Star Wars™ Pinball 7

Great graphics, movement, lights, and the audio from the shows and movies are very fun! Some tables are way too hard and makes one loose interest. Some are great and have enough rewards to stay engaged but overall still play too fast. They may be realistic in the way they play, but so much are unnecessary difficult. Also it needs much more explanation in how to take advantage of each award, trigger, attack, moment and reward. I never know what I’m supposed to shoot at to defeat the challenge. Still I love playing!

So this game is super clean on function and gives a great feel like you’re almost playing real pinball. I love the sounds, the music, and “feel” the game gives. What I love the most is that in this day and age of ads everywhere there’s no ads. In an age of subscriptions being the cash grab everyone does, these guys don’t. You purchase the game and you have it, I cannot praise them enough for this business practice. I’ve bought the Solo, Vader, and Fett tables and enjoy them immensely. My only gripe so far is that the Boba Fett table seems to have a bug where a unclickable check mark stays on the screen the whole time. If it wasn’t blocking vision of the table I wouldn’t mind but unfortunately it blocks a section of the middle/upper right side. If they could fix this or it get resolved then seriously 5* no gripes.

Man this game has potential, too bad some basics really kill it. Love pinball far more than regular video games. Consistency through familiarity to how a board responds is key. The physics of Star Wars pinball are like nothing in the known universe. Hyperbole aside, it does make it super frustrating when the skill in pinball is founded almost entirely on ones ability to control the ball and make accurate shots to navigate the story modes. Any progress feels entirely based on chance and the probabilities of finishing one are incredibly difficult let alone completing multiple. In fact, as soon as you make any headway, the only thing guaranteed is an impossible ricochet into the Death Star like tractor beams of the gutters on each board. Which brings me to the gutters. They are truly sarlac pits, swallowing anything remotely in their vicinity. If I had a nickel for every small tap on the flipper that yielded an improbable bounce clear across the other side and inexorably into the gutter, I could partially fund the next Star Wars installment. The frustration is compounded because the boards are beautifully designed and the progress seems to yield some cool content, but good luck getting there. Again, because there is little control to the flipper sensitivity, it feels like this is driven by a probability metric which is dialed to "snowball's chance in hell". What a shame to develop interesting content that a player will never experience.