Scattered all over the table are objects from the movie, but rather than being there for decoration, each serves a purpose. Throughout the game, there are countless soundbites playing taken directly from the movie from most of the cast hinting at which of the tables missions you should aim to play next. Once the game starts, you launch the ball (from a lightsaber, no less) and the table itself begins. Prior to that, the game introduces itself with a full view of a large imposing 3D figure of Darth Vader talking to you setting the scene for the game admirably. You are presented with a view that resembles an Imperial Star Destroyer, with a viewport set behind the table showing a panoramic space scene which changes throughout the game showing various planets, backdrops relating to each mission and Star Destroyers flying past in view. Immediately this table speaks quality the second it loads up. It may not seem important on paper, but when you start playing their presence soon becomes an integral part of the game.Īnyway, onto the tables themselves and first up is The Empire Strikes Back. Unlike Zen Studios’ previous licensed tables, what makes these significant is the use of the license – not only do they feature sound effects from the vast Lucasfilm sound library, but also feature voice clips from the films and television episodes, video clips playing on the simulated dot-matrix display and, most importantly, the original music as well. Finally is Boba Fett – the only table to be based on a single character (let’s just hope that we don’t get a future table dedicated to Jar Jar Binks…). Next up is The Clone Wars, and this takes its inspiration from the CGI animated series of the same name. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is based solely on the second movie from the original trilogy and whst is considered by many to be the best of all of the Star Wars movies. Ever since Zen Studios confirmed that they had acquired the rights to bring out a series of Star Wars tables for Zen Pinball 2, my inner geek was eagerly awaiting the release of all ten tables promised in the series and after teasing everyone with screenshots and trailers of the tables to get everyone into a frenzy, this pack has been unleashed featuring the first three tables in the collection…Įach table has a set theme in this pack. The one that I had been looking forward to the most wasn’t a standalone release but surprisingly DLC for an existing title, and Cross Buy DLC at that. For iOS as well as Android some table releases are still standalone next to the hub DLC version.Forget Killzone: Mercenary, Tearaway and countless other big name PS Vita games for 2013. Offline multiplayer, in split-screen (consoles only) or taking turns, is available for two to four players respectively.įor iOS it is released as Zen Pinball as a follow-up free hub version to previous stand-alone table releases such as Zen Pinball: Rollercoaster and Zen Pinball: Inferno. The game has different viewpoints, both analog and digital ball launches based on the type of table, mini-games, 3D animations, leaderboards, tournaments and personal statistics. All tables can be played for free for a few minutes. The full catalog of tables depends on the platform, though new tables are generally released for all available platforms. The PS4, Macintosh, iOS and Android versions contain the full and unrestricted Sorcerer's Lair table for free. Cross buy does not apply to the PS4 version however, so to get them across all available PlayStation systems with a single purchase they need to be bought for the PS3 or the PS Vita. For the later released PS4 version as well, but a table purchase is imported through the main menu. For the PS3 and PS Vita this is done as a cross buy. As with most games in the series it is free to play where tables are bought as DLC. The features and the visual style are similar to Pinball FX2. Zen Pinball 2 is the sequel to Zen Pinball, the equivalent of the Pinball FX games on Xbox and PC.
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