![]() Of course, some players don't seem to really understand the benefits of this system quite yet, as Pinball FX is still in early access on only one platform - the Epic Games Store. Thank God, because I just don't have the stomach to pay for that Empire Strikes Back table again after having purchased at least eight copies of it over the years. This means that when you move between consoles and platforms, your purchased tables will go along with you. ![]() This means that instead of buying a table from, say, the PlayStation Store, you buy "tickets" - Zen's internal currency - from the PlayStation Store and then use those tickets inside the Pinball FX application to purchase new tables. The biggest move that has been made in Pinball FX - which will have the largest impact on fans - was to move game purchases out of consoles' various stores and into the Pinball FX ecosystem. This brings us to Pinball FX - Zen Studios' attempt to create one definitive platform for its games that will carry across all current platforms. My point? My Zen Pinball collection is all over the place, on a ton of different systems, with no way to consolidate my treasures onto one definitive platform. And Star Wars Pinball VR on PSVR and Meta Quest 2. This means that some of these tables still exist on my old, tattered Xbox 360, but I can't get them anywhere else. Maybe I just lock in on "easy" tables - I don't have enough expertise to tell the difference.Īnd yes, many of these previously released Zen Pinball masterpieces have been lost to the sands of time as Zen's licensing agreements expired. Zombies, but had a hard time getting any momentum on the South Park tables. There is little rhyme or reason to my obsessions. I enjoyed Plants Vs. In the Universal Pictures collection, I've been having a great time with Jurassic Park Mayhem, but have hardly touched Jaws - which is a table based on my favorite film of all time. I loved the Fallout and Elder Scrolls tables from the Bethesda collection, but barely gave Doom the time of day. I'm not sure why I lock in on some tables and reject others, but when they get me, they get me. But at the same time, the old Iron Man table left me utterly, bitterly defeated I could never get the rhythm down, and it seemed like my ball would just bounce around on the bottom half of the table for a minute or two before sputtering down the drain. I was great at the Spider-Man table back in the day, and I could keep a run on the X-Men table going for what seemed like hours on the Xbox 360. But there have been Zen tables that I've come close to mastering. I'm not a pinball player in real life most of my experience comes from whatever random table I happen across in a pizza joint, so I've never had the opportunity to improve my skills in the meat world. I have to work hard to gain proficiency at every table I engage with my skills don't translate from one table to another. I can get into a "one more time" grove with a Zen table that lasts for hours, and I would be lying if I said that I hadn't made myself late for work more than once because I refused to stop during a good run (and I don't care what anyone says - pressing the pause button in the middle of a good game of pinball is the kiss of death.)Įvery table that Zen releases feels like a full new video game to me, full of mystery and Souls-level challenge. I would compare these games to hard drugs, but pinball is better than chemical addiction the high doesn't diminish over time. The value provided by Pinball FX's various past incarnations is inestimable. Pinball M can be wishlisted on Steam right now here.My infatuation with Zen Studios' pinball games has been long, deep, and well documented. Pinball M allows Zen to fully embrace M-rated source material and create authentic pinball experiences based on our favorite horror and irreverent themes.” Over the years, there have been many mature themes that we’ve wanted to explore on our pinball tables. ![]() “We are thrilled to bring this new pinball platform to our players with a killer lineup of new licensed tables. Mel Kirk, COO of Zen Studios said this about Pinball M: A release date will be revealed in the future. An announcement trailer can be seen below. ![]() Wrath of the Elder Gods will be free at launch with tables based on Child’s Play, Dead By Daylight, and two other IPs offered as DLC. Zen Studios will bring five pinball tables inspired by IPs such as Child’s Play (Chucky’s Killer Pinball), Dead By Daylight, and Zen Studios’ Wrath of the Elder Gods Director's Cut. Zen Studios will bring horror to digital pinball machines.Īnnounced on Thursday, Pinball M will bring fright to PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox.
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