Black Knight

"this move makes total sense, there's been a lot of demand for Black Knight, well not a lot of demand, but some demand, and that's all it takes if there's a few hundred people that want this game"

Black Knight Pro remake makes sense but lacks special features

"They can polish that turd of a game 18 different ways. It doesn't matter."

Black Knight polishing won't help - nobody's buying it regardless of improvements

"the worst theme of 2019 for sure was Black Knight sort of rage. It's just unfortunate that I think this game was really designed to be just for pinball fanatics. It wasn't meant for mass market, but the real shame in how Stern launched this game is they still treated it like every other game."

Black Knight: Sword of Rage is the worst theme of 2019 and was marketed all wrong by Stern

"I mean, it's clearly not selling. It is clearly not a hit... They're really trying, you know, they're trying hard to push out LE's and premiums of this game"

Black Knight is clearly not selling well and Stern is desperately trying to push it

"Why are they doing this? Why is Stern doing this? It's clear why they're doing it. The game needs enhancements."

Black Knight needs enhancements because it's not selling well

"People are starting to dump LE's for like $8,281. I think you're going to continue to see prices sink so much faster and sink so much harder than ever before."

Black Knight: Sword of Rage is selling poorly with LE prices dropping fast

"Black Knight is just, you don't even see many unboxings. I mean, this game is seemingly a sales flop, a disaster... I think the game is brutally hard. It's brutally hard... And also, the game is barren. There's no way around it. There's not much in the game."

Black Knight is a sales disaster due to being brutally hard and barren

"I have to assume that Black Knight is really not selling very well. I do think the game is pretty barren. I think when you walk up to it, there's not much in it."

Black Knight is not selling well due to barren playfield and poor theme appeal

"I was, yeah, it's really not much in it. There's like the night, which is cool. Then the pro, there's a ramp and a habit trail returned from the ramp and two vux that put the ball into the habit trail. That's basically it. Like without that, I per playfield. It's even even by stern standards. I was like, it looked shockingly empty."

Ben Heck thinks Black Knight pro is shockingly empty even by Stern standards

"the LEDs of black night all 600 of them have not sold out they are available... there are not 600 people that want a black night limited edition game"

Black Knight limited editions haven't sold out and game lacks content

"I love this game and I look at this game and I'm like, this game should be like four to five thousand dollars and that's it. I here's what I don't like about modern stones is there's just no way for me to justify that every single game they have has the same exact price."

Black Knight: Sword of Rage should cost $4,000-5,000, not the same price as more complex games

"I think people who have AC/DC, who have Iron Maiden, I think they might be good. I think they might be good on another pin that has a similar vibe."

Black Knight likely won't sell well because people who own AC/DC and Iron Maiden already have similar style games

"We need more orchestration in the game where it just feels like repetitive. Like you've got the heavy metal music, you've got the balance scoring, you've got the monsters battle in it. But when you play the game, there's just not the orchestration where it all comes together and tells this narrative."

Black Knight needs better orchestration and storytelling

"To me, that is like a stupid decision, to make 600 black knight at least. What? Why? Like, black knight at least should be like 200. It should feel more special"

Stern should have made only 200 Black Knight LEs instead of 600 because it's more niche

"I think this game is 100% designed to be a gift to fans of Steve Ritchie and to fans of the Black Knight. I don't think it will sell as well as other licensed, stern games."

Black Knight is designed specifically for existing franchise fans, not general market

"I know this is sacrilege to say in the black night world. And I actually preferred the pro over the LE, okay? The LE just seemed to put the ball into the upper playfield so much more."

Pro version is better than LE for Black Knight

"There is nothing, nothing that you are seeing in black night sort of rage animations that is state of the art. It's almost as if none of these people have played a video game over the last 20 years and actually seen what state of the art animations now look like."

Pinball animations are not state-of-the-art compared to modern video games

"after that mechanism in the middle of the Stern game tell me what else is in that game that shows like a lot of innovation or thought right and I'm glad you guys are finally realizing something when you look around that game black knight and you see all of the exposed like nuts and screws look at it it's just plastic it's art on plastic with nuts and screws everywhere"

Black Knight lacks innovation and sculpting for a $9000 game

"I think it's really important to stop and appreciate just how much better pinball is when these designers are unshackled from these themes"

Black Knight: Sword of Rage shows what happens when designers are unshackled from licensed themes