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<blockquote data-quote="crazyflipperfingers" data-source="post: 281992" data-attributes="member: 312"><p>You are correct about Zen's instructions sucking. At least so far, you can go to Pinball Arcade to learn the rules. Once they start releasing tables that Farsight didn't do, I would suggest going to the pinball archive <a href="http://www.pinball.org/rules/index-old.html" target="_blank">http://www.pinball.org/rules/index-old.html</a> or Tilt Forums Wiki Rulesheets <a href="http://tiltforums.com/c/game-specific/rulesheet-wikis" target="_blank">http://tiltforums.com/c/game-specific/rulesheet-wikis</a>.</p><p></p><p>Overall though, I think Zen is a much more professional company and is doing a great job. My main issue is that they have made improvements on the table physics ("classic" physics, or what they call "arcade-perfect simulation physics") but have kind of fudged up the flipper physics (mostly aiming and some things like live catch attempts not killing momentum on the ball - a live catch is not always a dead stop on the flipper like in Farsight's physics) while trying to perfect them. The net result is that the tables are somewhat harder than in real life. When the slope of the table is high (fast ball speed), the playfield is perfectly clean, and the slings, bumpers, etc... are all full strength and realistic, but you can no longer aim correctly or control the ball realistically then it actually makes the machine harder to play instead of more "realistic". I hope they address this but I seem to be in the minority on my criticisms at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazyflipperfingers, post: 281992, member: 312"] You are correct about Zen's instructions sucking. At least so far, you can go to Pinball Arcade to learn the rules. Once they start releasing tables that Farsight didn't do, I would suggest going to the pinball archive [URL="http://www.pinball.org/rules/index-old.html"]http://www.pinball.org/rules/index-old.html[/URL] or Tilt Forums Wiki Rulesheets [URL="http://tiltforums.com/c/game-specific/rulesheet-wikis"]http://tiltforums.com/c/game-specific/rulesheet-wikis[/URL]. Overall though, I think Zen is a much more professional company and is doing a great job. My main issue is that they have made improvements on the table physics ("classic" physics, or what they call "arcade-perfect simulation physics") but have kind of fudged up the flipper physics (mostly aiming and some things like live catch attempts not killing momentum on the ball - a live catch is not always a dead stop on the flipper like in Farsight's physics) while trying to perfect them. The net result is that the tables are somewhat harder than in real life. When the slope of the table is high (fast ball speed), the playfield is perfectly clean, and the slings, bumpers, etc... are all full strength and realistic, but you can no longer aim correctly or control the ball realistically then it actually makes the machine harder to play instead of more "realistic". I hope they address this but I seem to be in the minority on my criticisms at this point. [/QUOTE]
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