Zaccaria Pinball

 Switch
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6.7

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  1. Phobophile89
    Sep 28, 2018
    4
    This is a nice pinball game with plenty of customisations and tuning possibility. And by "nice" i mean that it's graphically okay.

    The physics are flawed. Auto-plunger WILL shoot your ball right between the paddles, slingshots WILL shoot your ball in the side alley, and most of the time, if your ball get caught by a toy, the toy will eject the ball... Right in between the paddles. You    This is a nice pinball game with plenty of customisations and tuning possibility. And by "nice" i mean that it's graphically okay.

    The physics are flawed. Auto-plunger WILL shoot your ball right between the paddles, slingshots WILL shoot your ball in the side alley, and most of the time, if your ball get caught by a toy, the toy will eject the ball... Right in between the paddles. You will most likely experience a play where all 3 of your balls get drained without even coming close to the paddles. Some tables have seemingly untouchable target (Lucky Fruit center target "A" by example).

    Campaign mode UI is a mess. There's no way to tell how much cost the upgrades because the font is so tiny that it's unreadable, docked or portable. Also the upgrade definitions makes almost no sense at all. It's not proper english for sure!
    Most of the requirements for completing the stages are unreadable because they're hidden under the "Free play" banner. There's even a stage where the hud is simply nonexistent in it's default position and only appear in half in the other positions.

    Also, some of the Campaing level will simply auto-complete by pulling the plunger and watching the ball go everywhere without having to actually play the game...

    And why can't i replay the campaign level i completed? Haven't i paid for that crap.

    The game is fun for a free game, but the very first penny you'll put into that game will make you question you choice.    … Expand
  2. Smottz
    Nov 30, 2020
    2
    I'm surprised by the positive reviews—this game performs terribly on my brand new Switch when docked. The frame rate/stutter is terrible. If this were a PC version (which I've also tried and had zero problems with), and I was running into similar issues, I'd humbly assume it was merely my PC and would suspect the positive reviewers had better gear. But since we're all on the sameI'm surprised by the positive reviews—this game performs terribly on my brand new Switch when docked. The frame rate/stutter is terrible. If this were a PC version (which I've also tried and had zero problems with), and I was running into similar issues, I'd humbly assume it was merely my PC and would suspect the positive reviewers had better gear. But since we're all on the same hardware/software on the Switch, I can't understand how some folks seem to have no performance issues. I even disabled most effects, including the room ambience and glass, to see if that helped. Nope, it's still like watching a stop-motion video (motion is *not* fluid). I was very disappointed, as I was hoping to purchase the EM and SS tables from the eShop, but if the base game has such poor performance, adding extra content won't fix anything.

    Definitely try the game out yourself if you're a Switch owner—it's free to download. If the frame rate on Time Machine seems fluid, then maybe my Switch is just a lemon?? All other games perform just fine, though, so I don't know what would need to be broken on my brand new hardware for this to be a 'me' problem.    … Expand
  3. Daige
    Aug 16, 2021
    2
    First of all: I really like real pinball, ie physical tables, but I'm not so interested in old tables from the 70s and early 80s. And that's pretty much what Zaccaria offers here. So if you DO like those kind of older pinball tables, you might enjoy this more than I did.

    That being said, I've tried several digital pinball games over the years and this was probably one of the worst that    First of all: I really like real pinball, ie physical tables, but I'm not so interested in old tables from the 70s and early 80s. And that's pretty much what Zaccaria offers here. So if you DO like those kind of older pinball tables, you might enjoy this more than I did.

    That being said, I've tried several digital pinball games over the years and this was probably one of the worst that I tried. If not THE worst.

    But let's start with the good, shall we?

    PROS:
    *Lots of tables to play (free trial just to get a feel for them)
    *Lots of settings to adjust the game
    *Controls seem okay...ish.

    CONS:
    *Bad graphics that feel kind of cheap, other games have manage to give me a nicer and better pinball feel. I didn't like this at all, even though I adjusted the view of the table.
    *Sound is boring, to say the least. Maybe it's an accurate version of how the real tables were, but like I said...I dislike the older pinball tables.
    *You can try many tables for free...but only until you've gathered a certain amount of points. And that limit is LOW. Like, really low. Some tables will only let you play for about one minute, because that's when you hit the point roof and are promptly thrown out of the game. Literally. That felt very cheap, they could have assigned a certain amount of balls, or a time limit or just about anything...or even rasied the score limit higher. But playing a table for only 1-2 minutes aren't really enough to get a good feel of how good or bad the table reallly is. So even though you CAN try all the tables...you'll likely get frustrated when they shut down the game almost right away.
    *Bad ball physics, doesn't feel like the ball accelerates or slows down correctly, and even though the trial time is short, the ball died more often there than when I played another pinball game for 20 minutes.

    So yeah...I like pinball and I've played lots of digital pinball, but there are sooo many better options than this out there. Zaccaria might have been one of the big ones when it came to physical tables, but people play what's available, and now I understand why Bally and Williams were bigger, because their tables were just better than this.    … Expand

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  1. Switch Player
    Aug 24, 2018
    60
    Zaccaria Pinball offers a ton of breadth, but despite its free entry point, trying to amass a complete collection of everything that's on offer is going to be really expensive stuff, and we can't justify recommending that.
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  2. Digitally Downloaded
    Jul 27, 2018
    50
    A very expensive way to play bad pinball.
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