I'm more conflicted about this game than any other Stern has recently released.

Although I tend to agree with the criticism some have expressed for the game's sparse playfield, uni-ramp design, and "lame" BK figure, there's also no escaping the fact that (to me at least) the game is fast and furious and has that "just one more game" factor in spades, truly a blast to play (even though the BK has repeatedly kicked my ass and taken lots of my money at this point).

I do think the light show is good enough to lessen the sting of the obvious cost-cutting, but that in and of itself is actually a cost-cutting move too! Those RGB LED boards look cool but are probably much less costly to design and manufacture than adding additional ramps or animating the BK figure.

A good example of a game I'll probably never own, but will always drop quarters into (so I guess the BK wins after all).