Stern
Transformers (Pro) Pinside Rating
This game received 171 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.372 /10
Transformers (Pro)
Top 100 ranking
This game ranks 2nd in the game group "Transformers". The group itself ranks #119 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.298
Artwork: 7.39
Sounds/Music: 7.151
Other Aspects: 7.257
Pinside staff rating
This is how we, the very knowledgeable (wink wink) Pinside.com staff & moderators rate this game. 5 of us have rated this game.
This title is part of group: "Transformers"
Found 117 ratings (with comment) on this game
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8.100/10
12 years ago
Lancaster, NY
Played this at the Pinball HOF in Vegas, and it held up very well with every game around it. I thought the flow was good, and play was fast and fun. Plenty of shots, but I did think there was a little too much going on in the art. Toys look good too!
7.764/10
12 years ago
I played the pro version. The game is very beautiful all around but the play field was lacking in things to hit with the ball. I think the LE model would be alot funner and I would probably rank it better if I ever got to play one.
8.408/10
12 years ago
Game lighting is great. Sounds are great, including the gunfire sounds when ball is bouncing around in the pop bumpers. I like that you can select between playing autobots or decepticons. Art work is acceptable for the theme. I enjoyed playing it, and would like to play it some more.
Edited to be for just the pro model.
Edited to be for just the pro model.
8.320/10
12 years ago
I finally got to plat a Transformers pro and a Transformers Autobot edirion...The pro was fast but next to the LE looked like a lame duck. I loved the LE, I loved the gimmicks, Starscream,Ironhyde playfield. Pretty good rules set, game has a high level of difficulty. It is actually the first machine I have considered for a NIB. I am also a Transformers addict due to being 8yrs old when they cam out in 1984.....so I am a little bias. Still even if you was not..it's a solid game..I love all the extras on the LE, I can actually see the value of the LE over the PRO...LE all the way
2.839/10
12 years ago
Calgary, AB
i would not recommend this machine. layout is lame, no flow, gimmic
ks are sad. all on all i think stern didn't give this pin enough. there was so much awesome potential and i must say, out of the 40, 50 our so games i played on it, i was not impressed at all, no matter how many chances i gave it.
ks are sad. all on all i think stern didn't give this pin enough. there was so much awesome potential and i must say, out of the 40, 50 our so games i played on it, i was not impressed at all, no matter how many chances i gave it.
8.800/10
12 years ago
Borsbeek
Get's a lot of flac, but totally undeserved. I'm a little biased because i'm a hugh Transformers fan, but aside from that the game is very good in it own right. When the final patch up is complete, i have no doubt this will be a classic for me!
7.779/10
12 years ago
My review is based on the pro model. Liked the Megatron multiball and kickout, but the toy looked really lame compared to the other two. Optimus didn't register all hits, but was fun to bash. Lower playfield seemed dark - LED's in the LE would really help brighten it up. I had a lot of fun playing the game, but there was a disconnect as others have noted in the rules. It didn't seem like there was any reason to hit the shots in the mode other than because the software told me to. No real progress towards something. Flow was good. Had a "one more game feel" to it, as there is a real challenge to it. Overall, pretty solid.
9.560/10
12 years ago
Terrific pin,Very fast and fun with a lot of shots,Sounds are great,good lighting,good artwork and cool toys!! Played the pro and auto bots LE side by side,to me they play very similar with the edge to the LE and the Le definatly looks cooler.Great pins and I want one!!!!
Kangasala
Berg
8.600/10
12 years ago
Fun Machine, game code still needs some updates. Overall one of sterns better pins
7.772/10
12 years ago
My micro-mini review is based on the Pro model and would be slightly higher if it were the LE. I'm a casual player and have played it about 10 times at the local pinball arcade (Pinballz) here in Austin. Ramps and shots are very smooth and fairly easy to hit. My only complaint is that balls shot to the scoop wouldn't register and would prompt a 2 minute ball search on a regular basis. I did not factor that into my ratings. The rules seem very good and I enjoyed my time on this game. Backglass looks very nice.
8.355/10
12 years ago
Updated to remove comments pertaining to the LE model.
I have only played the Pro a few times, but it was good enough to make me go out and buy a combo LE.
I have only played the Pro a few times, but it was good enough to make me go out and buy a combo LE.
7.731/10
12 years ago
After a second session with this machine, I have to readjust my rating: it still isn't going to be one of my all-time favorites, but it's fun to play.
Biggest problem I have that prevents me from considering buying it: The machine itself is butt-ugly for my taste.
Biggest problem I have that prevents me from considering buying it: The machine itself is butt-ugly for my taste.
7.111/10
12 years ago
The problems with transformers are all in the ruleset. It's simply too hard to actually get anywhere. First, point scoring is horrible. Multiballs are not worth much at all. Most points come from completing the modes. Completing the modes is actually a lot of fun. Unfortunately, you have 10 shots to make in some 30-45 seconds (depending on the difficulty level). This is a very short amount of time to complete 10 shots. Further, if you lose the ball, the mode is lost. If the time expires, you lose the mode. Finally, you get nothing for starting the mode. This is the only game that gives you nothing for starting a mode. Take tron, for example. If you start each mode but do not complete it, you get sea of simulation instead of portal. At least it's something. Star trek, you can still get final frontier but without the crystals it's not worth much. Monster bash, you can get monster bash but not monsters of rock. Etc, etc.
If the time was removed on the modes and the losing the ball removed, the game would probably be pretty fun. Probably a simple SW change that will never happen.
If the time was removed on the modes and the losing the ball removed, the game would probably be pretty fun. Probably a simple SW change that will never happen.
8.680/10
12 years ago
This is based on LE. I have Decepticon #35. fast flowing game. I don't like the drop target many air balls. I don't like the clearcoat job they did. I like the theme. The sound is great. The game play is as fast as Spiderman I think it is as good as Spiderman. It is a very fun pin. Hope the code fixes a lot of the problems. I hope they fix the drop target.
6.679/10
12 years ago
Played about 20 games of TF. The game was sandwiched in between SM and LOTR LE so while the looks are as good as it gets, the gameplay kept me going back to SM and LOTR. Love the looks, but would play many other machines before this one.
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