Rollers of the Realm Reviews

this game makes pinball fun

Fun way to blow off steam!

Game isn't fun. Tables are boring. The RPG/adventure element takes away the fun of the pinball gameplay in my opinion. I went back to Devil's Crush (Turbografx-16) for my pinball fix.

Awesome take on the Pinball genre, where different heroes that you acquire throughout the campaign mode are represented as balls themselves, each having their own unique attributes and Special abilities that affect how you use them on each level. In each level you gain XP and gold for killing enemies, finding treasure, etc. Between levels you can go to "The Port" where you can buy upgrades for all of your current characters or even hire new heroes! As you get more heroes, you'll unlock new dialogue when you play old levels which I found to be an awesome touch that helps add to the replayability. The voice acting is pretty solid, it took viewing the end credits to find out that certain voice actors played multiple roles which is impressive. The gameplay and ball physics are great, with very few instances of "how did THAT happen?!" which I find all too common in most other pinball games. My biggest complaint thus far is that I was able to complete the campaign in about 3hrs, and found all of the treasure within 5 hours. I still have lots of upgrades and a final hero to unlock, and I have yet to try the Arena mode (I'm not sure if items/gold/etc in Arena mode will carry over to your Campaign progress or vice versa so I've been trying to max out everything in Campaign before jumping into Arena) I believe that if a game's biggest weakness is that it's not long enough, that tells me it is a solid experience! The overall art style is great, and the cutscenes, while short and unanimated (still images), are done well and make for some neat screenshots. The music and sound effects are serviceable. Absolutely worth checking out if you are a fan of Pinball games, and in fact I already have the sequel wishlisted and followed as I can't wait to continue the adventure and see what new mechanics and story are in store!