Quoted from jzdziarski:

I haven't yet played a stern table I actually like, and we have several nearby. It feels more like they're depending on game code and effects rather than good pinball play, good target placement, and a game with a predictable, skill-based objective (that's not a video game). I get that they hired a lot of the old staff from defunct pin companies, but compared with anything I ever played back in the 80s/90s, it just doesn't compare... and as they seem to be banking so much on code, from what I've read in this forum it sounds as though they don't have nearly the coding talent that modern day game manufacturers have on staff, so you're likely to buy a game that is riddled with bugs and end up with something abandoned in a few years... versus the 25yo pins sitting in my home today that are timeless.
Maybe Stern is just for a younger generation. I don't think I would ever buy one. It feels more like they've ruined pinball.

Quoted from Who-Dey:

He can say whatever he wants, doesn't make it true. Just believe whatever you want to believe I guess. My belief is the camera makes it look worse that what it really is and I also believe that it will get better the more that it's played. I believe that because I have personally experiencd what he is looking at with 2 of my games and they look good now. I'm not saying that is normal or ok or anything like that, just telling you what my experience was.

Quoted from TheLaw:

If you're gonna be a dumb thread, might as well be top 5 dumb