Oktoberfest
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Quoted from Pinphila:Just don’t do a reveal like JJP. DI and POtC were a snooze fest. please make it fun.
While Dialed In didn't have a good reveal JJP did an excellent job of revealing Pirates at last years Expo. As far as live reveals go JJP pulled off one of the best with Pirates. American Pinball could take it to the next level though and give everyone a free Oktoberfest beer 
I like beer. I like pinball. Therefore I'm looking forward to watching the reveal this evening AP did a great job with Houdini so I have high hopes for their 2nd title.
Game looks pretty cool and appears to have a lot of features! Seems like a lot of fun at first glance.
Quoted from ZMeny:SDTM Exclusive: Oktoberfest: Pinball On Tap
Great video, thanks! Looking forward to hearing your guys thoughts on the game.
Quoted from colonel_caverne:Yes. There is here a video of SDTM with interview of Rosh. It shows the game and it is powder coated.
Would have preferred more yellow aspect like beer but no problem if it stays like that
That's cool. Houdini has a very nice textured powder coat on it so it's great to hear that Oktoberfest will have something similar.
Quoted from PinMonk:JJP is FAR ahead of all the other pinball manufacturers for video animation and UI. It's not even close. So, one manufacturer is killing it, the rest are languishing or don't care enough.
Yup, 100%. WOZ came out over 5 years ago and still has better animations and display quality then LCD games from other manufactuers. Dialed In though blows everything out of the water with its animations. JJP is on a different level in the animation department.
Quoted from iceman44:The best sound and animation is on Alien....
And JJP is a distant 2nd
It’s a shame they didn’t make it
Will have to go with Hobbit myself after 2.96 and 2.97 (soon 3.0). David Thiel did an incredible job with the games sound and the 30 or so custom tracks from Two Steps from Hell are also nice. Alien is awesome too, another David Thiel game Wish there was one nearby to play, game looks awesome. It would have been cool, still would be, if JJP bought the rights to remake the game using JJP hardware.
Quoted from PinMonk:My loss then. If we're talking PRETTY, then you have a point. But I don't play pretty, and Hobbit is a very same-y game that is not much fun.
And all you have to do is look at the prices and length of time on the market (plus no more on the line) to realize that Hobbit is not the most desired JJP pin, and therefore not the masterpiece you say. You can like it (just like I and a LOT of others can dislike it), but the pricing and length of sale time says clearly "no masterpiece". Look for yourself, there's an $8500 first owner Black Arrow Hobbit with 100 plays on it today for $6650. Almost a $2000 loss in 100 plays is not "masterpiece pricing". And that's not isolated case. Hobbits often selling for $6000-$6500 IF they sell. Lots of "Not sold" too. Secondary market pricing always tells the story.
An HUO LE sold locally here a few months back for $7200. There's always going to be sales where games are purposely priced to sell quickly. The lowest priced sale doesn't mean that is the average selling price for the game all of a sudden. Remember the HUO Star Trek LE for $6k? I do (tried to buy it, lol)...but that's not the new average selling price of the game though just because that one sold for the price. Condition, and location also heavily impacts game pricing.
Also, a LOT of others like The Hobbit as well The game is incredible with its latest code, what JJP did with 2.96, and now 2.97 (soon 3.0) is very impressive.
Quoted from Kolchak357:The more rock style music seems well suited to multiball and hurry up modes. I'd like more tradition music during other sections.
A lot to take in on this pin. Can't wait to see one in person.
Agree. The main theme currently being used doesn't say "Oktoberfest" to me but rather generic rock cover band. Seems out of place as the main theme.
Watched the latest SDTM gameplay video. I think Oktoberfest looks cool but the callouts and especially animations are lacking to say the least in my opinion. The presentation of images / text looks unappealing on a number of screens as well, especially the skill shot and end of ball screens. The main music track also seems out of place in my opinion.
I know the game is still running beta code and that things will improve. I'm also not a fan of the two areas with 5 or so half standup targets, I just don't find large groupings of mini standup targets interesting to hit. The game has a good amount going on and build quality looks excellent. Looking forward to seeing how the game develops and getting some time on one.
Quoted from chuckwurt:I do. They way they are oriented, you can hit the first one and sweep them all. I’m sure they have something awesome in the code for us you do that too.
Now the drone area on dialed in? I’m with ya there. Boring to go after that shot.
Love the drone area in Dialed In as the magnet is used there often and there's also multiple moving drones to interact with the shot.
Quoted from bobukcat:How about "they had a lot more time to work on it"?
They also choose to put the time and money into creating some of the highest quality animations, music, features, and rules in pinball. It shows in all of their games.
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