The Pinball Wizard

The pinball wizard is a disappointing experience. At first it seems like it could be a decent game, I generally like Indies that combine genres to make something new. However just a couple levels in you will quickly realize that enemies are killing you in one hit and you need to replay old levels to get stronger. There is maybe 20 minutes of content but because of the required grind it took me about 80 minutes to beat the 21 levels of the tower. The endless mode is not worth playing because it is just defeating the same respawning enemies over and over and you can’t even play the tower anymore because now you one-shot everything. This game feels like it was abandoned in the prototype stage then they slapped a bit of paint on it and sold it.

Mostly fun, but the ball is very slippery and physics feel slightly unpredictable. Also, the final boss is super unfun and has an unskippable cutscene (a single unskippable cutscene is one too many.) Also, there is this bizarre mechanic where your ball/character can go flying out of the arena, resulting in death. I can't pin down exactly what causes this, but it makes no sense and is bad. Plus, I thought I was inside a tower...?

I'm willing to admit this 100% might be a skill issue but this was really tedious and boring. Felt like I was just re-trying levels over and over until I got lucky and beat a level. "Pinball with spells" and your only spells are dash or throw another orb. It just doesn't really deliver on that aspect, the wizard part is mostly pointless. The ball mechanics are so painfull too, it feels like rolling a ball through mud. I went out-of-bounds multiple times too, which just fully kills you. The final boss-fight is boring with how easy it is, but there's a few ways to insta-kill yourself very easily which makes it tedious. The normal enemies are also nothing exciting either. The 'rogue-like' upgrade system is annoying too, it has such number bloat (why is it 250,000 just make it 2500) and the upgrades are incredibly boring. It's just basic % up

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I Originally brought this game because it reminded me a lot about World flipper, a now out of service game that i loved to bits. I thought buying this would give me a similar feeling and it kinda did in a way. the thing that annoys me is that the game crashes a lot for no reason at all. Switching menus? Crashed. Dying in the game? Crashed. Upgrading skills? Crashed. It was very common for me and it ruined the vibe with me. And it isn't because my PC is bad. I have a very decent PC that can play games like Vintage Story on HIGH settings with no issues. The game is a little short too- i managed to finish the game in under 2 hours which for 9$ isn't worth the value. I'm sorry but this game is one of the few games ill be refunding. If this game didnt crash all the time I would have considered a positive review. In fact one play session I managed to play about 20 rounds without it crashing. Which actually made the game more enjoyable. but after that it just kept crashing. I even got angry DMS from people about me keep opening this game so much, thats how bad it is. Anyways this is the end of my review

A little on the short side and a little easy, but it was very fun for it's duration. I will likely be returning to do some of the bonus dungeons. Also, very cute art style.

Even pinball games are getting a roguelike.

I may suck at pinball but this game ain't that great. There are several mechanics that I could point to that very clearly show that the devs understood that the game had a fundamental problem, but it's like putting a band aid on a major wound.

Ótimo passatempo O jogo é bem divertido e muito bom quando se precisa matar tempo, porém isso não deixa ele menos desafiador com fases que te fazem passar raiva. É bem legal a visão que ele dá de um pinball de batalha, com magias e ataques. 7,5/10

The pinball wizand é como o nome diz, um jogo de pinball que acaba por ser mesclado com exploração de dungeons. A ideia é única e bastante interessante mas sua execução peca muito, seja em seu tempo muito curto ou em suas poucas variações, tanto de inimigos quanto de fases. Apesar de tudo, é uma experiência interessante. Talvez um pouco frustrante nos níveis mais altos mas certamente algo único que deixa um okay. Pode usar pra limpar seu palato depois de jogos muitos difíceis ou complexos. COMPRE EM PROMOÇÃO. Nível na escala de divertimento: CACILDES, PARA DE MORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!! TOMA TOMA TOMA BOLADAAAAAAA!!!!!!