Wow. Saw some picture of the "24" game today, and it's no wonder Stern is having trouble selling IMO. I'm really out of touch with consumers, so maybe the theme appeals to enough people that they would actually like the "art" (if that even qualifies). As for me, I'm wondering where all the fun in pinball machines went. I've watched probably 10 minutes max of maybe four episodes of 24 so I'm definitely nowhere near their target audience, but it seems that they might have made an effort to appeal to fans and strangers alike. Obviously no effort at all was made toward that direction. Anyways, to me the backglass is horrible, the cabinet is uninspiring and the playfield looks kind of cheaped out. Just another "cram a bunch of images together with photoshop" job. I have a DE Secret Service which has a butt-ugly backglass too but the rest of the art is very cool and entertaining. I think the 24 backglass is worse. The whole package simply says "walk away and play a different machine" to me.
I'm normally not much into taking pot shots at pinball designs, but....
I hope the game play and sounds are much better than the art package.
Coconut Island art swims circles around Sterns latest offerings.
