Tales Of The Arabian Nights (Update) ! :: Pinball Arcade General Discussions

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:11pm

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:
If you want to play the machines for longer than that, you have to buy them - either the Table Pack the table was released in or the entire season it belongs to.

i tested trial version in "online play", but if i choose "find random match" the table start without matchmaking in SP.. oO i'am very confused now ^^ please tell me how to play against other players without a need to pay something?

#16

Matt Beeching has Pinball Arcade

Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:14pm

Originally posted by Zorz:
so i can play longer than the first high score if i choose trial version? or how to play MP longer times?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1425475180

I'm concerned that you're too focused on the beta multiplayer, it's really not important. Just trial tables in single player or you'll miss the opportunity to buy them.

Last edited by Matt Beeching; Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:16pm

#17

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:21pm

Originally posted by Matt Beeching:
Originally posted by Zorz:
so i can play longer than the first high score if i choose trial version? or how to play MP longer times?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1425475180

I'm concerned that you're too focused on the beta multiplayer, it's really not important. Just trial tables in single player or you'll miss the opportunity to buy them.

oO

thats the reason i downloaded the game, because it has multiplayer tag in description ^^

so how to play MP in free version against other players? without the ability to test MP i'am sure i don't buy tables or packs, because this is the essential thing for me.

#18

Matt Beeching has Pinball Arcade

Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:26pm

Originally posted by Zorz:
Originally posted by Matt Beeching:

I'm concerned that you're too focused on the beta multiplayer, it's really not important. Just trial tables in single player or you'll miss the opportunity to buy them.
oO

thats the reason i downloaded the game, because it has multiplayer tag in description ^^

so how to play MP in free version against other players? without the ability to test MP i'am sure i don't buy tables or packs, because this is the essential thing for me.

Pinball is all about the entertainment value, skill and scores, the multiplayer aspect is an interesting idea but underdeveloped and relatively unimportant. Which other pinball games do you play because it's starting to look like forum trolling.

Last edited by Matt Beeching; Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:28pm

#19

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 1:41pm

Originally posted by Matt Beeching:
Originally posted by Zorz:
oO

thats the reason i downloaded the game, because it has multiplayer tag in description ^^

so how to play MP in free version against other players? without the ability to test MP i'am sure i don't buy tables or packs, because this is the essential thing for me.

Pinball is all about the entertainment value, skill and scores, the multiplayer aspect is an interesting idea but underdeveloped and relatively unimportant. Which other pinball games do you play because it's starting to look like forum trolling.

last Pinball game i played was "ZEN Pinball" for PS3. i bought it on Dec. 2009 and multiplayer for 4 players was already fully implemented(with voice and webcam support). but PS3 is oldscool now and nobody is playing it anymore. i think there comes out newer versions of this game later, but don't know exactly..

EDIT:

Tesla and shaman was my favorits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeVOdI3VWQ

Last edited by Zorz; Jun 28, 2018 @ 2:25pm

#20

Matt Beeching has Pinball Arcade

Jun 28, 2018 @ 2:56pm

Originally posted by Zorz:
last Pinball game i played was "ZEN Pinball" for PS3. i bought it on Dec. 2009 and multiplayer for 4 players was already fully implemented(with voice and webcam support). but PS3 is oldscool now and nobody is playing it anymore. i think there comes out newer versions of this game later, but don't know exactly..

EDIT:

Tesla and shaman was my favorits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeVOdI3VWQ

You'll no doubt enjoy Pinball FX3 (which still features Tesla & Shaman), I'm a fan myself but it's an altogether different style of pinball. I'm certainly no white knight for Pinball Arcade and it has got numerous issues but this is your last opportunity to buy these licensed tables.

We'll have to agree to disagree on the whole multi-player aspect, I can't see the importance beyond challenging friends scores.

Last edited by Matt Beeching; Jun 28, 2018 @ 2:57pm

#21

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 3:16pm

my mentioned ZEN Pinball from 2009 isn't unrealistic as your mentioned Pinball FX3, thats why it isn't a game for me.. ZEN Pinball is very detailed and in MP u could just see the 4 player on top and maybe hear what they did say and the points, but that was the only and importent differnce between SP and MP..

but ok, u answered a lot of my questions and now i know that i'am not to stupit to find a MP game although it is displayed and discript in steam and ingame that the game offer multiplayer. thx anyway ;)

EDIT:

now i see i can just play against the highscore of other players, but not live in a lobby against other current playing opponents in Pinball Arcade ^^ thats not multiplayer, it's just SP against a highscore :D

Last edited by Zorz; Jun 28, 2018 @ 3:52pm

#22

DonkeyJim Jun 28, 2018 @ 3:48pm

@ The Fifth Horseman.
You may not advertise other company's games except within their forums. Sorry I had to delete your post.
Please don't take it personally.

#23

The Fifth Horseman has Pinball Arcade

Jun 28, 2018 @ 3:50pm

Fine, whatever, without that part then:

i tested trial version in "online play", but if i choose "find random match" the table start without matchmaking in SP..

As far as I understand, only some tables are enabled for multiplayer. This one is not among them.

please tell me how to play against other players without a need to pay something?

You don't.

so how to play MP in free version against other players?

You don't.

thats the reason i downloaded the game, because it has multiplayer tag in description ^^

without the ability to test MP i'am sure i don't buy tables or packs, because this is the essential thing for me.

You've got the wrong game, then.
It's basically irrelevant for most people with an actual interest in pinball simulations. The main selling point of Pinball Arcade is that its' tables are extremely detailed replicas of real pinball tables ( one of the reasons I got Whirlwind, for example, is that I remember playing it in an arcade more than 20 years ago )

last Pinball game i played was "ZEN Pinball" for PS3. i bought it on Dec. 2009 and multiplayer for 4 players was already fully implemented(with voice and webcam support)

Different developer, different priorities.

Last edited by The Fifth Horseman; Jun 28, 2018 @ 3:50pm

#24

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 4:00pm

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:
without the ability to test MP i'am sure i don't buy tables or packs, because this is the essential thing for me.
You've got the wrong game, then.
It's basically irrelevant for most people with an actual interest in pinball simulations. The main selling point of Pinball Arcade is that its' tables are extremely detailed replicas of real pinball tables ( one of the reasons I got Whirlwind, for example, is that I remember playing it in an arcade more than 20 years ago )

u don't need to repeat that, because i already wrote that ZEN Pinball is much detailed and realistic too.. seems u just played unrealistic Pinball FX3 ^^

and maybe change game description tag in steam and drop multiplayer out of it if it doesn't offer multiplayer ^^

#25

DonkeyJim Jun 28, 2018 @ 4:07pm

Leaving a clickable Install link for a different game(ZEN Pinball) by a different developer on our(Pinball Arcade) forums is inappropriate. I wouldn't reccomend leaving a Pinball Arcade Install link on the forums at ZEN Pinball either, this would also be inappropriate.

Thanks for understanding.

#26

BigSparky

Jun 28, 2018 @ 4:23pm

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:
The main selling point of Pinball Arcade is that its' tables are extremely detailed replicas of real pinball tables ( one of the reasons I got Whirlwind, for example, is that I remember playing it in an arcade more than 20 years ago )

So much this. As much as I appreciate the virtual tables from other companies keeping pinball alive (we all need to stick together), TPA is my go-to for the realism. I've played lots of these tables (many at release) and outside of VERY minor differences, TPA is a virtual time-machine (another GREAT table - Time Machine - add it please!) that brings back those amazing times.

It truly sucks about the Williams thing. Believe me, knowing there are still great tables (Big Guns...we hardly new ye) that we will never see is heartbreaking. But I can't thank the crew at TPA enough for the ones we DID get.

If nothing else, get Season 1 before it goes away. TOTAN is just the beginning.

#27

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 4:26pm

Originally posted by Kusn Jimmy:
Leaving a clickable Install link for a different game(ZEN Pinball) by a different developer on our(Pinball Arcade) forums is inappropriate. I wouldn't reccomend leaving a Pinball Arcade Install link on the forums at ZEN Pinball either, this would also be inappropriate.

Thanks for understanding.

there is no link i could post, because it was a game at PS3 network. i don't think it is still avaible on PS3 and/or PS4 and/or any other system/network..

and i just get asked what i played, because somebody was strait befor calling me a troll, because he didn't know that realistic MP pinball was already avaible 9years ago (on a console)

nothing against your game, but for me SP isn't something interesting in long term(in each game)

#28

The Fifth Horseman has Pinball Arcade

Jun 28, 2018 @ 9:58pm

Originally posted by Kusn Jimmy:
Leaving a clickable Install link for a different game(ZEN Pinball) by a different developer on our(Pinball Arcade) forums is inappropriate. I wouldn't reccomend leaving a Pinball Arcade Install link on the forums at ZEN Pinball either, this would also be inappropriate.

Thanks for understanding.

FYI, that's how Steam formats URLs going to any app's page on Steam Store.

Originally posted by Zorz:
there is no link i could post, because it was a game at PS3 network. i don't think it is still avaible on PS3 and/or PS4 and/or any other system/network..

The link to Steam Store page was in my post, which was removed (which is why I reposted everything of it but the part containing the link)

and i just get asked what i played, because somebody was strait befor calling me a troll, because he didn't know that realistic MP pinball was already avaible 9years ago (on a console)

Because what your complaint amounts to is going to KFC and complaining their chicken wings are not the same as the ones at McDonalds.

And realistic pinball with multiplayer... that was available over 20 years ago in Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions (obviously local MP only).

nothing against your game, but for me SP isn't something interesting in long term(in each game)

Then you're missing out on many excellent games.

Last edited by The Fifth Horseman; Jun 28, 2018 @ 10:14pm

#29

Zorz

Jun 28, 2018 @ 11:53pm

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:
Originally posted by Zorz:
there is no link i could post, because it was a game at PS3 network. i don't think it is still avaible on PS3 and/or PS4 and/or any other system/network..
The link to Steam Store page was in my post, which was removed (which is why I reposted everything of it but the part containing the link)

u got your own post from dev and that your post was deleted. the mentioned post was for me or others to not post again a link to another game.. ;)

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:
and i just get asked what i played, because somebody was strait befor calling me a troll, because he didn't know that realistic MP pinball was already avaible 9years ago (on a console)
Because what your complaint amounts to is going to KFC and complaining their chicken wings are not the same as the ones at McDonalds.

And realistic pinball with multiplayer... that was available over 20 years ago in Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions (obviously local MP only).

local multiplayer has a seperate multiplayer tag in steam.. ^^ it's called "multiplayer (local)"

but i'am not talking about "multiplayer (local)" tag, no i'am talking about the "multiplayer" tag which is wrong for this game here, because it has NO multiplayer. and i didn't know that it has no multiplayer, because it has multiplayer in steam as tag. thats why i ask much times how i can start MP, because i can't find it ingame.

maybe u should read correct what i wrote. as i already wrote i never had downloaded Pinball Arcade if i had know that it has NO multiplayer befor. i don't know where the problem is to ask for MP, because this game is marked as Multiplayer :D

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:
nothing against your game, but for me SP isn't something interesting in long term(in each game)
Then you're missing out on many excellent games.

"many excellent games" games are not excelent if they get boring after some hours, because they have a lack of multiplayer(which is standard today)

Last edited by Zorz; Jun 28, 2018 @ 11:54pm

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Pinball Arcade

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