It is the difference between a game, and an exprrience
Take sterns Star Trek, nice game
, pretty to look at. But it is a pinball machine with a few toys added. Change the toys change the theme
But you look at a Scared Stiff, MB, MM. The whole layout is integrated, toys and features that were designed just for that machine
Maybe (modern) Sterns have no soul
I also agree.
Take The Next Gen versus the Stern Star Trek. I haven't watch much of either movie/series or whatever they are but I always did and still feel like you are sitting right beside the captain in the next Gen and each shot of each mission feels like you are accomplishing something with good feed back from the machine. Where as the new Star Trek I find myself just following the blinking lights and wondering why it is lit in the first place. TWD has a better feel IMO as you get a feeling of smashing zombies or walkers but it could done better. Maybe they need to look more into the continuity of a game by creating there own story for the game first and designing the modes around it rather than picking bits and pieces from the show. Saying that I do and still will play the new Sterns when I see them but would not buy one.
The word "creating" you used is an issue - I think the lack of creativity has always been a stumbling block for Stern, one of the reasons to stick to games with themes borrowed from movies and TV etc.
