The new table from our friends at PinballFX2 is out today and I’ve got the scoop for you. This one is called Epic Quest and it is excellent for beginners. The biggest reason is because it has an RPG element to it where you can gain armor and better weapons and they hold over from one game to the next. So basically what that means is when you have sunk all three of your balls and you start over on the table, your experience and your items are still there, it’s like hitting the continue button instead of game over. So the game rewards you for the more you play, and the more you play the better you get.
In this picture you can see though it is a little small the ramp which says sword underneath. So how this table works is you are a young knight trying to defeat monsters and save the princess. There are 12 underling type monsters and then one final boss. When you fight the monsters you shoot the sword ramp to swing your sword, the shield ramp to raise you shield, the dodge ramp to dodge and so on and then when you defeat them you can loot them for better armor to help against harder bad guys. You also gain experience which helps you raise your score and that experience stays with you through multiple games.
Now here is the reason why I think this might be one of the best tables for beginners. After killing each monster you are able to shoot a ramp which lets you drop one of the balls onto this princess pictured above, when the princess has three balls you start the princess multiball. Now here’s the thing, it’s like a roulette table where you can get special bonuses by dropping each ball into one of the slots, and it’s really easy to time your shot. Well one of those slots is the extra ball and so during the multiball you need to get one of the 3 balls to trigger the extra ball basically giving you yet another chance at the table. Add to that the slot that says “add ball” which if you sink one of your multiballs you just shoot that ramp and you’re back up to 3. It’s a great combination, and because of this one of my first times playing I ended up having 7 balls instead of the usual 3, because of this extra ball slot.
After playing for a couple hours I was able to quickly get up to 150 Million in points and really felt accomplished with the table. If you haven’t picked this up yet this would be a great one to start on and the more experienced players will find this one will boost their ego quite a bit. You can get this for 240 points on Xbox, $2.49 on the PS3 of 99 cents on your iphones or androids.