Disappointed in Bob's Burgers

[Bizzenya]

I have only really put any time into Bob's Burgers and I'm a bit disappointed so far. Love the show and wanted to love the pinball table, but it just feels unfinished to me.

-A lot of shots have no call out associated with them, heck I started the rat infestation mode and the game didn't even have any sounds or call outs to acknowledge it or any shots preceding it. This sort of player feed back is important and adds to the experience. The only indicators any progress is being made are the light up inserts and the DMD, which I instinctively look at when a call out sounds to see what the shot triggered. It makes the game feel lifeless a lot of the time when there is no auditory feedback.

-Louise roll overs are awkward and overly difficult. It would have been better if LO UI and SE were each treated as one roll over.

-The skill shot should be called the luck shot. You can't change the rollover lane for the skillshot and it is hard to visually gauge how far back the plunger is with the Gene's hand plunger.

Feedback is such an important part of any pinball game and separates mediocre tables from legendary ones. For example, The Adams Family has modes like the mamushka where you get the silly music and every shot triggers the "Hey!" call out, or my favorite Seance which was a pretty basic two shot mode, but the knock the machine made when you made your shots made it incredible. Activating modes has a corresponding sound and the game holds the ball for a moment to show you which modes you activated.

Bob's Burgers just starts most modes rather unceremoniously, which does make the game play faster, but also makes the modes feel less substantial and special.

[MarkMSH]

Originally posted by Bizzenya:

-Louise roll overs are awkward and overly difficult. It would have been better if LO UI and SE were each treated as one roll over.

I admit that having rollovers for L O U I S and E makes increasing the multiplier difficult, but I can manage it a few times per ball - usually. I rather like the more traditional 3 rollovers as it's easier.

My personal feeling is that the other tables in the pack are better than this one, although I do play it between other tables. You might like the other tables in the Balls of Glory pack more, although I've already played American Dad quite abit but I can't manage the skill shot - I haven't done it once! Now Family Guy, on the other hand, has an easier skill shot and it has mini-games. Archer too is better than Bob's Burgers.

[DaetherX]

Originally posted by Bizzenya:

-The skill shot should be called the luck shot. You can't change the rollover lane for the skillshot and it is hard to visually gauge how far back the plunger is with the Gene's hand plunger.

I don't have the new tables, but I despise the launch on tables which have no real guage of launch power such as the Castle Storm table. I'd love an unambigous segmented launch power gauge that could be toggled on/off in the menu separate from the table "fluff" (fluff meaning story/ flavor) indicator.

[Bizzenya]

Originally posted by DaetherX:

Originally posted by Bizzenya:

-The skill shot should be called the luck shot. You can't change the rollover lane for the skillshot and it is hard to visually gauge how far back the plunger is with the Gene's hand plunger.

I don't have the new tables, but I despise the launch on tables which have no real guage of launch power such as the Castle Storm table. I'd love an unambigous segmented launch power gauge that could be toggled on/off in the menu separate from the table "fluff" (fluff meaning story/ flavor) indicator.

That is a good idea, shouldn't be too hard to implement.

[tajishima]

I've played Bob's Burger Pinball a few times now, and it's slowly growing on me. I agree with what Bizzenya says about this table. It is definitely not the best table of the Balls of Glory table pack. However, there is something about Bob's Burger that keeps bringing me back to this table. Oh yeah, the side bumpers are brutal, and bangbacks are really difficult to pull off in Bob's Burgers. Your best shot in saving the ball is nudging the ball back to the center spot on the table.