#PINBALL ARCADE XBOX ONE REVIEW PS4#

Part of what helps to make pinball compelling is just how complex the tables can be. IвЂ™m not a pinball connoisseur, so IвЂ™ll admit this is something of an unknown to me, but I felt the only thing missing was the occasional bobble of the ball off the table from bouncing off an element, which I noticed several times when playing on the real Monster Bash machine but not in the game, and not discernibly on the real Tales table. Luck naturally plays a part after the ball has left the flipper and it veers off up the table, but itвЂ™s on your reflexes to deal with what happens after. With no perceptible lag and a rock solid 1080p60 frame rate, itвЂ™s all down to your reflexes to hit the ball at the right point to hit it sweetly up the ramp or spot the right moment to jog the table (with a quick flick of the left stick) in the right direction to alter its course.

#PINBALL ARCADE XBOX ONE REVIEW PS4#

The PS3 lacks the lustre that the PS4 has, where each bulb casts its own, more vibrant light source, as in this quick comparison shot.ДЄnd the ball physics feel similarly impeccable. The lighting effects are quite easily an improvement over the PS3, but are only really telling when going between platforms in quick succession or with side-by-side comparisons. Set the room lighting to вЂњdarkвЂќ in the settings to really show things off, but whatever the settings, youвЂ™re in for a real treat as each tableвЂ™s increasingly complex set of lights and parts gets under way during play.

I find that some of the textures could be higher in resolution, but this is a fairly minor quibble when you have the impressive lighting system. As someone whoвЂ™s not overly familiar with pinball, outside of the handful of videogames IвЂ™ve played, it really highlighted the attention to detail that has gone into each tableвЂ™s recreation. I was able to compare two of those more modern tables, Monster Bash and Tales of the Arabian Nights, to their real life counterparts.

Pinball arcade xbox one review