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5.9

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Negative: 4 out of 11
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  1. Feb 17, 2023
    0
    So badly done. Pinball FX3 smashes this. Stern copied the tables completely, including bloody awful sound.

    Staying true to the table does not translate well to video game. I just couldn't recommend playing this. The Pinball FX3 DLC all goes on sale if you keep an eye on it. It is a way better option, I bough all FX3 tables and got loads of play, spent over £100 getting 60-70 tables
    So badly done. Pinball FX3 smashes this. Stern copied the tables completely, including bloody awful sound.

    Staying true to the table does not translate well to video game. I just couldn't recommend playing this. The Pinball FX3 DLC all goes on sale if you keep an eye on it. It is a way better option, I bough all FX3 tables and got loads of play, spent over £100 getting 60-70 tables and well worth it. Stern I get bored after one play, don't waste your money.
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  2. Jan 10, 2018
    4
    While I appreciate the attempt to recreate actual tables, I feel the gameplay in this game is lacking. Only two view options that are nearly identical, neither of which make it easy to follow the action. I played the free table for almost an hour and it felt so clunky it made me want to play the table in real life so I could get the real experience. I didn't choose to buy any additional tables.
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  1. Jan 8, 2018
    70
    Authentic pinball almost to a fault. Not the best video game version of pinball, but it is consistent at providing a realistic simulacrum of pinball. This won’t be for everyone, but you won’t find a purer digital pinball experience elsewhere.
  2. Dec 29, 2017
    60
    The limited content in Stern Pinball is nonetheless well-crafted and certainly accurate when compared to real pinball. The issue is it's a rather simplistic game.
  3. 40
    As someone who has every intention on buying his own pinball table at some point (or, hopefully, more than one), the appeal of having real pinball experiences is such that I’ll buy all of the tables in Stern Pinball Arcade, but it’s lacking the features and robustness to allow it to properly compete with Pinball FX 3, and the lack of leaderboard features just kills its long term appeal.