Stern

The Avengers (Premium)

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This game received 159 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.449 _/10

7.449

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks 1st in the game group "The Avengers". The group itself ranks #195 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 7.09

Artwork: 7.927

Sounds/Music: 7.427

Other Aspects: 7.364

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7.63

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7.656/10

34 days ago

JAL

Dwboca

Pinside+ Frequent

3y 79,550 472 35

Quite a fun game. Definitely has the 2010's stern feel. Fun lay out, tight shots, can stack multiple modes amd multiball. Low scoring game. Default setting are tough. 5 sec ball save?? What's that about. Working through can game be a grind. Avengers spelling bee. How many letters in hawkeye?
Its worth playing, its getting a bit of attention at the moment.
Will it last, hard to tell. Fun and tough witbout needing a degree in astrophysics are my type of game.

8.024/10

6 months ago

DRD

DrDrain

Pinside member

9y 42,900 57 159

This is an unfairly judged game.

The layout is quite good albeit that the Black Widow shot often rejects the ball despite your seemingly hitting it well. But in general hitting the shots feels good. The Hawkeye ramp shot is in my opinion the game's best shot and is even better on the Premium/LE with that metal crossover. The Hulk is a bit disappointing actually since I don't feel that hitting him does anything. He's still a decent bash toy though.

The rules are about average for a Stern of this generation. Playing the Loki multiball is decent fun.

In terms of artwork this game is typically photoshopped which doesn't look great. I like the look of the backglass though. But the Elwin Avengers game looks a lot better.

All in all I prefer this game to the new Avengers pin in all aspects except for sound and artwork. It is a decent game and fun. Every fan of all things Marvel will have fun playing this game.

2 Pinsiders starred this!

7.655/10

1 year ago

PIE

SilverballGamer

Pinside member

4y 57,650 29 5 88

Another game I feel is disproportionally dogged on despite the fact I enjoy it, but I do understand the critics.

Pro’s:

Really interesting non-fan layout! Especially with the the ramps, Captain America loop.

Hulk toy is great! Especially with him pulling the Black Widow ramp up and his reactions, genius programming.

Code is pretty good overall, all goals are easily understandable but hard to achieve.

Game is brutal! Excellent for tournaments.

The secret super skill shots are an interesting choice: they could be worth more though.

Con’s:
Is it me, or does this game look terrible unless you upgrade the LED’s/Incandescent Bulbs?

Art is photoshop mediocrity: I see why some like it though.

Considering how many shots it takes to start Hulk multiball, scoring is ridiculously low.

Sound is okay, no real callouts or anything that stand out other than the main theme.

Overall, a solid game! I can really see the appeal personally.

8.900/10

1 year ago

DOC

Davidus56

Pinside+ Addict

10y 82,300 384 59

I’ve had this game in my collection quite some time. I am looking for some games to sell to make room for some new pins. I turned this one on to reacquaint myself with it. Nope. Not selling it. This is a much better game than my first impression of it was. It has some clever shots like Deadpool. This game easily equals a Tron or Batman 66 or similar era game. Not a top ten, but a top 50? Sure.

6.103/10

2 years ago

AKB

KingAndy

Inactive member

6y 36,400 8 12 30

Mehh

8.960/10

2 years ago

TUG

Tugboat1

Pinside member

4y 32,800 35 2 8

It's a hard shooter. When you get it together it is satisfying. Hulk is cool, his arm design could be better but with the switched wired in to his arms you don't need to pop the glass.

Tugboat1 has owned this game in the past.

7.723/10

3 years ago

TOM

marioparty34

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 176K 1,460 123 2

Entertaining game. Wizard mods are reachable. I like the violent Hulk arms.

6.623/10

3 years ago

DAD

SWfan

Inactive member

Newport Beach, CA

4y 48,150 142 1 56

Not a big fan of this one. Layout seems disconnected, artwork is drab and dark, and just not a lot of fun to play.

SWfan edited previous rating on January 21, 2021.

7.884/10

3 years ago

YON

PinHead50

Pinside member

Ghent, WV

3y 37,050 179 6 9

Fun game but some of the shots are pretty difficult

PinHead50 currently owns this game.

6.800/10

3 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Pinside Moderator

Rockwall, TX

5y 266K 10,123 23 271

This is a decent pin, but not in my top for the era. I think there are several better pins at the price.

Daditude edited previous rating on November 30, 2020.

5.464/10

3 years ago

CJC

Tuxedomask23

Pinned Out Mods

Calgary, AB

7y 101K 303 9 80

Stern really dropped the ball on this one. Had an amazing license for a popular theme however, you can tell this game was rushed to coincide with the release of Avengers. A lot of clunky shots which just leave you to wonder if Gomez actually designed this machine as he usually nails his pins, like LOTR. Definitely a hard pass for me.

8.780/10

3 years ago

DK

PinballRockDude

Pinside member

6y 40,050 104 2 11

This game gets so much hate that it doesn’t deserve. So many claim they want something different in a game but when it is different so many rip on it for being different. Is the game perfect no but from 1 to 10 it’s way closer to 10 than 1. I think as time as gone on some are beginning to give the game a fair shake and realizing it’s much better than it’s reputation. When it comes to toys and ramps way more to offer that anything made in the last 5 years. So go out give this one a try with an open mind you just might be surprised.

PinballRockDude has this game on the wishlist.

8.252/10

4 years ago

PLL

PeteLawtPin

Pinside+ Addict

Littleton, CO

5y 38,650 10 7 18

At this years Rocky Mtn Showdown (2019) there were 2 avengers Hulk games. and One played so much better then the other. that why on was for sale and not the other. together a challenging game and since I like Ghostbusters then this one is easy to enjoy. Some tweaking could be done and the machine would play smooth. this is a hard game and I wonder if this is the one I should start with as my first PIN. But really like X-men and Spider-man (VE). I like the features on this game and challenging shots but I'm concerned that the feel of the game is cheap to me.

5.732/10

5 years ago

MSL

SantaEatsCheese

Pinside+ Pro!

Crofton, MD

5y 209K 9,666 6 85 1

This is a very fun game that I would think would go very well in a home collection but would never, ever, put on route due to reliability issues. We had one of these in the company office and it probably got 10 plays per week. It absolutely fell apart over the course of a year. The Thor drop targets never worked properly, and would either make the game impossible to complete or award an impossibly high score. The ball was constantly getting stuck behind the hulk, and often required the removal of the glass to fix a ball. We tried to have a high score contest over the course of the year but it didn't really work very well because the scores were wonky due to game malfunctions. The Black Widow ramp was nearly impossible to hit, and would often result in drains form balls not making it all the way up the ramp.

With all the negatives, we did play that game a lot and I would enjoy playing the game if we could get it to work consistently. I thought the rules were pretty straightforward, the Hulk toy was neat, and it was overall a cool theme well integrated in an attractive package. If the machine worked consistently, I'd be looking for one to throw in my basement.

8.340/10

5 years ago

STF

stf_dnx

Pinside member

Miami, FL

6y 32,300 136 3 24

Really different game, quite unique game play. The playfield is really loaded, and you have almost all the features you can expect from a pinball, but it's hard to get the flow. It's a fun pinabll, but it also gives you that the playfield was populated randomly. Which is not necesarely bad after all. At the end, an underestimated pin and a good return on investment compared to other pricey recent Stern machines. And what theme could be be any better than Advengers?

6.303/10

6 years ago

PPD

Boat

CPRepair

Calgary, AB

7y 107K 1,474 4 92 1

Nothing really excited me on the pin. Hulk bash toy is neat but doesn't draw me back in. Not much for ramps and the upper play field is barely that. The hulk design and color scheme is great and creative but I wouldn't go back to this pin

8.960/10

6 years ago

MAR

arcadem

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 89,800 619 12 17 1

This is fun game but it can be frustrating to play because certain shots e.g., the Black Widow ramp are damn difficult to make with consistency and the ball can frequently get caught behind the Hulk figure's arm thereby creating a pause in the action while the machine 'clears the problem'. One flaw (Hulk) is a definite design problem and the other is due to my poor skill set. Setting those issues aside, Avengers is a very attractive, topical game (and underrated game) that should be part of anyone's collection.

arcadem has owned this game in the past.

6.342/10

6 years ago

AK

Coolpinballdino

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 188K 4,805 477 2

I think avengers premium/LE has better artwork than the pro but i still don't like how the game plays.

8.072/10

6 years ago

NAT

Nath1977

Pinside member

La Pocatière, QC

6y 20,000 41

very fun and a real beauty, very particular layout and great, some fun difficult shot

Nath1977 edited previous rating on November 01, 2017.

8.173/10

6 years ago

SMD

Draegermeister

Pinside member

Plainfield, IL

10y 61,300 175 3 12

I have this one, so I play it a lot. It's a tough game, with a lot of tight shots. Maybe one too many, with Gomez having to get all of the Avengers on the game. The only thing I really don't like is the art. It's sort of the bottom of the "photoshop phase" that is finally going out of style.

It takes some work to collect and complete the avengers. The Iron Man always gives me trouble, but that's my problem.

It needed some help, so I upgraded the factory Tesseract. That was junk. All Avengers machines that I've seen in the wild have a busted Tesseract. I popped in the lighted Tesseract, and it helps. I also popped on the Cointaker LED interactive backglass, which was probably too much light. But, the boring flourescent lights are an abomination in the industry. I am glad that era is coming to an end.

Draegermeister has owned this game in the past.

5.717/10

7 years ago

JON

J85M

Hot Mods

Warrington

12y 147K 10,468 32

One of Sterns worst modern era games and possibly their biggest letdown. The licence couldn't have been any bigger at the time and Gomez seemed to drop the ball with the playfield design and mechs and create something even more boring and anti climatic upon reveal than Transformers, another amazing licence wasted on a poorly designed game (but that's another review)

Avengers is fun on location play a couple of games and walk away, but like TF, the licence alone deserved so much!

8.920/10

7 years ago

RC

Robhorror

Pinside member

Québec, QC

8y 50,650 3 15 53

very fun game, the sounds is awsome and addictive gameplay, very difficult pinball and a lot to do, i think for realy appreciate,is a good thing to read rules before.

Robhorror edited previous rating on August 31, 2017.
Robhorror has owned this game in the past.

8.664/10

8 years ago

JLC

DarthSnowMan

Inactive member

Ocoee, FL

9y 20,650 8 2 9

Not many people like this game but I love it!

DarthSnowMan has owned this game in the past.

5.117/10

8 years ago

KEN

Kenz

Pinside member

Unknown

8y 58,800 399 19 57

Played this at our local HMV. Boy this game won't help the revival of the pinball industry. No flow, stop/start. Impossible targets. Looked a nice machine but the toys are flimsy. Sorry not for me Stern

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7.146/10

8 years ago

RIO

RicardoMenezes

Inactive member

Rio De Janeiro

12y 20,400 23 10 8

good

RicardoMenezes currently owns this game.

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