I’m willing to put some decent funds into a Pinball game but have heard so many mixed responses. Pinball FX seems to be one of the newer options but I read of several performance issues.
Pinball FX3 was another program I’ve tried and it seems to be my front runner so far. I used to enjoy the Williams Collection on the Wii and this seems to have several tables from that game I’m familiar with.
Pinball arcade also got a lot of thumbs down, again for performance and glitch, but at the same time a lot of the tables look super cool in terms of theme.
I guess I just wanted some opinions.
Sorcerer’s Lair on FX3 is fun enough so I’d use that as a baseline for an experience I’d be interested in. I’ve put like 15 hours into that table.
Any suggestions would be great!
Edit:
In case this post comes across anyone’s Google search in the future, wanted to provide a quick summary!
Demons Tilt and Yokus Island Express were both big recommendations I did not get to! But if the comments here are any indication, either of these two would have been the best bang for the buck, with Yokus being on sale at the time of this post and Demons Tilt seeming to have the greatest replayability.
That said, I’ve found my personal taste geared more towards arcade style/traditional tables and that’s where I went with FX3, the game in this specific subgenre of pinball that performs the best on Switch. While not the newest by Zen, it seems to play the best. I see myself slowly grabbing a pack here and there as we go.
I started with the Medieval Pack of Excalibur and Epic Quest. LOVED Sorcerer’s Lair and that served as a great jumping off point for Excalibur. Following a recommendation here, I just started looking up the different tables ahead of time as a quick glance to see if any themes popped up that seemed appealing and that’s what I recommend anyone in my shoes does as well. After a whole week I still haven’t even tried Epic Quest yet, which speaks to the quality you can find in these packs once a table speaks to your taste.
Anyway, here is the YouTube series I used that reviewed FX3 packs. It had several parts, but it’s what helped me ultimately make my first decision:
When I started this post, it was because my Google searching did not offer any of the insights I needed when looking to gather information on Switch Pinball games. Thanks to the huge and thorough response by so many commenters, I feel like Switch owners finally have a good resource here at their disposal to help make an informed decison on what direction they want to take with their pinball preference!
And one last thing. Perhaps the best appeal of pinball on the switch are not the games, but the peripherals! I am not quite ready to go that far, but for a serious Switch Pinball fan, finding a comfortable setup to allow for vertical play of arcade and arcade inspired pinball machines seems to be a must for anyone looking for the best experience. Several comments here mention recommendations, seek them out!