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Playing potter tomorrow I will report back with pictures and my opinion 
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JJP Harry Potter -Confirmed
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Cheers DaveGreat interview Gonzo - really enjoyed it
Playing potter tomorrow I will report back with pictures and my opinion
Have you ordered one?
Silverpaolo
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Not yet ! Have you
No, with the house move, I am not in position at the minute, plus no games room straight away, I have to build it.
Looking forward to reading what you think.
I guess it depends how good you are. My wife and our friends love multiballs, its all they really want out of a game (every single game they start) or its not a good game for them.
You could just avoid hitting them in the first place!
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If you watch eric explain that all games can be set to specific skill levels
Especially now with the new game changer QR setting
Which allows people to pick easy medium and hard games
For instance easy will be less specific shots for multiballs
Hard might take 8 to 10 shots also extra balls so on so on
Personally I think this is great for all levels
Ah I understand now, ok well the Mrs will love it so I might get lucky and she will buy us one at some point.
JJp is multiball heavy, no doubt about it, but as Tex said, visitors who come over just love it and many of these games have early MB's to keep the casual player interested.
Personally, MB is probably my favourite thing about pinball but it's nice to know why you're getting it and what it yields, but it's nothing new.
I beat my highest ever score on LOTR two days ago and played all three MB modes (which qualify destroy the ring) very early in the game and several times after.
Deadpool is pretty much my favourite game and it's probably harder to avoid Lil' Deadpool Multiball than it is to get it (I like to save it for Juggernaught).
Monsterbash as well actually, I seem to get the 'It's Alive' multiball thingy far earlier than I want to because I'm not accurate enough.
I'll be playing Potter tomorrow and report back and I'm sure I'll get multiball early, but with the exception of Pulp Fiction that seems to happen most times I play pinball now.
Personally, MB is probably my favourite thing about pinball but it's nice to know why you're getting it and what it yields, but it's nothing new.
I beat my highest ever score on LOTR two days ago and played all three MB modes (which qualify destroy the ring) very early in the game and several times after.
Deadpool is pretty much my favourite game and it's probably harder to avoid Lil' Deadpool Multiball than it is to get it (I like to save it for Juggernaught).
Monsterbash as well actually, I seem to get the 'It's Alive' multiball thingy far earlier than I want to because I'm not accurate enough.
I'll be playing Potter tomorrow and report back and I'm sure I'll get multiball early, but with the exception of Pulp Fiction that seems to happen most times I play pinball now.
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I do think this is an exceptional machine. Be nice to see what everyone thinks as I'm a crap player anyway!
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You were bad on the Drac l won off you long ago ..
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I cant remember yesterday Steve...
Silverpaolo
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Big Shout out to @philpalmer for his generous time today and more importantly the chance to play his Harry Potter CE
First things first ...Its Beautiful, it takes a while to absorb all the art on the cabinet because there is all this small detail that is wonderful to see. The radcals are not glossy like on elton john but more of a soft matt sheen with shiny accents of detail. If you want a piece of art that you can play this is the version for you.
The armour is a lovely gold with slight speckles in it and looks fitting, personally i would of liked the armour to come over the buttons as i suspect over time grease and dirt from playing will go on the cabinet art, however Phil said they are hard wearing and should wipe off any dirt. Personally id get protectors over the button area. The topper on the Ce is pretty much how everyone else has said pretty crap , it doesnt do a lot right now and even when fully coded probably still wont do a great deal.
The art on the playfield is fantastic and the glitter on the playfield really makes it feel quite special with accents of glitter in the windows on hogwarts and other places on the playfield.
Now for gameplay ...im no expert by any stretch of the imagination but what i will say is this ...if you love Potter your buying this after you have played it ...be it NIB or second hand. In my opinion it plays as fast as Elton but with more to do...it kind of feels like a Elwin with some of the ball paths.
Off the left flipper you can back hand up the ramp to Quidditch playfield once up there all shots are repeatable and very satisfying ....its quite similar to foo fighters upper but flows better. The 180 onto the wire foam is a lot of fun and wide open to hit. The spinner is great too, if you lose your ball it simply comes off the playfield on to a wire ramp and back to the flipper or straight down to the pf. The Beater posts are fun they are basically kinetic posts that hit the balls in the smaller sealed wireform.
The deatheater shootback target is hands down the fastest shot in pinball ... knock the taget down shoot it again and the ball gets trapped the flippers start to shake and faster than a speeding bullet its down at your flippers its crazy fast much faster than the Rocket in GOTG
The upper right flipper feels very similar to Elton Johns upper right flipper and is very satisfying to shoot, id say off that the inner loop is easier to shoot than Elton.
The Pop bumper whomping willow is great.
The Ball lock on the wands works well, balls then drop into the cauldron and shoot out the scoop[
Extra ball is behind the upper right flipper , that flipper must be engaged to knock the ball into the gobble hole.
The stair case works really well constantly spinning round and changing the direction of the game.
The ball save on the right side is engaged once you light the letters Harry.
Things to note the scoop hole is protected by a big chunk of plastic ive not seen this before but that should help with eject playfield wear.
Mark Silks annoying call outs ...well to be honest they arent really annoying at all, you are quite thankful hes telling you what to shoot next as theres that much going on.
Multiball Heavy ...its simply not you need to achieve tasks to get the multiballs but they dont come thick and fast its certainly no GNR
Muted clips ... theres some but at scenes you wouldnt normally be paying attention to anyway...theres lots of scenes, humour and call outs done at great points in the game
Theres a nice feature in the game that when the game stops via ball trapping you need to make spells and portions these are done by showing you a series of button pressed on screen that you need to repeat to cast the spell or make the portion ...eg left flipper right flipper action button etc, thats a nice touch
The flippers on this are equal or better to elton john and really are starting to feel like sterns.
Quick final thoughts : For me i will be going for the Wizard edition and theres three main reasons to that ...
One is the radcals on the WZ are glossy like Elton John and they pop better in my eyes, they look like shiny glass decals and i like that.
Two is the topper on the WZ imo is better than the ce
Three is although a lot of characters are on the playfield aside from the main three at the bottom all the other people including the main bad guys are all quite small and sometimes tucked under ramps ...this is where the WZ really shines with big glorious pictures of all the cast on both sides.
In summary i think this will be JJP best playing and selling game its a masterpiece and soooo much fun to play....once the honey moon period ends you get a real sense that you could really start to work through the modes and they are quite achievable to do.
If ive missed anything just give me shout
First things first ...Its Beautiful, it takes a while to absorb all the art on the cabinet because there is all this small detail that is wonderful to see. The radcals are not glossy like on elton john but more of a soft matt sheen with shiny accents of detail. If you want a piece of art that you can play this is the version for you.
The armour is a lovely gold with slight speckles in it and looks fitting, personally i would of liked the armour to come over the buttons as i suspect over time grease and dirt from playing will go on the cabinet art, however Phil said they are hard wearing and should wipe off any dirt. Personally id get protectors over the button area. The topper on the Ce is pretty much how everyone else has said pretty crap , it doesnt do a lot right now and even when fully coded probably still wont do a great deal.
The art on the playfield is fantastic and the glitter on the playfield really makes it feel quite special with accents of glitter in the windows on hogwarts and other places on the playfield.
Now for gameplay ...im no expert by any stretch of the imagination but what i will say is this ...if you love Potter your buying this after you have played it ...be it NIB or second hand. In my opinion it plays as fast as Elton but with more to do...it kind of feels like a Elwin with some of the ball paths.
Off the left flipper you can back hand up the ramp to Quidditch playfield once up there all shots are repeatable and very satisfying ....its quite similar to foo fighters upper but flows better. The 180 onto the wire foam is a lot of fun and wide open to hit. The spinner is great too, if you lose your ball it simply comes off the playfield on to a wire ramp and back to the flipper or straight down to the pf. The Beater posts are fun they are basically kinetic posts that hit the balls in the smaller sealed wireform.
The deatheater shootback target is hands down the fastest shot in pinball ... knock the taget down shoot it again and the ball gets trapped the flippers start to shake and faster than a speeding bullet its down at your flippers its crazy fast much faster than the Rocket in GOTG
The upper right flipper feels very similar to Elton Johns upper right flipper and is very satisfying to shoot, id say off that the inner loop is easier to shoot than Elton.
The Pop bumper whomping willow is great.
The Ball lock on the wands works well, balls then drop into the cauldron and shoot out the scoop[
Extra ball is behind the upper right flipper , that flipper must be engaged to knock the ball into the gobble hole.
The stair case works really well constantly spinning round and changing the direction of the game.
The ball save on the right side is engaged once you light the letters Harry.
Things to note the scoop hole is protected by a big chunk of plastic ive not seen this before but that should help with eject playfield wear.
Mark Silks annoying call outs ...well to be honest they arent really annoying at all, you are quite thankful hes telling you what to shoot next as theres that much going on.
Multiball Heavy ...its simply not you need to achieve tasks to get the multiballs but they dont come thick and fast its certainly no GNR
Muted clips ... theres some but at scenes you wouldnt normally be paying attention to anyway...theres lots of scenes, humour and call outs done at great points in the game
Theres a nice feature in the game that when the game stops via ball trapping you need to make spells and portions these are done by showing you a series of button pressed on screen that you need to repeat to cast the spell or make the portion ...eg left flipper right flipper action button etc, thats a nice touch
The flippers on this are equal or better to elton john and really are starting to feel like sterns.
Quick final thoughts : For me i will be going for the Wizard edition and theres three main reasons to that ...
One is the radcals on the WZ are glossy like Elton John and they pop better in my eyes, they look like shiny glass decals and i like that.
Two is the topper on the WZ imo is better than the ce
Three is although a lot of characters are on the playfield aside from the main three at the bottom all the other people including the main bad guys are all quite small and sometimes tucked under ramps ...this is where the WZ really shines with big glorious pictures of all the cast on both sides.
In summary i think this will be JJP best playing and selling game its a masterpiece and soooo much fun to play....once the honey moon period ends you get a real sense that you could really start to work through the modes and they are quite achievable to do.
If ive missed anything just give me shout
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Silverpaolo
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Look at that art work!! Thanks for all the detail Paul, it's just so beautiful. Personally, I much much much prefer the matte cabinet artwork over the shiny radcals, it's absolutely stunning
Silverpaolo
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Cheers Craig it was a fantastic day and a privilege to play the game so early after release, I can’t wait to see the Wizard version artwork but either way it’s a brilliantly executed fun game which I suspect will find its way into many people’s collection
Still struggling to decide between the wizard edition or going arcade and adding the shaker, chucking on some mirror blades etc.
Also worried that when I see the CE next weekend I’ll have regrets!
Also worried that when I see the CE next weekend I’ll have regrets!
I'm not a buyer so my views are a bit moot, but I always have a theoretical discussion with myself about what version I'd get.
CE - far too much money to spend on a Pin, poor topper, not limited (that doesn't bother me). Biggest depreciation when you sell it on.
Wizard - If I was feeling flush and it was a dream theme I'd go for this, but you can buy the extras for the Arcade Edition and save a big chunk of money.
Arcade - Best value, same gameplay, so would go for this one as I'm not massively into the theme.
Cabinet/backglass art would never sway my decision unless the prices were the same.
Saying all that I'm avoiding NIB so would see what came up on the 2nd hand market. Hopefully they sell a ton.
The cost of living crisis is a bit of a myth for most people in the Pinball hobby. Space is the biggest issue IMO.
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@Gonzo live from PH HQ later today! Stand by….
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I'm in the same boat. Would be very curious to see how they both compare in person with radcals/invisiglass/backglass and the armor altho all those might be pretty subtle.
Wait time might also be a consideration as it looks like half of pinside is getting one
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The only major consideration between the Wizard and Arcade edition is the Radcals. I believe the feature matrix is incorrect. If you want Radcals then the Wizard is the only option ( I think ).
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It looks amazing - my only gripe is the choice of Ron photo, on the playfield.
Chose what could be his worst haircut in the series
Chose what could be his worst haircut in the series
Jack's attitude in that interview makes me instantly like JJP. Nice guy
Gonzo's video is up!