Pinball Arcade Plus Reviews – Page 26
3/5 rating based on 265 reviews. Read all reviews for Pinball Arcade Plus for iPhone.
Pinball Arcade Plus is paid iOS app published by FarSight Studios
Terribleness
Answered.iT
I would pay to have the developers of the game to revert to the old Game Display. This used to seem like a Real Arcade ... now it has turned into something with a cartoon overlay. In Rescue 911 in order to release the ball after the helicopter lifts it up, you are supposed to press both flippers, in this Cartoon Copy Rescue 911 there is only need to press one flipper (I'm convinced the developer has redesigned this pinball app for 3 to 7 year olds. Another thing... Why are there options to choose different color balls at the bottom of the screen. When I visit a "Real Arcade" there are no option to choose the balls for game play. And why are "achievements" being displayed sporadically onscreen???? any achievements made within the game should only be displayed and visible on the score board (not in mid air). The game play was more authentic in the previous version, I'm very disappointed now. I will wait until i see a new update fixing all of these issues before i play it again. Don't buy any more inapp purchases until they add the "Realism" back into the game. After this last update they should rename this app from"Real Arcade" to "Fake Arcade". Im sure with the next update there will be smoke visible onscreen to trick the kiddos into believing that the pinball is moving ultra fast...lol...... Note: if the real version of the table doesn't have it... then the app version shouldn't have it either!!!!!!!! I own practically all the tables except for the last 5 or 7 new tables... but I refuse to purchase anymore tables until they improve the overall game display. It's terrible. If I could give this game Zero stars I would. This app went from the best pinball app in the app store to the worse. Whomever made the executive decision to change the UI in this game needs to be fired. Please Hire a new game developer that listens to its customers. Fix This Mistake Pronto!
Half assed
HoosierAdam
Aug 2016 update. Down to one star. Horrible and ugly interface. Unresponsive company. No thought put into anything they do. They seem to completely ignore player feedback. I have stopped buying tables, and really don't even play much anymore unless I want a quick fix. Maybe they can sell to a company that will do this properly. This is such a strange company. They have published quite a few tables. IMO, half are pretty good choices. Of those, half play excellent. The rest have at least one or two noticeable flaws that keep it from being perfect. Ball launchers are a great example. The menu system used to be cute and interesting but is now ugly and tacky. It looks like it belongs in the 90s. The music doesn't help either. If you love pinball, you'll like this app but may get ticked off a lot.
Please fix!!!!
Ken6309
Still haven't fixed any of the issues that so many of us are complaining about. Please, please, please let us turn off that horrid version of Pinball Wizard but still keep the table music on. I haven't played any tables in a month because it just annoys me too much. ========= This latest update didn't fix anything! The UI is still bad, and there is still no way to independently turn off the really annoying version of Pinball Wizard that plays on the menu. I really wish they'd go back to the old music. ========= The tables are great. But the UI is still really difficult to use. They did increase the size of the pinball icons, but the abstract art on the icon still doesn't give a good representation of what the particular table is. And there still is no way to independently turn off the really, really annoying version of Pinball Wizard that plays in the background. I'd still much prefer to use the old UI. Ultimately, I've just stopped playing completely. It's much less frustrating that way.
No table instructions
A word lover...
New UI flow is terrible Still can't turn annoying main song off Gameplay is great but can't read table instructions. What fun is that?
There are a few problems, but they are big ones
E. Williamson
Pinball Wizard is extremely annoying. I find it hard to believe that anyone play tested this app, because there is no way they would have left that terrible version of that song in the game. I have resorted to just leaving the sound off. Game occasionally freaks out and removes most of my local high scores. Yesterday it deleted all but my lowest score on Central Park. Stop asking me for a log in. I am not creating a log in for a pinball app. That's ridiculous to even ask. Get rid of the completed goals popping up on screen during play. They only get in the way. Also, you are using L2 and R2 as the flipper buttons on the MFi controller. These are triggers and have a lot of extra travel. Any gamer knows that flipper buttons should be all-or-nothing inputs and that buttons - not triggers - are the only real way to play pinball. Please switch the flippers to L1 and R1 as they should be.
NEW UI IS TERRIBLE
BaltimoreDave
The data must be in by now. I am betting Pinball arcade engagement and conversions are down YoY and since update,which would be definitive evidence the new UI is a usability disaster worst step back in UI design I have ever seen. It is in fact so bad, I have stopped playing the game. I used to play every day. Not a good trend for your product. You want to know how bad the UI is? On high scores all the text is crammed together like scrabble tiles a dis completely unreadable. Great beta testing there guys. The old UI was perfect,but it was fun to use. This one is unusable and annoying in every way. I can barley even find tables as now the art is crammed into a circle.that this was even approved tells me you have hack for a Art Director. This looks like you farmed into a company that cares less about your customers than you should. I can't imagine how anyone thought this was a good idea. I have spent hundreds of dollars on tables and kickstarters. I used to play this everyday and I also haven't played it but a few times since the update. The high scores are a jumbled mess.
Get rid of the main menu song
TikiEvan
The UI is broken. The table select buttons don't work after playing one table and then trying to select a different table. The old interface was much better, please revert back. Please get rid of the main menu song, it is annoying to hear it on repeat every single time I'm at the main menu. No more Pinball Wizard, please! It is torture! I don't care about a themed ball selector on every table. The navigation buttons have an arrow, a bar, and an X. Confusing and amateurish. Many graphics glitches and bugs on the tables. Most tables are unplayable on iPad Air. Total failure on FarSight Studios part. I don't recommend spending any money on this app until they fix the huge list of bugs.
GUI is terrible...
SteelTigers
We aren't being heard, the development team has flat out refused to fix the GUI to something more suitable, they are totally non-responsive, non-supportive of the general consensus of this horrid interface. The best way to be heard and get them to take action is to hit them in the wallet and don't feed them anymore cash flow! Don't by this product, stop feeding them cash flow until they address our complaints...
Broken UI
Mitchismo
You can't quit a table and play another--the interface breaks. The tables are okay--a bit pricey--but well worth it for the depth of play. That all said, the play is pretty good--but they really need design help. The UI is atrocious, even when it works, which it does not. The game is still one-of-a-kind great.