Hugh Jass Koda
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FarSight were the most inept games company I ever encountered.
Really? More inept than Electronic Arts even? Is that even possible?
FarSight were the most inept games company I ever encountered.
I remember a Ghostbusters themed table that I wasn't impressed with. I think they re skinned Haunted House. They did another for their new app. Is that the other you are referring to?They'd need to improve their reskinning game first.
They already tried that twice and to say that the reception to those tables was lukewarm is being kind.
Then there is a third. Their Pinball Tournaments app used the Fireball layout for their Black Hole table.Yes, those are the two. Haunted House Ghostbusters and the Doctor Who reskin in TPA.
I see. I've never used that app.
Is that table also lousy?
It seems Zen is doing different things on different platforms.I’ve had fun with that app. It’s just Fireball with a more user friendly rule set (but not by much). It’s all about the competition though and figuring out how to get the best score in the limited time. It’s only available on iOS, same as multiplayer in Zen’s Williams App. Since that has come out, I’ve barely touched the other because Zen has a much larger pool of players to get matched against, and that honestly is what makes the game.
It seems Zen is doing different things on different platforms.
On Android, I can use tickets to play in a timed round and try to score more points than an opponent who I assume has already played.
On iOS, there is a multiplayer option that actually opens another app or something, and I can only guess that it's real time competition.
Are these the two models they are using for head to head competition, and is there one that is more common across all platforms?
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Thanks for that. It makes me more comfortable with this otherwise inexplicable difference.Multiplayer in iOS kicks over the the Skillz platform. They are an app that matches you to other players. Each player puts in an ante, either tickets or real money depending on the match you select. You post a score, they post a score, winner takes a percentage of the pot. For instance, a $1 match costs you $.60 and if you win, you get that plus $.40 back, the loser loses the $.60. Each win is worth a point and that puts you on a leaderboard. Top 3 players will win a prize of say $3/$2/$1, but the more people that are playing the game in general, the higher the pot can be and the farther down the leaderboard a prize payout will go. There are other apps that use Skillz, and top leaderboard prizes can be $50 with payouts going down 20 places. The types of matches currently available are...
$1 Medieval Madness - Best 3 minutes
2 tix Medieval Madness - Best 3 minutes
2 tix Medieval Madness - Best 1 ball
10 tix - Medieval Madness - Best 1 ball
10 tix - Medieval Madness - Best 3 minutes
50 tix - Medieval Madness - Best 3 minutes
The tickets used are not the same as in the main Williams App, they are a currency that is used across all Skillz games and can be earned relatively easily. Ticket matches are considered 'practice', with the real money match being 'pro'.
GooglePlay apparently does not allow gambling apps, so for that reason the Android players of the Williams App have a multiplayer matchup game that is closer to what is in the FX3 game. Not having an Android device, I don't know the particulars.