Ant-Man Pinball

[BarbieBobomb]

The Ant-Man table is live on PSN in North America! PSN SCEE tomorrow as usual

[Beliskner]

@heinz: I won the Portal tournament on the PS3 so I got a code for the table. Stuff usually gets added to the store many days in advance but isn't visible until the update

[BarbieBobomb]

We have a new trailer to celebrate the release of Marvel’s Ant-Man Pinball, coming this week! Check it out here on our YouTube channel, and don’t forget to subscribe!

[Heinz]

Played a couple games already and it's definitely the best Marvel table in a while (not saying the others were bad but this one stands out

How can you play this table already ? On an US- account ? As it is not out in Europe yet and will be published tommorow, won´t it ?

[Beliskner]

Played a couple games already and it's definitely the best Marvel table in a while (not saying the others were bad but this one stands out). Some things I can say already:
Positives:
+ Creative Multiball modes
+ Stackable modes galore (I think you can stack all the main modes except for Sparring?) can give you insane amounts of points
+ Risk/Reward wizard modes are awesome. Keeping the game going as long as possible before entering wizard mode can boost those jackpots like crazy which I really enjoy
+ The glowing ball during the shrink multiball is great fun
+ Overall very comfortable design as most of the posts and targets next to the ramps don't send the ball flying god knows where
+ I was sceptical when I first saw the balloon at the top as I remember in the Pinball Arcade the table Circus Voltaire had a similar thing going on and it was ruining my games all the time. This one doesn't which is nice

Negatives:
- Main modes are too bland for my taste (aside from Sparring which is cool). I think there was more potential here.
- The left "kick back" is frustrating as hell. I don't know if there's some rhythm that you can get consistent at but I have better chances with the bang back than getting the ball out of that thing.
- The ramp that comes up when you have to lock a ball for Yellowjacket MB can get in the way quite a bit if you're playing any other mode. Again not a huge deal but that ramp did deny me some 10M shots during the Chase mode.


Overall: This is a great one. The flow is rarely disrupted and there's always stuff to do and modes to stack for insane action on the table. I'm not very familar with the Ant-Man character and his stories so I don't know if anything was missed or if Zen got anything wrong here. Whatever the case I'm sure most people will enjoy this one as much as I did. Especially the people who love going for high scores as this is a very high scoring table. I put up a score of 1,123M for now and I feel like that's quite low still. This could easily be pushed to 25,000M+ by the big guns

[Kemetman]

Looking forward to the release of this table tomorrow!

[mpad]

Yeah if it helps to make good tables, whatever...
Still wish there were more tables like epic quest etc.
And, pinball unrelated, I want more room for good movies in the cinema.
Mad max fury road was so cool, full of action, and minmal cgi. Way better than avengers, where I almost fell asleep.
Fury road would also be a great theme for a table

[ShoryukenToTheChin]

In all honesty the Tables Theme is surplus to the Gameplay. As long as the Gameplay is fun, I will always keep coming back and playing these Tables. Marvel is a big name with the masses now, I myself am a fan of the genre so I'm not what you would call impartial to the debate.

Blade is a Marvel Table, and to this date is one of the best Digital Pinball Tables I have ever had the pleasure of playing. Then you have Moon Knight, and Fear Itself. Of course there are others but those really scream to me.

[surf1der]

I think the marvel cow gave enough milk. At least in the cinema. Every week a new marvel movie. Come on. It's so interchangeable.
Maybe we are just not that much into comics in Europe.

Still interested in any new table.
More originals please.

Marvel is an American company but Zen Studios is a European (Hungary) company. But many of us have mentioned that we are tired of Marvel themes. There was hopeful talk about moving away from Marvel last year but I think that just meant they had more star wars tables to release and that Marvel would simply be on the back burner for a short period. I don't think there is any chance that Zen will stop doing Marvel tables. And the movie tie-ins are becoming a regular thing with Ant Man, Avenger 1 and 2, and Guardians of the Galaxy. I am sure they sell better than originals because Marvel tables make up around half of their entire library. I think those who are pinball fans but dislike comics have to just accept that Marvel tables are here to stay.

[mpad]

I think the marvel cow gave enough milk. At least in the cinema. Every week a new marvel movie. Come on. It's so interchangeable.
Maybe we are just not that much into comics in Europe.

Still interested in any new table.
More originals please.

[Kemetman]

This table looks very cool and I love Ant-Man! Very much looking forward to it.

[skyway73]

There's a top ramp that is behind the magnify glass. I only notice it because of the lane arrow.

Ah yes! I see it now, thanks for that. Looks like it feeds directly back to that top flipper, hopefully there's some consecutive loop incentive, I love that kind of shot.

[shogun00]

It's not obvious (to me anyway) what we'll be aiming at off the top flipper?

There's a top ramp that is behind the magnify glass. I only notice it because of the lane arrow.

[skyway73]

Ooo, looks nice! Shrinking pinballs?? Wonder how that will work, can't wait to see. I spotted a ramp/jump which looks like it'll pop up on the right, that looks fun. Seems like we will hit that large glowing ball at the back too, nice. It's not obvious (to me anyway) what we'll be aiming at off the top flipper? I'm sure it'll all become clearer.

I personally don't see much likeness to the Captain America table?

[shogun00]

Looking forward to it.