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Zen Pinball 2: new tables Wii U, PS3, PS4, Vita, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, Zen Studios, cert: N/A(Observer (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Pinball has come a long way since the dodgy arcades of my youth. . . and Zen Studios has cornered the market in slick, cinematic, heavily franchised tables pumped straight to handheld or console. In increasing order of marketing clout, here we have Deadpool, Doctor Strange, The Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy. Unusually, the most-hyped franchises prove the most fun. But all four tables are excellent, and are well worth the hours necessary to get anywhere respectable on the leaderboards. These become available once the full version is downloaded, although you can try any and all of them for free. The ball physics is superb, the original voice cast in The Walking Dead unexpected, and the automatic 60-second multiball at the start of every single game of Guardians of the Galaxy continually gratifying. At pounds 2.39 each (on Wii U store) you can't really argue, although the byzantine download system will annoy. Serge Pennings (c) 2014 Guardian Newspapers Limited. |