Usually, one plays pinball to get a lot of points and, maybe, even beat one of the top 10 times, aiming to become the first one in that top, sooner or later, but those enjoying Mystery Mansion Pinball iPod are more like crusaders against evil. Crusades seem a bit outdated to me, and the endless fight against evil, as well, but if there are chicks involved, let it be...
Here's what the producer says you'll get from this game, although features may be slightly different, depending on the mobile platform you're using - after all, it can be Mystery Mansion Pinball iPod, iPhone, and so on...
- B-Movie Atmosphere: Fun and scary setting with lots of familiar characters—Frankenstein’s monster, werewolves, vampires, etc.
- Design based on the most successful and thrilling real pinball games.
Incorporates the latest pinball machine functionality, such as fun mini-videogames that you can play on the machine’s LED scoreboard.
- Incredible attention to detail to reproduce the real sensation of playing pinball.
While the board and the items are well designed, a little problem for this game could be the scrolling camera, which moves up and down, left and right, up and down, and so on - with the obvious reason of following the ball.
Even more, when playing Mystery Mansion Pinball iPod, you get more than just the main game, since mini-games also popup from time to time, just as you would be playing on a pinball machine scoring screen! This is a interesting addition, and it surely brings a nice break and tempo change.
At last, there's a really funny thing to mention - I don't know exactly how many real pinball machines would be sold if they would keep repeating "I am the devil" over and over again. I am not the religious type, but for God's sake, someone call an exorcist and get rid of this devil who's spoiling much of the fan that can be had by playing Mystery Mansion Pinball iPod!