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<blockquote data-quote="Richard B" data-source="post: 21774" data-attributes="member: 306"><p>You'd have to go back to the EM era to find a machine with worse rules, yet it always ranks at least in the Top 50 (often cracking the Top 30) at rankings sites. Why? Part of it is the trademark Williams presentation, which is all the more impressive given the hardware limitations, but I think it is also because of the incredible tension this table creates. One shot that you've been making easily the whole game, will determine whether this is a successful game. It's like playing in the final quarter in a basketball game for the championship, score tied, with enough time to get off one last shot. Making the ramp shot during Metamorphosis is much more difficult than during earlier phases, even though, obviously, the shot doesn't change at all. When the Big Wheel spins, it's like the roulette player putting the last of his money on red, and praying for the best. If it hits the Billion Point Shot, there's a feeling of triumph, as well as the incredible anxiety of what lies ahead. Hitting the BPS gives only a brief triumph, as you realize you need to hit it again and again, each time it gets more difficult, as you best your previous score. That Heart Ramp shot you've been so easily making all this time suddenly becomes more and more difficult. Fail to hit it, or, God forbid, losing a ball, produces the agony of defeat the pinball player knows so well. However, unlike failing the Grand Finale, Join the Cirqus or Battle for the Kingdom, this is something that happens pretty much every game. </p><p>So, while it is a poor machine for Tournaments and serious players, when it comes to producing the excitement and agony of victory and defeat, the Machine does this well, and often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard B, post: 21774, member: 306"] You'd have to go back to the EM era to find a machine with worse rules, yet it always ranks at least in the Top 50 (often cracking the Top 30) at rankings sites. Why? Part of it is the trademark Williams presentation, which is all the more impressive given the hardware limitations, but I think it is also because of the incredible tension this table creates. One shot that you've been making easily the whole game, will determine whether this is a successful game. It's like playing in the final quarter in a basketball game for the championship, score tied, with enough time to get off one last shot. Making the ramp shot during Metamorphosis is much more difficult than during earlier phases, even though, obviously, the shot doesn't change at all. When the Big Wheel spins, it's like the roulette player putting the last of his money on red, and praying for the best. If it hits the Billion Point Shot, there's a feeling of triumph, as well as the incredible anxiety of what lies ahead. Hitting the BPS gives only a brief triumph, as you realize you need to hit it again and again, each time it gets more difficult, as you best your previous score. That Heart Ramp shot you've been so easily making all this time suddenly becomes more and more difficult. Fail to hit it, or, God forbid, losing a ball, produces the agony of defeat the pinball player knows so well. However, unlike failing the Grand Finale, Join the Cirqus or Battle for the Kingdom, this is something that happens pretty much every game. So, while it is a poor machine for Tournaments and serious players, when it comes to producing the excitement and agony of victory and defeat, the Machine does this well, and often. [/QUOTE]
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