Pinball Arcade - (by FarSight) - Universal App

[crunc]

I got the update on my iPad 2, but the app icon is now blank. I tried rebooting but it didn't help that. The app seems to be working and I'm downloading Medieval, but very slowly. If I don't keep tapping the screen periodically the screen powers off and the download fails. I wish this worked smoother.

[Habakuk]

Screenshots of the two new tables from iPad 3rd generation. Finally they are working fine so far (were much too fast before, even the "old" tables):

Medieval Madness™

Originial size and resolution click here.

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Detail, upper part (resized):



The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot™

Originial size and resolution click here.

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[AnarKitty]

At the risk of sounding stupid, how do you find the option to purchase and download the new tables? Please tell me it doesn't require you to be logged into Facebook to buy new tables now; I don't have it, and never will.

[famousringo]

Originally Posted by Benegesserit

Can you be a little more descriptive? It's not responding linearly but I need to peg the "right amount"? Is it really super pixel sensitive? IMO the real pinball experience does not require an extremely tight window of spring pressure to nail the skill shots (in any pinball game I've ever played) so if this is the case they really need to consider patching in how much each pixel/mm/whatever increases the velocity.

There's a ton of give left in the plunger but you can't go more than what looks like a real world inch (about a cm on an iPhone) w/o the ball going much farther than it should. Maybe's it's just easier on an iPad.


EDIT: Nevermind, it looks like it's sensitive to how LONG you have held the plunger (this is not a good representation of physics, btw). If you're quick about it you can control the ball better. But if you're trying to take it easy and get the right distance it's all over the place.

No, the plunger power varies depending on how much you pull back your touch.

The problem is that the skill shot on this table isn't a tidy ramp. There's a big rounded bump between each slot on the skill shot. You might expect that if plunger power X gets you 100k, plunger power X+1 would get you the 200k score, but with all these bumps, that little +1 might send your ball skipping over it and into the 25k slot, or it might send it bouncing backwards into the 75k slot. That's what I mean by non-linear.

It's kinda like the skill shot on Arabian Nights, but with way more chaos.

[famousringo]

Originally Posted by AnarKitty

At the risk of sounding stupid, how do you find the option to purchase and download the new tables? Please tell me it doesn't require you to be logged into Facebook to buy new tables now; I don't have it, and never will.

Update your app and Bride of Pinbot and MM will be in the gallery. Just swipe to them and tap them to start. The app will ask if you want to restore purchases, if you haven't bought them on any device yet, say no. You should then be offered free play, to purchase the table for $3, or to purchase both new tables for $5.

Choose both.

[AnarKitty]

I was certain I'd synced after updating; I guess not. I got them both, although now everything's a crashy mess and I can't get as far as playing before the app goes boom. Has anyone else with an iPod Touch 4 had issues with crashes in this game?

[kaplanfx]

Anyone else have a tiny UI now on the iPad 3? Graphics and performance seem upgraded but UI is kind of annoying.


-kap

[crunc]

Several issues. Medieval is partly munged. There is no way to do the super skill shot because you can't hold a flipper up while you plunge - Any tap results in launching the ball. Also, there is no way to use Troll bombs because you can't press the launch button while the ball is in play.

Bride of Pinot is ludicrously easy. In my first game I got the billion shot twice and probably 6 big wheel rewards or maybe more. I have never done even remotely close to that IRL. It's hard enough to get one billion in a game on a real machine, let alone two. High scores on this will be in the 10s of billions before long. Every shot is super easy to make. It doesn't have any play issues like Medieval has, though.

Also, after I installed the update the app had no icon. It was blank. I decided to delete and reinstall, and that fixed it, but of course progress was lost. The blank icon didn't seem to cause any harm, so I could have just left it until the next update.

Lastly, FYI, the free ad-supported play on Medieval does not credit you with achieving goals. I thought it was a bug, but the paid version works correctly so I guess it's intentional, but I bet they'll get some flak in reviews for that not working. They should have made it clear that this was the case.

I'm playing on an iPad 2 and it looks and plays great. I get some annoying lag if I get a notification while playing, but that's probably an OS issue.

[Fafner]

Much better!

But....

On the iPad3 it seems to play just a hair too fast. It's nice and smooth now but just a bit fast.

On MM it is impossible to get a super skill shot! You're supposed to hold the left flipper then launch the ball but it launches the ball as soon as you touch the left side of the screen!

I still don't like the tilt mechanism in the game. Should have a swipe to tilt option.

It looks amazing though!

I also encountered the blank icon issue. I Deleted the app and reloaded it and that fixed it.

[kaplanfx]

Originally Posted by Fafner

Much better!

But....

On the iPad3 it seems to play just a hair too fast. It's nice and smooth now but just a bit fast.

On MM it is impossible to get a super skill shot! You're supposed to hold the left flipper then launch the ball but it launches the ball as soon as you touch the left side of the screen!

I still don't like the tilt mechanism in the game. Should have a swipe to tilt option.

It looks amazing though!

I also encountered the blank icon issue. I Deleted the app and reloaded it and that fixed it.

Is your UI tiny now? Mine is 1/4 the size it should be, like it's hard coded to the old iPad Rez and isn't scaling to the ipad 3.

Also how the heck does the skill shot work on MM, it seems Imget it just by pressing the button.

-kap