Game plays excellent, one minor issue though...when the Monger starts to lower into the playfield you can hit it and the ball can get lodged in and you will have to wait for it to do a ball search before it raises up and the ball releases.  Layout is something like an uncluttered Spiderman, the ramps (yer I'm biased) are great and very smooth.  The right ramp is somewhat steep and takes a good clean shot to make it all the way around.  The center shot is very good as it is narrow and makes for a little challenge.  The magnet throwback in front of Monger is fantastic! It's fast but it's also clean and very playable.  Great lighting.  Only played a couple games so I haven't gotten that deep into the rule set though I can say it's no where near as deep as a LOTR.  Multiballs are easy to get but they aren't too frequent that they get boring.  Overall at this time I give the machine an 8.5 easy (an 8 on my scale is a keeper).