The controls are fully customizable and you can even choose whether you want to enable or disable music or audio effects for the game. Microsoft Windows Pinball - Space Cadet tries to emulate the analog experience as much as possible through the actual design of the board, ball behavior and physics, while even offering the option to ‘bump’ the table as you would do in real-life now and again. Completing each mission grants you lots of bonus points that take you closer to the top of the leaderboard. Throughout the game you need to score enough to achieve multiple titles such as ‘Cadet’, ‘Lieutenant’, ‘Admiral’ and so on. The controls are easy to manage and the flippers used to hit the ball are very responsive. The game came bundled into earlier versions of Microsoft Windows such as NT and XP meaning it was practically present in every house that had a computer.īy today’s standards the graphics are fairly bad and the fact that you can’t resize the game for a larger fit is a downside. Though you can’t really compare it to the real thing, Microsoft Windows Pinball - Space Cadet still brought decent doses of entertainment whenever you played it. They’re based on a simple principle, keep your reflexes sharp and put a smile on your face whenever you manage a combo that brings tons of extra points. I managed to keep beating my previous best as I totalled a score of over 60 million points! I beat my previous best a number of times, but I'm still well off the world number one spot which is astonishingly high.Pinball arcade games were and still tend to be popular between games enthusiasts. It is a wonderfully relaxing game to play, and it’s also one that makes you strive to beat your best score and keep ascending the leaderboards. Different areas of the pinball machine will light up at various times, and hitting the lit up lanes can gain bonus points or trigger side missions. Sometimes you will spawn enemies who sit in the upper middle of the board, and for every time you hit them you can get upwards of two million points! Upon defeating them, you will receive extra bonuses as you accumulate points and face tougher enemies the further you advance. (Insert joke about a Stormtrooper’s shooting accuracy here!) When a Stormtrooper arrives, your aim is to stay away from their gunfire by finding the lanes with the ball. What can you expect to find on Rogue One then? Depending which way the ball goes you could be confronted by the Death Star or a Stormtrooper - both of which take shape in 3D at the top of the pinball machine. A word of warning however: don't use the left analogue stick too many times, as bumping the table will eventually cause the flippers to freeze, and consequently, you will lose a ball. I kept trapping the ball with the flipper just so I could hit the perfect shot to exactly where I wanted, and it was quite successful. Catching the ball with the right timing leads to real satisfaction, whether it's hitting a bonus multiplier or defeating an enemy. The pinball itself has a really nice and heavy feel to it. R1 and L1 (alternatively R2 and L2) are the the buttons you're chiefly going to need to use to control the flippers. In terms of the controls, it's more of the same really. It’s really nice to look at, and the pinball machine is jam-packed with enemies and ways to boost your points total. Visually, there is a lot going on as you would expect. Zen are known for producing pinball machines based on popular trends like Marvel, or gaming companies like Bethesda, and it's fair to say they have a pretty good track record in replicating them in their own inimitable way. I have read reviews of Zen Pinball 2, and it’s more or less well received by gamers. The combination of pinball and Star Wars was very appealing to me from the off, and it’s fair to say the game didn’t disappoint. However, from Shadows of the Empire on the Nintendo 64, to the Battlefront series, I’ve always looked forward to the next iteration of the Star Wars gaming franchise. Don’t get me wrong, the films are good - but I don't really enjoy films as a general rule. I’m also a huge fan of Star Wars games, even though I'm not too keen on the films. It would seem strange for me to then admit that I haven’t played any pinball games on the PlayStation 4 before playing Rogue One. From there, Pokemon Pinball became one of my favourite time passers. I always remember the first PC I had access to when I was a kid, and I loved 3D Pinball on Windows. I’ll start off by mentioning just how addictive I find pinball games to be. Reviews // 20th Feb 2017 - 6 years ago // By Nathan Hunter Zen Pinball 2: Rogue One Review
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