Stern
Batman (The Dark Knight) Pinside Rating
This game received 345 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.740 /10
Batman (The Dark Knight)
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.842
Artwork: 7.632
Sounds/Music: 7.191
Other Aspects: 7.846
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8.492/10
8 years ago
League City, TX
Underrated imho. Possibly because I've modded with upgraded lights, music and toys, but I really enjoy the game. Could be deeper but once you start tinkering with it as a huo its a really fun game. Musts are sound changes and lights.
7.882/10
8 years ago
Pros:
Good layout, shots flow well with decent risk/reward
Nice toys
Good rules, except.....
Cons:
....having to shoot for the bagatelle gets frustrating and comes down to too much luck
Playfield art isn't quite as good as the translite
I think the code may be a bit lacking, but don't have an intimate enough knowledge of this one to be sure.
Good layout, shots flow well with decent risk/reward
Nice toys
Good rules, except.....
Cons:
....having to shoot for the bagatelle gets frustrating and comes down to too much luck
Playfield art isn't quite as good as the translite
I think the code may be a bit lacking, but don't have an intimate enough knowledge of this one to be sure.
8.380/10
8 years ago
London
This game rapidly climbed my ladder of favourites and is already well in side the top ten, since i spent some time getting to know it on my way to writing this rulesheet: http://papa.org/wp-content/uploads/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Rulesheet-English.pdf
ok, the theme is killer, and they used the best version in my opinion, and focused on the best part of it - Heath Ledger's Joker. it looks and sounds the dog's bollocks, it plays fast and fun, and it has a wonderful feature to it of shot doublers, that was also used in Spiderman but not as well (because the doublers aren't visible on the playfield as lit inserts).
i love my BTDK, it's up there with the very best Stern games (for me SM, LOTR, TSPP and BTDK). highly recommended in any collection. some cooldude wrote a rulesheet for it, look: https://papa.org/wp-content/uploads/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Rulesheet-English.pdf
ok, the theme is killer, and they used the best version in my opinion, and focused on the best part of it - Heath Ledger's Joker. it looks and sounds the dog's bollocks, it plays fast and fun, and it has a wonderful feature to it of shot doublers, that was also used in Spiderman but not as well (because the doublers aren't visible on the playfield as lit inserts).
i love my BTDK, it's up there with the very best Stern games (for me SM, LOTR, TSPP and BTDK). highly recommended in any collection. some cooldude wrote a rulesheet for it, look: https://papa.org/wp-content/uploads/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Rulesheet-English.pdf
7.052/10
8 years ago
Batman TDK is fun to look at, and sometimes fun to play - but ultimately it ends up being a sluggish, awkward contraption. The crane shots are exciting and challenging, and the Joker shots are fun to hit. The see-saw on the left side is strange, as are the shots that go to the upper right playfield.
The playfield art actually bothered me, which never really happens - it was too realistic and somewhat distracting. Sounds weird, I know, but it happened.
EDIT: Played again recently - bumped my score up slightly, but I'm pretty sure TKD is maxed out now (can only go down from here).
I'd recommend giving TKD a whirl, but I wouldn't seek it out. However, I did get the impression that the game could grow on me, so 'll keep playing it when I can - maybe my rating will change after I've gotten over some of the cosmetics and weird shots.
The playfield art actually bothered me, which never really happens - it was too realistic and somewhat distracting. Sounds weird, I know, but it happened.
EDIT: Played again recently - bumped my score up slightly, but I'm pretty sure TKD is maxed out now (can only go down from here).
I'd recommend giving TKD a whirl, but I wouldn't seek it out. However, I did get the impression that the game could grow on me, so 'll keep playing it when I can - maybe my rating will change after I've gotten over some of the cosmetics and weird shots.
Calgary
Genk
Praha
8.149/10
9 years ago
This is a really underrated game. I still wouldn't want to own one, too many moving gadgets that are prone to malfunction.
Besides the reliability aspect this game is very fun to play. Lots of toys, lots of stuff going on the PF and nice flow. The crane comes in and interferes with the play so I whacked the hell out of it which invoked some comments from the joker. Not much a Batman (movie) fan but the game has its moments. I highly recommend playing it if you have the chance.
Besides the reliability aspect this game is very fun to play. Lots of toys, lots of stuff going on the PF and nice flow. The crane comes in and interferes with the play so I whacked the hell out of it which invoked some comments from the joker. Not much a Batman (movie) fan but the game has its moments. I highly recommend playing it if you have the chance.
8.556/10
9 years ago
Fun game and great theme. Good artwork/photoshopping, but the voices blow big time. Overall I like the game. Following the rules are easy to understand and the crane toy makes for fun shooting, but I wish it was something besides a crane... Game looks a lot better with some well placed LEDs. May update this once I have played it more.
9.242/10
9 years ago
Fortitude Valley
WoW! WoW! WoW! After a few average comments I expected a maybe slightly above average game. I must say I was more than impressed by the whole package. Whether you like Batman or not this game is the most fun I can have on a pinball (excluding AFM)This game lives and breathers multiball which gets harder and harder to achieve as the game progresses. So it satisfies the novice by achieving some of the targets but keeps the more seasoned player entertained and challenged. This is my favourite Stern and I enjoy it much more than Ironman or Lord of the Rings. I sold my Williams IJ to buy it and I will never look back! Go the BATMAN!
8.064/10
9 years ago
I really like the Batman Dark Night franchise of movies. This game has the unique scarecrow mechanical crane that moves across the playfield, along with a batmobile that races below your pinball during game play. Great theme great game.
3.632/10
9 years ago
When I played my first game on this pin, it was so easy I became bored as my first ball lasted an eternity, and it felt like I was just going through the motions. The shots are not satisfying at all to me. The art for this game is indicative of everything that is wrong with Stern's photoshop love affair. Thankfully, Stern abandoned this trend. Just one of the bad run-of-the-mill Sterns of this era, along with Transformers, Avatar, and so on. I'm even a big fan of the movie, although not a comic guy at all, but this pin just feels like a real disappointment to me in every sense.
8.639/10
9 years ago
Really surprised how much I enjoyed this table, lots of good modes on it that were fun. Only bad thing I didn't like was the audio, especially the voice actors. Yes Its understandable they couldn't get the actual actors but they could have at least used the audio from the film.
9.252/10
9 years ago
This was one of the first pinball machines we got. It's a fun game and it has a classic, enduring character attached to it. The game can be difficult but it's totally awesome. The Joker multiball is the best part of the game.
7.688/10
9 years ago
Played this a couple times at the local movie theater. It's decent; but not awesome. The crane/wrecking ball thing is a bit confusing and interesting to try to figure out. In the end I didn't really stay interested in trying to figure out the ins and outs of the game... but would like to play it a few more times.
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