I've gone over this before.

Deep Root has been paying attention. They know how irrational and hopeful a large portion of potential NIB buyers are, so all of their hype has been geared to appeal to least emotionally balanced and most unrealistic among us - those who wake up every morning praying for their "Jesus Pin." Indestructible playfields! 200 new innovations! Literal smoke, mirrors, and lightning!! 15 new titles!!! 10-year warranties!!! $3000 price tags!!!

The people they've most deeply and emotionally connected to with this pitch are also those who are least emotionally equipped to handle the inevitable disappointment that comes with all pinball reveals.

So how is that going to play out?

This game - like any other brand newly partially revealed game - looks like it could be a fun pinball machine. But the world is already full of companies who provide that to buyers. Will that be enough to satisfy the people who are most vulnerable to their pitch? Will it be good enough for people like the OP if Deep Root is just throwing in with the Sterns, the JJPs, and the spookys of the world - you know, companies who just make ordinary old pinball machines, not world-altering, spiritually transformative experiences that rival anything the prospective buyers have ever known in their lives?

I doubt it. but there's zero doubt that the pitch will ALWAYS work to generate excitement in pinball, where people always lust for the unicorn pinball machine which will never be built.

So why rush to declare you are waiting for deep root? What's the point?

For you foreigner fans...

So long, I've been looking too hard, I've been waiting too long
Buying Stern games was such a grind, but now it's only a matter of time

When you buy a game, when you buy a game
It must feel right, so warm and true, I need to know if Pinside will wait too
Maybe I'm wrong, won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong?
This heart of mine has been hurt before, this time I want to be sure

I've been waiting for a RAZA like you to come into my life
I've been waiting for a RAZA like you, Jpop's career will survive
I've been waiting for epic innovation to make me feel so alive
Yeah, waiting for a tiny roto target to come into my life

You're so good, so innovative it's understood
I can't wait to humble Stern and say
Only in dreams could $4 grand be the price to pay

When you want something, yeah, really want something
Now, I know it'll be right, from the moment I wake up till deep in the night
There's nowhere on earth that I'd rather be than nudging you tenderly

(man! Hardly had to change a word to this one!)

I forgot how good this was

LMAO!

Dude, it's time to move on.

This thread seems as dumb today As the day it was unleashed.

So in a way, at least you could say it’s aging better than most other deep root stuff!