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Is it just me who prefers Stern tables ?
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<blockquote data-quote="sneakynotsneaky" data-source="post: 226764" data-attributes="member: 5229"><p>A big problem is that the raison d'etre of their tables isn't a pinball table, but a license. The pinheads get the "deep" rulesets, the arcade crowd gets pictures of a familiar intellectual property, rinse and repeat. The pinball table is an art form of its own, but the modern Stern is like a cheap cover version. No creativity, no originality, no art required. Compare learning to play WH20, Earthshaker, Banzai Run, hell even something like LCA, to learning to play Spider-Man, LOTR, Star Trek. There are just so few surprises, because of the familiarity of the themes and the sameness of the pins. </p><p></p><p>The last time I had what I would consider a true pinball experience from a Stern was Wrestlemania, for two reasons. First, it's a theme that I have no inherent interest in and so every visual and sound was novel. Second, because of a creative playfield that I could clearly connect to both the pinball goals and what I was learning about the theme.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sneakynotsneaky, post: 226764, member: 5229"] A big problem is that the raison d'etre of their tables isn't a pinball table, but a license. The pinheads get the "deep" rulesets, the arcade crowd gets pictures of a familiar intellectual property, rinse and repeat. The pinball table is an art form of its own, but the modern Stern is like a cheap cover version. No creativity, no originality, no art required. Compare learning to play WH20, Earthshaker, Banzai Run, hell even something like LCA, to learning to play Spider-Man, LOTR, Star Trek. There are just so few surprises, because of the familiarity of the themes and the sameness of the pins. The last time I had what I would consider a true pinball experience from a Stern was Wrestlemania, for two reasons. First, it's a theme that I have no inherent interest in and so every visual and sound was novel. Second, because of a creative playfield that I could clearly connect to both the pinball goals and what I was learning about the theme. [/QUOTE]
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