York, PA
Quoted from jcripps:Update... I just got back from the showroom. I spent almost 3 hours playing machines. I played Deadpool Pro, Star Wars Pro, Dialed In, Jurassic Park Pro, TMNT Pro, Avengers IQ Pro, JJP Guns and Roses LE and a few older machines as well. While I still like JP Pro, I was really surprised at how much I liked Avengers IQ Pro. I kept coming back to this one.
The Avengers theme really doesn't attract me to the machine, but I really liked how it plays. I don't really understand the rule set yet, but I like that I could shoot most of the ramps, and it is the first machine that I've had much success with the 3rd flipper on. I also liked how the playfield is somewhat open, it seemd to make multi-balls more fun. I also prefer how the plunge goes to the top of the playfield and either drops into the pop bumpers, or on a harder plunge goes all the way around to the left flipper.
So I'm leaning towards the Avengers IQ now, I just want to read up more on it and it's rule set.
But there is another option I'm considering. A used Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle. I really like the theme of this pin better, and I like the upper playfield. But I only played this a few times about a year ago. I know it has tight shots, so wondering if this would be good for the whole family or not.
So, any thoughts on Avengers IQ vs ACNC now? I'm going to see if I can go an play the ACNC again before I decide.
Thanks,
John
Man that's awesome you have a place close by like that to try out all the newer pins. That's the best way to do it so you know first hand what you like and don't like in each one of them. Avengers would definitely be a better fit than Alice Cooper from the stand point of ease of playing and shots. Ha not sure my wife would play Alice Cooper with me, but who knows everyone has their own tastes. But like others have said your going to be the one playing the pin 95% of the time so in my opinion theme to me counts a lot when I'm looking at pins to purchase. For instance I want to love TMNT but the theme kills it for me as I was never into them and just hearing the music playing drives me crazy. Though the pin fits everything I love in that it's brutally hard and a fast shooting game. Still waiting on my Avengers but almost everyone has said how well it shoots and it sounds like your enjoying it from that perspective as well. I would think for a family pin that would be more acceptable over the Alice Cooper, but I'm not knocking Alice as I love his music and think the pin looks amazing.
