I don't think so... because the game modes and rules are all literal interpretations of the song lyrics.. not stages of the same journey. The only continuity seems to be in the idea of collecting the shards and whatever that leads to in the final mode.

Legacy of the beast is more about character expansion and flushing out the settings. It's more an art driver than story driver IMO.

Here's the thing... part of what makes Lyman such a great game designer for rules/scoring is because Lyman is such a competitor when it comes to pinball and he knows what it means to have balance, how players will think and approach things... because he is one.

Now, instead of Lyman, you have arguably the best pinball player we've ever had, who can methodology dissect games, strategies, and approaches... doing it.

You're replacing a great pinball thinker with potentially the best thinker when it comes to figuring out rules pros and cons. It's unknown if KME will have the breadth to continue to be creative and diverse for a long time over many projects.. that we will have to see (far easier to critique then create..) . But concern over if he's up to the task for 'a' game? Not needed.

Nope - as long as they are competent. Even Lyman would tell you it's not writing the code that is hard... It's coming up with the ideas and what to do (or not do).

He does speaking engagements. Interestingly enough... he was just at Cisco Live Barcelona the other month.

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