I’ve been licking my chops for more pinball. Over the past couple months any time I wanted more pinball action I would go for achievements and I’ve gotten pretty high on some older tables. I’m even in the top 400 overall on 3 tables. So when I heard 4 new tables were coming out I checked my email about every day waiting for news on when it would come out, and I can tell you as of this article it is out and ready for you to get. This pack is called Avengers Chronicles and these four tables pit the Avengers in four different scenarios many know from the movies and the comics. I played each table once through just to wet my whistle and then went straight into the one I liked the most at first.
World War Hulk.
That’s right, the World War Hulk series is a part of this grouping. I played with this table for around 4 hours and the thing that makes this one so good is you feel like a maniac because there are so many ramps to shoot and they are easy to aim at. Within ten minutes I was getting combo after combo after combo. 5 ramps in a row, 6, 7, 8, etc. Within about an hour I had already gotten 100 Million points on this one. After my total play time my best score was 184 Million. The reason being is there are 3 very doable multiballs and completing each mission nets you 25M a piece. There’s also a nice random award shot which can usually net you an extra ball. The missions I recommend are Hulk vs. Wolverine, and Hulk vs. Dr. Strange. I haven’t actually read this particular series but I’ve heard a lot of good about it, and if you have read the series you’ll likely get a lot of what’s going on.
Fear Itself
This is an interesting table, it has a wacky under orbit which is what originally drew me to the table. This table is based on a 2011 comic series of the same name and it focuses a lot on Thor and Captain America. Thor and the different “Worthy” play a prominent role in this table. The main missions are based around each of these different “Worthy” which have interesting missions for you. I’ve been stuck playing Nerkkod’s because I love multiballs and I want to get it down. The missions are easy to start so there’s a lot to do right off the bat. The highest score I’ve gotten on this one is around 30 Million, but I figure I’ll probably put a lot of practice into since I haven’t played too much of it to this point.
I should mention at this point that the last time these guys came out with a 4 pack Marvel Table I ranked them based on my first impressions but as I played the tables and got better I found myself liking some I thought I wouldn’t and so there’s some longevity in some of these tables that you might not see at first.
Infinity Gauntlet
The very first comic book I ever bought was actually a part of the Infinity Gauntlet series. Adam Warlock fighting Thanos, that was my introduction to comics. Since then I’ve made sure to find other old Infinity Gauntlet stuff and I now own a bunch of those old comics. So finding out there was a new Infinity Gauntlet table I was stocked. This one does what Ghost Rider did in the last pack, is that when you attempt a mission you get the gem for it and are able to keep going. Some other tables have done this and what I love about it is that it means you can often get to the hardest battle on the table even while being rusty or not as good. The table Sorcerers Lair was the first one I scored over 100 Million on, and it had that same sort of idea where you could get to the final mission by just attempting the other missions.
Avengers
Finally we have Avengers, based on the movie more so then the comics. This one has a very interesting idea where you have balls themed after each of the characters each with their own power, so for instance The Captain America ball gives you a longer ball save where as Hawkeye’s ball gives you more chances at getting the kickback arrows.
Being that this table is based on the movie the main six characters are Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow and The Hulk. From my friends who are playing this seems to be their favorite table. I haven’t figured out this table all that well yet but it’s mostly because I’ve been sinking more hours into the other tables.
Great pack here. The only weird thing is that the xbox achievements are lessened, there’s only one per table, but after sending an email I found it’s because of the xbox’s restrictions on number of achievements. You can find these and other tables by downloading the Pinball FX2 on the Xbox Live Arcade. These can also be found on the PSNetwork.