It just goes to show how much rules go towards making a great game.
With all the additions to rules, sound, dots this is now an absolute must play game.
Obviously the layout is the same as BoP, and nothing much can be done to modernise the artwork, but there is now a significant reason for every single shot on the playfield. No more is it just a case of shoot the left ramp over and over.
There is an actual story to the shots which makes you feel like you are progressing.
Even ignoring the hardware you get with the kit, the rules alone are worth paying the price.
As for the animations it is clear to see just how much time and effort has gone into making this by far the most visually stunning game. Stern should really take a look and see how they can improve their own tired animations. (This coming from someone who has a colour DMD in their Met Prem - BoP 2.0 is better!)

"Unnecessary" would be my 1-word review. I love BOP and really wanted to like this game. That said, it's not a BAD game at all. It's just that, IMO, it doesn't add anything to the game that truly needed to be there. Sure it evens out scoring and gets you to shoot at different things, but it's still the same playfield. I guess if you've always wanted to have BOP be a tournament pin, this helps but to me, people gravitate to BOP because of the incredibly unique theme, the beautiful artwork, and the "gimmick" of the changing face. I've owned BOP, and loved it for what it is...not what it could have been if it were released in 2015.

The music was incredibly disappointing. I think BOP may be the finest example of electronic music in a pinball. The new music is anything but inspired. The original had all these cool "world" instruments, combined with an almost avant garde approach; the remake is repetitive, boring, and typical. That said, the animations are absolutely gorgeous. To me, this signals great thing to come from dp.

Again, I wanted to like this game, and didn't find it bad by any means (perhaps except the music). I just think that BOP was perfectly fine on its own. To each his own...

definite upgrade to the ruleset and playability of Bride of Pinbot 1.0. I have had 2.0 from it's first release and I still play it first when I head to the gameroom. The ruleset is now really deep and compares to more modern games, but still retains the feel of the older BW games. Addition of the great sound and graphics adds to the fun of the game.

Bride of Pinbot 2.0 transforms the original "The Machine: The Bride of Pinbot" into an entirely new game. The limited ruleset of the original becomes a deep multimedia experience with 3 ball multiballs, multiple modes, multi-level video mode, and a wizard mode. It truly has to be seen and played to be believed. The graphics and sound package is also amazing adding stereo sound and full color graphics.

So much better than BOP but it still didn't last too long in the collection.