The game is way much more than that. Yes that is the track you must take in order to destroy all 9 reactors but the strategy on how to achieve that and maximize your score is another thing. Each reactor can be maxed out. 1st reactor is 75k, 2nd reactor is 115k I believe, and it just goes up from there. The 1st reactor starts at 25k. So do you just go and destroy that 1st reactor for those low points or do you try and max out the value of that reactor? While doing this do you use your multi ball to make it easier to max out the reactor and take advantage of the playfield multipliers or do you take the opportunity to use this multi ball to go for your jackpots which are your drop targets. Now this is where the fun really picks up. Each drop target is a different jackpot value. 1st one is 1x then 2x then 3x. If you knock them all down and get in the scoop its a super jackpot as well as an add a ball. But.....the jackpots are worth higher as the you get deeper in the reactors so if you are getting jackpots and are only on the 1st reactor, the jackpots are not worth as much. So is the strategy to get thru several reactors and then go for jackpots or not? Or is it just maximizing your reactor values and using the multi ball to destroy the reactors at 3x value and not risk getting jackpots for you might lose the balls. Jackpots are a ton of fun for you have only 5 seconds to get each drop target down before it pops back up. Other strategies is using your save lanes (which are a ton of fun). If you use one on the outlane you get your ball back. If you use it when its going down an inlane you get a 10 sec ball save. So do you use this for completing your center target grid to start a reactor or do you use this for your locks? Maybe use it for whatever target you have to hit. Or do you continually stack your ball saves (which you can do) and use them to progress thru the game easier? There are a ton of other elements to this game to go deep into like the skill shots and short plunging and everything else but I can take a long time describing it all. Like all games, having in a home setting or putting a lot of time on a game will open up a whole world of possibilities. Not just playing a few times. I have Medieval Madness and can make the argument that there is not much to do in the game as well. People also discounting this game saying there is not much shots is weird as well. There are a ton of shots. 3 stand ups on the left, left orbit, left scoop, 3 middle standups, right ball lock lane, right orbit, pop bumper and 3 stand ups in the core which maximize your reactor value if you hit all 3 in succession. Each one of these shots is utilized in this game. I have to hit the stand ups in TNA. I do not have to hit them in MM. I love both games and both games offer what the other one does not.

No problem! I love this game. I love all games! Yay pinball

Maxing out the reactors is done in the upper core area. Every time it hits one of those slings it increases the value of the reactor. If you want to automatically max out the value you have to hit the 1,2,3 targets up there but you have to hit them in succession so if you hit the 1 target it flashes. Hit it again and you got it. Then go for the 2 and then the 3. If you hit the 3 target without activating the 2 target then nothing happens. The spinner helps overheating the reactor once its ready to work on that as well as hitting the slings up top.

Time runs are kept on each reactor and it keeps a running clock on each one as well as saves the fastest time. Just like high scores. So if you destroy reactor 1 in 10 sec and that is the fastest time, you get to put your initials for speed run - reactor 1. Cool little add on to add some bragging rights. I am not sure when the clock starts but my guess is it starts at the end of the last reactor you blew.

Another cool little deal that I did not mention in my previous posts that I would not recommend going for (dangerous) is after you start a reactor your grid is now lit up in blue and red. If you fill your grid up after you start your reactor you get a reactor jackpot which I believe is worth 25% of your current reactor value. Which can be pretty significant. Say you are on reactor 5 and you have maxed it out. Not sure what the max out is but lets just say 250K. Well if your in 3 ball multi ball and you have started a reactor and decide to go for your grid and complete it, you will get 62,500 times 3 so 187,500 points just for hitting those standups.

What I love is every reactor has its own song. I love getting to reactor 4. That is my favorite song. Reminds me of the movie Grandmas Boy where J.P. is sitting in in his white room at work jamming that bass music.

One last thing that is neat that not a lot of people realize is the core is only accessible by plunge and hitting the orbits...but the orbit will only get the ball back up there when the inserts are flashing pink. They will be pink once you have started your reactors. However, when you get to reactor 4 only one orbit is pink and it changes orbits every time it hits your slings at the bottom. Really cool deal for the right orbit is hard to hit and if its the only one open you have to make some decisions. Go for it or post pass to the right flipper or shoot your lock shot to get it back in the shooter lane, etc, etc.