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Quoted from Mattyk:Lots of people posting here saying the Top 100 is a joke and not to pay attention to it, yet they themselves have rated a number of games
Not me.
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I mean, most people learned in their teens that top 100 lists were worthless.
Quoted from Deez:It absolutely does. You just don't leave your game on long enough to see the lock ups. The code was/is bad and locks the game up. Just because it doesn't have an impact on you due to your use of the game doesn't mean the problem just doesn't exist. I"m not sure why you are fighting against holding the company accountable and being dismissive of all the owners that are having significant issues with the game.
I'm also not sure why you justify the shit quality of PB bros based off a comparison with JJP and Stern. They are separate companies and have nothing to do with Alien. Do you work for PB Bros?
Actually it's a valid comparison. I know the issues you've had so yes your opinion is valid but soured. Now consider for a moment someone who bought a shiny new Stern or JJP that had those same neverending issues. Their opinion would be soured as well...and believe me, those people do exist.
You are being disengenous in your statement about 'dismissive of owners with issues'. PB have been nothing like that, when they think they know what the issue might be, they are very fast and responsive and there are many many user posts that back that up. I've had far fewer issues with Alien than I did with R&M and mine was one of the first off the line. I'm not saying there aren't issues. There ARE issues, but to pretend your experience is everyone's experience and that they aren't trying to fix things is just another round of exaggeration.
As for how those issues impact ranking of a game? I think it's an excuse. The first time I played Alien was the OG in a bar and it lasted for about 30 seconds before it died. Never did I think "i need to run and give this game a 1". You notice most of the negativity here is about the bugs, not the actual gameplay - aside from a few Stern worm drainers. Is the game for everyone? No, few games are. If you are fanatic of the theme, this game is going to meet those expectations, bugs and all. It has some of the best theme/atmosphere ever created. Anyone shitting on geometry though, that's a laugh. This game is butter. Play better? Maybe challenge yourselves on non Stern wide row layouts a bit more. Is it #1? Most likely not, but neither is Godzilla.
Quoted from Utesichiban:Agreed. I still am curious about the lockups since I haven't experienced it myself, though.
I'm going to keep mine on tonight and possibly this weekend to test. Hopefully it is just a correctable software issue but I am wondering about earlier make vs. recent make games and board or other hardware differences being part of the issue.
I convinced some of the issues are around software and various board versions. There's been quite a few board revisions, and I think the PC itself changed at some point as well.
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Quoted from alveolus:In a very ironic turn of events, our local pinball arcade owner has made the dubious decision to purchase an Alien for our location, and I(along with others) will be tasked with keeping it running! So maybe I will get nominated for sainthood at some point .
Anyway, amongst my trepidation/dread is a lot of excitement as I love the theme and have been wanting to put a bunch of time on this machine. I assure you that after I put a ton of plays on Alien and know it inside and out I will be posting an objective review, albeit partially from an operators perspective.
NiB or used? It's possible a used one has it's kinks worked out. Also very possible a NiB won't have any issues. Good luck!
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