I normally agree with you Mike but I think you are wrong on this one.

TNA is unlimited and can be made forever. i doubt there are a ton of people buying on blind faith that will get tired of the game quickly and sell it. In order for there to be HUO games for sale that means people need to sell them. It is a unique game and has lots of replay value so I dont see a bunch of people getting rid of them after they bought.

While I agree that the days of high dollar Stern LE and premiums holding value is long gone, those are limited run games intended to force hands to buy. TNA is a totally new model. It will be interesting to see what happens with it, but I dont imagine you are seeing a bunch of HUO ones for sale = low supply. People will luckily be able to just go buy them new for quite a while.

All I want to know is where/when did you play the game and how many plays is this dissertation based off of?

Also, if you want to come out behind the shield of anonymity... Come introduce yourself in person and lets play some pinball.
Reality is that you will actually need to play with other people and IRL to understand this game.

Hi, My name is Hilton. What is yours?
Want to play some pinball?

It is amazing what that can do for having fun and your own self worth in life.

that was a really long post to just say you agree with me

not sure what your constant beef is.

It is a legit question... Is this review based upon watching videos online or does he have some play on it in a group setting? If you cant tell, this is a multiplayer game and the fun factor is all about the people you are playing with.

Nothing wrong with asking the masked man to come play some pinball IRL.

Good grief... some anti-social people can struggle with the smallest things like actually playing pinball with other real live humans... Just stepping up and saying Hi is often the first step. I know many want to hide behind the CPU screen and write dissertations, but I have found that by and large once we meet up in real life and play some pinball then it all changes...

ok, I will play along...

I have probably put over 100 games on TNA at this stage. Probably 50-60 on the white wood and probably 40 on the sample production.

The game is best played in a multiplayer setting. Much like a system 11, you can steal locked balls and hence it is more fun to take advantage of that feature. Playing as single player, I woudl still be playing 2 player games because I will have more multiball opprtunities and can use 1 player to lock balls for the other to release.

There are 2 main objestives in the game, just like most classics:
Get Multiball/score jackpots/super JPs
Progress through reactors (modes if that is what you want to call them) Each rteactor will require you to hit more and more shots in the game, this fully utlizing the entire pf and forcing a good player to really work through the reactor cores.

The majority of shots in the game are both forehand and backhandable. In fact you shoudl learn to adjust on the fly and pick when a forehand or back hand would be safer. I personally like to work on back handing the lock shots, which means I will also work on passive and post passing when I feel good on it in order to get to the lock shot back hand.

The game is built on speed. The skill shot will auto plung you if you miss/ shot plunge, the orbits come screaming back around, the music keeps you amped, both scoops are built to kick out quickly. That si a big part of what keeps the game fresh for me. Even 4 player games go fast and while you can learn to control the game, it is fun to watch other play due to the pace. I find that I dont just walk away between balls but instead am engaged int he whole game (afterall people may be locking or stealing balls which will imapct my play).

This game really is like a class of 81 Bally meets sys11 lock stealer. If you like those aspects of play and playing in a 2, 3, or 4 pack then this game has a huge fun factor and lots of replayability. Ever new 4 pack means the game is forever changing. Your strategy is changing. The game while simple to understand is hard to master and keeps it fresh with all the new players you face.

The game is very well balanced in shots and flow and geometry.

The sound track is amazing and so is the sound quality.
The light show is possibly the best ever.

I really dont have much critical to say about the game and if I did, then I would share it (everyone knows I dont lack opinions).

I guess if I were to come up with one thing critical, it would be that i wish the game had a 3rd layer. Either collecting walkers/ghosts/diamonds/etc to have a goal/objective in the background that is just happening OR some sort of shot multiplier combo cash in or some sort of mini-Wiz mode. Granted I also understand that that is not the designers vision and am comfortable with it (I just like that 3rd level meta goal in games personally)

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yeah, I think after sales tax and the few add-ons I did price was just shy of 6400.

Damn WI tax man