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Godzilla is over rated and the theme is absolutely 💩
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I don't get it.
When it came out it was absolutely everywhere, every tournament and location I went to. People hyping it up all of the time.
That probably didn't help me like it. Plus I often struggle with modern Sterns, much moreso back in 2019, I'll be honest I think most aren't fun. But I'm the weird guy going backwards from wpc, to early solid state and now EMs.
Contextually I understand how important GZ was. It was a new Spike 2 with proper mechs, interesting layout and shots and deep rules. I think modern pinball needed GZ to happen.
If I had one at home I'd probably get into it but in general I find modern games more tedious to play, I don't find myself smiling as much.
I have had a few spike 2 games at home which
I've enjoyed but I do get tired of them quicker which is the opposite to most people, I'm not sure why.
One thing that irks me slightly is when people go on about the shots and ball paths in a game, (mainly the Elwins). They're fun the first few times but then it's just another shot you're hitting over and over, if doesn't feel special anymore. Yet, give me a game like Diner for example, where that spinner shot for Dine time is so difficult and rarely made, but when you do and the ball lands in the saucer and collects dine time it feels amazing.. every... single.. time.
Same for the jackpot on Fishy, Creech.. plenty of sys11 and wpc89 games do this really well (it sort of becomes less so with wpc-s/95 with multiballs and ball saves).
A bit of a tangent and I'm aware I'm in the minority, that weird person who'd rather play 20 games of a sys11 than a spike 2
When it came out it was absolutely everywhere, every tournament and location I went to. People hyping it up all of the time.
That probably didn't help me like it. Plus I often struggle with modern Sterns, much moreso back in 2019, I'll be honest I think most aren't fun. But I'm the weird guy going backwards from wpc, to early solid state and now EMs.
Contextually I understand how important GZ was. It was a new Spike 2 with proper mechs, interesting layout and shots and deep rules. I think modern pinball needed GZ to happen.
If I had one at home I'd probably get into it but in general I find modern games more tedious to play, I don't find myself smiling as much.
I have had a few spike 2 games at home which
I've enjoyed but I do get tired of them quicker which is the opposite to most people, I'm not sure why.
One thing that irks me slightly is when people go on about the shots and ball paths in a game, (mainly the Elwins). They're fun the first few times but then it's just another shot you're hitting over and over, if doesn't feel special anymore. Yet, give me a game like Diner for example, where that spinner shot for Dine time is so difficult and rarely made, but when you do and the ball lands in the saucer and collects dine time it feels amazing.. every... single.. time.
Same for the jackpot on Fishy, Creech.. plenty of sys11 and wpc89 games do this really well (it sort of becomes less so with wpc-s/95 with multiballs and ball saves).
A bit of a tangent and I'm aware I'm in the minority, that weird person who'd rather play 20 games of a sys11 than a spike 2
Jib
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I agree Godzilla is overrated, it’s not even in my top 2 Elwin’s.
That said I still think it’s a great game!
That said I still think it’s a great game!
Godzilla is a superb theme! Absolute blasphemy. Tbf some of the films are tosh but that's part of the fun
Now you're talking about Roadshow
DanSeldon
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As someone relatively new to the hobby I have to say I struggle with Godzilla and a lot of modern games as the rulesets are complex. I understand why, to maintain the interest of better players than myself but I find them hard to get into when there isn't some immediate gratification.
If a game feels like hard work, there's no fun in that for me as a casual player. I may give it a go if I feel I've improved enough and by that time it'll only cost a few hundred
I have enjoyed Kong and Jaws the last few times I've played them. Jaws for me has the whole world under glass thing going on although I really dislike the playfield art style.
The other game I've been really drawn to the last few times I've been at PBR is Deadpool. It's got the pops and spinners I want to see from more classic games and I think the battles are easy to follow.
If a game feels like hard work, there's no fun in that for me as a casual player. I may give it a go if I feel I've improved enough and by that time it'll only cost a few hundred
I have enjoyed Kong and Jaws the last few times I've played them. Jaws for me has the whole world under glass thing going on although I really dislike the playfield art style.
The other game I've been really drawn to the last few times I've been at PBR is Deadpool. It's got the pops and spinners I want to see from more classic games and I think the battles are easy to follow.
It already is. When I did the factory tour 2 months ago the guide told us that the production run for gz is already over 27,000.
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That wasn't actually true though.
George said last week GZ is getting close to going past TAF and there will be an announcement when that happens.