Oh man how awesome, I'm playing like 10 future DLC tables Months before my fellow 360 players can! This is amazing. I am incredibly special.
Playing this of course:http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...nw=99&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:88
Oh what did you think I meant? That I was a Farsight insider with early access to these
. No I picked this up at a local game shop for 20 bucks. I figured it's a steal since it's going for 40 and up on Ebay. And I wasn't dissapointed, this is a great collection. Here's what I think so far, table for table:
Whirlwind: Best of the bunch. Absolutely awesome table, so much fun, so colorful, love the music, the style, everything. Has a late 80's/early 90's Nichelodeon/Double Dare kinda vibe to it, if that makes sense, so being a kid during that era it hits all the right nostalgia chords. "The storm is coming, return to your holes!" (I know it says "homes". I like holes better).
Pinbot: Actually loving this alot more than Bride. An absolute classic. Should point out, besides the ball physics being a tad slower in this version, I find that this and Whirlwind are incredibly polished and fun to play tables. After hours I have experienced, wait for this, NO BUGS. What? Yeah. I'm as stunned as you are. Not even through the flipper bugs or anything like that. Strange, isn't it? And this applies to pretty much every table so far. I'm both happy and sad about this :/
Firepower and Space Shuttle: Didn't think I'd like these as much as I did. Not bad tables.
Black Knight/Sorcerer: Didn't expect to like these as much, since I'm not a fan of Gorgar or Black Hole, but I was pleasantly surprised. PBHOF really does scripted tables well, IMO, and these two are top notch. Black Knight is especially addictive but once I get dialed in I can pretty much go forever. I stopped playing once I flipped the score board at 10 mil.
No Good Gofers: Pretty much identical to the iOS version visually. Looks great, very colorful, though one thing that's odd about PBHOF is the camera angles on the DMD games. Gofers actually has the best camera angles of the lot, which is a good thing since better versions of Tales and Medieval Madness are out on 360 anyway. Very playable and a ton of fun, love the music on this one.
Taxi: Minor scripting errors aside, this is the one table that I feel falls pretty short of the iOS. The ball is just way too slow, especially during skill shot and going up ramps. It's almost like I'm playing in slow motion, anyone who played this irl knows it's a very fast table. Still not a bad way to sample Taxi and get used to the rules before the official release.
Jive Time: I've yet to unlock it.
Overall I've found that what this collection does best is 80's stuff. Dare I say the 80's tables are BETTER here than in PBA. Yes, I dare. Seriously, the slower ball physics just feel more accurate on the older stuff. Space Shuttle, Firepower, Sorcerer, Pin*Bot, Black Knight... they all feel perfect here. On iOS I have mad trouble with BK and on Xbox I find Gorgar almost unplayable. Honestly these games were/are slower than DMD stuff irl so it makes sense that they'd be more enjoyable in this collection. I do find, however, that this collection starts stinking when you get up to the System 11 games, with one exception (Whirlwind). Funhouse and Taxi clearly have issues, both in scripting and playability. The PBA versions are vast improvements. However for some reason Whirlwind plays GREAT here. Maybe it's just cause I don't have a newer version to compare it to, but honestly, I play it the most and find it incredibly enjoyable.
I definitely recommend this disc for 30$. I paid 20$. 40$ is a bit too much, and unfortunate that that's what this basically goes for on Ebay. Anyways it's recommended It definitely makes the wait for new DLC over here in 360 land a lot easier. Some may be curious if I'd sell mine, PM me and we can discuss, I'd consider it. I really only picked this up to pass time since I've come down with the flu, and I go back to work Monday regardless so I could probably part with it.
Playing this of course:http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...nw=99&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:88
Oh what did you think I meant? That I was a Farsight insider with early access to these
. No I picked this up at a local game shop for 20 bucks. I figured it's a steal since it's going for 40 and up on Ebay. And I wasn't dissapointed, this is a great collection. Here's what I think so far, table for table:Whirlwind: Best of the bunch. Absolutely awesome table, so much fun, so colorful, love the music, the style, everything. Has a late 80's/early 90's Nichelodeon/Double Dare kinda vibe to it, if that makes sense, so being a kid during that era it hits all the right nostalgia chords. "The storm is coming, return to your holes!" (I know it says "homes". I like holes better).
Pinbot: Actually loving this alot more than Bride. An absolute classic. Should point out, besides the ball physics being a tad slower in this version, I find that this and Whirlwind are incredibly polished and fun to play tables. After hours I have experienced, wait for this, NO BUGS. What? Yeah. I'm as stunned as you are. Not even through the flipper bugs or anything like that. Strange, isn't it? And this applies to pretty much every table so far. I'm both happy and sad about this :/
Firepower and Space Shuttle: Didn't think I'd like these as much as I did. Not bad tables.
Black Knight/Sorcerer: Didn't expect to like these as much, since I'm not a fan of Gorgar or Black Hole, but I was pleasantly surprised. PBHOF really does scripted tables well, IMO, and these two are top notch. Black Knight is especially addictive but once I get dialed in I can pretty much go forever. I stopped playing once I flipped the score board at 10 mil.
No Good Gofers: Pretty much identical to the iOS version visually. Looks great, very colorful, though one thing that's odd about PBHOF is the camera angles on the DMD games. Gofers actually has the best camera angles of the lot, which is a good thing since better versions of Tales and Medieval Madness are out on 360 anyway. Very playable and a ton of fun, love the music on this one.
Taxi: Minor scripting errors aside, this is the one table that I feel falls pretty short of the iOS. The ball is just way too slow, especially during skill shot and going up ramps. It's almost like I'm playing in slow motion, anyone who played this irl knows it's a very fast table. Still not a bad way to sample Taxi and get used to the rules before the official release.
Jive Time: I've yet to unlock it.
Overall I've found that what this collection does best is 80's stuff. Dare I say the 80's tables are BETTER here than in PBA. Yes, I dare. Seriously, the slower ball physics just feel more accurate on the older stuff. Space Shuttle, Firepower, Sorcerer, Pin*Bot, Black Knight... they all feel perfect here. On iOS I have mad trouble with BK and on Xbox I find Gorgar almost unplayable. Honestly these games were/are slower than DMD stuff irl so it makes sense that they'd be more enjoyable in this collection. I do find, however, that this collection starts stinking when you get up to the System 11 games, with one exception (Whirlwind). Funhouse and Taxi clearly have issues, both in scripting and playability. The PBA versions are vast improvements. However for some reason Whirlwind plays GREAT here. Maybe it's just cause I don't have a newer version to compare it to, but honestly, I play it the most and find it incredibly enjoyable.
I definitely recommend this disc for 30$. I paid 20$. 40$ is a bit too much, and unfortunate that that's what this basically goes for on Ebay. Anyways it's recommended It definitely makes the wait for new DLC over here in 360 land a lot easier. Some may be curious if I'd sell mine, PM me and we can discuss, I'd consider it. I really only picked this up to pass time since I've come down with the flu, and I go back to work Monday regardless so I could probably part with it.
