Dream Pinball 3D
A great pinball game should not only be amazing from the start, but should continue to be entertaining every time you play it. This was the thinking behind the development of the newest pinball sensation to hit the market, Dream Pinball 3D, with its 6 cutting edge tables that are beckoning you to try your luck.
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Not skimping on the technology, game developer TopWare Interactive included six different style of balls in Dream Pinball 3D. Made of different materials, they not only look different, but their ballistic characteristics will affect the very rolling behavior of each one of them. Add to that incredible acoustics, state of the art particle technology, HDRI and multilayer 3D sound, realistic tilt function and motion blur effects, and you have the best pinball experience yet available on the Wii.
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One Game but Many Ways to Play
Whether bellying up to your favorite machine at the local arcade or plopped down in front of your Wii, a huge part of the fun of any pinball game is variety and action in the tables you play. Dream Pinball 3D has this covered with its six playable tables. Each has an entirely different look, with a partial list of these including: aquatic, monsters (zombies,vampires…), and dinosaur and Two Worlds (game publisher SouthPeaks’s hit role-playing game) themes. Each of these also includes at least one extra pair of flippers, in addition to the standard pair. This makes for unpredictable fun and boundless replayablity, whether you are already a pinball wizard or a wizard in training.
- 6 tables with various themes
- Multi-ball with up to 3 balls at once
- Sounds and music with brilliant lighting
- Multiplayer mode for up to 4 gamers
- 6 dynamic and one fixed camera position
- Pinball simulation game with realistic physics
- Balls made out of 6 materials such as: steel, gold, marble, ivory, oak & walnut
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars You get what you pay for — not much!
This is a $20 game, so remember that. A $20 game is not usually as good as a $50 game. This proves the theory. You have six tables for $20 so that sounds like a bargain, but sadly the joke is on us. I WISH I had waited for other reviews before spending my own $20 on this game but sadly I didn’t.
The game had potential, but it just fails.
The tables are hard to see and the camera is so slow sometimes if the ball rapidly moves from the top to the bottom of the table, the camera doesn’t catch up in time for you to see where it is, so if you don’t react with an instinctive flipper press, you could just lose the ball because you couldn’t see the bottom of the table in time.
They tried to create a “realistic” effect by adding a reflection of the back glass onto the surface of the pinball machine, but it is just distracting. Some of the flippers are so hidden you can’t even see where they are until you activate them. The sound effects are annoying and repetitive (I know it’s pinball, but still) and the amount of free balls I got in one game was insane and I wasn’t even trying that hard.
I only gave it two stars instead of one because this wasn’t a full priced game, so for $20 it has a little value. But once you play for more than an hour total, you will be about ready to get rid of this trainwreck. It had potential, but it falls far short.
Stay away and like others said, get the Williams Pinball game for a much better time!
3 Stars HD cables made a difference
We purchased this over the past weekend, and played it on our 42″ tv with no issues. The graphics are intense, and the flashing lights can be distracting.
However - you can turn down the ‘bells & whistles’ so it is easier on the eyes. Also, we have the Wii HD Pro Component Cable and this seems to make a significant difference in the video. (not just on Dream Pinball, but all of our Wii games!)
We spent several enjoyable hours playing.
1 Star Simply Horrid
I’ll be brief.
The physics are wonky - the flippers feel like that old Space Cadet game that came free with Windows.
The smart cam is nauseating…and you lose balls because half the time the smart cam can’t keep up. Full table view is an option but then you can’t really tell what you’re doing because the tables are busy and the graphics are muddy.
Table layouts are completely uninspired.
If you want an EXCELLENT pinball for the Wii get Williams Pinball Hall of Fame.
1 Star Dream Pinball
I waited for this game to wanting a good Pinball game and when it got here boy did it suck. You can play it but it’s not a good game at all. Hay! spend your money on Beer because you will have more fun.
1 Star Yep it’s horrible
This game has been delayed for months and months. They must have been trying to work the kinks out. My disappointment after the long wait still makes me wonder how horrible this game must have been before they supposedly worked the kinks out. This game is so bad, and my excitement prior to playing it so high, that it reminds me of the times in the 80s when I would look forward to NES games based on movies I loved that would turn out to be horrendous such as Back to the Future. This game is an incoherent mess. Shame on everyone involved for releasing it. For a good (and addicting) Wii Pinball game, I suggest Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. It’s not perfect, but it seems like a masterpiece in light of “Scream” Pinball 3d.
