JeepMonkey
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I really thought LOTR would win here, but it looks like SM is leading.
I played both this weekend, and I really liked both.
I played both this weekend, and I really liked both.
Spiderman VS LOTR
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pinjunky
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I would vote LOTR hands down. SM is a nice pin and great for the novice or casual player but LOTR is much deeper and will be a more satisfying pin long term.
Deadly
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First of all, the two flipper VUK speed up on LOTR was added at a later date. I couldn't swear to it but I'm fairly sure it was sometime during version 9x or 10 that it was added. Without that it's irritating waiting for the VUK to fire.
No way could I say one is better than the other. Two totally different games all the way around. SM is fast paced and IMHO about flow. LOTR is more stop and go.
People complain about LOTR having long ball times. A good player can spend a great deal of time on each game for sure, but when you realize how deep LOTR's rule set is that so called "long ball time" isn't shit.
Both great games and certainly no right or wrong answer.
No way could I say one is better than the other. Two totally different games all the way around. SM is fast paced and IMHO about flow. LOTR is more stop and go.
People complain about LOTR having long ball times. A good player can spend a great deal of time on each game for sure, but when you realize how deep LOTR's rule set is that so called "long ball time" isn't shit.
Both great games and certainly no right or wrong answer.
pudluther
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totally agree with that. and both games are very different.....i really don't think you could go wrong with either, it just depends on what type of game you're looking for.
i'd love to add BOTH to my collection someday, but getting the fundage for both is gonna be an uphill climb.
taylor34
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I've owned/still own almost all of the major Sterns (TSPP, LOTR, SM, IM, POTC, BDK, WOF). LOTR is a great game, but it's downfall is the multiball repetition. Yes, it has depth, but the whole game basically boils down to this constant requalify and retry on the Fellowship and ROTK multiballs over and over and over. Everything else in the game sort of becomes irrelevant because of that. TSPP is a much better game from a ruleset standpoint honestly, it has depth and variety without all the repetition. I'd rank the Sterns like:
TSPP, SM, IM on top
LOTR, BDK next
WoF
POTC last
I should also mention that from a theme standpoint, LOTR is probably my #1 theme in all of pinball. I just didn't love the game after owning it for over a year, it almost became like work to play it. I still might own one again someday though.
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Frax
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Software was obviously never upgraded on the one I play on. Gotta remember, not all of us can afford to own these things, and arcade ops don't give a rat's ass to fix game affecting issues, much less to do a software update.
I doubt Tron at this arcade will see any of the software updates either.
RareHero
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Yeah, I could understand the long ball time complaint if it was boring....but LOTR is constantly exciting and awesome. Honestly - Funhouse became a game where I could have long balltimes, but since it's the same thing over and over again, it became boring.
As for Spidey vs. LOTR....man....too hard to call. They're both such quality games, but also so different. I'd never get rid of either. If you have to pick one, it comes down to personal tastes. LOTR=Cinematic adventure with a classic movie score Spidey=Fast paced battle with heavy metal music
Here ya go: 2 views of the PotD, plus the overall pf (I used a bunch of colored bulbs, green at bottom and PotD, yellow at top--looks much mellower and nicer in person! Maybe a pic w/o the glass would help), and some shots of the figures I put into my LE (with museum putty).
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And one last pic:
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Drew57366
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You did a good job on that. Looks great!
I got lucky with a huge box of LotR figurines on eBay for $100: enough for this game and a friend's game, plus a bunch left over still. (Might go to a second friend who has the LE.) Couldn't see spending almost twice that much for just the "official" figurines because the putty lets you put figures wherever you want, not constrained by the clear plastics with mounting holes in them.
pudluther
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hell of a lineup.
why do you have POTC ranked last in that list? theme? gameplay? replay value? i've never owned one, but i play the hell out of it anytime i see one on location.
RareHero
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POTC gets very monotonous in home use. Hit the shit, hit the ship, hit the ship ....shoot the chest, shoot the chest, shoot the chest.... ZERO flow. Literally. Every shot stops somewhere. There are no loops or orbits. It has cool toys and good multiball rules....nice music and sound (I'm in the camp that LIKES the Johnny Depp soundalike...and love the Yo-ho song after Jackpot). It's a well made game, I certainly respect it...but after a few months it feels like a chore to play.
pudluther
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ok...thanks.
as i said, i have never owned one but i have played it a lot on location. i guess i can see where it might get a bit repetitive.
pudluther
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oh, and i like the depp sound-alike as well.
RareHero
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oh, and i like the depp sound-alike as well.
He left some great Sterns out of his list!
FAMILY GUY...best Stern ever, of course!
Elvis rocks, too.
pudluther
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He left some great Sterns out of his list!
FAMILY GUY...best Stern ever, of course!
Elvis rocks, too.
i like family guy.
i hated elvis (but to be fair, the machine i played was not 100% working).
RareHero
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Yeah dude, every Elvis I played on location BLEW ...but since I took a shot on one and got it "Better-than-100%" it's SOOOOOOO fun.
Frax
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Man, the Yo-ho song is AWESOME. That means I'm about to end up on the high score board at Nickelrama 9 times out of 10. LOL.
taylor34
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Exactly. Very repetitive in home use. One of the fastest games ever to leave my basement. And relative to the other games mentioned, it just doesn't have as good of music or sound either (although it may have the best artwork of any of them). I have enjoyed Family Guy and Elvis on route, I find them pretty fun. I wouldn't mind owning either of them at some point.
