they'll be golden.
