This is right on the nose. The game will probably never be able to earn on location due to this. It really does need to be set up within a few millimetres to really shine - and that’s just not going to happen on location or frankly at most homes.

I don’t get the criticism about the animation though - it’s supposed to be more period, and reminds me of Terry Gilliam’s art from Monty Python. It’s almost identical to Aerosmith’s style as well, which is a Stern game. They seem to know what they are doing..

Good lesson for AP to make the layout more tolerant of setup variation perhaps. But they did design the game with the intention that it play a little floaty and slower than your typical game. Nobody sets it up like that though.

I still play this game all the time though, the setup time is worth it. And they really came through on the power supply thing. Selling it at cost and ALSO giving out a full $150 credit ? That’s over and above IMO.

Ok, cargument time! Lol. Your analogy doesn’t work though. It’s not that the car wouldn’t start, it’s that it would steer inconsistently. It’s not like the game didn’t work.

Have you never had a recall? This happens ALL.the.time with cars. And yes, even the battery. Toyota, Honda and BMW have done it in the past 1-2 years alone. FOR THE BATTERY.

Sure it’s frustrating. And OF COURSE the power supply is not in Oktoberfest. They made the power supply decision 2 years ago, and had the supply already ordered or in inventory. They spent 6 months just figuring out how to fix it - only after realising they didn’t do enough testing offsite in different electrical environments. They could have just blew it off and said we were all crazy like most companies do. Instead they designed an out-of-cycle fix, made it cheap to buy, AND credited buyers back for it.

Anyway, I’m not trying to jump down your throat, but this is how I run my company, and it has paid us back in spades every single time. You screw up, you fix it. You don’t hide. And everybody screws up once in a while. Even me! Today, I got in a big argument with a guy over the internet!

There is another (currently unscheduled) update planned as well but since the game is off the production line, and AP (and specifically Josh Kugler who is the sole programmer) is not actively working on it during regular business hours - it may be a while . That said, the code is actually pretty complete, despite a few missing animations.

I am still flabbergasted by the complaints about the animations. I find them no worse than say Stern’s Aerosmith, and certainly a step up from DMD animation in general. Plus there’s a LOT. Of animations, of modes, of multi balls, of mini wizard modes, of interesting shots, of challenges! The game is packed with stuff, there’s no question.