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Stern Pinball Arcade first impressions
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<blockquote data-quote="HotHamBoy" data-source="post: 251823" data-attributes="member: 4638"><p>I BOUGHT BUNDLE #1 ON PS4 - Full Impressions:</p><p></p><p>This bundle comes with Star Trek, AC/DC, Starship Troopers and Ripley's Believe It Or Not for $20.00</p><p></p><p>Let's get this out of the way first: THE OLD PINBALL ARCADE TABLES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!</p><p></p><p>I have Season 1 of TPA on PS4 and was able to do a direct comparison with Ripley's. <strong>Everything is the same,</strong> EVEN THE PHYSICS, WHICH TPA PS4 HAS NOT UPDATED TO 3.0 FLIPPER PHYSICS. In fact, even the mobile version has updated some tables, like Monster Bash, to the new flipper physics. PS4 has not.</p><p></p><p>Starship Troopes on Stren Pinball Arcade also still has the old physics. Frankenstein does not because it was a post-Xenon table. For the record, PS4 TPA is still running the old UI. That's how out of date it is.</p><p></p><p>Want more proof that these are untouched from the TPA versions? The DMD display on the old tables still shows individual dots, the new Stern table DMDs do not.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line, don't buy the old tables if you already have them, they are unchanged in any way beyond the fake room environment. Here's a curious thing: The ball is gun-metal dark on every table I've tried except for SST. The ball looks proper shiny and really good on that table. It should also be known that the ball looks too dark in TPA for PS4 but not as bad as SPA.</p><p></p><p>Now, on to the new tables:</p><p></p><p>I'm 90% sure Star Trek's lighting is just straight-up busted. It is way too dark, as others have pointed out, but in the screenshots on PSN it looks fantastic. Something isn't working right. The multiball disco lights are definitely busted. Rather than red points of light it casts dark specks.</p><p></p><p>AC/DC looks pretty good by comparison and matches the screen shots.</p><p></p><p>In general, I'm really unimpressed with the lighting on Star Trek and AC/DC. It still looks really baked-in and the lighting doesn't seem to actually illuminate the surrounding objects, including the ball. There seems to be no interaction whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>Gameplay/physics-wise, things are feeling pretty good. That said, I'm really not noticing an improvement over TPA's. </p><p></p><p>Farsight has really over-sold this. In the case of what they implied regarding improvements to older tables they pretty much just lied.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend NOT buying these tables. Who knows when they will fix things? Who knows how often we will see updates and improvements to the PS4 version?</p><p></p><p>If you are still hard-set on the tables, I suggest buying the three new tables for $30 and save your $10, the old tables are not worth it unless you don't have them already. Even then, I'd at least wait to see what they do about Star Trek and how quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HotHamBoy, post: 251823, member: 4638"] I BOUGHT BUNDLE #1 ON PS4 - Full Impressions: This bundle comes with Star Trek, AC/DC, Starship Troopers and Ripley's Believe It Or Not for $20.00 Let's get this out of the way first: THE OLD PINBALL ARCADE TABLES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME! I have Season 1 of TPA on PS4 and was able to do a direct comparison with Ripley's. [B]Everything is the same,[/B] EVEN THE PHYSICS, WHICH TPA PS4 HAS NOT UPDATED TO 3.0 FLIPPER PHYSICS. In fact, even the mobile version has updated some tables, like Monster Bash, to the new flipper physics. PS4 has not. Starship Troopes on Stren Pinball Arcade also still has the old physics. Frankenstein does not because it was a post-Xenon table. For the record, PS4 TPA is still running the old UI. That's how out of date it is. Want more proof that these are untouched from the TPA versions? The DMD display on the old tables still shows individual dots, the new Stern table DMDs do not. Bottom line, don't buy the old tables if you already have them, they are unchanged in any way beyond the fake room environment. Here's a curious thing: The ball is gun-metal dark on every table I've tried except for SST. The ball looks proper shiny and really good on that table. It should also be known that the ball looks too dark in TPA for PS4 but not as bad as SPA. Now, on to the new tables: I'm 90% sure Star Trek's lighting is just straight-up busted. It is way too dark, as others have pointed out, but in the screenshots on PSN it looks fantastic. Something isn't working right. The multiball disco lights are definitely busted. Rather than red points of light it casts dark specks. AC/DC looks pretty good by comparison and matches the screen shots. In general, I'm really unimpressed with the lighting on Star Trek and AC/DC. It still looks really baked-in and the lighting doesn't seem to actually illuminate the surrounding objects, including the ball. There seems to be no interaction whatsoever. Gameplay/physics-wise, things are feeling pretty good. That said, I'm really not noticing an improvement over TPA's. Farsight has really over-sold this. In the case of what they implied regarding improvements to older tables they pretty much just lied. I would recommend NOT buying these tables. Who knows when they will fix things? Who knows how often we will see updates and improvements to the PS4 version? If you are still hard-set on the tables, I suggest buying the three new tables for $30 and save your $10, the old tables are not worth it unless you don't have them already. Even then, I'd at least wait to see what they do about Star Trek and how quickly. [/QUOTE]
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