As one of those guests, I echo Frolic's take on the game. There were a few physical issues that concerned me on his LE, namely that shots would make it half way up the left lane and then brick somehow, like there's something blocking the lane. Maybe a zip-tie. So, some tweaking there is needed. But that's an individual build issue I think, not a design flaw.

However, in the design flaw arena, the left and right sides of the turntable have some annoying dead spots and allow for ball hangups. At one point we had to remove the glass to get a ball off the top of the batmobile. I think if the game had spent some time out on test, like JJP is doing with Dialed In, they might have found some of these issues and fixed them.

That said, it's fairly minor and like Frolic said, the art is amazing and the sound package is great. The graphics are a bit better than I expected, still a little rough but I assume the polish will come.

Is it worth the price? I'd say no, but this is the new pricing reality so it's not really a choice. I think for the money I'd rather have a GB Premium. I'm happy to re-evaluate when the software is done, though.

So now I've played an LE and a Premium, about 50 games total, on the latest software.

My opinion remains unchanged from before - the game is clunky, with a ton of dead shots around the turntable, the left orbit tends to rattle the ball eating up momentum, the left ramp flexes a lot and isn't smooth. The batmobile spinner thing rarely turns more than one or two times even on a good shot, which is disappointing. No amount of software is going to fix those issues as they're physical, and present on the two machines I've played.

Just not seeing the value in this game, other than looks. It's a looker for sure.