What are your favorite and least favorite upper playfields?

I've played several pins with them but by no means all so I'm curious as to what people think. I'm a fan of the one on TSPP. Simple, a bit difficult, short and meaningful. Similarly, I like the upper castle playfield on my WOZ. You have to work to keep the ball up there, and it is a critical component of the game to start one of the major multiballs. At the same time, the theme integration on that one is great.

I've heard that's good. Never found one in the wild to play.

I played RZ a couple of times. I didn't get the upper playfield. Also couldn't keep the ball up there. I think I agree with this.

Love White Water. That's a good one. Hard shot to make but satisfying.

GoT I've played a few times but can't really figure out the upper playfield. I want to like it, but perhaps I need to know the rules more. Aerosmith kind of looks blah. A little too tight. But we'll see. Haven't played it yet.

Yeah, I was thinking of something with a flipper or some way to control a ball other than by nudging. So, in my definition, I don't count LOTR or POTC.

From the videos I’ve seen, JJPOTC may win the prize for best upper playfield. What an incredibly innovative and fun looking playfield!

Relax. I said “may”. All things are contingent upon actual experience playing. But the videos I have seen have me incredibly excited to try, and the initial reactions from folks who have played it have been overwhelmingly positive. Still, I’m not crowning anything. I just think it looks awesome. “Looks” being the key word.

I played the GOT upper playfield a few times but not enough to fully understand the rules.

I’m not sure having a lot to do necessarily translates to a great upper playfield. I’m speaking generally here and not about GOT. You don’t want the upper playfield to necessarily distract from the main game. You want to get the ball up there and have a limited goal that is hard but not out of reach. WOZ and TSPP fit the bill for me. JJPOTC also seems to fit from what I’ve seen. Again not sure about GOT because I didn’t get a good feel for it. However I didn’t have long ball times up there, and that was a positive.

Getting back to JJPOTC, there’s a loop with two spinners, two stand up targets, and a cannon to load. And, you have to do all this, timing your shots, while the thing rocks back and forth. For me, that seems really fun and innovative. Of course, the proof will be when I finally get to play it.