[tomc1985]

Pinball FX3 is so hostile to regular gamers too. The level select screen makes it really hard to see which tables you own and which you don't (to incentivize you to buy more), until you go and find them and add them to favorites column. There is no way to filter the list by tables you own. I am so sick of this upsell bullshit when I have already given them my money, and even worse most of the list is licensed franchise bullshit for properties I do not care about.

Also their ball physics feel weird. It has gotten better from FX -> FX2 -> FX3, but still feels off. Their remakes of actual tables seem to have a different physics model and ball interactions feel a lot more plausible

[oceanghost]

This is why I don't play much virtual pinball. Its different enough subtly to wreck the physics model in your brain about IRL pinball.

I have a friend who streams Pinball Arcade on Twitch--and he's very good at it but he relies on a lot of nudging which is very difficult to do IRL. It involves physical strength and you have to have clearance around the machine-- but its just a button on the controller.

The real hobgoblin is how consistent the game play is. The table never dents, parts are never misaligned, there's never a playfield protector on that subtly changes how the ball acts in certain places. The timing of the shots are always exxacctllyyy the same.