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Episode 126 - VR or GNR?

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago45 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
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A short episode, mostly talking about Guns N' Roses on the pinball side and VR on the video game side. Final Round's Pinball Expo workshop "Discussing Pinball Podcasts":...

Highlights

  • Guns N' Roses Standard Edition MSRP is $6,750, down from Wonka's higher price point
  • The game is extremely multiball-heavy; Kevin (Buffalo Pinball) never played a single game without achieving multiball
  • Slash personally called Paul McCartney to secure 'Live and Let Die' for the GNR game after JJP's initial licensing request was denied
  • GNR Standard Edition lacks upper playfield, guitar neck/bass guitar neck ramps, and four-flipper configuration
  • JJP's games consistently excel at visual spectacle and theme integration but often struggle with gameplay
  • Kansas City competitive pinball is currently inactive due to COVID-19

Notable quotes

It looks good. I mean, it physically looks good. Those guitar pick spinners are an awesome touch. And everything about the game and the art looks amazing... the light show also looks amazing. As for everything else, it's a music pen.
Tony
I watched the first hour. I never saw a single game where he didn't get a multiball. A single one... this is really multiball heavy.
Dennis
If I replace any one of my games that I currently own in my seven game lineup and put this in, this is what would draw everyone's eye.
Tony
I just want their games to be as fun as they look. And I don't know. So say we all.
Dennis
in a way, ironically, that JJP might be in a bit of a bind in the sense that there is no way that whatever game they do next is going to have the assets that this did because there will never be another instance where they have a slash that will pull every string
Dennis
Do you think maybe it's not possible? That maybe to fully capture a world under glass with sculpts, like in this case a game that very much wants to look like a stage show, that making it look like a stage essentially mandates that you compromise its playability as a pinball machine?
Tony
we're now in segment three. Sad pinball. Sad pinball things. I went ahead and pulled the trigger yesterday and I deleted all of my reoccurring pinball tournament notices because they were just too depressing
Tony

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • ACDC· game
  • Aerosmith· game
  • Aliens· game
  • Guns N' Roses· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Lord of the Rings· game
  • Metallica· game
  • Star Trek· game
  • The Hobbit· game
  • Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
  • Wonka· game
  • Pizza West· organization
  • Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
  • Dennis· person
  • Eric Minner· person
  • Keith Johnson· person
  • Kevin· person
  • Paul McCartney· person
  • Slash· person
  • Tony· person
  • Oculus Quest 2· product

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