No mention of No Pop up bumpers on this pin, been awhile like No Fear and whatever else I am missing, this might be the way to go for standard body to jam more into a pin

I've seen a number of people statethis, but the announcer guy didn't bother me...sounds like a stereotypical Rock station DJ caricature.

No nearly as annoying as the Boston accent guy from Godzilla!

Put down the basic shapes and foundations to start test printing and seeing if physically it would fit. What kind of cool things would the Foo have on the second floor that we should see ?

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Jalopy assembled is fun part of that game Junkyard for me, always enjoyed it. Kind of reminds me of the foo withnaline items on remote.

Im all in on this theme, I have loved the foo fighters since their first album came out while I was in high school, hell the acoustic version of Everlong was my wedding song.... But I just cant decide between the pro and the premium. The death save is awesome, and I like the upper playfield, but damn is it really worth $2700 more!?!? No real question with this post... I have been drinking and I just cant decide which one to order!! lol

I was heavily into pinball a while back but basically had too much on for a while and my pins were gathering dust. Things have settled a bit and I have started playing again and then Stern had to release an awesome looking game with a band I love, bastards. Can't wait till mine arrives

Watching the replay of the stream, sounds like there is an interactive topper ready to go very soon. Around the 50 minute mark. Are they just going to skip the topper for Godzilla?!?

creature, no fear, shadow, junkyard.

I love the alien voice, sounds like the crypt keeper and sparky

Ghostbusters pin, because it has a building with Star Gazer inside of it. Matryoshka style.

Watch the pro stream Thursday night and see how much you miss the premium stuff.

I'll take the over on "very soon."

yeah I'm looking forward to it!

He sounds like Sparky because that is the voice of Sparky.

Yup

Ahhh if that's the case I'm going to probably appreciate it in person a lot better than. I like Sparky on MET so that changes things haha

Looks amazing.

Only criticism, is no Dave Grohl call outs?

He has such energy that his call outs would be awesome.

Stern, make it happen please

I can appreciate coder enthusiasm and am psyched RayDay is helping code this...but he lost me right off the bat when he started talking about the "ComboTron" like I knew what it was ...I watched a little but not too much, don't want to spoil it for myself. Animations look amazing...super fast and flowy, loops for days...I am eagerly awaiting the LE to arrive. This looks like it's going to be a blast to play and figure out as the code matures.

I agree but the combotron was the little compass looking thing in the corner. Watch it for a second time and it starts to make more sense. I think the team were so excited to just play the game and what a game it looks to be!

One thing the team seemed to hit on during the stream is that they buried a lot of extra cool animation things deeper in the game, which will hopefully mean the game will have more staying power in a home environment as you achieve new objectives over time. I just tune Rey-Dey out for the most part. He did blow up ball 1 on his last game...that guy needs a "10 minutes to Wapner" hoodie!

Another killer art masterpiece by ZY! Love his color schemes, how they pop and how its all brought together with the matching backbox animations. FF is one of the best integrated packages ever imo.

I really can't understand why that's not a given. My guess is that these days, you don't even have to bring someone into a studio to do it. Foos have access to all the recording equipment you could want. Give him a script. "Great Shot", "You rock", etc. Ask him to say it with enthusiasm. Send it back to Stern digitally. It all seems like it would take no more than a few minutes and it would enhance the game immensely.

One of the things that Tanio said is that they have much more VO work to do for the callouts. Not sure if he meant they still need to record some individuals or they need to simply incorporate what’s in the can to the game.

Well they did say that Dave had a game in his possession….

It looks quite good even though the code is only 0.80. Wait until it hits 1.0, it’ll be wow!

I mean Godzilla only has one, and it doesn't do anything to slow the gameplay down. Not everyone wants a slow game. I'm ADHD, and I enjoy a game that is just balls to the walls. As soon as a game gets slow my mind wonders and thats when I drain. I hate when things get slowed down.

Good news!

Yup I'm right there with ya on the ADHD front. It def has its pros and cons!

I thought sparky and the joker from Aerosmith. Definitely a lot of similarities to other game voices

Look what happened with Bond. When you hear Gomez talk on the podcasts even getting the Aston Martin in there was a pain. One can not honestly look at that Bond cabinet and say, "wow that is in the top 3 of best designed cabinets Stern has ever created." I bet other "A" tier IPs would be the same way. They want to micromanage Stern and you get a game that's just "meh". Not amazing and not bad just middle of the road just a vanilla game.

Caught the tail end of the stream. Game looks like a lot of fun. I was blown away by the animations. Great style and detail. Like to see more games with that level of graphics. ZY art also perfect. Love lots of color and packed detail. Great job, team!

Seems like we are going to be able to buy a toy van and action figures to go with the game. It would be nice if they sold those in a package via the Insider Connected shop and you had to have the game linked to your account to purchase.

I have no insight and maybe I'm way off, but I feel like this kind of stuff is determined at the point of sale, at the signing of the licensing agreement. There needs to be a balance of trust, control, and partnership or the whole thing will explode. I don't know what is considered an "A" IP, but look at the differences between what JJP had with Wonka versus GnR. What Stern had with Jurassic Park versus Mando.

I don't think it's only the perceived strength of the IP, it's also in the negotiation and willingness of that IP holder to relinquish some creative control to Stern. So far what I've seen out of Foo here, not a ton of band participation but a TON of band buy-in and allowing Stern to go and make something amazing. Give, and take.

I guess my point is that you can see excellent integrations and good pinball experiences in all levels of IP strengths, as well as copy/paste rigidness in weaker ones. I suspect in the Bond negotiations, Stern gave up too much creative control in order to take advantage of the Bond anniversary and pick up additional non-pinball-people sales and visibility they might not have otherwise gotten.

But it leads to boring gameplay….

The ball paths here are certainly interesting, but this game seems to lack any chaos.

There’s barely even anything to brick missed shots off of!

My thoughts after the stream:

Pros:
1. Game is fast as hell.
2. Flow out the wazzoo.
3. The alien shot up the middle tended to SDTM a couple times, no different from other center shots a la AFM.
4. Animations are AMAZING. Easily the best I’ve seen in pinball so far.
5. Art looks great. Worked well on the actual game, didn’t seem to be intrusive at all.
6. Dead post worked reliably and didn’t require too much skill to execute, just raise the left flipper.
7. Kicker target works well, adds a little chaos but doesn’t put the ball in danger. It is strong enough to send the ball up the ramp depending on the angle.
8. Music is great (subjective I know).
9. Rules are pretty advanced at this point. They said the final wizard mode isn’t in and they are tweaking things constantly. Rules are at 0.8 and will be “higher than that” at production.
10. Topper is coming, will be interactive with the game somehow and MAY (probably will from their reactions) include action figures that somehow interact with the topper. Super cool idea.
11. The spinner shot to loop combo is buttery smooth and really looks fun.

Cons:
1. Game is fast as hell. Be on your toes. This ain’t no EM!
2. Upper playfield looks fun and is useable but I couldn’t tell if any specific modes required its use yet. Maybe as code advances.
3. Rules for each mode were a little hard to understand. Shoot the lit shots as usual but the game was so fast and flowy I didn’t see a lot of trap up and hit a specific shot for a reason kind of play.
4. Magnet under the robot seems to just be for visuals?? Didn’t see where it did anything specific to the ball except bash it around underneath the alien guy. Again, maybe as code matures.

So, in summary I think the game looks great, seemed to shoot very well and has a LOT going for it.

My opinion. This is the front runner for GOTY.

Sounds like an 80s/90s radio DJ - fits the theme just fine….and the alien is Brenden Small. He’s great in Metallica as Sparky & Snake.

I think you guys need to go back and listen to the voices on X-Men or 24 so you remember what TRULY BAD callouts sounded like.

Are you suggesting that it might be a baby game?!

This game looks fantastic, and everyone who contributed to its creation should be proud.

My one gripe from the stream is something that I'm sure will be fixed in future code updates: I'm pretty sure I saw the shoot again insert flashing during the light show several times, when no ball save was active. No no, Stern. No no.

Theory time - maybe they wanted to get all the rules, animation, and character voices done first - then see where the natural choreography of gameplay leads to “dead air” where the band voices would fit naturally. The game is so fast, they could have gotten into a situation where they record a bunch, but then it all overlaps or cuts off due to game speed. This way, they can do a tight “dub” style script by knowing exactly how many seconds (or fractions of a second) they have for a Dave line here and there & script accordingly. Stern added Karl Urban to ST like 6 months after release. It’s not unprecedented…and since the band is clearly so into this project, I don’t see a reason why they wouldn’t want to do some voices for the game.

I noticed that too - thought for sure a couple times they'd be getting the ball back, but it was end of ball.

Excited after watching the stream. Music is a major part of my life, and this will be a great addition. The shots look innovative, thought out, and just generally "fun".

just give me one long, loud, classic Grohl Scream, and I’d be satisfied.

Game looks insanely fun to shoot, and I'm sure code will add more polish. Hopefully that's able to include some more staging before multiballs - most seemed to just happen (aside from the one that started on the van shot). The kicker target is wild and that Rami crossover shot blows my mind. Can't wait to flip it!

Agreed. That left and right orbit flow and return is awesome. Very well thought out.

Grows on you as you play, maybe.... When I think of unusual voices, I think of the New York Cab Driver in Roadshow, lol....

Good summary - mostly agree. Look forward to seeing the pro tonight.

Game is no Godzilla that's for sure. Flow is similar but game times will not be the same. Fast with thirsty right outlane.

FOMO is flying high! Stern has another big hit.

Ugh why did I watch that stream last night. The gameplay looks smooth AF! Now this messes up my next purchase decision.

The lack of callouts from the band. Been thinking about that. You would think it would be easy as they guys literally live in recording studios. How hard to record a few funny lines and f-bombs. Maybe a few factors:

1) someone said Jack mentioned DLC for callouts. That would be a bit disappointing to be as these things cost enough
2) maybe they just haven’t gotten to it or are waiting for more mature code, as many have said here
3) Maybe with TH passing, they are taking all or none approach. No TH callouts, no one else?