Rollers of the Realm
Gameplay
‘Rollers of the Realm’ is a game that combines pinball and RPG (role-playing game). And it does so quite successfully.
The pinball aspect of the game is classic: you push buttons (on your keyboard or on a controller) to move flippers in order to control the ball and prevent it from dropping down the drain.
The RPG aspect of the game consists of the following elements:
- The ball represents a player character who has stats and skills. There are 10 playable characters. They each have a ‘class’ like knight, rogue or healer. Each of them has strengths and weaknesses and a specific ‘special skill’ that can be triggered when you’ve collected enough mana (magic points).
– Real player with 18.3 hrs in game
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Despite being poorly made, this is still a fun pinball RPG… if you play on “casual” so that you don’t have to constantly repair your flippers. An important tip: several characters have multiball abilities. Don’t use them, and don’t waste gold upgrading them! Unlike a normal pinball game where you only need to worry about keep one of the identical balls in play, secondary balls in Rollers are weak, the character still dies if its main ball falls into the drain (and it’s often difficult to tell the balls apart in battle, especially with the Rogue’s balls' dull colors), and secondary balls can’t activate special board locations that advance the level. That last point leads to some almost buggy situations where, for example, on a very long board you can get a secondary ball up to the distant top of the board but the camera won’t follow it. The only good part about multiballs is that the some of the Ranger’s extra balls stick to enemies, so they’re good for dealing with enemies that hang around right beside your flippers.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
Spirit Bounce
This is the best new Arknoidoidish game Eva!
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
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SENRAN KAGURA Peach Ball
Overall, I was pretty surprised with this game. I’ve played more than a few pinball games owning over half of all the games available on the PS4 version of Pinball Arcade, and I’m generally pretty picky abut which ones I play. As far as the gameplay goes, Peach Ball is actually very solid. The two currently available tables are fast paced, have a good variety of mechanics, and have features that set both games apart from each other. On top of that, they’re both very colorful (though the “night” version of Peach Land can actually make certain ball patterns harder to see, especially when it darkens even more during Fever Time) and make good use of the fact that this is a virtual pinball game allowing for some creative mini-games that wouldn’t be possible in a traditional mechanical cabinet. Honestly, if you like pinball, you’ll probably find yourself sucked into both games for a good while. My biggest gripe with the game is the complete and utter lack of an online leaderboard. How this isn’t in the game is beyond me. For a game in which a high score is the only true goal, this is an extremely standard feature.
– Real player with 39.0 hrs in game
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EDITED TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I bought this game because it’s pinball. I’m now aware that it’s part of a long running series of games, each apparently in a different genre. There’s also an anime series, but I’ve never seen it.
As a video pinball game it’s good, with two different tables. The first you can play in Day, Evening, or Night. The second table can be played during different seasons. There are 5 playable characters that you can play as, or you can select random and leave which character you play up to chance. Each table has a Local Leaderboard. Also, each of the 5 Story Mode Stages has it’s own High Scores board as well. You can select Letters, Numbers, and Symbols.
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game