When you have nine ball paths and only 2 flippers on a standard body it's going to be tighter shots. No game will be for everyone and if you do not like tight shots this one is not for you.
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Quoted from Aurich:I don't agree with this. Good software can turn a boring game into a great game. But software can't fix bad shots. (I haven't played Houdini, not saying it has bad shots). If a game is clunky and not fun to shoot then it's gonna stay that way, even if the objectives grow in stature.
I think we've become somewhat reliant on this notion that "you can fix it in software", and it's a bad mentality for manufacturers, but it's also not great for consumers.
Why not start with a great layout, that's fun to shoot, and then put great code on top of it?
I'm not sure anything is clunkier or less satisfying to shoot then LOTR, yet the sound and code turned it into a game most people love.
Quoted from PinMonk:I don't know what game you played, but LotR is nowhere near clunky town. It is quite stop and go, but that's different than clunky.
Yes it is, I've owned 3 different ones and one was even a HEP restore. It's a clunky as they come. Still a fun game though.
Quoted from hAbO:LOTR was one of the best shooting pins ever played or owned. The sounds/music benefited from Gomez having full access to movie sound material which he only had with IJ.
You are the only person I've ever seen that things LOTR is a great shooting pin. It's not bad but it is clunky and it has the typical Gomez clunky feel to it. To say it is one of the best shooting pins is crazy to me, there's tons of games that shoot smoother then it.
Quoted from Jdawg4422:LOTR is a great shooting pin. Thats why i thumbed you down before.
Hate to ruin your fun but I'm a positive pinsider these days that has thumbs down turned off.
Lotr is a great game, it still shoots clunky though and has lots of odd feeling shots. Same as my BM66 which I also like.
Quoted from Eskaybee:I owned LOTR for 7+ years. And I agree it’s a clunky shooting game but not necessarily in a bad way. Besides the legolas shot, the ball rattles around as it makes its way through just about every shot. Still one of the best pins ever, and certainly not the clunkiest game around, but it does have a fair shake of clunk to it.
I mostly agree, it's a great game in spite of it's clunkiness.
Now back to Houdini, all of this talk about it being to tight and no fun has actually sort of made me more excited to play a production game. I'm interested to see if I feel the same or if it being so hard will make it a nice mix up game in a mid sized collection.
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