Quoted from Drano:

Firebaall said:Easy to play, hard to master. FT is one of the very best for novices and pros. There's a reason why they get the most play in a collection!

+1
Firebaall called it. There are very few games out there that you can say this about. Approachable for guests and non-pinheads, but lots of challenge in there for the pro too. I think MM is another pin like this (although I'm hardly comparing the two).
I played this game a ton when it was released (along with T2 and TAF; another approachable yet challenging pin) and I don't think it gets the respect it deserves. Like whitewater, I think FT is a bit of a sleeper that, in 12-18 months, you won't find for less than $2500-$3000. I would pick it up if the deal is right. You won't regret it and it seems to be hot right now since clean examples are hard to find.
I was looking for one for months and just picked up a good routed example for $2k shipped. Since it has zero PF wear due to factory Mylar on the PF, I feel like I made out great on the deal.

Quoted from Monster_Bash:

+1 More for the Fish Tales.
I picked one up a couple month ago and the damn this is pretty addicting. I'll say.."You mean all I have to so is get the 3 jackpots during multiball." I have yet to do it...then again I probably only have 50+ games on it.
The music was real annoying at first. I absolutely hate country music in general...just way to whinny and depressing but I'm completely over the tanggy sound and actually rather enjoy it.
On a another interesting note...I not a big fan of LEDs. Just completely to bright for my liking. I bought a WPT that was LEDs up and the big inserts...just WAAAY to bright..almost blinding. I had some coin takers I bought at a show a while ago and decided to throw some color LEDs in the fish inserts. Mostly cuz my playfield is perfect in the area with no insert wear...I wanted to keep the heat away from lifting the insert and wearing them...etc
After I installed the LEDs there the rest of the game just didn't seems right. I added whites to the rest of the green fish inserts...then a couple purples in the fish inserts. When I was done almost all the inserts had LEDs in them. For some strange reason I really like them in this game. Maybe because of the smaller insert size...maybe because of the loud artwork..either way it works