I got to travel along with msadan yesterday to go pick up his machine as well as another local operator's machine. After we got it set up last night I stuck around and played for about an hour. The shots are not as bad as people would think, but I think the game is just faster than people are accustomed to. I enjoyed it. I want to play it more. The sounds and light show are great. The only bad thing is about a 17-month wait until my machine hits the line.