I have a PZ,TZ,WH2O and a CP currently in my gameroom. They are all great machines but PZ makes me come back and play over and over and over. I also had a RS and a NGG and sold them and kept PZ over them. Let me tell you why.
Party Zone has a feature called the Big Bang and it's seems so easy to get but it's not. It has a progressive jackpot that rises to 99 mil. A great game on PZ without getting the Big Bang would be around 50 or 60 mil. So getting the Big Bang is really the main goal but with PZ unlike other games it can be done on the first ball. If your having a bad game you can turn it around on your 3rd ball by just getting the big bang. I always feel like I was just one shot away from getting it and it slips away...so I push the start button again and try again for the BIG BANG. Thats my whole concentration from the moment I push the start button Get the Big Bang. Nothing else matters but the Big Bang.
Some people complain about the scoring being lopsided because of this feature. I find that this feature is what makes me love this game. When I play TZ it's a long process of lighting all the door panels to get to Lost in the Zone and it's the same way with most pins but with PZ you can have a huge game on your first ball if you hit the Big Bang. The fact that with just 1 ball you can score enough points to give you a huge game makes you play every ball like this could be the one.
The game give you the impression that it's an easy thing to do....but just try to do it. So I do try. Over and over and over again. Simple yet difficult.
What other games are like this? I'd love to try them.