ACDC Premium.

AC/DC Premium. Great game that is only going to get better.

Both BDK & POTC hold the ball a lot as do some of the other titles you already have. ACDC is much faster then any of the above titles and probably a little more so them SM. But if you really were just set on the 2 titles you picked i'd probably choose POTC. Both games suffer from horrible voice work though.

Glad you are adding RBION

I would say POTC as your final. While not the deepest in the rules department, I find the game really fun to play and is a good fit in any collection

I like POTC. It's a fun game but it's super, super slow in the home enviroment. Crazy long balls times, constant repetition, and really long animations. Good for women and kids as a gateway to pinball. Cool theme, cool music, cool toys, but it's just really, really slow. Pull up a chair kinda game. It's going to be a while.

iron man or tron

I am in the minority here, but I like BDK; IMO, it is a much cooler theme.

Tron, IM, or ACDC.

im going to second IM or Tron, But BDK if i had to choose between it and POTC

POTC

POTC

I owned POTC for a while and really wanted to like it. After a year or so, I finally realized it just wasn't for me. So, I'd go BDK between those two since I'll never own POTC again.

Agree with others, there are far better Sterns than those two.

My wife said I had a game of POTC at Chuck-e-Cheese the other day that was over two hours long. I'm not sure about that, but my score was over 500 million and was in Four Winds mode when I gave up. Dead Man's Chest wasn't registering shots properly so I couldn't finish the first part of the wizard mode.

EPIC PISSED OFF.

POTC. IN a mixed collection, I think it plays different enough to me interesting. I wouldn't mind having it. I think BDK is a sexy looking machine though

I have 3 of your current titles (LOTR, TSPP and SM). Love them all and they compliment each other nicely.

I also own a POTC and its great too because it is very different in how it plays (different upper playfield, close chest shot and targets, upper spinner). Its not the deepest game, but still fun. I don't mind the voices at all. I actually think the Johnny Depp sound alike does a great job.

If you are only able to get one more, I would recommend Ironman over POTC. Super fast, smooth, brutal, but totally fun. Very much a "one more game" pin. In my collection, its the one game that I want to play every night.

Did not like BDK at all. Sure the crane is cool, but that's it. Hated the voice work. Joker and batmobile are lame. Just could not get into it at all.

Really liked Tron and would consider it too.

But why not look into an Xmen. Kind of a bit of IM and Tron, with seemingly a lot of depth. Its next for me.

POTC wins for the Skill shot alone! Best skill shot ever! The SUPER DUPER skill shot that is.

Wha...huh?

I'd go BDK over potc personally...although I've had fun with Pirates.

ACDC shouldn't be brought up because it isn't in the poll...and it isn't fun.

I just think he threw the whole poll off by adding bacon. Who cares about ANY pinball game when bacon is involved???

Well..... I do like bacon.
But I didn't vote for it.

BDK > POTC. I have owned both sold both recently as they have horrible voice work and both suffer from repetition and much slower gameplay. So in short what I'm saying is go with your gut BACON!!

They both have really great main toys, but they both also get very monotonous if you have a long game.

Random pros/cons

-POTC wins for sound. I really like some of the music (especially Collect Crew), and I think the voices are very well done, even though others have different opinions. Batman's voices are truly terrible.

-BDK gets points for a moving interactive toy. The way it works on the later levels w/ the inserts is really challenging (you have to hit the crane as its position is matched w/ a moving insert). POTC's toy, while stationary, is very cool due to multiple levels of damage (sails drop) & animation FX. It rocks back and forth and sinks - revealing the Kraken shot.

-BDK is a bit more flowy, if that's important to you. I'm no "flow snob", but sometimes it does get annoying that EVERY shot in POTC stops the ball. Nothing flows back to the flippers really.

-I really like the Tortuga multiball. It's a clever use of the spinner...the # of balls you get in multiball depends on how many you trap in the spinner before the time runs out.

Neither game lasted more than a few months in my collection...but POTC is certainly unique...I have to respect it for having such a different layout than most modern games. Of the two, if I was going to bring one back into my home, that one might be it.

I highly doubt that. Although they may indeed complement each other.

Wait for Avengers

Given the those options I chose bacon, but if I HAD to pick one of those two pins it'd be POTC.

Have to go with POTC. The only fun part of BDK is the Scarecrow crane. Just not enough in that game to rotate anything else out of my collection. POTC set difficult will last in home use.

Did your reply make you feel like a big man? So helpful to have the spelling police out in full force...

Both nice. I don't like the joker doll in a box but I love the crane shot
I don't like the sneeze guard on POTC but it's removable. POTC looks really cool when modded.

POTC by a little.

Iron Man. Wicked fast!

Usage. Commonly used incorrectly. I do it, too. Especially when I am typing quickly.

POTC absolutely, if you are the only person to play then it may not matter but it is a great game for new players and females at my house. A true gateway pin!

As for easy, the audit on mine shows 8000 games played with 9 four winds registered. Definitely something to work for!

Just a thought, instead of POTC, give CSI a try if you can find one (if the theme doesn't turn you off).

Gotta disagree there. CSI is not even in the class of of POTC. And I don't like pirates movie of pinball.

Yes, perfect evaluation of the 2 games.
Scott

I would wait and see if a good deal comes up on something. Sometimes the hand of fate can throw you a bone.

I'm not a Stern fan, but Tron (especially LE) and LOTR have changed my opinion on the brand (TSPP is fun too). The rest are pretty meh. If I had to (or even could) choose, I'd go with Tron LE.

Tron
ACDC
or IM

+1

Shooting the left treasure 'orbit' (don't know how to name it) hard and precise (lucky) enough to let it fly through the right treasure 'orbit' for the SUPER DUPER skill shot

Nice skillshot indeed, giving some nice startup points!

On topic: POTC of this selection

Well I definitely gotta disagree right back. I've played POTC recently, and CSI is a much better game.

POTC is incredibly boring. I own and operate one but you won't catch me playing it very often. It has a pretty cool layout and overall theme integration, but you spend a lot of time shooting the ball into dead stops and then waiting for it to come back to you. Shooting the chest endlessly sucks in particular, and the suckiness is compounded by the knowledge that the original design had some in-line drops to make it more interesting, but ended up being costed out. You see most of the interesting things in the game within the first few minutes and then just have to repeat them for as long as you can stand. Not good!

But hey, it earns pretty well. Ship bash mania!

Not the same as castle bashing?

None....getcha a B/W Machine