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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Newt" data-source="post: 254365" data-attributes="member: 1595">The music helps, but it is not critical to mastering the game.  I still hear it, just as background noise that I can block out if a good song is playing on my audio system.  I think our top scores are about the same.  I found that the song mode has a distinct color that I need to shoot for, and the multiball indicators flash after it begins, but not as it starts in the canon.  I can still tell which multiball modes are active after I shoot the canon to begin them.  I just noticed that multiball thing in the last game I played.  The song mode color I identified earlier, which significantly helps me see what is happening from a visual perspective.  Don't get me wrong, a great pinball machine is as much about the sound as anything else, and I do typically score higher when focusing only on the table I'm playing without other audio distractions; however, I play a lot of video pinball, and my method of relaxation is to listen to music while I play.  My modus operandi is to play a pinball table until I am fully aware of all the sounds and lighting cues, then I can just listen to music with the sound way down to being barely audible, as I am familiar with all the sounds.  AC/DC is the first music-themed table I've played, and it did require a bit more playtime to become more accustomed to the sound scheme.I may have attempted to play AC/DC with the sound very low too prematurely, though it has bolstered my understanding of the various modes from a purely visual perspective.  Curious to know if KISS and Metallica tables are equally as complex.</blockquote>

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