I was just trawling back through some old messages from 2010 that Grizz started over on ukpinball about LOTR. He questioned whether anyone actually enjoyed playing the game and I thought it would be interesting to see what people think now?
In theory, I feel like I should feel a similar way about LOTR as I do about TZ. They are both relatively humorless pins that are deep players pins. However, I find TZ a chore, hence the reason I sold mine, and I find LOTR a joy. It feels like a slog at times, but to me its an enjoyable slog that encapsulates the theme perfectly. Saying that though, I don't think I particularly favour 1 theme over the other, i like them equally, i'm certainly not a huuuuuge LOTR fan.
I think what I love about LOTR, esspecially in the home environment, is the strive for perfection. Its not good enough to just start modes, you have to be methodical and bloody good, you have to tick everything off, completing it all, which as Stormy proved takes a long long time to get good at (5 years of ownership to reach Valinor). I was speaking to Franck Bona at the Slam and he said that he has actually managed 2 Valinor's in the same game, now that is impressive. I actually had the best game I have ever had today, I managed 347 million, 9 gifts of the elves, taba, destroyed the ring twice, completed TTT and RotK and managed to get 7 of the fellowship over on FotR before draining (jesus FotR is so damn hard to complete, i think i have managed it twice). That felt extremely close to Valinor, but i don't know how long it will be before i get that close again, soon i hope!
Anyway, just wondering what all your thoughts are of LOTR?
Cheers, Craig
In theory, I feel like I should feel a similar way about LOTR as I do about TZ. They are both relatively humorless pins that are deep players pins. However, I find TZ a chore, hence the reason I sold mine, and I find LOTR a joy. It feels like a slog at times, but to me its an enjoyable slog that encapsulates the theme perfectly. Saying that though, I don't think I particularly favour 1 theme over the other, i like them equally, i'm certainly not a huuuuuge LOTR fan.
I think what I love about LOTR, esspecially in the home environment, is the strive for perfection. Its not good enough to just start modes, you have to be methodical and bloody good, you have to tick everything off, completing it all, which as Stormy proved takes a long long time to get good at (5 years of ownership to reach Valinor). I was speaking to Franck Bona at the Slam and he said that he has actually managed 2 Valinor's in the same game, now that is impressive. I actually had the best game I have ever had today, I managed 347 million, 9 gifts of the elves, taba, destroyed the ring twice, completed TTT and RotK and managed to get 7 of the fellowship over on FotR before draining (jesus FotR is so damn hard to complete, i think i have managed it twice). That felt extremely close to Valinor, but i don't know how long it will be before i get that close again, soon i hope!
Anyway, just wondering what all your thoughts are of LOTR?
Cheers, Craig