Quoted from Hazoff:I'll glady take SW with dimples thank you very much, this thread sucks. How the hell can you even compare the 2, Gorgar's gameplay doesn't exactly lend itself to fast action with the ball jumping around now does it? I like the game and its a classic but the comparison is completely ridiculous. I wish the mods would close this thread already its getting more and more stupid every day.
I love Stern games. I play on route at a place that has all the classics....and I rarely play them. They seem quaint and tame. Often beautiful, and well designed, but I’m addicted to the sound and light and excitement of the modern Stern games. I was playing a game of Circus Voltaire, and couldn’t wait for it to be over so I could play a new Stern. And I haven’t played a whole lot of CV either. I’d just rather play AS, GOTG, BM66 or SW! I dropped 3 quarters in an MMr - adore the game! - and then proceeded to drop $10 bucks into new Sterns for the rest of the afternoon. Upon returning home I’m in withdrawal from playing AS, and wishing I’d played SW more to understand it better.
Stern makes fun, exciting games. I hope to own many, methodically working them through my modest collection. Frankly 8k games are out for me, so as much a Id like a DI it’s off the table. I lust for a NIB Stern... but would I buy NIB with all their QC problems these last 2 years? Probably not. Does Spike concern me a little? Hell yes. Do I want to exhaust all the fun out of a game in my house before it even gets its final code (often years later?)...nope. Been there/done that. DRAG.
There is no reason why all the sentiments expressed in this post cant be true. Saying the thread is stupid is being willfully obtuse and stubbornly selfish, and does a disservice to people trying to understand the true “Stern of the Union”.