Wizard of Oz is an absolutely amazing pinball machine. There's so much to do, and it's fun doing it. Battle the Witch is a great mini wizard mode, much like Destroy the Ring (very similar path to get there). To me, Wizard of Oz is all the best of Lord of the Rings (code) and Twilight Zone (layout and toys). There is a barrier to entry, however. You need to know what you're doing to get the most out of it. Once you know, it's simply hard for many other games to measure up.

The Hobbit is a swing and a miss for me. It's beautiful and it sounds great, but the layout really holds it back. It's very pedestrian, despite their best efforts to pump it up with continued code support. I applaud the effort, but the game just doesn't work for me. Not every game can be a big winner.

Dialed In is shaping up to be something special. I can't remember the last time we got a game that shoots so smoothly and felt just so enjoyable to play from your first time walking up to it. Code is comparatively simple up against WoZ or some newer Sterns, but it's not the type of game that begs for very deep code. It remains to see how this game stacks up over time, but my early impressions with it are very, very positive.

Gun to my head, I'd say Wizard of Oz, but Dialed In has a real opportunity to surpass it.

It's best not to put much stock into his ratings/comments on games...just let him rant.

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Dude, it's a joke. You take all of this way too seriously and get so angry over a game you have zero interest in playing. If you rate something in the 5s, write it off and don't look back. Just find some chill.

Well, the next game will be out, for starters, but honestly, I think the biggest difference would be fewer votes for The Hobbit.

The Hobbit is not a good pinball machine.

2 things:

1. You obviously care because you're bugged.
2. This is about comparing JJP machines and their quality. If you can't handle an opinion on a game in here, maybe you're a bit overly sensitive to begin with.

I think there's plenty of room for people to enjoy it subjectively, but objectively it's riddled with all kinds of flaws that they're trying hard to mitigate through clever coding. The game never should have been a widebody, and there's a massive disconnect between the left and right hands of the playfield in the upper half (that 3rd flipper is proof enough of that).

There will be plenty of people who like The Hobbit, but over time its flaws will be more and more exposed, especially when compared to JJP's other games. In a thread that compares the three in a head-to-head-to-head fashion, more people will eventually run out of patience with The Hobbit when the other games are clearly better designed. Dialed In is just getting out into the wild now, it's going to steal lots of votes from The Hobbit.

In the overall scheme of things, The Hobbit isn't pure trash or anything, but if you're going to create a scale of great, good, decent, bad, and terrible pinball machines, The Hobbit won't fall into the good category on an objective measure.