Oh, this has been a fun thread! So Ill add my 2 pennies......
First, do you think there is any game we would have a 100% agreement on?
With that, we were all excited at first about a new company, a new pin.
Sure, some of us 3 years ago, loved the theme or hated the theme. fine.
When I played it 1 year ago, at IAPPA, and SPF, about 20 games like John, and others posted,
I thought beautiful, but play was not there at all. and I enjoy my TZ and RS.
Then, I played it at an un boxing at Little Shop of Games, next to Star Trek, and felt that Star Trek was fast, flow,
all the same we agree on. Be it Spiderman, Tron, or Star Trek, Fast, Combos, ramp shots. These games all go from 0 to 60 MPH in a heartbeat. (and with a bad heart, I can measure this very well), Then I played WOZ.
Not impressed, not fast, not easy to understand, etc....So.....I knew something was there, and I had sold my Spiderman, and bought a WOZ. I like fast games too, but I felt in my bones something was there.
I am playing it now for a month, and only last night did I stack several modes....Holy Crap! What a great Job.
0-60 in like 10 minutes. The game builds, and there is so much strategy of what to do when. It is not a linear game like Roadshow to me, but so diverse, you CAN play it linear if you want.
For Speed, I bumped up the back, increased the power on all the coils, and used Alex's suggestion of P21S Wax.
It is very very fast. I will grant that there is no left secondary loop...that would give the "flow and speed" for fans of that. It has taken 4 straight weeks to get the game to begin to get into the "ZONE". I like that, i want a game that takes me months or longer to see how amazingly Keith crafted the code in the game.
It is simply different and will never be for everyones taste. Maybe because I suck at playing it takes me a month,
but I agree with everyone who has played a few games, 30 games etc....It takes a lot more to get the game
to battle you back. Not by a spinning laser, or combos, but by trying to see if you can spin the house, fight the witch and magnets keep a ball in the upper left playfield, and whatever the crystal ball gives you.
Try reversed flippers, 4 balls, 2 on the playfield and one in each mini playfield. Is there any other game like that?
With more code coming, and we know it is coming, the game needs to grow on a player in a different way.
I think this is why a great many people dont like it after playing a few games...it builds and grows. For me as a player, I am enjoying the time and experience. Tron and Spidey are not here, because they were great Games,
but the old heart doesnt always want to go on fast all the time.
Carlyle, IL
