Quoted from Jediturtle:Yes. Too many shots lead to the upper playfield, and a good player is going to keep it up there a long time (especially a problem in tournaments). Upper pf is fairly lame...really having only an ill flowing loop, stand up target, and an admittedly cool locking mech. The real unfortunate part is you can make progress on the battles up there by just hitting the target, and that sucks all of the uniqueness out of the modes.
I agree that the BKSOR prem/le has fallen victim to monotonous tournament strategies, but many of us aren't tournament players and I can't see playing it that way at home. The pro is a fun game but is missing a lot (Catapult multi-ball, the ability to build up mode values on the upper playfield, the option to progress through modes on the upper playfield, additional skill shots). I think the pro is a fun game and probably the better tournament choice, but I almost see the pro and prem/LE as completely different games. I would say the same about GoT with the current code that makes the upper playfield much more important than it was initially. Games like GotG, Met, TWD, ST, Maiden, JP the pro plays much more similar to the prem/LE.
