Quoted from ZenTron:New Promo Vid - Coming in May..
Great art and look promising.
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Quoted from jwilson:Scott Danesi managed to make a hit game in his basement by himself.
I see first timers making the same mistake over and over - they focus on the wrong things. It has to be a package. The most important thing is it needs the play good. Then it has to look good. Then it has to sound good. Then it needs to be manufacturable and have people in charge with a clue. Then you need serious cash to ride out the startup phase.
Let's run down the list, starting at the beginning:
JPop. Games looked good, sounds fine. But he went straight to art without making a playable game. 2/5
Predator. Played like ass, looked bad, not manufacturable, no money, useless management. 0/5
The Big Labowski. Plays okay, looks good, sounds good. They actually managed to get 90 of them made. Would technically be a hit if those a-holes had their shit together. 4/5 - closest one yet!
Jetsons/Dominos. Plays crappy, art is passable if not great, sound meh. Both games managed to get their full run, Spooky is doing okay. 3/5
Alien. Plays great, looks great, sounds great. Manufacturing so-so, idiot management. 3/5. So close!
Thunderbirds. Plays shit, looks shit, sounds shit. Management is the biggest asshole in pinball, but sort of managed to limp itself to production years late and the company is still around, technically. 1/5
Mafia. A game so forgettable I had to use Google to look it up to remind myself. Plays bad, looks bad, sounds bad. They managed to build it so I guess they're not complete nimrods but just conceiving of that thing in the first place tells me all I need to know. 1/5
Cosmic Carnival. Plays shit, looks okay I guess (not my taste), sounds bad. Didn't take a dime of pre-order money, seemed to be able to pump games out okay but with questionable quality, and now in bankruptcy. 2/5
The take-away from this would be to concentrate on making the game actually FUN, look GREAT and sound GOOD. Take your time on this part. I think if Suncoast had made the game FUN they'd be fine.
Pinball is hard.
Have you played to all this games? Sounds like a quick shortcut to me.
Quoted from jwilson:Yes, I’ve played every game on that list.
I respect your opinion and I kind of agree for some of them. Same as reviews, it’s your opinion.
If you have played all the games great.
Pinball is hard yes.
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