Madison, WI
As someone that has no pinball nostalgia, I can confirm that AFM is is pretty timeless. When set up hard it has an amazing one more game quality to it and the wizard mode is almost perfectly balanced for most people -- possible but still rare.
On the topic though -- here's a thread where someone had both and was bothered by their similarities https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/met-vs-afm (you've probably seen it). I don't think most people would find them all that similar in playing style (I don't really see it myself) but obviously at least one person did so there's a chance you might too.
