Stern
Metallica (Pro) Pinside Rating
This game received 732 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.572 /10
Metallica (Pro)
Top 100 ranking
This game ranks 2nd in the game group "Metallica". The group itself ranks #14 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.573
Artwork: 8.396
Sounds/Music: 8.431
Other Aspects: 8.576
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This title is part of group: "Metallica"
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Québec, QC
9.140/10
8 years ago
Spanish Fort, AL
I like the band but I love the pin. Rewarding shots ramps and ramp-combos rapped in action packed modes make for fun and fast gameplay. Sparky is a great toy and I like how people customize him. This game is a mod-whore with plenty out there to make it your own. The art, the music, the call outs - a nice flow capability and rewarding but challenging scoring makes this game one of my favorites.
Metal ramps and wireforms make the build quality feels like a premium in a pro package.
I enjoy the premium, too - the hammer I think is fun but I know the hammer versus capture ball is a point of divergence in gameplay taste for some.
This might be Stern's best game.
Metal ramps and wireforms make the build quality feels like a premium in a pro package.
I enjoy the premium, too - the hammer I think is fun but I know the hammer versus capture ball is a point of divergence in gameplay taste for some.
This might be Stern's best game.
9.327/10
8 years ago
Metallica fans and fanatics could not ask for a better themed pin. It has the band's imagery and dark-comic flare. The rat-fink-like street style artwork is very unique and great to behold. For a rock-pin it has a pretty deep ruleset that is for the most part easy to understand. The game is brutal if you keep missing your shots, and the steep angled ramps can make for a challenge.
Sparky is a cool toy, but a "one trick pony". Watching him get electrocuted time and time again would definitely get old over time. With that said though, whenever I'm in an arcade that has a Metallica pin I have to play it. Great game for a large collection (unless you just absolutely love Metallica). Lots of songs to pick from with the latest code. When it comes to gameplay I believe that the PRO plays better (the hammer just screams add-on and warps the gameplay). The PRO still puts on a great lightshow, and all the white lighting works when the artwork is so colorful. It's a pin that does not take itself too seriously and is just really fun to play again and again.
Sparky is a cool toy, but a "one trick pony". Watching him get electrocuted time and time again would definitely get old over time. With that said though, whenever I'm in an arcade that has a Metallica pin I have to play it. Great game for a large collection (unless you just absolutely love Metallica). Lots of songs to pick from with the latest code. When it comes to gameplay I believe that the PRO plays better (the hammer just screams add-on and warps the gameplay). The PRO still puts on a great lightshow, and all the white lighting works when the artwork is so colorful. It's a pin that does not take itself too seriously and is just really fun to play again and again.
9.760/10
8 years ago
Holy crap, this is a good game... Definitely the best Stern of all time (sorry LOTR) and worthy of being top 10 all time. Comparible to the very best 90's Bally/Williams DMD's, but with the tech advancements of today (animation, SFX, speed) And I'm taking the LED Pro version! Go get it.
6.938/10
8 years ago
Too many death shots on this one. A weak shot at the electric chair, tombstones or left ramp tends to send the ball straight down the middle.
8.936/10
8 years ago
I have owned the premium/le and the pro. I got the pro in a trade for a good deal. The pro I was sure I would not like the game due to not liking the premium/le. Premium le hammer is the problem. It takes away from the game flow and speed. This is a very fast pinball and hard. The artwork is great. Only issue is the stern quality as the game is a few months old and already issues with decals. It is a easy fix but on a new game should not happen. The more I played the more that I begin to like and was determined to get a high score. This made me begin to like the game more and more. Sometimes simple is better and that is the case with Metallica pro.
Araxá
9.392/10
8 years ago
I feel like I rated this too high but it really does have amazing art, music and gameplay.
Your experience will be greatly determined by the firmware version and setup.
I have played the new and old firmwares, both machines setup for tournament style play (high tilt, wide lanes).
This is a very challenging machine, it really tests your skills and it's not a good machine for beginners. All the shots are risky, the right ramp is pretty tight. It drains fairly often if the out lanes are wide and the ball has a lot of speed.
I can usually get into a pretty good flow with this machine. Since all the shots are risky, I try to play multi balls and add-a-ball mainly. From the left flipper, kick it up to the electric chair until you get multiball. Then hit the guitar picks for add a ball. The left ramp is very easy to hit, the right ramp takes a little dialing in.
Overall this is a great pin that I keep coming back to because it is so challenging. Ball control with an emphasis on dead bounce passes and post passes is important.
I can't wait to find one of these with tight lanes and some relaxed tilt so I can really enjoy the music.
Your experience will be greatly determined by the firmware version and setup.
I have played the new and old firmwares, both machines setup for tournament style play (high tilt, wide lanes).
This is a very challenging machine, it really tests your skills and it's not a good machine for beginners. All the shots are risky, the right ramp is pretty tight. It drains fairly often if the out lanes are wide and the ball has a lot of speed.
I can usually get into a pretty good flow with this machine. Since all the shots are risky, I try to play multi balls and add-a-ball mainly. From the left flipper, kick it up to the electric chair until you get multiball. Then hit the guitar picks for add a ball. The left ramp is very easy to hit, the right ramp takes a little dialing in.
Overall this is a great pin that I keep coming back to because it is so challenging. Ball control with an emphasis on dead bounce passes and post passes is important.
I can't wait to find one of these with tight lanes and some relaxed tilt so I can really enjoy the music.
9.459/10
8 years ago
I will start by saying I am not a Metallica fan at all and that's why I was hesitant about buying this machine. I was wrong in doing so, because this is a top 10 pin for sure. Fast and fun, tons of shots, great rule set and art is very good.
7.388/10
8 years ago
Pro model is a fun game, quite challenging. Music gets annoying quickly even if you're a Metallica fan.
9.420/10
8 years ago
My favorite pin of all time, with a ruleset that is deep without being complex. The playfield is a simple fan with criss cross ramps.
Four multiballs, all with a distinct feel. Gravestone requires the fewest shots, but resets after each ball. Coffin is too difficult to go for directly, but partial progress during other multiballs and stackability make it valuable. Snake is probably the weakest, but the shot doubles as the add-a-ball (after collecting the standups), so the shot is far from unused. Electric chair is the easiest multiball and the best for starting a game.
The key feature of Metallica's ruleset are the hurryups. Hitting a shot activates it with a red arrow. Hitting the three main features lights that feature on the active shot. Complete all three symbols, hit the shot again, and then hit the coffin to collect the hurryup and lock in the symbols.
Hitting the three main features progresses you towards a mini wizard mode, but hitting a collected hurry up awards all three symbols at once. Most games of Metallica start with electric chair, but during that multiball you can progress towards hurryups and coffin. The randomness here causes each game to branch out. The mini wizard modes give the game depth, and there are plenty of other bonuses like seek and destroy and scales of justice.
Very few things are as satisfying as caching in a doubled crank it up or a quadruple super jackpot.
Four multiballs, all with a distinct feel. Gravestone requires the fewest shots, but resets after each ball. Coffin is too difficult to go for directly, but partial progress during other multiballs and stackability make it valuable. Snake is probably the weakest, but the shot doubles as the add-a-ball (after collecting the standups), so the shot is far from unused. Electric chair is the easiest multiball and the best for starting a game.
The key feature of Metallica's ruleset are the hurryups. Hitting a shot activates it with a red arrow. Hitting the three main features lights that feature on the active shot. Complete all three symbols, hit the shot again, and then hit the coffin to collect the hurryup and lock in the symbols.
Hitting the three main features progresses you towards a mini wizard mode, but hitting a collected hurry up awards all three symbols at once. Most games of Metallica start with electric chair, but during that multiball you can progress towards hurryups and coffin. The randomness here causes each game to branch out. The mini wizard modes give the game depth, and there are plenty of other bonuses like seek and destroy and scales of justice.
Very few things are as satisfying as caching in a doubled crank it up or a quadruple super jackpot.
8.308/10
8 years ago
great game dnt care for metalica much but love the game play electric chair is awsome if they could make it smoke while sparky is getting electrified would realy be awsome and new but probly not possible,toys r great, great lay out not a keeper for me but will play on location wen i get a chance if nothing better is there,if i liked metalica would b a keeper for me,acdc would b a keeper for me but i find i get tierd of the same songs over and over on these sound track machines i seem to prefer the made up tracks that stay in my head like f.h,fire,w.w and many others but la granage on hs2 is cool too not the original track but cool,all in all i do love the fun factor on metalica nothing bad about this one at all
8.419/10
8 years ago
Good action, good music, good back glass, good game flow and a fair amount of toys make this a very enjoyable pinball to play. It's not the best in any particular category but it is well above average in all categories. I still like the ACDC a bit better but Metallic is an awesome machine by any measure.
9.360/10
8 years ago
This is a great pin that plays even better than it looks. I was a big Metallica fan in my younger days, so I can appreciate the music and theme of this machine even more. Even if you're not a fan of the band, the music compliments the gameplay nicely. The dot animations on this machine are some of the best I've seen and the quantity and quality of them don't disappoint.
From a gameplay perspective, this machine hits it out of the park with a great playfield layout, super deep rules, satisfying shots, and fun toys. Compared to the Premium/LE models, this machine loses very little. The Pro plays great and it's easily one of the best machines out there, IMHO.
From a gameplay perspective, this machine hits it out of the park with a great playfield layout, super deep rules, satisfying shots, and fun toys. Compared to the Premium/LE models, this machine loses very little. The Pro plays great and it's easily one of the best machines out there, IMHO.
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