Conyers, GA
Quoted from zaphX:Well I'm sorry that it doesn't work for you. I had a lot of trepidation going into this one, not being a GNR fan or a band pin fan.
For us, the allure of maximizing the pre-song setup, then executing in-song without blowing it is a deep hook.
FWIW my wife and I did both go through a phase where we thought "maybe this isn't the game for us" but that was before we -really- started clicking with the rules. During that time Susan was like "Eh, sell it if you want to."
She's now in the "you cannot sell this" camp. We both are
Assuming you still have yours, try giving it another shot, focusing on a few specific goals:
1. First just try and get all 4 multiballs each time before going into a song. Start off one by one, then try for building the stack of all 4.
2. Next try and get the multiballs -and- nail their jackpots. (Some are really rewarding like the under-flipper jackpot for Crowd)
3. Then in-song, understand how to start Band Frenzy by shooting the active band members until all are lit, then spam the center spinner to blow up the jackpot.
4. One you've got that, now start looking at building patches before the song...many of them will spot characters for the whole game, making band frenzy easier to get. I like to get Rose, Fender, Gibson, Vader and Skull...this spots everyone except Richard (spinner) and the keyboardists. Once you get a song with 4-5 band frenzies blowing things up, I bet you'll be hooked.
Sounds a lot like Hobbit....just stack all the shit all the time and you're fine as long as you're halfway competent at playing a multiball.
Ironically, this is a chronic issue with JJP games. They've almost gone TOO far with trying to layer and let people stack up everything. There's no sense of progression or achievement when I'm playing Hobbit. I couldn't tell you where I am on the modes, or care less, because 99% of my time is spent in double stacked monster+smaug multiball.
And now you're saying that this game wants you to play FOUR MULTIBALLS....before every mode? And they all stack?! Oh god, no.
