Dream Pinball 3D for Wii Reviews by Gamers

Let me start by saying that I have been waiting to play Dream Pinball 3D for quite some time. Retail pinball sims have been few and far between, and since the Wii controls are optimal for pinball I had high hopes. Within minutes after seeing that distinctive white and orange envelope in my mailbox my dreams were shattered.
Let me start with what this game gets right. The most important part of any pinball sim is the physics (how well it recreates playing a real machine). While the physics engine here is not perfect, it is far from terrible. In fact I would say its even pretty good. Overall it just feels right and flows smooth. Additionally, the controls are decent as well.
Similar to the recently released Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams collection, flippers are controlled with the B and Z button while nudging is motion controlled. One cool little feature is that you launch the ball by holding A and pulling back the wiimote. Unlike PHOF, DP3D offers players the option to use the wiimote held sideways. DP3D comes with 7 tables, and while this is three less than PHOF, it is a fair number. But it is the tables themselves that truly doomed this game.
Instead of just recreating well known and well liked pins, the developers decided to save some money and create their own machines. What a mistake! It leaves the user with the sense that these people have never played pinball in their entire lives. First, each table gives you 6 balls, which is just strange. Next, the tables have no real objective beyond shooting ramps and collecting points; with no real goal there is no real reason to even play. The designs are cluttered (1 table has 7 flippers!) and yet simple at the same time. Further more the tables themselves are just plain easy. The different balls add nothing.
Graphics are sub par, the music is repetitive and the voiceovers couldn't be more annoying.
I could go on and on about what is wrong with this game but I have a character limit. In sum back to GF it goes.