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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmmagnetic" data-source="post: 9205" data-attributes="member: 558">I´m suprised to see all this Excalibur love... I somehow assumed everybody would love the Marvel tables more or something <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Zen Pinball is actually my first time I really got into pinball, I got it on my 3DS when I first got it, sort of in a "why the hell not" way. Fiddled around with it a bit, and after a while I became really interested in the mechanics of this specific table. It really is the first time I went from "shooting a silver all around a blinking table with tons of stuff on it that randomly gives you points and hope for the best" to "okay, let´s see what I actually have to do here".I also LOVE the DMD animations and the sounds (the head that gets knocked off by a ball, or the awesome "The gods of old are gone forevaaa"-Game Over-announcement), and that it indeed feels like it could be an actual table, like the dragon that comes out from under the ramp - it looks just like a toy, not some sort of overanimated stuff like on the Marvel tables. I also really like medieval themes in pinball, like in MM or Black Knight, so Excalibur was right up my alley.But yeah, especially the marvel tables can be really overdone, and the table design in general is all over the place. I wonder if they have different designers for the tables, some feel really good while others are just very disjointed.I kinda enjoyed Wolverine, he had a nice little compact table which I enjoyed (with these nice slashing sound effects when you drain), and Epic Quest is really fun indeed, it love those wacky table design in general, with popping colors and lighthearted themes.The physics though, man... if they were a little less heavy I would enjoy Zen a lot more. But as it is it´s a decent distraction from TPA, and it´s certainly better than most of the other "pinball" junk on iOS (I´ve tried Real Pinball HD today, with the free Western table, and boy, those weird flippers made me laugh - have those people even seen a pinball table in real life?).I mean, I don´t mind fantasy pinball if it at least attempts to be somehow believable. I don´t like animated creatures battling on the playfield and other stuff, but a well designed table is a well designed table <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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