Pinball FX2 VR for the Oculus Quest

[Beebo Brink]

Now this looks like fun! I'm definitely getting myself a pinball game for my Quest.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Ooh, if I had a VR set I, personally, would want to try that out. Interesting that it's FX2 rather than FX3, though, which has been out for some time now.

I really like pinball recreations, even if they take some liberties with physics vs old-time tables. Sometimes what they add makes it very enjoyable.

Any idea what table you might try first?

 

[Beebo Brink]

They all look amazing. I just pre-ordered my game.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

They all look amazing. I just pre-ordered my game.

Ooh, does it come with all of them, unlike the regular version where you pay for individual tables or groups of tables? That would be even more awesome!

I was going to tell you some of my favorites, but figure everyone is different and you will find those you prefer. The newer version of Pinball FX (3) has some recreations of real tables now, too. They acquired the Midway license which used to be held by Pinball Arcade.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Ooh, does it come with all of them....

Yes, apparently so! And just $15, so worth even it's only mildly entertaining. Fingers crossed it's more than that.

 

[Beebo Brink]

For $15, this was definitely worth getting, although I'll probably take a pass on the other table packs. Because I'm so not a gamer, it took me a few sessions to get oriented, learn the control functions and get past a rather overwhelming amount of visual motion, but I'm enjoying myself more and more each time I go play.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Yeah, the tables do usually have a lot going on and I could see how that would be disorienting. The original Pinball FX was released for the XBox 360 when they likely wanted flashy and to take advantage of a digital platform vs regular tables. I took a look at the games they gave you. Mars, Secrets of the Deep and Epic Quest. Those are some of their original self-made (not licensed) games. They don't have as much going on as later games so maybe that is why they picked them. Of the three, I like Epic Quest.

I took a look at the dlc, too. They really don't have that many of their games ported over to it yet, like the Star Wars and Marvel Universe ones. They have tons of those. I wonder if it's licensing issues with Disney or if they just haven't gotten around to it. Of the DLC, the Walking Dead one is okay. The Universal one is okay, but way overpriced. The season 1 has a few good ones (CastleStorm and Wild West Rampage).

People are asking why they haven't made it for Pinball FX3 as that is the newest version with new features like competing against others online, special unlocks and so forth.

I would beware on the dlc though, because they did something when they moved over to Pinball FX3. They ported over most of the tables, but not all, due to licensing I guess. Because of that, I have to have both installed if I want access to all of my tables. I could see that happening here too, when eventually they do make VR for Pinball FX3.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

For $15, this was definitely worth getting, although I'll probably take a pass on the other table packs. Because I'm so not a gamer, it took me a few sessions to get oriented, learn the control functions and get past a rather overwhelming amount of visual motion, but I'm enjoying myself more and more each time I go play.

Can you bump the tables? I didn't see the guy trying in the video, or at least I didn't notice it.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Can you bump the tables? I didn't see the guy trying in the video, or at least I didn't notice it.

Yes! You can! It's a button on the left controller, that I clicked by accident, maybe it's the trigger. Whatever, the table SHOOK, with a lovely tingle of the handset.