I don't really get all the Dave and Busters hate around here. I know it's different than Aladdin's Castle and Time Out and all the classic arcades everyone loves, but it's one of very few big arcade chains still thriving. Everyone says "arcades are dead" but they're ignoring D&B, Round 1, etc... arcades aren't dead, they've just evolved like every other industry since the 80s.
I don't like redemption garbage either for the most part, but I never have trouble finding great games to play there when I get a chance to take the trip. Cruisn Blast, Luigi's Mansion, Star Wars Battlepods, Time Crisis 5, Ghostbusters environmental, Dark Escape 4D, the two or three different sit-down drifting racers most have, a bunch I'm forgetting, and of course DDR Ace and Pump it Up Prime 2 which I love because I can always get a huge crowd watching. And honestly, I get a kick out of a couple of the redemption titles--Space Invaders Frenzy is genuinely fun and I usually get enough tickets from just a couple rounds to win some Pac Man swag to put in my home arcade or something.
I know it's expensive, but it's not terrible compared to what some games actually used to cost BITD ($1.00 to play Ocean Hunter? fucking $1.50 to play Virtual On?) and there are always specials, if you go on Wednesday (or just buy your chips on Wednesday, not like you'd have to spend them then) you can charge your card for half price.
And there's beer.
(Having said all that everything Adrenaline Amusements touches is a disaster, this particular game's gonna suck ass)