Quoted from PanzerFreak:Another thing that's pretty cool about LOTR is the Gift of the Elves features for beating modes. A vast majority of pins don't have a reward system for beating modes (or its just something rather dull like a medal) beyond wizard mode progression. The Gift of the Elves feature is a cool hook that keeps players coming back as it creates a game within a game, just like the games layered multiballs and wizard modes. The layering and multiple stages in modes combined with great choreography is something that rarely exists in other games.
I agree. The code on LOTR is so great. I didn’t really appreciate how great a game it was until I bought one and put a lot of time on it. Yes it sucks multiplayer (and the artwork I guess), but everything else is pretty damn perfect and there’s so many little nooks and crannies in there. I’m still discovering things a year later.