Shadrac's ratings

Fun game with a good layout, closer to Monster Bash in terms of shoots (Gomez, same designer)
Pros:
Very good flow, fast orbits, fast metal ramps, cool fan layout
The code is decent, you have mutliples challenges to accomplish, 2 Wizard modes (4 multiballs).
Great stackability, you can stack 2 multiballs, Big points mode with a mission or a Wizard mode!
The theme is great, very adult friendly with a bit of violence and nudity/sexuality, and lots of insults. It's better than children's themes...
Toys are cool, physical ball lock in the boat, the talking fish, dancing strippers, safe.... It's not empty like actual Pros.
I love the music. I always smile when i play Big Points

Cons: playfield artwork, it sucks. Too bad because the rest is really good

I think Sopranos is a great underestimated game, with a decent rulesheet and a cool and fast layout. Better than many old and new Stern...

You can save a relatively basic and sloppy playfield layout with a good code, unfortunately this is not the case.
The layout is poor, the shots are all at the same level, it's the most basic fan layout i have ever seen. The Knight is ok. It's a good toy with a good interaction with the ball, but i prefer an Iron Monger with a magnet IMO.
Musics are great, especially the alternate soundtrack, better than the annoying Metal soundtrack.
Callouts sucks, especially Ritchie's callouts (Is it an ACDC pinball or a BK?)
Lighting is i think the best part of the game, perfect.
This game could have been saved but the code sucks, really really sucks.
Tim's code is really lacking in imagination, nothing exciting, we keep fighting until the final fight, no big payoffs, no big jackpots, a single mutliball is worth it and more... We can not stack the other multiballs, they are just there to make a few points (it does not exist since System 11...). No Frankly huge disappointment, to the point that I will not buy any more games coded by Tim Sexton. I know Lyman is hard to beat, but we mustn't mess around either. I much prefer the codes of Tron or Iron Man, simple and effective, and much more exciting, despite the fact that they are shallow. The code in BK is shallow and straightforward, but boring as it gets.
No thanks.

I didin't liked this game. The toys (Marvel ramp and Spinning disc/tunnel) are useless and add nothing to the game.
The lock system in the subway is really noisy and slow. The Captain Marvel ramp is prone to rejects, only strong shots will make the ramp.
It's just not fun. Music, callouts, animations, too serious and cheap. The playfied layout is ok but after one week i was bored and trade it with a JP Premium. I like complex code but, this is really too complex with the gems, i play pinball not chess.
If you really want AIQ, buy a Pro. The price is not justified for Pre/LE IMO.

I love Tron, one of the best pinball ever created easily. Maybe the best Stern.
But, for the real experience you must to add:
Leds / ice blue is a must with some cool white for gi
Boomer with filter
Shaker
Clear disk
I made a custom music code, which i prefer from the original, who is a bit "cold"
Fun and immersive game. Great modes, great shots, SOS is awesome, Portal is a bit disapointing because it can be very short and not lucrative, but always very fun and adrenaline pumping when achieved.

Underrated game, i like fun and fast pins.
Lighting is awesome, callouts are great, the playfield is beautiful with the right choice of leds.
The game is a subtle mix of T2 and STTNG for the rules with a bit of HS2 for the layout.
No Fear deserves to be in the Top 100.

Very great game, fast layout, excellent animations, great music and funny callouts (i especially love Wolfman et the Mummy), MB is a classic and one of the best games ever created.
Some says it's an easy game, i disagree about that, you must open the outlanes at max, just one extra ball and no ball save, this way it's much more fun and challenging.
Unfortunately, the lastability is low, i don't keep this game because i was bored in a few weeks and the jokes and callouts are not what i prefer in a game. I prefer to play a TWD or Iron Man for the adrenaline rush.

T2 is a classic, it was my 2nd pin and sometimes i miss it.
Great layout, fast and fun. Locking balls for jackpots is a great idea.
If i have the choice i prefer to play a T2 than a boring TOTAN or TOM.

Fun game with great lighting and musics, but that's all. Playfield design is average, rules are extremely repetitive to the point that after 2 weeks i knew this game will move.
I hate the code. It's not that i think it's bad but compared to TWD, Lord, Met and IM, i have much more pleasure to play this games than ACDC. Overrated game due to the band, not a bad game but not a GREAT game.

Rules are fun, shoots are satisfying, there's different ways to play the game, collect Xmens or defeat Vilains, or both if you're really good, two Wizard modes hard to get. The cabinet is really beautiful, the playfield and translite too. I think it's a good game, with an accessible price, better than some of newer Stern. The Mezel newton ball for Wolverine is a must, and of course good leds instead of incandescents.
The layout is really intersting and you can have awesome flow when you begin to master the shots.

EDIT: after many plays, with leds, Mezl newton ball and a custom code i made myself, i think the game is really great, fast, fun and very exciting. Better than i expect at first. A true game for players and shooters, a very challenging pin, i love it more and more.

Great theme and great songs.
I had mine 3 months and played it dayly but it doesn't stay after the honeymoon phase. The Pro is fast but there's too much cheap drains, it's barely playable.
Premium is better, the real ACDC machine. Pro version is too cheap.

Cool game, but not a keeper for me.

I don't understand why this game is ranked so high.
Code is very bad IMO, very boring and repetitive. Callouts are always the same for each Vengeance multiball. Ramps are smooth but i find the gameplay is bad (ball hop at flipper bats, cheap feeling, airballs...)
There's really nothing really exciting in this game, we are far from a Met or a TWD. STTNG is a better Star Trek machine for me.
I keep my ST Pro two weeks and it was really enough.

Good game but overrated.
I regret selling my first Pro and bought an other one. Great sounds and animations.
Callouts are great, especially James and Robert who did a great job. Lars callouts are a bit annoying but hey... It's Lars.
A better cab speaker is a must have, because i find the stock sound too high/sharp.
CIU modes are very nice but it's a bit boring outside of that.
Iron Man share the same layout, and i prefer IM, it's faster and more "flowy" much in your face game.
Borg + Lyman is a great combo.

Artwork is very ugly and uninspired at best, how it's possible to mess a beautiful and strong theme like GOT and create a machine who looks like a Xena warrior princess machine? I think the designers don't watched the show and it's a BIG mistake. The artwork reminds the Youtube video Game of Thrones 90s intro VHS style, and it's not good at all.
Playfield and shots are boring, classic, uninspired. No toys or magnets at all if we forget the Dragon kicker, much less fun and wow factor than the War machine kickback. It's the much simplest layout we can find on a modern machine. Annoying ball hop at the flipper bats make the game hard to play smooth and flowy. It's clunky and for a game designed by Ritchie, it's really a shame (SHAME!)
Lightshow is flashy and colors are fluorescent, hmmm.. the theme is Game of Thrones, really? Again, big mistake.
Musics are good, but sounds are really bad and very repetitive. Callouts are ok but there really are not many. The game seems unfinished and botched (bugs, no sounds for some jackpots, and a few same sounds on the 3 differents multiballs...). The game lacks great sounds when you finish a mode or start a Wizard, it's flat and not really exciting.
Rules are ok but it's not nearly as intense as TWD, IM or Met.
Clearly a big disappointment for me, i'm just glad i didn't buy this machine.

EDIT: i update my ratings since i played at least 100 games on the GOT pro i have temporarily at home. The code is good and it's very fun to go for Iron Throne. Once you had a good score on a house, you want to play an other and an other, so lastability is good. Risk and reward, and strategies can sum up GOT. Too bad the artwork doesn't suit the gameplay. The more i play this game the more i like it, but i wouldn't buy this game because of the artwork and the lack of variety in the sounds. However, i understand people who like it, because the code is really good.

Beautiful but boring like TOM. It's a pin for beginners or kids.
You see all this machine have to offer after a few games.
Layout is fine, some shots are interesting, i don't really like the rotating lamp, and the game is too easy.
Music is repetitive fast, the fireball hurry up is...well... annoying. Modes are too similar and i hate the machines that tell you where to shoot.
A collectors game if you're into that stuff but if you want a challenge and a great code, forget TOTAN.

Pros: Best code ever created for a pinball machine, great layout, hard game but very addictive.
Wizard modes are excellent, Horde is epic, and scoring on modes is very well implemented.
Animations are the best i seen on a dmd.
I love musics and callouts, and don't find them annoying like others pinsiders.
I think it's the best effort by Stern for now. Game is epic like LOTR but in a different way, you can play 5 short games and do nothing and play another and bam! Huge scoring and intensity like no others pins.
Many things to do, many ways to attack the game.
I think it's a masterpiece and one of the best pin for PLAYERS

Cons: stock lighting is too white, you have to change somes leds for more warm colors, red, yellow, orange.
The flow of the ball sometimes is not smooth a the ramps exits and the game is really too hard on stock settings.
The ball can spend too much time on the bumpers area, but it's not really important.

I really don't understand why this game have no better ratings, there's more collectors than players here.

LOTR is a masterpiece.
I don't keep this one because i like fast and brutal games like BSD and IM, and i don't like when a game last more than 30 minutes. So after a while, i have to forced myself to play it, but the first months i had it, it was a great pinball experience.
So if you like epic games with a great music and callouts, a deep ruleset but easy to understand and a perfect layout you can't find better than LOTR.
Maybe the only pin i will regret to let it go...

Update: i traded my ACDC Premium for a nice Lord, a second one. The last Lord i had was unfortunately easy but this one is rude. It's much more fun than before and it's definitely a keeper and one of the best if not the best pinball ever created. LOTR is unique and mesmerizing, sounds, callouts, rules, everything is top notch. Multiballs rules are perfect, modes are great and always challenging, DTR is very stressful, and you can have great sub modes during a game like Ring Frenzy or Ring multiball that makes this game awesome.
What i don't like is it's a bit clunky, and don't play as well as recent Stern or B/W games of the 90s. Lord special coils are a must have (and i know how to rebuild/adjust flippers). Colors of the playfield art could be better.
Nothing really important compared to the near perfection of this game.

I really don't understand why this pin is rank so high.
The flow is inexistant, too much stop (Otto, garage, mini playfield...), the music is horrendous and some sounds and callouts makes me want to tear my head and pierce my eardrums (Comic book guy hurry ups, doh frenzy, I&S multiball... Aaaaaaargh!), and even if the machine is well tuned, it feels cheap and the shots are not satisfying.
I have absolutely no joy no fun playing this pin, it's just a big mess. So it moves from my gameroom really fast.
The same year Stern produced LOTR, and it's really a much better machine by far.
For me one of the most overrated pin of all time.

This game is just pure fun. Fast, brutal, simple and addictive.
One of the best for multiplayer games. Jackpot and Super Jackpot are very rewarding. It's a must have in a collection, a true Ritchie classic.
Make sure the flippers are strong and the up/down ramp is well tuned.

Avatar is the most underrated game on Pinside, by far.
Music and sounds are excellent, gameplay is immersive, with a shaker and a better cabinet speaker it's nice.
I love Iron Man (my favorite Stern) and Avatar is very similar on the ruleset. The wizard mode Final Battle is very difficult to obtain and it's a great mode. This game is very challenging if you like that, and it's never boring to play. Ball control is key and you have to be precise and methodical if you want to score.
This game deserves a better rating!

Just a perfect pin for me. My favorite Stern for now.
Great sounds and music, fast and brutal, extremely fun, simple but very effective. Great ruleset, great flow...
I think i'll never get tired of IM, just that one more game feel that others pins don't have.

A classic. My first pin and maybe the best system 11 ever created. Great fun and a beautiful machine, if you can find one in good shape

I loved the show, i hate the pin.
Extremely ugly and Data East cheap feel.
l will kill myself if i hear again the keeper laughings
Overrated pin for me.

One of the best widebody, if not the best for me. Much better than TZ but i think you need to love the theme. I just played it too much and I'm not a Trekkie so i sold this pin after a moment. Great flow when you are "in" and one of the best multiball ever created

Great theme and a very beautiful pin.
Extremely boring, callouts are annoying. I had no fun at all playing this game.
I was happy when this pin left my gameroom, and it left pretty fast.

Just a perfect pin. My personnal favorite of the Bally Williams 90 era.

Very great game, very underrated.
Deep and difficult but a lot of fun, deserves a place at least in the top 50
A mix between BSD (Oursler touch) and STTNG (right upper flipper and left side ramp, gun/canon) with a badass theme
I like it more than many in the top 20