(Topic ID: 59693)

Deepest rules.

By Napabar

10 years ago


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#1 10 years ago

I know this subject is somewhat subjective, but I was wondering what most of you consider to be the Pin with the deepest, most complex rules. Something that you don't master in a short period of time. TZ, TSPP, and LOTR come to mind based on a year of reading posts here and such, but just curious to see a little list.

Perhaps your top 3 deepest rules?

#2 10 years ago

LoTR
TSPP
FGY

#3 10 years ago

WOZ will most likely be #1 when it's complete.

Currently I would rank the top 5:
TSPP



LOTR

WPT

X-Men
FGY

#4 10 years ago

AC/DC.

I've owned it for about five months, and still haven't figured out the whole jackpot based on song/tour/album dates. And I don't think anyone really knows what the devil horn inserts do (if anything).

#5 10 years ago

Obviously the Keith Johnson games are up there along with AC/DC. There are lots of games that have really odd or hard to understand bonuses or multipliers.

#6 10 years ago
Quoted from MikeS:

WOZ will most likely be #1 when it's complete.
Currently I would rank the top 5:
TSPP



LOTR

WPT

X-Men
FGY

Don't know about Xmen but I'd say this is right on and since Keith did Tspp, Lotr and Wpt and said Woz rules would be the deepest ever, that's a good bet...

#7 10 years ago

Heh; I was debating FGY or xmen for my #3 spot. I went with FGY only because xmen isn't finished. If they add dead pool, combo JPs, and a final wizard mode. Ya, this will take my #3

#8 10 years ago

1. AC/DC Premium
2. AC/DC LE
3. AC/DC Pro

#9 10 years ago

LOTR, TSPP, and TZ. I would guess that WOZ will take the top spot once code is complete.

#10 10 years ago

Heck, I still haven't figured out for certain what makes the Titan Tunnel spinner value advance on my Swords of Fury.

#11 10 years ago

I got LOTR and TSPP, maybe because I love lord of the rings trilogy I totally understand the rules and the incredible depth. TSPP.. I have no idea what's going on! There is so much happening. So to me TSPP has the most depth.

#12 10 years ago

TSPP
TZ
Roadshow

#13 10 years ago

XMEN. You have to be a damn scientist to understand the rules!

#14 10 years ago

ACDC is broad, in that it has 12 modes, but you can choose any of them at start... you can see most of the game just by replaying. All three multiballs can also be started pretty easily... only Encore mode is tough to get. The rules are very complex and scoring well takes skill and knowledge, but the game is mostly visible to anyone

TSPP is deep in that many of its modes (and mode stacks) cannot be achieved until many other goals are completed. Only very skilled players will experience things like Couch, Pretzel, Springfield Mystery Spot and Scratchy's Revenge stacked together.

LOTR is not as deep as TSPP in that it doesn't hold as much back, but things such as SRFMB, TABA, and of course Valinor are there for the long haul. LOTR is broad in that it offers many scoring opportunities at any given time... ring modes, movie MBs, ring frenzies, Gollum MB, 'super' awards, etc.

Xmen seems pretty basic in that you can have a villian and a hero running, or not, but the intricate details on how those villians and heros interact with the multiballs makes the game complex. No comment on hero stacking, that just gets silly.

#15 10 years ago

TSPP blows the competition away on this!!!

#16 10 years ago

TSPP, LOTR and ACDC as mentionned before. Will get my long awaited LOTR in a few weeks!
Honorable mention to WPT : many different ways to achieve multiball, different objectives that are hard to achieve in a single game. The temporary 3X scoring idea is excellent.

Wheel of Fortune could have had one of the deepest rulesets...there was great potential there, so bad it was not finished.

#17 10 years ago

TSPP. I've watched Bowen's 45 min tutorial twice and still have trouble following.

#18 10 years ago

Hey,

I'll put TSPP as well; don't have enough time on LotR to say one way or another.

Luke

#20 10 years ago
Quoted from MikeS:

WOZ will most likely be #1 when it's complete.
Currently I would rank the top 5:
TSPP



LOTR

WPT

X-Men
FGY

In what way does WPT have deep rules? I have a WPT & I enjoy it, although I'm not sure I consider it deep (though maybe I'm just not very good at it yet as there is still more I need to achieve).
I think its a pretty deep game in that there is plenty to shoot at, & enough going on. But when I think of depth I'm thinking of those games with like 12+ different modes & stuff like that. Maybe WPT is deep but in a different sort of way? IDK, maybe I need to learn more about my game!

#21 10 years ago
Quoted from Napabar:

I know this subject is somewhat subjective, but I was wondering what most of you consider to be the Pin with the deepest, most complex rules. Something that you don't master in a short period of time. TZ, TSPP, and LOTR come to mind based on a year of reading posts here and such, but just curious to see a little list.
Perhaps your top 3 deepest rules?

Paragon. Hard to play and almost impossible to master......

#22 10 years ago

There is no debate, TSPP is the deepest machine by far. Nothing else is even close.

#23 10 years ago

Seriously

TSPP

If you say anything else you haven't figured out TSPP

Rosetta Stone should make a TSPP edition!

#24 10 years ago

TSPP and LOTR's

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