Quoted from cottonm4:A weak player will say "this pin sucks" as he continously drains the ball and "gets stuck" in the bagatelle. But as his playing improves, he will spend more time hitting the drop targets and lighting the lights and less time in the bagatelle. I have managed to get 14 of the 16 lights lit on ball 1. It was a wild playing ball; very intense.
If you don't like the bagatelle, do not buy the pin. The pin cannot be played without it.
I got REALLY good at the bagatelle (even getting the flip down to hit B and C, lighting it correctly first of course.) Weak players would generally have no idea what to do in the bagatelle and just flip away until another ball pops up in the shooter lane. (Maybe not 'weak' - more 'casual' i.e. the ones who think there's no rules to the game).
Tournament players probably would like it because hey, let's light the spinner and hit it over and over again, ignoring the rest of the playfield. I consistently beat tournament players who think there's only one viable strategy on stern games.
They put a crazy amount of stuff in the game that's for sure, narrow body with 4 3 banks and a ton of lamps right near them.