Albany, NY
Some HD prototype footage from this year's Expo. Enjoy!!
Ron...
The Big Lebowski
The Hobbit
Full Throttle
Wrath of Olympus
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The Hobbit
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First video is seriously disabled for me cause SME content? boooo
Hobbit seemed really big and open with everything crammed into the top. Need to play it for a final opinion, but doesn't look super fun based on the video. It's like making AFM a widebody, just not necessary
Olympus looks pretty dang cool. That apron doesn't match the rest of the awesome art though. It looks really cheesy and cheap
You should be able to click the "Watch on YouTube" hyperlink under the warning message. Blame the music used in the game. The video is actually disabled in Germany!!
Quoted from jrivelli:First video is seriously disabled for me cause SME content? boooo
Hobbit seemed really big and open with everything crammed into the top. Need to play it for a final opinion, but doesn't look super fun based on the video. It's like making AFM a widebody, just not necessary
Olympus looks pretty dang cool. That apron doesn't match the rest of the awesome art though. It looks really cheesy and cheap
Didn't get footage of the P3, sorry. My arm was getting tired from holding the camcorder :^)
Ron...
Quoted from Purpledrilmonkey:Anything on the P3?
I thought this was the best video to date on the hobbit. To me it looked very promising. I like what I see. Room for some add ons and changes but looks good to me.
Quoted from Skyemont:I thought this was the best video to date on the hobbit. To me it looked very promising. I like what I see. Room for some add ons and changes but looks good to me.
I thought the video of Hobbit made it look boring as hell to play but in all fairness to JJP the game has infant code on it and will likely be much more exciting when it's completely programmed. I remember how boring WOZ looked when it was just Emerald City Multiball and people just shot the ramp over and over. Now that the software is done, WOZ is a great game!
With that being said there are some design flaws with Hobbit that will be difficult to mask with software. The biggest being the useless upper-right flipper. You would think that after the worthless UR flipper on WOZ they would learn but apparently they haven't. The other thing is that symmetrical playfields create the illusion of less shots because both the left and right ramp/orbit shots are essentially the same. It just could have used more creativity in the shot layout. There's no way a great designer like Ritchie, Lawlor, Trudeau or Nordman would allow a playfield design like this to come out. Luckily JJP has Keefer to bail them out as he could make a cardboard box with lights fun to play!
Quoted from MikeS:I thought the video of Hobbit made it look boring as hell to play but in all fairness to JJP the game has infant code on it and will likely be much more exciting when it's completely programmed. I remember how boring WOZ looked when it was just Emerald City Multiball and people just shot the ramp over and over. Now that the software is done, WOZ is a great game!
With that being said there are some design flaws with Hobbit that will be difficult to mask with software. The biggest being the useless upper-right flipper. You would think that after the worthless UR flipper on WOZ they would learn but apparently they haven't. The other thing is that symmetrical playfields create the illusion of less shots because both the left and right ramp/orbit shots are essentially the same. It just could have used more creativity in the shot layout. There's no way a great designer like Ritchie, Lawlor, Trudeau or Nordman would allow a playfield design like this to come out. Luckily JJP has Keefer to bail them out as he could make a cardboard box with lights fun to play!
U nailed it. The WOZ got slammed and it's one of my favs. When this is released and I have mine I will 100% give my true thoughts. Right now it's still in development and not finished. It does look unfinished right now so I do hope more things will be added.
Quoted from Gizmonic:You should be able to click the "Watch on YouTube" hyperlink under the warning message. Blame the music used in the game. The video is actually disabled in Germany!!
Oh for sure, got it to play. Wasn't on you, just that YT makes me frustrated at times 
Quoted from MikeS:I thought the video of Hobbit made it look boring as hell to play but in all fairness to JJP the game has infant code on it and will likely be much more exciting when it's completely programmed. I remember how boring WOZ looked when it was just Emerald City Multiball and people just shot the ramp over and over. Now that the software is done, WOZ is a great game!
With that being said there are some design flaws with Hobbit that will be difficult to mask with software. The biggest being the useless upper-right flipper. You would think that after the worthless UR flipper on WOZ they would learn but apparently they haven't. The other thing is that symmetrical playfields create the illusion of less shots because both the left and right ramp/orbit shots are essentially the same. It just could have used more creativity in the shot layout. There's no way a great designer like Ritchie, Lawlor, Trudeau or Nordman would allow a playfield design like this to come out. Luckily JJP has Keefer to bail them out as he could make a cardboard box with lights fun to play!
I'd bet the windlass shot from the left outlane/kickback shoots the ball right to the UR flipper and you have to shoot the hole behind the left two targets to kill Smaug. That's just the insane kind of combo shot that KJ would program: hard as hell, but what a great feeling when it pays off!
Quoted from beelzeboob:I'd bet the windlass shot from the left outlane/kickback shoots the ball right to the UR flipper and you have to shoot the hole behind the left two targets to kill Smaug. That's just the insane kind of combo shot that KJ would program: hard as hell, but what a great feeling when it pays off!
That would be a fantastic idea if true! Got to give that flipper some kind of unique purpose.
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