Episode 19 - TRANSFORMERS
More than meets the... guy? lies? static Optimus Primes? In this episode of NudgeCast, Ian and Shane discuss the game which Shane recently played at the Stern Pinball media day last week. Is...
Highlights
- Elizabeth Gieske is the first-ever female lead programmer on a Stern pinball machine
- Transformers code is nearly complete except for final wizard mode and split flipper mode
- An Optimus Prime transformer toy that could change from semi-truck to robot form was planned but removed from the final game
- Transformers topper is 'incredible' and Jack Danger wants to put it in his bedroom
- Transformers playfield layout is fresh and doesn't heavily copy other modern Stern designs
- Original voice actors from the Transformers animated series provided call-outs for the game
- The game has a one-pop bumper on the right side, similar to recent Stern designs
- Game difficulty is medium-hard, easier than John Wick at launch but comparable to current John Wick
- The Megatron gun toy is interactive but limited: it shoots back onto a ramp platform for clean returns
- Pro and Premium versions differ mainly in the Megatron gun shooting mechanism, Soundwave physical lock, and two additional sculpts
Notable quotes
“The code feels great already. The call outs are awesome. There's so many of them too...the rules are great too. I mean, what I really like about this game is like you walk up to it and right away you know what to do.”
“this game feels fresh without feeling weird, and I like that about the layout”
“Is it really like you're going to cry adult tears over the fact that you don't get to see a robot turn into a semi-truck?”
“you shoot the ramp and then the gun shoots back onto that kind of platform that goes down and feeds to the left flipper”
“the voice actors they had, who I guess are like the original actors from there, they actually got those guys. It's awesome. It's like the best call-outs I've heard in a long time.”
“I'm going to be playing this game a lot probably at my local watering hole, tournaments, all that stuff. I'm going to be playing this game all the time.”
“perhaps you're not getting the most toys in your stuff, but you're getting a super-duper high-quality game that's going to run on location, like, non-stop”
“if Optimus Prime transformed, I think there you go. That's the chef's kiss.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Black Knight· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Godzilla· game
- John Wick· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Star Wars Fall of the Empire· game
- Transformers· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- Nudgecast· organization
- Silverstein· organization
- Don· person
- Elizabeth Agieski· person
- Elliot Eismin· person
- George Gomez· person
- Ian Jacoby· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Shane Told· person
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