Pinball FX3 - Universal Classics™ Pinball DLC

Yes I would rather they had the original voices etc, but it is a long way from a deal breaker, the Back to the Future table is my current fave out of the 250+ tables I have here on steam, it's awesome, enuf sed :)

by far, the WORST tables available in the whole list. i THINK zen was trying to make like "oldschool" tables here and failed in every way. 1. theyre not fun. 2. the constant quips and repetitive one liners get old, very fast. 3. the tables are just inconsistent and this makes them not fun. for instance, it can take 20 minutes or 20 seconds to rack up 20 million points, with Blind luck. too much random, not enough fun. the ONLY dlc pinball ive bought so far that i regret.

Tables are okay, but no licensed music and very uninspired substitute especially for Back to the Future table is big negative.

The only thing licensed are the names/titles and the imagery. No licensed music or voices. The BTTF table has poor 'look a like voice-acting', the Jaws table doesn't even have the almost classic 'tu dum' and the E.T. table is just lame. This is a prime example of how not to use licensing. Buy it at a discount because the BTTF table is still fun to play.

The tables are like, fine, nothing really awful, nothing to write home about. Use of licenses is extremely weak though. No official imagery, no official sounds, no official music. Imagine if they re-released Sorcerer's Lair as-is but called it Harry Potter Pinball, it's basically on that level.

Reviews are mixed for the Universal Classics DLC, for good reason, but in terms of play I think this is a decent set of fantasy tables. Wait for a sale price though. Key problem is that Zen was not allowed to use either music or sound clips from the films, severely hurting the authenticity. [b]Back to the Future - 4/5[/b] - The voice acting leaves something to be desired, but this table is rather unique how it uses pop-up characters as obstacles blocking the back half of the board, creating an unusual play dynamic. The different years you can visit from all 3 movies also makes it easy to have a fresh experience each time you play. [b]E.T. - 3/5[/b] - A rather conventional layout for a fantasy table, but then it has wonderful atmosphere during the night time portions. Good flow for the ball. References scenes from the movie nicely. [b]Jaws - 1/5[/b] - At a glance this table is gorgeous, but then it just doesn't play well and I quickly grew annoyed with the layout. Given time I can overlook someone else voicing Doc Brown or E.T. However, the voice work here for Quint is an abomination compared to the performance of Robert Shaw. Even worse, they couldn't cover John Williams' classic music, so there's no drama. I love the film and loathe this table. [b]Overall - 3/5[/b]

These are "licensed" classics? Licensed from what? The Back to the Future game isn't based on the actual 1990 Back to the Future pinball. None of the sounds are from the actual movie or actors. Same for Jaws and ET. These are more like knock-offs than licensed works.

I'm a big Back to the Future trilogy fan, so when I saw that it was going to be one of the tables for the Universal Classics Pinball FX3 release, I had to get it. And boy am I glad I did. It is so much fun and such a great use of the movie license. Yes there are pros and cons and most of the cons everyone in their negative reviews have stated. But the game is not just about what the folks have a problem with. Even though, yes, it is a problem. And a big one. Lets get the problem with the three tables out of the way here and now... You make three tables based on movies and you use all the quotes and moments yet YOU DON'T GET THE MUSIC OR VOICES FROM THE FILMS? What are you thinking over there? Playing Back to the Future without hearing the theme from Back to the Future makes no sense at all. You get the music from Star Wars but you can't do so with Jaws, ET and BTTF? The vocals are horrible. Yes as everyone has complained about, the voices in all three games are really terrible sounding NOTHING like the actual voice actors from the film. Doc Brown from BTTF and Elliot from ET are just really horrible to listen to saying the famous quotes from the films so badly and sounding nothing like the actual actors of the film. I mean even using acutal sound bites from the movies would have worked great here. I just can't believe you get the rights to the movies but couldn't with the music and sounds of the movie? Makes zero sense. And yes, I hate the vocals and lack of movie soundtracks of the game. Very much. Its inexcusable and they probably shouldn't have released it without getting the proper vocals and music. I want to hear the Back to the Future overture, Jaws Theme and ET Theme. Not poor sorta kinda representations of them! But... that's the only major problem with the three tables. Besides that, the tables are really great. I mean a lot of fun great. Some of the best to be released for Pinball FX. My favorite easily is the Back to the Future table. The table has you go through every time period that all three movies took us too and your goal is to go through the plot from the movie of each year by doing ramps and hitting things a certain amount of times to trigger the next event before you have to travel to another time period to do it again. It has great multi ball moments, great use of the movie license with the flux capacitor, hoverboard and DeLorean playing a big part of things. I haven't had so much fun with a table in a very long time. It should be noted though that these tables seem a bit easier than other ones. I was able to get through the whole game and all of its time periods in one session without too much trouble. But again that doesn't make it any less fun. The game is a blast and one I will continue to play. Yes the lack of voices and music hurts but it again doesn't take away from the fun of the game. They do use effects from the movie in subtle ways and definitely have music fitting to the year you are in in a movie related way. I do hope and wish that they will update the game and get the proper vocals and music into it somehow in an update patch. That would really make this the best experience of all time. The ET table and Jaws tables are fun too. I'm not a big fan of Jaws the movie so the table doesn't have any real connection to me and the missions on ET are not as much fun to me but they are all solid games here and as long as you can put up with weird sounding vocals and non movie related music, you will get a lot of enjoyment out of these Universal Classics tables for Pinball FX3. I don't think the lack of music and vocals is enough to say this game is negative. I do think Zen Studios did drop the ball here though by not getting the vocals and music before releasing this but that can be fixed and it doesn't take away from the fun of the tables in the slightest. So if vocals and music matter THAT MUCH to you. Don't get as you won't like. If you are a fan of any or all of these movies, and can deal with it, then you will enjoy these very much. I am glad I got these tables and think they all fit the movies they are from quite well and can't wait to see what's next. But Zen.. FIX THOSE VOCALS AND MUSIC! Please.. get the rights and do what you have to. Enjoy all. The table are great and worth the cost easily.

The tables look great, however, NONE of the voices/music are from the actual movies. The voices in the BTTF table for example are mostly poor impressions of Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. VERY disappointing, as these tables are great otherwise.

I'm not sure why they bothered purchasing the rights for these movies. You don't get any of the music from Jaws, BTTF or even ET. I mean, really, no Jaws theme on your pinball table? Wat. The voices are all changed as well. In fact, I kinda want to punch Doc Brown in the face after hearing him speak so much. That being said, it isn't all bad, just highly lackluster. The Jaws table is the best of the bunch with some interesting modes. I can't recommend it for $10, though. Buy it on sale or just get the Alien tables or even the Bethesda ones.