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Author:  devilman [ Mon May 14, 2018 12:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
RuySan wrote:
I'm tempted to buy some select tables before they go down, but i'm not sure i can trust Farsight to keep them bug free, since Pinball Arcade seems to be getting worse with each update.



I thought about buying the pack that The Addams Family comes in, but it's £28.99 for ten tables. Sod that.
Author:  Hearthly [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:53 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
Ten days left to buy Williams/Bally tables on Pinball Arcade.

I think you could definitely make a case for buying the 'Top Ten Tables' if you're missing a load, as getting full seasons could get very expensive.

The thing we don't know is what the plans are for the licences once they're available again, will they sit on a shelf somewhere for years, or are there active plans to sell them again and get another developer on the case? i.e. If you miss out now, will it be a decade before officially licensed tables are available again? Will they ever be available again?

Even if a new developer takes them on, will their recreations be as good as Farsight's? Pinball Arcade had its problems but the physics engine was pretty good and the DX11 graphics upgrade was great. There was definitely room for improvement though.

Tough one!
Author:  zaphod79 [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 16:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
Hearthly wrote:
I think you could definitely make a case for buying the 'Top Ten Tables' if you're missing a load, as getting full seasons could get very expensive.


Again though if you like pinball and found a decent table in an arcade or a pub would you have any problem sticking 3 or 4 quid in for a few games ? - on Android and iOS you can still just buy the individual tables you want (although steam now seems to be stuck with season passes?)

I'm just back from a few days at the seaside and played a few aging and getting worse tables (every single one had something wrong it was just a question of how bad) and most of them your paying £1 for 3 balls
Author:  Hearthly [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:32 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
Oh for sure I think (most) of the Season Passes are very good value, but for those who'd find them a bit on the expensive side to buy them all this late in the day, I was just suggesting it might be worthwhile investing £30-£40 in the best-of-the-best on an individual table basis, as there's no way of knowing when, or if (!), they'll ever be available again.

I've bought the full seasons of 1-6, I might even get 7 just 'because', despite the fact the Williams/Bally tables in there aren't ones I'm fussed about.

What would give me some confidence at this point is a commitment from Farsight to patch the game so that it'll work independently of their login servers in perpetuity, so if they go bang, the game can always be reinstalled via Steam, with all your purchased content, and be playable.
Author:  TheVision [ Tue Sep 04, 2018 16:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
https://twitter.com/nintendolife/status ... 3215963138




This sounds interesting.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Tue Sep 04, 2018 16:44 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
Very interesting

Zen studios games are often 'fun' but did feel more 'video game' like than real tables (which was always the advantage that TPA had)

The question is will they re-do them / use the license to make their own creations / or what ?
Author:  Hearthly [ Tue Sep 04, 2018 16:53 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
Well I'm not buying them all again. *


* Except I probably will if they do a better job than Farsight, who were a bit inconsistent, truth be told.
Author:  Hearthly [ Sat May 11, 2019 10:09 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
I installed Steam and Pinball Arcade on the media centre PC last night, to give it a go on the big 4K telly.

It's actually Mrs Hearthly's old PC, so it's not really 'media centre' style specs, but it is a few years old now.

Specs are i5-4690 (3.5GHz quad core, no hyper threading), 2GB GTX960, 8GB RAM and a couple of SATA SSDs.

Anyway, it runs Pinball Arcade beautifully at 1080p with plenty of anti-aliasing, so it looks peachy on the 4K telly in DX11 mode.

Obviously native 4K is off the cards but I was very impressed with how it looked, solid 60FPS which of course you really want for a fast game like pinball.

Not exactly earth shattering news but it does demonstrate that even a slightly older PC can run it all maxed out and perform perfectly well.

(I played MAME, Pinball Arcade and Hearthstone all night. The XB1X, PS4 Pro, Switch and my main gaming PC aren't really getting a look in at the moment. Apart from Peggle 2 on the XB1X. I think this may be the beginning of the end of my love affair with big, modern style games.)
Author:  myp [ Sat May 11, 2019 12:51 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
So you’ll probably never buy a new console or PC again
Author:  Hearthly [ Sat May 11, 2019 13:06 ]
Post subject:  Re: The Pinball Arcade
I certainly don't think I'll buy a new PC this year, which I was intending to do, and factored into my Wongawatch prediction for 2019.
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