This is just false. The entire premise of this thread is false. I wonder how much experience you have on other Stern games besides X-Men. If something is flashing - it MEANS something...just like any WMS game. I turn on Monster Bash - every shot is flashing...and it makes sense. I know I have to shoot the Wolfman 4 times, the Drac targets, Frank, etc.

Sterns games are generally designed and programmed by the same people who made the WMS games. For better or worse, they're generally similar experiences.

In the case of X-Men, the game clearly has software issues, but if you can't figure out what to do - that's on you (and your son lol). Shoot lit character shots, start their modes. Shoot the big green LOCK inserts, lock the ball for Magneto Multiball. Shoot the scoop when Villain is lit...hmmm, what could that do - oh, I dunno, start a VILLAIN MODE!??!! Wolverine's Multiball - some shots are lit, shoot them and he turns a corner and confronts a guard - then, only Wolverine is lit, so - shoot him, kill the guard (Jackpot).

Fantastic...but you're wrong. Anything that's lit at any time in a B/W or Stern game serves a similar purpose - to point out what you're supposed to shoot. Shoot the lit shot, something happens. X-Men has f*cked up code currently, but still - shoot the lit shot, SOMETHING HAPPENS. It's no different than B/W games.

Sincerely,
Post Whore

I don't know anyone who launches into ANY game and knows what to do. That doesn't change the fact that "shoot lit shot does something". In the case of X-Men, shoot character = start character mode. How is this confusing? I dunno, I figured this out pretty quickly - and I STILL don't know wtf is happening in TZ after playing it 100 times

There are plenty of B/W & Stern games that start modes w/ multiple shots

There are plenty of B/W & Stern games that start modes w/ a single shot.

Clearly, you don't like multiple shot/start mode games.

Solution = Sell your X-Men.

Other than having a cannon - the layout, feel, and gameplay is nothing like T2. Not sure why this keeps coming up. On top of that, the rules are absolutely like NOTHING that has come before.

LOL just look at the playfields side by side!

-T2 has a saucer-stop shot on the left, AC/DC does not
-AC/DC has 2 drop target banks, one which reveals a standup. T2 does not
-They both have 2 ramps...so do TONS of games, so...moot point....especially since they have completely different designs.
-They have cannons...but they're in different locations.
-OK maybe the Skull shot is in a similar place to the bell shot...but again, I can look at ANY game and say "this shot in a similar place to a shot on that game". There's only so much real estate. Games will have shots in the same places. In any case - hitting the skull shot is NOT the same as hitting the bell shot.
-AC/DC has the jukebox catch/kickout, T2 does not.
-The rules are ENTIRELY different.

-Oh yeah, and....LOWER PLAYFIELD!!!! T2 does not have one.

Sorry...comparing AC/DC to T2 is a strange groupthink thing that caught on early but has no real basis in reality. Wanna compare Austin Powers to Iron Man? That makes sense because they were literally modeled on the same layout. Same with Spacejam & NBA. Family Guy & Shrek: the MOST literal "same playfield" duo. AC/DC and T2? The most irrelevant comparison EVER.