Quoted from Who-Dey:Now I know why he calls himself "Crazy" Levi, because he is definitely CRAZY lol.
Normally I would agree based on some of his past posts but, his honest take on Stars won me over enough to get me to log in and thank him for that unexpectedly awesome response! (As well as all the other Stars fans peppered in this thread... )
I know it might be hard to comprehend Who-Dey/Iceman/___, that a game from 1978 can somehow still trounce a glossy juggernaut "theme/fan" favorite such as Ghostbusters but, in reality it does!
(And on a regular basis too!)
Even the mightymode Hobbit gets the perpetual backseat in my house thanks to Steve Kirk's simple-yet-brutal design.
Hard to believe?
Not really.
Once you get the roving red special going after lighting all the stars, it turns even the most seasoned tourney players into crazed laser chasing cats.
(Machine-gunning chime is just too addictive once you hear it...)
I can also add in with confidence that my 1979 Future Spa is also holding it's own for guest playability over all it's 90's-2016 fancy multiballed counterparts.
"Easy to learn, hard to master."
It used to be the design mantra of pinball and (of course I'm channeling my inner O-din here...) most of the games made after WWII up until the start of the DMD era, honor that mantra.
I for one would love to see Stern pull some classics/unfinished games (*cough* Lazer Lord) out of the vault instead of the not-so-old LOTR, SM, etc... so that more people can experience what makes these basic-by-today's standard layouts SO addicting.
GB is a fun game and quite pretty to look at, but there are a lot more games out there that are easily heads and tails better than GB in both playability and lastability.
And just to be fair Who-Dey,
The rest of the "top ten" A-List Gucci pins have also worn out their welcome never to return.
I guess you just have to unlearn what you've already learned to be truly happy while playing pinball.
Maybe it's time put a poll up?
My humble Stars takes NO prisoners.
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