Dr Dude and Firepower Announced for February!

[canuck]

I'm using nudging quite a bit on ipad, it actually can save the ball.

 

[Sean]

They can't do much for your scores on a real machine, playing like that?

I play very satisfying games regardless of whether my name is on the board.

 

[Sumez]

Playing without nudging is a great way to "train". As long as you have a good aim and know what shots are the safest, you can get pretty far.

 

[Sean]

The only tables where it seems necessary are the really old 50s tables with four out-lanes and frankly I've yet to use a digital nudge control that was sufficiently like the real thing to bother even then. Most of the time I end up either tilting or ensuring the ball drains!

 

[inspector42]

I agree that nudging on iPad is perfectly manageable once you're used to it. Easier than a real table in my opinion. I do wish you could nudge up and have different nudge strengths though.

 

[Sumez]

The only tables where it seems necessary are the really old 50s tables with four out-lanes and frankly I've yet to use a digital nudge control that was sufficiently like the real thing to bother even then. Most of the time I end up either tilting or ensuring the ball drains!

I think the nudging on X360 works perfectly. It risks a tilt, if you don't moderate it, and it will help you in all the way nudging helps on a real table - keeping the ball in the bumpers, repeating/selecting rolloverlanes, redirecting shots off slingshots, pushing balls out of the outlane areas, keeping the ball from dropping off a flipper in a trap position, etc.

The only "downside" of it (and one I really don't mind) is that it is too controllable, and thus a very powerful tool. But you can't really make it differently on a simulated pinball table, since the computer always has to follow instructions, and you can't really simulate the randomness of trying to move a huge cabinet with a thumbstick, it's similar to the "issue" of the table physics always behaving in the same way.

 

[Palmer Eldritch]

dr dude is totally radical and will turn all you nerds hating on the table into cool dudes

 

[Kolchak357]

Firepower Destroyed You!

 

[fenderbendr]

Who thinks they'll come tonight?

 

[Ken_Clark]

Who thinks they'll come tonight?

Fingers, arms, & legs crossed hoping today is the day!!!!!

 

[Kevlar]

Who thinks they'll come tonight?

I hope they don't, there's still a few bugs to be squashed at the moment.

 

[inspector42]

Game breaking, annoying, or minor bugs? Also, if they haven't already submitted wont it be at least a couple of weeks?

 

[Advalle]

So what is their historical performance of time span from "Video Release Announcement" to "Table Release"
The video has been out for a week, does it take them more than that usually to release tables on the past?

 

[canuck]

I'm guessing....SOON

 

[Advalle]

I can become a beta tester and wouldnt mind the wait

 

[inspector42]

The last couple of times it has shown up within 5 days of the android beta release. That would have been yesterday. However, apparently ios recently got a second beta build. Not sure if that's common or not. If not, we could be waiting a while due to the App Store approval time.

 

[canuck]

Well, there's always next week!

 

[inspector42]

GameCenter achievements are up for the new pack. Logo also changed on GameCenter, showing Dr. Dude. It would have to be pretty close then, right?

 

[noneed4me2]

I know there were texture issues with the nexus 10 they wanted to iron out plus Dr dude seems a bit unpolished in the beta. Dr dude is fun to play but I just can't get into the theme and the shot options seem kinda limited. This is more a critique of the original design than FS's recreation.

 

[fenderbendr]

GameCenter achievements are up for the new pack. Logo also changed on GameCenter, showing Dr. Dude. It would have to be pretty close then, right?

Yeah, you'd think.