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Iron Maiden: What do you do when your dream theme is a letdown?

By TOK

5 years ago


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#66 5 years ago
Quoted from mgpasman:

Wow, this topic proves once more that there is only one opinion that matters on Pinside, that of the majority. If you deviate, you are considered a troll.

Agreed, and kudos to the OP for having the courage to say "Hey, um, I know this may sound nuts, but I don't like the game."

I am with him on this one, which is a total shame (for me) because I was super-crazy excited about this one. I was ALL about getting a premium; I wanted it so badly based on what I SAW on the Pro, but then I remembered "Get some game time on one first. Do not buy a $5700+ toy on looks alone". I waited until I went on temporary duty at Wright-Patterson the first week of May, and I drove to Columbus to finally get my hands on one. Man, was I pumped - this is it - the most fresh unique and different game to come from Stern in YEARS, and I'm about to play it up!!!

Now, I made sure I did not watch a single video clip of the game in action. I wanted to experience it for the first time when I played it. So I knew nothing about the rules or what to do, and I do think that was what absolutely destroyed my initial impression of the game. I just found myself going "How do I get the "Lock" insert to turn on solidly? Why is it flashing this time? Why is it not flashing now? I hit all 3 drop targets 48 times in a row. Why am I not getting ball locks? Is the top right flipper a lil' cock-eyed off the trim? Can I even make any shots with that now? Hey, look at that - the initial plunge doesn't even make it all the way around the loop. Oh look, another miss on the left ramp into the left outlane."

I played the game for 4 hours, wanting to justify a $5700+ purchase. I got a number of replays and match games, so I probably spent a solid $20-$30 on it. Yes, I played it for 4 straight hours. I kept looking behind me - no one was ever there, so I had from 9pm to 1am (closing time) to play it, and I just felt an overall "meh". Music was great, call outs were great, sounds were great, animations were very fun - but the gameplay was kind of like walking into the bathroom and hearing a guy "lifting weights" in one of the stalls - too much effort for too little results.

I see the nearly chauvinist attitude here towards the game, which hey, if the rest of the community "just gets it" - I understand - and I don't mind being the "black sheep" on this one. If everyone else is loving it, great, not everyone has to like everything that hits this hobby. I understand maybe I need to brush upon the rules and get to know them better, and then try again. Problem is I live in a pinball wasteland where whatever games there are available to play are basically what's in your living room, and I'm not driving 4+ hours each way to play IMDN nor am I blindly buying a Pro or Prem in the hopes that "I'll like it this time." I know what my fiancee and I want to get next, and I'd rather get some of those games down the road. Thank you TPF 2018 for that : )!!!

I just think the rest of the community that "gets it" with IMDN needs to mitigate some of their crass responses. Just because you get it doesn't mean the OP is 5 cans short of a 6 pack. No need for that shit.

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