Have had the game setup for just over a week. I am happy to say that not only does the family love it (of this I had no doubt), I love it too. I was mildly concerned that it would be more for the family than for me with my experience playing it over the last two years at various shows in unfinished form. I was happily wrong however. Now that it's in my house and I'm playing it on my terms, I can see much better what the game is and where it is going. This game is absolutely a mode based masterpiece, and I love it! The game play will be long for any better player, which is not exactly everyone's cup of tea, but the reward is there in spades. It is immersive. It is challenging. It is FUN. Also the game has production values unlike any other. It IS truly worth the higher price pins are commanding these days.
Bottom line. I will still continue to love in your face Stern games for one aspect of getting my pinball fix, but this JJP game scratches a particular itch I didn't know I still had. It's a winner. Hands down.
-Jim Heck