Adventure Pinball

I have several other Game Stew games and love them. This one, however, is horrible. The flippers are not responsive half of the time. You have to press in the exact awkward spot, but even then, especially the right flipper doesn’t do anything. There is no way to contact the developer that I can find. I will be asking for a refund from Apple. The developer’s other games are fine, but I should have read the reviews of this one. It’s one of the worst games I’ve ever played. The concept is cool. But the UI is terrible. Avoid it. I regret buying it.

Great concept, love the Game Boy Pocket grayscale art style, and there are plenty of different screens/tables to keep me entertained. However, this game is almost impossible to play because the left flipper only works about half the time, and it’s nothing but infuriating. Also, the pause button and magnifying glass button are in a terrible location on the screen; they’re right where I want to have my thumbs to use the flippers. And the fact that the magnifying glass icon starts highlighting itself every time you enter a new screen because it wants you to press it and read about the goals in the room is super annoying. Why would I want to stop the action to read the goals? Either make the goals more apparent without instruction (which I actually think they are, so it’s redundant) or have the goals flash on screen like every other video pinball game on the market. This has the potential to be a really fun game, but between the ONLY action input not working properly, and some questionable design and UI choices, I’ll probably never be able to actually enjoy it. Definitely do not recommend this game in its current state.

I’ve beaten it. Overall, I enjoyed my short time with this game. Sometimes a loss felt out of my control, but at least the Continue system is generous. Some interesting twists in combining combat with pinball, but there’s a limited amount of content and depth here. Would enjoy new content in the future. As is, a fun way to kill a few hours.