Mom's Minute

Pinball FX 2 Paranormal for the Xbox 360

Pinball FX 2 is a downloadable video game available for the Xbox 360.  From October 30, 2011 until November 2, 2011, if you already  downloaded Pinball FX 2,  Zen Studios had an offer for a free Paranormal table  (pictured) for the Xbox 360.  Hopefully you were able to take advantage of this offer if you were interested in playing Pinball FX 2 Paranormal. 

Pinball FX 2 is played by downloading various tables, with each table having a specific theme.

I was happy to watch a themed Pinball FX 2 game, Captain America,  being played by one of my family members.

Pinball FX 2:  Captain America table

I always enjoy watching my family members play and get very high scores winning video games, including downloadable games!

The news here is that even though  Pinball FX 2 tables are currently available for download only for the Xbox 360, eventually the tables may be available for download for Microsoft OnLive.

Here is the quote from Zen Studios in response of the question of whether Pinball FX 2 is coming to OnLive.

"....Actually guys, don't be surprised if you see this in the not too distant future."

The article states that due to Pinball FX 2's new set of achievements, worldwide scoreboards, table add-ons and multiplayer tournaments -- Pinball FX 2 will go well with OnLive.

Ms. H's take: Instead of asking why, I would ask why not make this game available for the PC based OnLive!  The graphics I saw as well as the expert game play by my family member, leaves no doubt with me that this game should be expanded to OnLive.  In fact, my family member won a tournament -- amassing a phenomenally large number of points on this competitive game.

In addition to the graphics, I liked the realistic sounds of the "flippers" on the video game pinball machine.

I think it was very creative on the table designers/developers' part, to have Captain America emerge from the table, and actually fight against the onslaught of pinballs.  Captain America was shown bending down on one knee, left arm behind his back and using the shield in his right hand to protect himself.   At the back  of the table  was another Captain America ready to protect himself aganst an alien villian!

I actually played Pinball FX 2 Paranormal for the Xbox 360!  I could easily handle the controls, and the pinballs moved in concert with my operation of  the levers.  Even though I do not like snakes, I think it was a good effect to have a snake appear on the left side of the video game pinball machine.

If I had to choose between the tables I saw, I would choose the Captain America table -- mainly because of the animated figures that appeared with the game.  However, to me both games were enjoyable to watch as well as to play!

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