Quoted from jdzwir123:Just curious on DI code needing update. Is it a complete deal breaker? Do you think that it is something that they will fix?
I've played it before but wasn't really sure about what the rules were but thought that it was a high quality game.
As NC_Pin said, if you want to blow up the game, she's a one-trick pony, but there are some other issues.
1. The lower bob target is almost impossible to hit, even for skilled players. The game loves to push the ball to the left (worker dude, center magnets, drone magnet), so the kickback gets used up a lot. I suggested in the google group (where JJP has a presence) that they make the hit/lit bob standups rotate with flipper buttons like Pinball Magic. Other owners supported this idea. This would make the game so much better because once you're left with that bottom bob target, your screwed for relighting kickback or progressing bob until you fluke it. This is such and easy fix in code, but they responded clearly: "NO! this will not happen."
2. The multiballs are practically meaningless. It's just shoot everything for jackpots, which trigger attacks. There is a super and you can stack in a mode, but most just end up using the mbs to collect sims. The attacks are a cool feature, but a super jackpot in the sim that lights after three specific jackpots (ramps?) or something would make it more meaninful. The points would need to be big too in order to complete with modes/bang.
So if the exploit was balanced out of existence, the bob portion was a bit more intuitive to progress and was worth waaay more points and the multiballs were more goal-oriented, the game would be beyond epic. However, these issues are very real in this game. I am an early, instant-order, adopter, and I want to love it to death, but they won't fucking fix it.
Disclaimer: I'm definitely not the only critic, but I am, by far, the loudest about these issues, so take it for what it's worth. I'm frustrated because I've coded pinball, and I'd say it would take me a day or two max to fix these issues.