Zombie Rollerz Pinball Heroes Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · March 3, 2022

Our Zombie Rollerz Pinball Heroes Review has us taking on this ultimate mashup of classic pinball, zombie defense, and rogue-like! Shoot, slam and smash your way through hordes of zombies and epic boss fights. Select your hero, it’s time to become a pinball wizard!

Zombie Rollerz Pinball Heroes Review Pros:

Decent cartoon-like graphics.
903.73MB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics – fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, screen shake, Invert ballista, vibration, graphics quality preset, and anti-aliasing.
Pinball gameplay.
3 difficulties – normal, hard, and hell.
Tutorial level but pop-ups throughout.
Easy to learn controls.
Fast loading times.
Quick to learn.
Over map that you use to roam and pick routes, fights, and special events.
Before choosing an encounter you will get told the difficulty (it varies) rewards and any specific challenges.
Your health is persistent across the levels.
As you do a level the game advances one day and the zombie plague edges closer shutting down routes and options.
Earn EXP and level up to unlock new abilities.
Outside of normal pinball paddle control, you can hit enemies with your paddles and charge up special attacks.
To launch the ball back into play you use the ballista and can hit enemies with it.
Combo counter.
Power-ups and Bombs can spawn and cause trouble.
Puzzle encounters.
A handy aiming line comes up to help guide you.
Pick up hearts to regain health or items to help regain health.
Interactions can happen on the Overworld game board like obstacles where you choose how to deal with it like using an item or taking damage etc.
Has a tabletop feel to it.
Find elites and bosses to fight.
You have a lot of control over how the game plays but also your choices on travel matter.
Find Mages and wizards to upgrade stats or abilities.
Collect coins in the levels and on the board.
Damage numbers pop on the screen.
It’s a lot of fun.
As the difficulty increases so do the rather impressive on-screen enemy counts causing epic moments.
Ten characters to unlock each with unique stats and abilities.
Roguelike element in that you can unlock permanent features but you also get one life then your done.
Every run is randomized.
The overall score is used to unlock the chances of a new item’s abilities and characters showing up.
Treasure houses can be found on a level and this is a one-shot attempt at extra rewards.
Earn keys to unlock bonus loot chests.
Every location is unique with its own features.
Every run feels different.
Big boss battles.
Unlock and use many special abilities and minions to fight for you.
Does a good job of keeping the action going and minimizing the ball getting stuck in a loop.
Gets very addictive.
The more you play the more diverse and rewarding the game gets.
Gallery shows all discovered abilities, trinkets, and enemies.
A lot of replay value.
Pinball fragments can be had and every four of these will unlock a new ball modifier slot and then when maxed will increase stats overall.
You can recall the ball back to the ballista at will.
Upgrade your ability cards in a run by picking them on upgrade choices.

Zombie Rollerz Pinball Heroes Review Cons:

Minimal graphic settings.
Cannot rebind controls.
Hitting enemies with the flippers sucks as you think you have time to hit them and they then jump at you from distance and it always catches you by surprise.
Has a bit of luck and RNG to it.
Can get hard to see the ball especially when all the explosions start going off.
Levels can feel claustrophobic at times.
Difficulty ramps up quickly.
The game doesn’t explain everything.
You have to unlock the extra difficulties outside of normal.
If you have the Steam fps counter on it will be in the game window all the time.
Boss fights feel cheap with unblockable attacks.
Takes a while for the game to get going in terms of must-have unlocks to improve it all.
The aiming of the ballista is a right pain as it’s so slow.

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