Williams Pinball Hall of Fame – Xbox 360

Oh lordy did I love me some Williams Pinball HoF for the Wii. The physics engine was the most authentic I've experienced and the tables seemed so well modeled. The flippers just felt right with the wiimote/nunchuk combo. My wife may have been looking forward to the 360 version coming out more than I have just so that I would stop talking about being excited to get the whole deal in for real HD.

As context, I have actually been talking about planning another trip to Vegas just to visit the Pinball Hall of Fame again for a few days. That's how much I enjoy playing pinball. Having the Wii version tickle me just right is a very magical thing.

I got home, ripped open the Amazon package, and fired up the 360. I admit, I've only played a few tables, but.. There's just something wrong with the flippers. They're mushy. They're slow. They're what would make me tell the arcade operator they might need some maintenance. I'm going to give it some more time, mostly because I can milk some easy gamer points out of it J BUT, I do so with GRAVE reservation. Even remapping the flippers to the bumpers instead of the analog triggers didn't do it.

I feel kind of empty.

It's still the best pinball for the 360 - definitely superior to the deal of the week of Pinball FX - but I dreamt of so much more.

Update - OK, you get used to the lagginess of the controls.  Just the additional boards available over the Wii version make me feel better.  If you've got a choice, I'd still lean towards the $15 on Amazon Wii version, but this would be great at $30 on Amazon for the 360.