Well, saying that Lightning is as fun as Star Gazer and Quicksilver is saying a lot. I have owned Lightning and played Freefall plenty. I like Lightning more than Freefall, but for me both are mid-pack among all the classic Sterns and probably lower than mid-pack of the MPU200 games.

To be specific, Lightning has that drop target bank right in your face, bracketed by the horseshoe loop. Having balls fly over the flippers and hit the apron is not uncommon. Flippers have to be strong enough to make the ramps, so you can't dial them down. Sound and voice on Lightning can grate on you after a while. Freefall is a wide body with one spinner. Most of the real estate on the playfield is taken up by the wireform assembly. In my experience, the ball bounces around a lot not hitting much. It isn't a target rich wide body like say, Big Game. It is an interesting game, just not anywhere near as fun as the top tier classic Sterns.