I'm an engineer too but don't need a degree to come to the conclusion that remakes play nothing like the originals. I even owned a HUO original MM so you can't say it felt different because the machine was routed and played thousands of times so the parts were worn out.

People who never really played the originals don't know any better and that is fine since they enjoy how the remake plays and don't have anything to compare it to. I been collecting a long time and have owned a lot of machines with AFM being one of my all time favorites so I'm pretty sure I know how it should feel.

People can argue which plays better and that is a matter of preference but saying they play the same is ridiculous.

Pretty sure you used to bring an AFM to the Expo free play area that I always enjoyed.

I was speaking relatively because many have said how they own or played a remake and it felt the same as the originals.