Hyperspace Pinball

This game has lots of potential with extra additions in its gameplay, but what worries me is that the map in this game is simplified - I don't know why they decided that - making it less fun in a long run than original Pinball game. I just play this game sometimes to get the achievements, but it's so frustrating I might just leave it unfinished.

I have 300 games and this is my hands down favorite.

You may look at this review and think, this guy has barely even played the game so why should I care what he thinks? That's fair. But the reason I haven't played much is because the game is simply unplayable with my game controller. Other pinball games like Zen Pinball or Pinball Arcade both do a good job of supporting game controllers, but HP simply fails to get it right, and I can't really play using the keyboard very well because my laptop keyboard is too small for my big hands. Beyond that, this game is the pinball equivalent of a f first-person shooter that uses the numeric keypad to control movement instead of the standard WASD keys, You can allegedly remap the controls, but then it won't let you select some combinations of controller button and game function, making it impossible to use the same controller scheme as those other pinball games.

so appealing well done

I've been a fan of pinball for a very long time, from the video game versions to actual real-life games and a myriad of variants in between. Hyperspace Pinball is a game that I can casually pick up and enjoy playing for a couple of rounds when I want to break up an increment of time and escape for a little bit. In pinball terms, it's a game I can kind of relax to.. it's simple, yet has enough complexity to keep my interest.. it has visual appeal (I don't find the visual effects distracting at all like some other users), the little geometric shapes, the power-ups, the morphing table as you jump from "realm" to "realm" through portals that you unlock. It's got mini-challenges to randomize the play and keep things interesting. It doesn't necessarily have the "feel" of a traditional pinball video game and maybe the physics of the ball aren't Newtonian accurate to the smallest degree, but they're plenty accurate enough to make an engaging game. By comparison, the real-life Joust pinball table is one of my favorite pinball variants to play and it doesn't feel like "traditional" pinball at all.. but it still has the energy, the speed, the relative skill it takes to work around gravity, ke…

What a nice, simple, well-made video pin. It plays fast, shooting is easy(if maybe a bit mindless), ball saves are handed out like candy, and the nudge is juiced to make the ball go where you want without trying. There are bosses and occasional bonus modes to break things up, but for the most part you are challenged by semi-random moving targets. Definitely not a sim game, but a great example of what pin physics can do if the rules are bent.