Quoted from jar155:Templates are great for marketing and sales reports. For pinball? Eh, that's weak. Pace of release is an excuse, not a reason. What we end up with games that play just fine, but they're ultimately disposable. I guess that's fine if you're a location player, but it's not the best for building a collection around.
You have Tron and Iron Man. Both "template games" along with Avatar, BBH, and TRS.
Sometimes it works.
Quoted from jar155:That's all I really have to say on that. Keep making excuses for Stern and giving them a pass though.
I don't think anyone's giving them a pass...I just understand why they do what they do. I'm not gonna blind-buy, that would be giving them a pass. I'll wait and play it and judge it on that experience.