phew, I had to sit down.
Wow.
This game is AMAZING. SO fun. The light show is incredible. Super fast, super flowy, so many things to hit. I finally started blowing things up in my last game before writing this and finished at 431M.
After about 10 games on our new LE -- the pinnacle of my pinball collecting journey -- (plus a handful among my family members) here are some praises along with some constructive criticisms / suggestions for improvement:
-the mirrored backglass on the LE is gorgeous -- though you can only fully appreciate it when the game is turned off. Not a complaint, just saying.
- SO. MANY. SHOTS. I'm sure it's because I don't know what the hell I'm doing yet, but there are so many things to shoot for, it's almost overwhelming. Not a bad thing, especially for novice players, because you'll always successfully do something, even by accident.
- so many songs to choose from -- my family and I agree it'd be nice to have a Random Song option.
- the Mystery definitely needs some sorting out. Several times I was in multiball modes and balls got super stalled in the scoops because it was running a Mystery in the middle of the multiball. Other times, when I wasn't in a multiball, I'd drop it in the scoop to trigger Mystery -- but also happened to trigger Far Cry multiball, so it kicked it out unexpectedly quickly to start the multiball before it finished Mystery, and I was caught with my pants down (figuratively only) because I was watching the Mystery selection the screen. It should finish the mystery first and THEN start multiball.
- My daughter also pointed out (as others have) that the song should change back to your original selection when your specific multiball or mode is over, because otherwise it's hard to tell if it's over or not.
- Again, I have no idea what the hell im doing yet, and the game is way too fast to dare looking up at the screen, so I appreciate many of the callouts giving some instruction. Still, clearly I need to learn more about how to complete the modes. I felt like I was destroying some of the modes in that big game I just had, but the lights seemed to indicate that I'd completed only one.
- Speaking of the screen...others have mentioned this too ... there's a LOT going on up there and it's all very small. I think some tweaks might help.
- I would like it to not auto-launch when you sneak it back into the shooter lane under the upper right flipper. To me, that should be an earned pause and perhaps another attempt at a skill shot. What's the point of getting it in there if it just auto launches back out to the pops? Give me a chance to do something with it. I could understand auto-launch during multiball but not in single ball play.
Anyway I'm not unhappy AT ALL, I absolutely love it and look forward to figuring more of it out! Family's digging it too. My wife especially loves the VUK shot, she seems to be able to hit that consistently and repeatedly, which makes her feel accomplished, plus gives her a nice pause and a feed back to the flipper for the next shot.
One final thought, I was skeptical about some of the song choices but they're all awesome to play to so far!
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