Quoted from Asael:So perhaps you can help me here, I sold my Star Wars premium cause I got frustrated with it's gameplay and the unfair drains. I am just a mediocre player. Now I want to buy a new game and I am on the fence between Elvira or Jurassic Park premium. I love the Elvira/old Horror Movie themes, always wished for a Rocky Horror Picture Show pinball game, but the layout looks so simple on Elvira. JP looks way more interesting, but I hate narrow shots, like the Death Star on Star Wars or the Extra Ball in Fish Tales when they are to important. I like games with cool moments and show effects. Elvira looks like it has this in tons.
But do you think that the Elvira game have enough staying power and fit in a line up with BKPrem, Iron Maiden LE, AC/DC, The Hobbit and the Shadow? Or is it to similar in game play with one of these? I am worried that the cellar shot is to similar to the Iron Maiden under the Middle Ramp shot?
The cellar shot is kind of like the Maiden middle ramp shot, in that its' a ramp... and it raises up, and you shoot it IT doesn't raise up in Maiden all that much - in Elvira it's used in almost every mode. IMO it's an asset - it's a different shot than hitting the main ramp (which is basically the main shot in the game). Sometimes you have to hold the ball to wait for the ramp to raise. Counted as a different shot - I don't know, it's not used in the same way.
JP2 is REALLY cool as well. I really like the multiple paths you can take, there's the T-Rex which is VERY cool (but only on the Premium, I think?). There are like 500 modes, multiple multi-balls.
anyway - the JP2 GAME is very cool, the shots are interesting, it's got some good ramps. Elvira has MUCH. MUCH. MUUUUUUCH better theme integration. I mean it's not even close. She's -IN THE GAME- every second, plus clips from real movies that have been on the show. IMO best theme integration since the Hobbit. The shots are roughly a fan layout, but there's something different about it that makes it feel much different than say, GOTG or even Spider-Man. There's i think 5 multiballs, a special "mini-boss" wizard mode, a VERY fun mid-game points-grabbing multiball, the modes are SO interesting; they change as you hit more shots. There are the 2 shot-based modes, the "leapers", the crypt!
Anyway, I don't think you could go wrong with either. Both are great games - Elvira a little more for the theme and fun, JP2 a little more for the innovative design.