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Never really felt compelled to write anything at all about any pinball machine in all the many many crazy years in this hobby ... But since owning The Hobbit I feel it deserves a bit of a write up .
For me to even have a game longer than one week is quite an achievement, so I feel kinda qualified to talk about this game after owning it for a week under five months now and in my world that’s a lifetime
My opinion of this machine is it’s the finest example of a movie integration into a pinball machine ever. You genuinely feel like you are battling your way through this epic journey and each game can be approached completely differently. Do you immediately attempt to wipe out Smaug ?? Or are you going to concentrate on reaching Erabour ?? or will you attempt to work your way through the 31 modes??
Each mode is totally different some are incredibly simple and others mind bendingly hard. Feels so good when your down to your last few seconds and you nail that left ramp and another 10 seconds is your reward , just enough time to wait for that warg to pop up and a well timed bash ends the mode.
The three Arkenstone modes are each so challenging and heart attack stressful. I have only achieved two of these and have no clue what happens after “ battle of the five armies “
Audio and video is so well integrated into the game , the large screen although isn’t a game changer I feel suits this machine perfectly as there is so much information to be displayed . It’s a welcome relief to trap the ball and have a quick scroll through how many modes you have started or how far away from a Arhenstone mode you are
You have to approach this game like no other machine out there , you can’t just think “ oh I am going to have a few games on the hobbit “ it’s a one maybe two game a day machine , it leaves you exhausted and a game can last 30 plus minutes.. but that’s not a bad thing , for me anyway.. I don’t get that much time anymore and one game a day will do it .
I would say that this needs to have another machine close by , I tend to have a session on TH and go straight into Aerosmith it’s like the perfect ying and yang , beer and cigarettes moment it’s great to throw a few balls around Aero and just have fun . TH is a war TH is not what I would say is “ fun “ it’s more of a battle but if you want fun play deadpool if you want to pit man against machine play TH.
The machine is also a thing of sheer beauty I have the Smaug, all versions look amazing but this thing just stands out like a piece of art. Just having the game running in attract mode kinda gets me a bit moist ? When I have friends over and most have little interest in pinball all gravitate to TH when compared side by side to Aerosmith no one gives Aero a second glance.
So that’s my thoughts on what I see as probably one of the best machines out there, and before I get the abuse about liking WoZ yep I do I love WoZ but I feel this is just a better game it shoots better and just feels better, and this isn’t a JJP fanboy letter I had DI and that was horrendous and lasted less than a week ?
Should also add that I am basing this on the new code I never played the old code and by all accounts it was pretty terrible. This new code from what I have been told is a game changer , I am just happy I didn’t play it when it was first out .
I still won’t say it’s a keeper but it’s the closest thing I have had to one .
Cheers Bitches
FS Smaug LE ?
For me to even have a game longer than one week is quite an achievement, so I feel kinda qualified to talk about this game after owning it for a week under five months now and in my world that’s a lifetime
My opinion of this machine is it’s the finest example of a movie integration into a pinball machine ever. You genuinely feel like you are battling your way through this epic journey and each game can be approached completely differently. Do you immediately attempt to wipe out Smaug ?? Or are you going to concentrate on reaching Erabour ?? or will you attempt to work your way through the 31 modes??
Each mode is totally different some are incredibly simple and others mind bendingly hard. Feels so good when your down to your last few seconds and you nail that left ramp and another 10 seconds is your reward , just enough time to wait for that warg to pop up and a well timed bash ends the mode.
The three Arkenstone modes are each so challenging and heart attack stressful. I have only achieved two of these and have no clue what happens after “ battle of the five armies “
Audio and video is so well integrated into the game , the large screen although isn’t a game changer I feel suits this machine perfectly as there is so much information to be displayed . It’s a welcome relief to trap the ball and have a quick scroll through how many modes you have started or how far away from a Arhenstone mode you are
You have to approach this game like no other machine out there , you can’t just think “ oh I am going to have a few games on the hobbit “ it’s a one maybe two game a day machine , it leaves you exhausted and a game can last 30 plus minutes.. but that’s not a bad thing , for me anyway.. I don’t get that much time anymore and one game a day will do it .
I would say that this needs to have another machine close by , I tend to have a session on TH and go straight into Aerosmith it’s like the perfect ying and yang , beer and cigarettes moment it’s great to throw a few balls around Aero and just have fun . TH is a war TH is not what I would say is “ fun “ it’s more of a battle but if you want fun play deadpool if you want to pit man against machine play TH.
The machine is also a thing of sheer beauty I have the Smaug, all versions look amazing but this thing just stands out like a piece of art. Just having the game running in attract mode kinda gets me a bit moist ? When I have friends over and most have little interest in pinball all gravitate to TH when compared side by side to Aerosmith no one gives Aero a second glance.
So that’s my thoughts on what I see as probably one of the best machines out there, and before I get the abuse about liking WoZ yep I do I love WoZ but I feel this is just a better game it shoots better and just feels better, and this isn’t a JJP fanboy letter I had DI and that was horrendous and lasted less than a week ?
Should also add that I am basing this on the new code I never played the old code and by all accounts it was pretty terrible. This new code from what I have been told is a game changer , I am just happy I didn’t play it when it was first out .
I still won’t say it’s a keeper but it’s the closest thing I have had to one .
Cheers Bitches
FS Smaug LE ?
