It pains me to say - that I have made my decision - and at this stage I wont be buying the game.
Spent some time on a recently delivered B/W Premium at a local pub yesterday ( game was delivered there on Saturday )
Looks - FANTASTIC - its SUCH a beautiful game to look at and the lab in the middle really sets it off and sets it apart from other games aesthetically - its eye catching and should draw players in.
Plays - very nicely and smooth, love the Marilyn turnaround ramp, love the Eddie loops and ‘like’( just like ) the lower PF ( flippers were set to soft )
Gameplay - look, I aint the worlds best player - but I aint too rubbish either - but there is not enough in the game - sorry.
I do understand there is ‘strategy’ to scoring the ‘right way at the right times’ and utilising the Kitty shot , but its just too rinse and repeat.
To be clear , this is not a bash post , I actually did ENJOY wailing the ball around a fast, smooth, open table for a change.
But - that code Dwight - that code is THE absolute reason I wont be spending the cash.
I could live with the big targets IF they were more integrated/ utilised in different ways in the code, rather than just “sitting there” awaiting natural hits.
Lily - looked after herself - every game I played - not fun.
Dragula - Just like Lily, that target also looked after itself - every game I played - although the Dragula shot itself is HARD, the target is pointless from a players skill POV
Herman Multiball - was ‘OK’ - but kind of unexciting to me - needs to be more to achieve than hitting the same jackpots over and over - needs a moving target , something, anything to make you ‘work’ for it.
Spot and Raven - were TOUGH to get to. Spot popped up for like a few seconds , was dark, and was then gone, so thats tough and I liked that.
Grandpas Lab - was easy to get started and was ‘just OK’ to play but I really feel ( for me ) would get tired - I do understand its linked to the up top play , but the feel would get old - to me.
I actually got to Munster Madness 1st level on my 4th game and it was really hard to know what to do other than just whack and wail both sets of flippers like a noob. To know that I just had to do all that over again to get to MM2 wasnt thrilling me either.
And yes - the LCD integration seems to be hit and miss - I mean the “Ball Saved’ animation is PERFECT with Herman ‘saving the ball’ in the baseball game - but I saw little else that was linked that same way ( granted you cant look up a lot , but I tried )
Ultimately I have to make a decision , I have ummed and arred for way too long and I just cant justify 12k ( plus another 1k for mods ) on this BELOVED THEMED title. I may revisit my thoughts down the track IF this develops somehow.
Happy for those of you that own and enjoy this style of gameplay of course , you have a beautiful looking pin that you enjoy.
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