PBA Pro Bowling
PBA Pro Bowling Arrives on October 22 For $19.99, New Trailer and Details Here
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For the first time in decades, there will be an official PBA Tour video game available on console. PBA Pro Bowling will be launching October 22, on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam/PC for $19.99.
The game includes top PBA pros, a deep career mode with over 100 tournaments, authentic oil patterns, the most advanced bowling physics ever in a video game, commentary from Rob Stone and PBA legend Randy Pedersen and online play.
Some More PBA Pro Bowling Features
- Officially licensed PBA product.
- Real PBA Tour Professionals! Belmo, Butturff, Tackett, Norm Duke, and many more.
- Expert commentary from Rob Stone and PBA legend Randy Pedersen.
- Extensive career mode with over 100 virtual tournaments.
- Dozens of venues and environments.
- Quickplay and local multi-player modes.
- Online leaderboards.
- E-Sports style online tournaments.
- Accurate pro bowling styles featuring motion-captured animations.
- Easy to learn controls modeled after PBA Challenge game.
- Best bowling physics ever in a video game.
- Authentic PBA Tour oil patterns.
- Optional power-ups and special balls.
- Over 100 bonus challenges and achievements.
- Brunswick licensed pins and lane equipment.
- Real licensed bowling balls from 10 different ball manufacturers
It's an indie, niche sports title, my man. Price means nothing with these games. They have to set them low or nobody will buy them. Has nothing to do with quality. Even Super Mega Baseball is cheaper than a AAA sports game.
I was really looking forward to this game but honestly after seeing the video with the 1st person camera of the user when bowling, I'm pretty disappointed. That camera angle and interface just looks absolutely atrocious. I really hope that is just one camera of a few other options, I mean the ball just magically appears on the lane after you choose the direction. For $20 I might still try this one out since I've never played a bowling video game on a console. I'm pretty worried about the gameplay though. The career mode is what has my interest the most, I might wait and see some reviews first.
Rick
How deep is the career mode? Also what is the user bowling interface like? The short video I saw looked like you just point and the ball just rolls. Is it more than that because I would have liked to be able to see my player roll? Thanks
I have the game and played for about 2 hours the first night it came out. Career mode, and the game itself is very similar to the PBA Challenge game on your phone. I feel like you have to release the ball at the right time and straight up, or you will either pull it or push it to far outside. You control the hook by pressing right on the left analog stick. I thought the game was pretty fun for 20 bucks, but I wanted more of a simulation and definitely more pros. If I remember correctly, there are only 17 pros in it, and only half are unlocked at the beginning. Just like the game on your phone, you have to either unlock pros by beating them, or by using gold pins. Same thing with buying bowling balls. You have to unlock them by leveling up, using tickets or buying with gold pins. You also have to unlock certain oil patterns and venues. They did not have the option to create PBA bowlers.
as far as the game. I love it. It is very very similar to the PBA bowling game, which is free, so maybe worth a try if you are on the fence. The game seems to be taking a lot of heat for how similar it is to the mobile game but to me that isn’t a bad thing. The mobile game is great and got fantastic reviews. If it was just carbon copy then ok but basically they took a good formula, added a much needed simulation mode, commentary, and in my opinion, excellent presentation . That’s pretty cool in my books.
At the end of the day it’s bowling. How exciting can that get? Lol I personally am having a ton of fun with it and I really appreciate the use of the PBA license.
I read a review that the author was questioning why this game exists? He went on to say the bowling aspect was well done but rated it poorly because he didn’t see the need for a realistic PBA licensed bowling game. I just can’t wrap my head around why you’d even review the game if you didn’t even care about the subject matter. Like Bill Burr said, it’s like a man writing a book “pregnancy and the third trimester:what to expect.” Lol
Can you tell me more about simulation mode? Do you still release the ball by flicking the stick? If you set hook and spin before you throw, you are not able to influence the ball once released? I hope that is the case as I hate that bowling games allow you to "fix" a bad throw by spinning it back into the pocket.
Rick
Rick
Yeah, Brunswick Pro Bowling was a classic. The gameplay is smooth. The controls are easy to understand. Yes, you are able to hook the ball after it is released. Nowadays everybody two hand bowls anyway. It is a great game especially because my father and his family loved to bowl growing up. The game is definitely worth a try for only 19.99$.