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<blockquote data-quote="PinMike8666" data-source="post: 1939" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I bought some PC Pinball games recently (about 3 weeks ago) Here are my brief thoughts on the games:</p><p></p><p><strong>Pinball Gold Pack</strong> (via GOG): <strong>Dreams</strong> and <strong>Fantasies</strong> are technically very outdated, but are quite fun despite. <strong>Illusions</strong> would have been better than the aforementioned games if it had options (a good portion of the music is missing too). <strong>Mania</strong> is pretty decent, but not as inspired as DICE's tables. I haven't played <strong>Dreams II</strong> yet.</p><p></p><p><strong>Slam Tilt Pinball</strong>: Pretty great; tables sport ambitious design, huge scoring (perhaps a little too much), nice music, and cool looking Dot-Matrix-Display. The physics were great for their time, but feel too floaty by today's video pinball. Better than any of 21st Century's pinball games.</p><p></p><p><strong>Absolute Pinball</strong>: It's just okay; technically nice layouts and physics, but the audio sounds too barren, thus the tables feel dull.</p><p></p><p><strong>Balls of Steel</strong>: Haven't played it much. Not too impressed with it; nice physics (fast and weighty), but table design seems kinda boring and doesn't feel too fun. Update: playing more of this, I actually quite like it; it's like a precursor to Zen Studios tables. Quite good fun on auto camera settings.</p><p></p><p><strong>Epic Pinball Complete</strong>: It's quite good fun if you can buy it for cheap; somewhat hit-and-miss, but more hits than misses. Feels like the earlier 21st Century Pinball games, but more involved.</p><p></p><p><strong>Extreme Pinball</strong>: Seems as good as Epic's first outing; haven't looked into it too much, though.</p><p></p><p><strong>Platinum Pinball</strong> (aka <strong>Pinball 10</strong>): Nice pinball collection; it's a compilation of <strong>Pinball Revolution</strong> (which is a nice game featuring British licenses), a remake of <strong>Pinball Mania</strong> (which I have via <strong>Pinball Gold Pack</strong>), and a couple new tables. The physics feel weird, however; the ball stops when you don't think it will, but still manageable.</p><p></p><p><strong>Addiction Pinball</strong>: A poor-man's <strong>Pro Pinball</strong> with two tables (rather than one); nice table designs, graphics almost as detailed as said game, and nice physics. However, the game feels too easy, even on hard difficulty.</p><p></p><p><strong>Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey</strong> (via GOG): I had a disc of this in 2007, but I recently can't find it, so I downloaded it. While it's considered to being the weakest of the series, I simply love it; feels like something Williams would have made if they didn't sell out to slot machines. The physics need no explanation other than it's <strong>Pro Pinball</strong>. Also has the most options of the four games.</p><p></p><p>I also bought all eight of Little Wing's tables on their website. Here's how I would rank them:</p><p></p><p><strong>Monster Fair</strong></p><p><strong>Fairy Tower</strong></p><p><strong>Angel Egg</strong></p><p><strong>Jinni Zeala</strong></p><p><strong>Golden Lorges</strong></p><p><strong>Mad Daedalus</strong></p><p><strong>Crystal Caliburn</strong></p><p><strong>Looney Labyrinth</strong></p><p></p><p>Thanks for the heads-up on the PC version of <strong>The Pinball Arcade</strong>; however, I don't think my desktop and notebook could handle it since it has trouble running <strong>Visual Pinball 8</strong> and <strong>Future Pinball</strong>. So I'm still only sticking to my iPad 2 and Xbox 360 for this game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PinMike8666, post: 1939, member: 8"] I bought some PC Pinball games recently (about 3 weeks ago) Here are my brief thoughts on the games: [B]Pinball Gold Pack[/B] (via GOG): [B]Dreams[/B] and [B]Fantasies[/B] are technically very outdated, but are quite fun despite. [B]Illusions[/B] would have been better than the aforementioned games if it had options (a good portion of the music is missing too). [B]Mania[/B] is pretty decent, but not as inspired as DICE's tables. I haven't played [B]Dreams II[/B] yet. [B]Slam Tilt Pinball[/B]: Pretty great; tables sport ambitious design, huge scoring (perhaps a little too much), nice music, and cool looking Dot-Matrix-Display. The physics were great for their time, but feel too floaty by today's video pinball. Better than any of 21st Century's pinball games. [B]Absolute Pinball[/B]: It's just okay; technically nice layouts and physics, but the audio sounds too barren, thus the tables feel dull. [B]Balls of Steel[/B]: Haven't played it much. Not too impressed with it; nice physics (fast and weighty), but table design seems kinda boring and doesn't feel too fun. Update: playing more of this, I actually quite like it; it's like a precursor to Zen Studios tables. Quite good fun on auto camera settings. [B]Epic Pinball Complete[/B]: It's quite good fun if you can buy it for cheap; somewhat hit-and-miss, but more hits than misses. Feels like the earlier 21st Century Pinball games, but more involved. [B]Extreme Pinball[/B]: Seems as good as Epic's first outing; haven't looked into it too much, though. [B]Platinum Pinball[/B] (aka [B]Pinball 10[/B]): Nice pinball collection; it's a compilation of [B]Pinball Revolution[/B] (which is a nice game featuring British licenses), a remake of [B]Pinball Mania[/B] (which I have via [B]Pinball Gold Pack[/B]), and a couple new tables. The physics feel weird, however; the ball stops when you don't think it will, but still manageable. [B]Addiction Pinball[/B]: A poor-man's [B]Pro Pinball[/B] with two tables (rather than one); nice table designs, graphics almost as detailed as said game, and nice physics. However, the game feels too easy, even on hard difficulty. [B]Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey[/B] (via GOG): I had a disc of this in 2007, but I recently can't find it, so I downloaded it. While it's considered to being the weakest of the series, I simply love it; feels like something Williams would have made if they didn't sell out to slot machines. The physics need no explanation other than it's [B]Pro Pinball[/B]. Also has the most options of the four games. I also bought all eight of Little Wing's tables on their website. Here's how I would rank them: [B]Monster Fair[/B] [B]Fairy Tower[/B] [B]Angel Egg[/B] [B]Jinni Zeala[/B] [B]Golden Lorges[/B] [B]Mad Daedalus[/B] [B]Crystal Caliburn[/B] [B]Looney Labyrinth[/B] Thanks for the heads-up on the PC version of [B]The Pinball Arcade[/B]; however, I don't think my desktop and notebook could handle it since it has trouble running [B]Visual Pinball 8[/B] and [B]Future Pinball[/B]. So I'm still only sticking to my iPad 2 and Xbox 360 for this game. [/QUOTE]
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