{"id":11890,"date":"2014-05-26T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=11890"},"modified":"2014-05-16T00:11:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T00:11:21","slug":"star-wars-pinball-heroes-within-360-ps4-ps3-vita-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/26\/star-wars-pinball-heroes-within-360-ps4-ps3-vita-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within (360, PS4, PS3, Vita, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STARWARS_BOX\"<\/a>A (not so) long, long time ago in arcades (not so) far, far away, there was pinball.\u00a0 While pinball isn\u2019t as big as it once was, Zen Studios helps keep it alive with their video pinball titles for many of today\u2019s major game consoles.\u00a0 Some of these tables feature popular characters from licenses like Marvel Comics.\u00a0 Another one of their more well-known licenses is Star Wars, and now you can download for new tables in Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within (reviewed on Pinball FX2 for 360 here).<\/p>\n

When you download Pinball FX 2 or Zen Pinball 2 (depending on which game console you own), you\u2019re just downloading the hub.\u00a0 It\u2019s free, and then you purchase separate tables for play in the game.\u00a0 There are four new tables in Heroes Within, and I\u2019ll briefly go over them next.<\/p>\n

Han Solo<\/strong><\/p>\n

This table features the adventures of everyone favorite space rogue.\u00a0 I think this is my favorite table out of the four.\u00a0 I love the jazzy Cantina music that constantly plays in the background, and you can play mini pinball games inside the Millennium Falcon (although they are hard to figure out).\u00a0 Plus, Han Solo is one of my favorite Star Wars characters (aside from the Ewoks of course), and the Millennium Falcon was one of my favorite toys as a kid.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier to keep the ball in play in this table as well.<\/p>\n

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n

The movie that started it all is now in pinball form.\u00a0 Send the ball up ramps and targets to open up challenges that are based on famous scenes from this iconic first film.\u00a0 This is a real high scoring table, which is always fun.\u00a0 But it is a little harder to keep the ball in play.<\/p>\n

Droids<\/strong><\/p>\n

This table is made to look like the inside of the Jawa Sandcrawler vehicle, and it stars R2-D2 and C-3PO.\u00a0 Shoot up ramps and hit targets to help the two droids free their robot friends and escape from the Sandcrawler!\u00a0 It\u2019s a unique idea, but the rules were a little hard to figure out to me.<\/p>\n

Masters of the Force<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, this table is split down the middle into two halves, representing both sides of the Force.\u00a0 Even the flippers are different colors!\u00a0 Depending on which ramps and targets you hit, you\u2019ll make the table go from Balanced to either siding with the Dark or Light sides of the force.\u00a0 This table features Jedi masters such as Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Darth Maul.<\/p>\n

And those are all the tables.\u00a0 Really the only problems I had with this collection is that some of the rules were hard to figure out and some of the tables were more difficult to keep the ball in play.\u00a0 But it\u2019s still a great download for Star Wars fans and pinball Jedis alike.<\/p>\n

\"STARWARS_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Comic Mischief.\u00a0 It\u2019s pinball, so it\u2019s non-violent and reading is only needed if you want to check out the rules and instructions.\u00a0 Plus, it\u2019s Star Wars, and kids love Star Wars.\u00a0 If your kids are OK with the movies, they\u2019ll definitely be OK with this game, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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