My introduction to pinball came through playing Pinball Dreams/Illusions on the Amiga, which really switched me on to the silver ball. After that I used to play whatever was in the local bowling alley (I held top score on Streetfighter 2), and have played the odd table in RL when I have had the chance. Then not played for years until Pinball Fx, then TPA came along, which has reignited my enthusiasm.
I have downloaded all the tables, and love love love the older ones. Black Hole has had me gripped and downloaded Gorgar last night and it has a real just one more go quality that I think the newer modern tables lack. I was trying to get the 300,000 goal, and just kept going for it. They have a purity to it that is really appealing. BOP is similar to me.
I do like the more modern ones, TOTAN and TOM in particular, but having completed the wizard goals on them (after not that long really) I feel like I've 'completed' them and rarely play them now. And other modern tables just don't appeal - I never got my head around Ripleys (too much going on) and I played Cirque Voltaire, and without even knowing what I was doing I found I had lit most of the circus acts just by keeping the ball in play - it seemed to me to lack any requirement for focussed targetted play. Compare that to BH where every hit really really counts to get that score up.
I think the older tables have a longevity and challenge to keep building that high score that the new ones lack a bit - what do others think - retro or modern?
I have downloaded all the tables, and love love love the older ones. Black Hole has had me gripped and downloaded Gorgar last night and it has a real just one more go quality that I think the newer modern tables lack. I was trying to get the 300,000 goal, and just kept going for it. They have a purity to it that is really appealing. BOP is similar to me.
I do like the more modern ones, TOTAN and TOM in particular, but having completed the wizard goals on them (after not that long really) I feel like I've 'completed' them and rarely play them now. And other modern tables just don't appeal - I never got my head around Ripleys (too much going on) and I played Cirque Voltaire, and without even knowing what I was doing I found I had lit most of the circus acts just by keeping the ball in play - it seemed to me to lack any requirement for focussed targetted play. Compare that to BH where every hit really really counts to get that score up.
I think the older tables have a longevity and challenge to keep building that high score that the new ones lack a bit - what do others think - retro or modern?
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