The Pinball Arcade

 Xbox One
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  1. SirLube
    Dec 13, 2014
    10
    Pinball Arcade was originally released on the Xbox 360 in 2012. Due to a long running legal dispute this game was eventually withdrawn from the Xbox 360 store (having only released two DLC's in the time it was there) with no sign it would ever come back or have further DLC's released.
    So it was a great surprise to see it released on the Xbox One, with a graphical upgrade and all the    Pinball Arcade was originally released on the Xbox 360 in 2012. Due to a long running legal dispute this game was eventually withdrawn from the Xbox 360 store (having only released two DLC's in the time it was there) with no sign it would ever come back or have further DLC's released.
    So it was a great surprise to see it released on the Xbox One, with a graphical upgrade and all the tables that should have been released in the past two years!
    Pinball Arcade itself is free, and comes with the excellent Arabian Nights table to get you started. You can try any of the other 30+ tables as a demo, and either purchase them individually if you like, or as a 'value' pack so there's a lot to look at.
    The tables are all real-life replicas, with all the detail and gameplay meticulously crafted with astonishing attention. For example, the lighting on the tables has had a significant upgrade from the 360 version. I personally like to play all my tables with the 'dark room' setting as it really increases the realism on the Xbox One.
    The gameplay itself hasn't changed much from the Xbox 360, but it really didn't have to. The ball mechanics are absolutely spot on, and the little metal balls actually feel, well, just like they should do, with weight and inertia, which in turn makes Pinball Arcade fast and frantic.
    I do, however recommend that if you have a Samsung TV/Monitor, that you set it to 'Game Mode', otherwise screen latency will be a problem, and that is not documented anywhere.
    While other pinball games are available, Pinball Arcade is where I spend my money. It just plays 'right' and scores massively on realism, nostalgia and fun.
    Oh lastly, I looked at buying The Addams Family Pinball. A mint concourse example would be £8500 to you sir. For ONE table. I would still buy that and play this too. Great game.    … Expand
  2. Siddhartha19
    Mar 3, 2015
    9
    If you love pinball its a no brainer, buy it and have some fun! The physics is spot on, the tables seem to be exact replicas of these thousand dollar machines... but the game is not perfect, pinball is timeless, but a lot of the music is not, I wish you could lower the volume so you could listen to your own music but you can't, your also forced to buy the $29.99 seasons, (unless you wantIf you love pinball its a no brainer, buy it and have some fun! The physics is spot on, the tables seem to be exact replicas of these thousand dollar machines... but the game is not perfect, pinball is timeless, but a lot of the music is not, I wish you could lower the volume so you could listen to your own music but you can't, your also forced to buy the $29.99 seasons, (unless you want to pay 5.99 for one or two tables) and right before you buy it they offer you a $10 owner upgrade, that lets you add more balls to the table, like you can in real life if you own it, among other little things,,, a lot of this stuff comes free/standard with Zen pinball so that upset me a bit.
    You also automatically download all the tables even if you only get it for the freebie, it makes it cool to check out other tables, they give you a couple of minutes to really get a feel for the table, but then if you don't want it you have to keep it in the memory or erase the whole thing, memory is tight nowadays so it would have been nice if you could erase what your not using (like in Zen Pinball lol) But hey I still love the game with all its faults, I am not not one of those "your either Zen/Pinball FX, or Pinball Arcade" people, I enjoy them both, I think they greatly compliment each other.    … Expand
  3. themanbat
    Mar 28, 2016
    10
    This is in my opinion digital pinball at it's finest. While there is something to be said for "fictitious" digital tables that never existed in the real world with their crazy animations, I want digital pinball to play the tables that I've actually played in the arcade. This game delivers exactly that. It is a tad expensive, to get all the tables you want, but of course much much lessThis is in my opinion digital pinball at it's finest. While there is something to be said for "fictitious" digital tables that never existed in the real world with their crazy animations, I want digital pinball to play the tables that I've actually played in the arcade. This game delivers exactly that. It is a tad expensive, to get all the tables you want, but of course much much less expensive than actually buying a machine. The XBOX ONE is slower to roll out the new tables than the pc versions of the game, but I prefer playing in the living room, and don't mind the wait. This is the only way to play real pinball at home without investing thousands in a genuine cabinet.… Expand

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  1. ICXM
    Jan 7, 2016
    75
    The Pinball Arcade is an ever-expanding experience that keeps on getting better and better. While we could've docked down the game when it initially came out due to the lack of variety, we can't say so anymore. There is so much amazing content here.
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