Black Knight Sword of Rage (LE)
Stern, 2019
Black Knight Sword of Rage (Premium)
Stern, 2019
Black Knight Sword of Rage (Pro)
Stern, 2019Quoted from Khabbi:Anyone else think the Magnasave button should have been a third button on the right side of the cabinet forward of the flipper button? Game looks amazing though!!
YES! It looks like its going to be hard to hit and get hand back to hit flipper fast enough.
Quoted from dirtbag66:McDonald's has been serving people since 1955. Doesn't mean their product is any good.
It has nothing to do with being good, it has everything to do with selling products. If people don't like what Stern or McDonald's are doing they would be out of business.
Quoted from PanzerFreak:I like how the BK3 looks, awesome playfield artwork. Not sure if I dig the whole cyber knight cabinet artwork. Ruleset at first seems to have 6 main modes and a bunch of super modes and super modes have always felt like filler / throw away modes on modern games in my opinion. Stern likes to use super modes in most of their games and all feel like a grind just hitting the same shot over and over again.
Also not sure how the upper playfield will play as it seems a bit cramped, at least its bigger then the one on Aerosmith. Game doesn't haven't me jumping for joy right now with what I'm seeing but looks cool at first glance. Looking forward to playing one on location to try it out.
We all get excited for a new pin ..especially at first glance lol. It looks nice and like a stern pin. Definitely wanna see some game play but i wasn't a fan of the first bk pins so this don't intrest me right away. Also im for sure gonna wait on jjp wonka reveal and im betting its amazing also. Plus they will be shipping soon after reveal which is huge. Gonna b a great year for pinball
Quoted from Pinstein:I like the pro art package best but the prem and LE features look like must haves.
I agree, another game from Stern where the LE doesn't get the best art package. IMDN should have had the PREM artwork on the LE as originally intended. This one, I prefer the PRO artwork over the other 2. Wish you could preorder which cabinet you wanted, I'd be all over an LE with the PRO cabinet.
Quoted from TKDalumni:I feel like the Pro will have more "flow." Similar to GOT. I have no affinity to BK2K, so don't think I'll miss the upper PF. Lower and Upper PF's just slow the game down. *flame suit on*
All depends on the rules, but I’m in this camp until I see that the upper pf is integrated really well. I trust it will be. If stern keeps getting top players to help with coding and rules, their games are only going to get better.
Game looks great, but I don't have any fondness for the 1st two after owning them for a while. I'd buy the pro if I was to buy it because I dislike upper playfields in general.
Quoted from bigd1979:We all get excited for a new pin ..especially at first glance lol. It looks nice and like a stern pin. Definitely wanna see some game play but i wasn't a fan of the first bk pins so this don't intrest me right away. Also im for sure gonna wait on jjp wonka reveal and im betting its amazing also. Plus they will be shipping soon after reveal which is huge. Gonna b a great year for pinball
You are right. An incredible year for pinball. I only hope JJP can actually make games soon after an announcement.
What's interesting is in that Pro gameplay image, you can see the "flail lane" they mention in the feature matrix. It may look like a long ramp, but it's actually a flat stainless lane with the ramp flap actually located behind it. Stern knew this area would get decimated by the balls and the BK's flail thingy and had to create a massive stainless portion of the PF.
I guess they were tired of shipping replacement PF's.
Great art, great soundtrack, great theme - nice job Stern on thinking outside the box. The only Stern I own is a TronLE, but I can see myself grabbing one of these.
Quoted from bigdaddy07:Any word on pricing?
I was told same as MUN
Quoted from bigdaddy07:Any word on pricing?
Same as the last couple Pro/Prem/LE releases.
Looks really cool, I like the knights spinner and sheild, pro art for me, but would like to try the upper playfield
The question is who is coding?
Quoted from libtech:The question is who is coding?
Tim Sexton is coding (it's his first as lead coder).
Looks like a solid Pro. The main difference seems to be the upper playfield, ramps, VUK, and ball lock that go with it.
Pro has almost all RGB playfield inserts (24 vs. 26), Magna Save, and the same Black Knight mech.
Has any Pro every had that many RGB Playfield inserts? They are usually just the 6-8 shots.
Pro even has 2 spinners compared to 1 for Premium. I find that funny.
A lot will come down to how cool the upper playfield is during the game.
Quoted from bigd1979:We all get excited for a new pin ..especially at first glance lol. It looks nice and like a stern pin. Definitely wanna see some game play but i wasn't a fan of the first bk pins so this don't intrest me right away. Also im for sure gonna wait on jjp wonka reveal and im betting its amazing also. Plus they will be shipping soon after reveal which is huge. Gonna b a great year for pinball
Totally agree!
Quoted from TKDalumni:Looks like Planetary Pinball is getting paid on this one.
What? Why? PP just licenses the WMS stuff, they don't own it. Stern is also licensing it - from "Williams Electronic Games", not PP.
Quoted from bigdaddy07:Each version has a winning art package, though I'll have to give the edge to the LE on this one.
Kevin O'Connor working on grabbing a TWIPY himself! 
Quoted from dirtbag66:McDonald's has been serving people since 1955. Doesn't mean their product is any good.
Well it looks like the McRib is back with this pin! 
Quoted from DeadFlip:Suit of armor for the stream?
LMAO
Good luck playing pinball in that thing but I'd love to see it.
I'm sure you'll smell great!
Really curious how the pro is gonna play compared to the premium. Looks like one ramp on pro with a deadend spinner lane to a vuk that shoots it on wireform? Also another scoop to vuk shot that ends up.on the wireform?. I think to get the bk full experience you really need that upper playfield to lock balls . Looking fwd to some gameplay videos soon to see how things play out.
Quoted from Daveeb2000:Jack, when are you going to Steam this one?
Very soon!
Quoted from DeadFlip:Suit of armor for the stream?
nah just a chain mail tee top and your good 
Quoted from bigd1979:Really curious how the pro is gonna play compared to the premium. Looks like one ramp on pro with a deadend spinner lane to a vuk that shoots it on wireform? Also another scoop to vuk shot that ends up.on the wireform?. I think to get the bk full experience you really need that upper playfield to lock balls . Looking fwd to some gameplay videos soon to see how things play out.
I was thinking that too - as long as its quick and it flows it should be good - but we'll see
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