It does seem this one has lost its luster over the years, but it is still hard to beat free.
As far as said free offerings go, the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein™ table feels pretty quick to get the hang of. Once you know your timings, you can pretty consistently sit there and get the letter bonus over and over. The free to play table of the month is a nice feature for testing out the paid stuff. I got to play the Star Trek table based off the somewhat recent around the time this game came out (2013) movie. It was also a decent time.
Overall it is a fine little virtual pinball game that serves as sort of a time capsule not just of the cabinets it emulates, but the video representations of the era.
It's far from perfect, though. As I've mentioned, it's a bit dated. The application simply crashes on the wrong settings, and the look and vibe of the whole thing, while a bit nostalgic perhaps, is not the highest quality by today's standards. There is also the fact that this thing in its free, base version takes up just over 19 GB, which is a lot for some virtual pinball to be burning a hole in my system, so I won't be leaving this installed for playing whenever. For any achievement hunters and folks looking for Steam perks, you can still earn some achievements and level up your badge, but you need to spend money on this to earn any cards. Additionally, you simply can't 100% this game any more since a lot of content has been removed over the years (or, rather, you can't get it any more). Sooo...if you are someone who cares about these things, be warned.
If you're just someone who wants to play a little bit of free virtual pinball (and have a decent amount of free space on your computer), this game can be worth checking out. Personally, I won't be splurging on the DLC - at least not any time soon and especially not at full price. Still, I'm glad I checked this one out.
