Yeah, thats right. For many months I was borderline on getting an Xbox. I figured my Wii was good enough and I didn’t need another system, but I secretly lusted after its myriad online features that the Wii simply will NEVER have. The straw that broke me (or the camel) was when I saw an announcement for a game called Pinball FX. Holy shit. This wasn’t some cartoony gimpy video pinball knockoff. This was an ultra-real pinball simulator that I can definitely see myself losing many hours of my life to. And it was ONLY for Xbox. When I got my Xbox Elite online, that was the first title I bought on XBLA. I still play it when I get frustrated with stupid Uno players, or need a break from Mario Galaxy.
Why is this post relevant today? Because Zen Studios released a new pirate themed table called Buccaneer (released on Halloween, actually). I would have gladly paid two or three hundred points for this download. But you know what? They gave it to us for FREE. I played the table for a good half-hour and haven’t quite figured out all the dynamics. There’s a flipper that seems pointless, and I haven’t triggered any insane scoring modes. But the table looks and behaves beautifully. Plus, it has a cool piratey soundtrack with a nice bass line.
Now with four tables to play, Pinball FX is an easy purchase to recommend. Arrrr!