This is going to be a great game! Very fun to flip!

I only played one game on it, but my take is that ball times were long. Perhaps settings can make it more challenging. Wire forms are cool looking, but are slow. The yellow ramp was difficult for me, but that may change with more plays. Looks like there will be some deep code in learning which stein to activate for each play style. Fun, but not a game I need to own. Overall a solid second effort.

Why wouldn’t they be for a $7000 game? This isn’t a 99 cent phone app.

Yeah all of them are very much so intents

plays great, right up there with dialed in as far as things to shoot, magnets, modes. AP seems like they want to be right in the middle between stern pro and JJP, which is a good position to be in. BOM not finalized but as others have said its likely going to be just slightly above houdini pricing

Sorry what means « intents »?
Thanks

probably meant intense

You're right it isn't... 99 cent apps look better.

AP is clearly sinking a lot of recurring costs into this game with all the mechs and habitrails. Why not spend just a bit more one time for better art?

Well, the main issue with this game is not a art but sounds in my opinion

By mid Dec, would love to read AP redid 100% of art, animations, sound & toys; completed rules and are now ready to start manufacturing the game.

Oktoberfest looks intriguing and could be fun to play.
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It was a dad joke.. all the modes are in “tents”

^^^ good one.

And then it means?

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I got it , intents (= intense)
But you play the tents on the playfield

There for “ in tents” ( intents)

You can't change out playfield art once it hits production. At least not without a hell of a lot of time and talent, or the services of an expensive airbrush artist.

Both they and users can change the sounds after production.

That dude that custom-planked that Monster Bash playfield and made the custom Kill Bill machine (and others) could straighten that art out, guaranteed.

At the VERY LEAST they should remove the characters from the side art. As easy as clicking "hide" on 2 Photoshop layers. The side art is the best looking part of the game.

Rolling Stone magazine can cover their logo because people know it. Nobody knows what this is.

That would be Geert Koop and yes his work is awesome..

Joe said he wanted it to be very different than Houdini and considering how many people still cry about the "impossible" shots on that it makes sense that some will complain about long ball times on this. I watched Bowden play two games and he certainly didn't kill it in either one so it can't be THAT easy.

Uh,... Well Bavaria (where Oktoberfest, Lederhosen, Sauerkarut and most other things known outside of germany come from) is to the rest of Germany what *cough* Texas is for America, so...

I've never heard Polka, nearly never wore Lederhosen (did as a child) and never was inside a beer tent, so I'm not the right guy to ask.
But I'm not offended by anything and I think overall they did a good job since it's really not only about beer.
I like the music as well, noone want's to listen to polka or a marching band while playing pinball.

And yes they're are things I find strange when watching the photos here, like a Hotdog with Sauerkraut seen as german food.
But who cares. Have fun.

I love metal and polka and Oktoberfestevil

We can tell how you feel about this game and company. What exactly did they do to you? Your piss and vinegar in this thread is getting old.

^^^ THIS

Any pics of the Oktoberfest pole?

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As has been said, it's not exactly unreasonable to be particular about spending seven thousand dollars.

But more than that, why does this forum exist really? I don't feel like it's just here to price pump and cheerlead, we're here to talk. I'm personally trying to be better about being hypercritical, because it can come off nasty and it's not my intent to be mean or an ass. But if you don't like something why shouldn't you feel free to speak up?

I think the game looks fun, I'd like to try it. I also think they dropped the ball on the theme, and that the art isn't really doing it favors. I trust in Joe to help the code be good, he's a great player and a smart coder and knows how to make rules. I also don't like what I've heard in the audio department so far. It's a push and pull.

You can hold multiple views of something, you can praise good parts, and be critical of those that don't do it for you.

Stern took a lot of shit from people for years. You know what happened? They got tired of being dumped on and started making good looking games. They finally got the message that art matters, even on licensed pins. I don't think that would have happened if people didn't speak up.

If American Pinball wants to compete in the open market, with free choice and a lot of options, they have to figure out how to step their game up. It's the natural order of things. If I do a mod and it's ugly I don't expect anyone to say "well good effort, I'll buy it anyways".

I don't mean to keep beating the "I worked on Alien" drum, but just to mention it one more time, we took a lot of shit for that game from people. Some of it nasty and personal. I blocked some people who couldn't stop crossing the line from criticism to personal attacks. But whatever, I'm still here, I have my big boy pants on. If I can take it, so can anyone else. It comes with the territory. I'd just say try to not make it personal, it sucks to be attacked.

Ok enough with the “metal” references. It’s Polka music with a little bit of a rock twist. Go listen to some lamb of god, black dahlia murder, or cannibal corpse then come back and see if you still think it’s metal.

I don’t think authentic polka music is very exciting and energetic to play pinball to, and think it made sense to spice it up a little. But cmon, it isn’t metal.

Callling it “metal” is kind of a stretch. It more like hard driving guitar, video game music. Besides, Josh already stated that there are going to be 4 main themes and you only heard one theme. There’s music more to come.

Few more pictures from launch night. I was “Frist!” To play right after roger. In a group of four it was a blast. Player before me on ball one got a ball locked in the barrel (physical lock woot!). I spent the next two balls trying to perfect the left orbit to upper right flipper shot and locked another two balls stealing his lock to start multiball.

This game is going to be a lot of fun to drink beer with friends, play one handed, and fight over locked balls..

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Especially if they're metalheads as well as pinheads.

You should one day go to an Outback Steakhouse in the States if you want a laugh.

To Americans, nothing says Australia like a big deep fried onion and "Shrimp on the Barbie" instead of Prawns on the Barbie

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Great theme fo a pin?

API #3 ?

You've just given me a new fetish.....

Overheard @ Outback. “pinballinreno dated Barbie for a week but broke up. She turned out to be a four prawner! Two more and he would have skewered her”.

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I had the chance to play it today. Very much enjoyed that game. Not excited about the theme, but i give them credit for going outside of the box.

Give us your three favorite things and three dislikes. From your initial impression, did it leave you with any parting comments? Was it good enough to consider buying?

In an attempt to be optimistic, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with the artwork, I just think the style of the artwork is pretty bad. Like Houdini, it’s got a super weird “uncanny valley” effect on me.

That being said, I don’t think it’s any worse than Stern’s old photorealistic art style. It’s serviceable, but it definitely won’t age well.

It’d have been nice to see it draw inspiration from Python’s masterful art on Comet/Cyclone/Hurricane, however.

Okay. Three favorites would be the rule set being very easy to follow just walking up to the machine. I really enjoyed the wire foam ramps having a fun roller coaster feel that intergrates well with the theme they’re going for. The shots felt very comfortable and weren’t very tight to hit. This is definitely a good machine for a beginner.

As for dislikes, the ball time was way too long. I’m not sure operators will be too happy about that. There were two players in front of me before I got my chance to play and they both had a 10 and 15 minute ball time. Another issue for me is that I’m not a fan of the artwork or theme. That shouldn’t really be a big issue for most, and I feel it would work well within a barcade, but not my thing. Finally I felt that the video integration needs some tweaking. Didn’t have the feel of a finished game “yet.”

Overall I had fun with the game and would definitely play it in the wild, but just isn’t for me in regards to ownership.

Is it like the music on SM? I hated that music when I first played the game. It was partly why I didn’t want to buy it. Once I got used to it, I thought it was pretty rad, and very well done, and it didn’t bother me at all. That’s often how things go. You come to love what you used to hate, and you come to find what you throw away (that’s a Matthew Sweet lyric that I’ve always liked).

That barrel lock is pretty cool, but I really would have liked to see balls locked in a stein. 1, 2, 3...and then the stein spills forward for...MB! The stein would look like its full of beer anyway, but when balls enter it they look like big bubbles or something.

Can't wait to try this on location. Overall first impression was much better than I expected. Was hoping to see the same shape head as Houdini... maybe I am the only one? Looks like a really fun game. I'd like to see some minor alterations on the artwork as well as improvements in variety of music before the game is released.

Me too. Had understood from past AP comments that all their games would have the same head. Per Josh Kugler's latest though, sounds like AP is going to go with a unique variation on each new game.

Crickey. Such a shame this never made it. Ballypinball

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BTW: never tried a deep fried onion ring.

One thing about art:

"Everyone's a critic".

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I’m still pissed they changed the decor from kitschy “Australiana” (boomerangs, kangaroos and didgeridoos) to faux upscale... oh well there is always Joe’s Crab Shack!

I’m no professional on art and don’t design but I think the artwork is fine it’s different and looks fun