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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bavelb" data-source="post: 25181" data-attributes="member: 358">Do this, as getting 10 or more tables at once is pointless anyway imo, you'll feel obliged to keep trying them all out and either end up not giving tables enough time to "get" them or you'll spend all your time on 1 or 2 and it ended up being pointless to buy them all. So this brings us to a "buying order". Problem here is that that depends on your device (can you buy single tables or only packs)...and I can see you have both iOS and 360So my initial buying order for the casual pinball player would be (do note, this is not my own ipdb.org list...my list of favorites differs from this)iOS1)Totan (0.79 ct's for one of the best tables in the game, no brainer)2)Theatre of Magic (One of the easier tables that guides you through it's goals and what to shoot for best, impressive lightshows, good presentation)3)Medieval Madness (best production value, fun table, physics and left flipper need some work )4)Taxi (For the more avid pinball player I'd put this one on number 1 or 2, but it might lack some lightshows and presentation for newer players..but for iOS this is my personal favourite due to it's shorter games)5)Creature from the black lagoon (Might be one of the best iOS tables as I feel nudge isnt that needed to enjoy it, but the ruleset might be a bit wtf, and the table layout can appear cluttered (but it isn't)6)Monster Bash (Great great table, but I feel this table needs better nudge on mobile devices as the playfield is a bit ..crammed? for iOS)7)Fun House (Nothing bad to say about this table, a classic, best in its time but has been surpassed in its presentation by newer tables, and no other System 11 can beat Taxi imo)8)HD (clean, fun table, easy to grasp, lots of multiball action, great physics and a unique feature in the electropost. Might lack some "factor X" for instant attractiveness to most)9)RBioN (one of the more expensive tables out of the core pack, Awesome table, in my top 2..but hard to get into for the new player..."wtf am I doing??". Also performance is lacking on older iOS devices)10) B.o.P (for the casual/new player, one of the most novel tables. Very crisp, clean graphics, fun voicework and theme...and an intriguing shot. But once you realise that, this table will slowly sink to the bottom of playtime per week11Black Hole (Best of the older tables, as it has the most action.)12)CV (it's a bit brutal on iOS on the outlanes but very cool lightshows, but those are not as impressive on iOS)13)Gorgar (a little too bare bones for the casual, new player?)14)Black Knight (this table needs some dev polish...once it's fixed and hopefuly emulaed, could very well rival BH for older table with best action)So looking at that list, time to assemble a DLC buying guid for Xbox, after you buy the corepack, which isnt just a matter of adding the above positions as there are some additional coments to make in regards to the xbox versions. 1)CV and FH (outlanes are far less annoying on consoles on CV, and with this pack I feel you don't get a table that needs a certain niche aspect as with the others2)MM and BOP (Id put this pack on number 1 if MM physics and left flipper got some work...BoP is a great table for the casual/novice player but gets very onedimensional)3)Gorgar and MB (these 2 tables are so far apart in their production timeline that I don't think there are many that have both in their "favorite TPA table" list. See my iOS list above for my preference)IF DLC 4 and 5 are out next month or after that, that list will look like:1)CV/FH (Fix CV floatier physics and it might rival a fixed MM)2)Taxi/HD (This pack has NOTHING wrong with either table, if the quality on 360 is as good as iOS, but both tables don't have the deepest rulesets, so I rank it slightly below CV and FH as a pack..but in time played, this could very well be my number one pack in a few months time)3)MM/BoP (fix MM physics and flipper and this will go to number one for a casual player that doesn't mind the shallow BOP ruleset)4)Gorgar and MB5)BK and CFTBL  (same commentary as my previous gorgar/MB one....these tables are miles apart and are from diffrerent era's that I think a these will polarise a lot of the playerbase. This pack is a toss up between gorgar and MB for me, I just put this on nr 5 as it's not released yet).edit: in hindsight, maybe I should've made this into a  seperate thread, and see if we can come with a "buyers guide" with some overall consensus</blockquote>

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