PinballFX2--New tables!

Zen Studio's PinballFX2 is one of my favorite casual games.  It's nice to be able to sit down and play a game (or ten) of pinball.  Once in awhile I find myself drifting back to the many pinball tables I have accumulated as part of this modern take on a classic arcade staple.  I hadn't played any pinball for awhile and recently decided to check out some of the new additions to the line-up of available tables.

Trying to control my desire to binge purchase all the new tables I ended up settling on buying just one (I'll wait for a sale to come along and then hopefully get the others).  After viewing the movie Guardians of the Galaxy and enjoying it, I decided I understood enough about the universe as depicted in the movie to buy the pinball table.  The table features all of the unlikely heroes from the film--Peter "Starlord" Quill, Rocket, Groot, Gamora, and Drax.  There's a really challenging sequence at the beginning of each game featuring a five ball multiball that is supposed to represent the attack on the space prison known as the Kyln.  It's basically complete chaos where you do your best to keep all the balls in play for 30 seconds.

After you finish the multiball chaos the game resembles a regular pinball table with missions, goals, and special events.  The missions on this table match up to the heroes and each one has a different goal.  You shoot lit ramps and hit targets in an attempt to take down Ronan as he fights Quill or you help Rocket, the genetically engineered raccoon, attack and defend.  Each character has a different set of goals and your job is to try to accomplish them all.  Fans of the movie will appreciate the many references to the events from the film.  Fans of seventies music will appreciate the seventies themed music that plays (no actual pop hits, unfortunately) in the background.

There have also been several other tables released that look fun.  There is a new two-table pack that are themed around the hilarious Comedy Central adult-cartoon South Park.  One table follows the show itself while the other is themed around the character of Butters.  A Spiderman themed Venom table is a solo addition that can be purchased by comic book fans.  The most recent additions are two new Zen tables (not tied to any comic books, but just themed) dubbed "Iron and Steel."  The "Iron" table is a Wild West themed table complete with a lady cowboy and lots of shootouts. The "Steel" table is a medieval fantasy/RPG themed table featuring goofy knights battling different baddies.