Pirates of the Caribbean
game"no pinball machine should require memorization of something that looks like this... I don't want five games in one. I just want one good game that I can understand."
Pirates of the Caribbean code is overly complex
"a game like Pirates of the Caribbean is the last kind of game that will get new people into pinball. No one's going to know what to do in that game where a game like Beatles, at least it's like a gateway drug"
Pirates of the Caribbean is the last kind of game that will get new people into pinball
"I think that Pirates of the Caribbean will go down as probably the worst selling Jersey Jack pinball machine to date. And I think it will struggle big time to even sell as many as dialed in"
Pirates of the Caribbean will be Jersey Jack's worst selling game
"I gotta be honest I do think it is one of the most overrated pinball machines based on what people think it's worth I think it's only worth that because of the rarity"
Pirates of the Caribbean is overrated and only valuable due to rarity
"Pirates the Caribbean isn't overly complex sort of mess. That there's just too much going on in the game. And it's too hard to figure out how to play this pinball machine. Nothing about it is intuitive... this game has too much in it. They went overboard and it doesn't add up, all right, to a better experience."
Pirates of the Caribbean is an overly complex mess that's too confusing to play
"There are so many inserts in the game. And when you stand over the game you literally can't read what is on almost any of the inserts."
Pirates of the Caribbean is overly complex and confusing with unreadable inserts
"I can't say that this game is worth $9,000. Like I just would have a hard time spending that kind of money on the game"
Pirates of the Caribbean isn't worth $9,000
"I literally, when I watch the stream, I can't get over the amount of text that happens on the screen of this game. I'm literally like flabbergasted that Keith thinks it's a good idea to have so much text happening on a screen... It's like they made a game where you're playing through the manual of the game."
Pirates of the Caribbean has excessive text and complexity making it overwhelming
"every time they use the word multiplier, I just want to like punch myself in the face. Because I watched this game being played and it's all about like multiplier is in qualifying and understanding what 22 different character like benefits are. And it's just like they're talking to me like I'm some sort of pinball accountant."
Pirates of the Caribbean is overly complex with too much focus on multipliers instead of narrative storytelling
"nobody wants pirates of the Caribbean as a theme in 2018... nobody, and I mean nobody was asking for another pirate to the Caribbean pinball machine. The only reason they're making this game is that Jack's big billionaire investor was a fan of the original Pirates the Caribbean game from Stern"
Pirates of the Caribbean theme is irrelevant and nobody wanted another Pirates pinball in 2018
"How do you feel now? Be honest? How do you feel now? Like I feel like people could care less About owning the game right now. There is like no excitement because we feel like we've seen it forever"
Pirates of the Caribbean excitement has died - people should wait to buy it
"by the time pirates of the Caribbean will ship to customers It will have been almost nine or ten months since it was revealed... I think that hype for this game is gone and I don't know how you get it back"
Pirates of the Caribbean hype is gone due to excessive delays after announcement
"There's no jokes. Oh, but you have heard of me. Like there's none of that. There's absolutely no sense of humor, jokes, laughter. And none of the visuals that are funny from the movie. You know, Johnny Depp with his little prima donna dance walk, nothing. There's absolutely nothing here that reminds me of why we love that movie franchise."
Pirates of the Caribbean lacks the humor and personality that defines the movies
"Nobody wants to spend $12,500 on pirates of the Caribbean. Nobody. Like nobody. And I keep wanting to feel something more for that game. And I'll tell you why, because I do think it looks awesome. But when I just see pirates of the Caribbean and I watch the gameplay and I see the $12,500 price tag, I just for the life of me, I don't get that I need to own this game no matter what it costs."
Pirates of the Caribbean is overpriced at $12,500
"They keep saying and we ran out of time. We ran out of time what what does that mean you ran out of time? I don't get that... I don't buy it I just don't because like I don't get why they can't fix it"
Jersey Jack's reliability excuse for removing Pirates concentric rings is questionable
"I don't think it was a cost cutting measure. I really don't. I just think they couldn't figure it out"
Believes Pirates disc removal was due to technical issues, not cost cutting
"I reached out to Eric, the designer of the game and I said to him flat out. Are the rumors true that this game is coming out in late August... he said those rumors are 100% false that the production line for Pire to be released. And then for Pire to the Caribbean will be happening far sooner than August."
Pirates of the Caribbean will come out in May/June, not August as rumored
"My big issue when I look at the gameplay of Pirates of the Caribbean is that I think the upper playfield is really cool, but I think the ability to get up there whenever you shoot the right ramp is a mistake... I think upper playfield should be like special moments in a pinball game. You should see it. You should want to get there. It should be a destination."
Pirates of the Caribbean upper playfield access is too easy and should be restricted
"I think Pirates of the Caribbean, shifting all the way to August, is really, really bad news for Jersey Jack and the timing of late summer now being when Pirates is going to come out"
Pirates of the Caribbean delays will hurt Jersey Jack's hype and sales
"So you think it was announced too early? Yeah. 100%. I mean, I guess they wanted to announce it for whatever reason."
Pirates of the Caribbean was announced too early
"for those of us who were concerned about whether or not having the original score would would not make this feel like a pirate to the Caribbean game I'm here to tell you those fears let them go because the music that David teal put into this game... sounds just like prior to the Caribbean"
Pirates of the Caribbean music fears were unfounded - sounds just like the movies
"the topper on the collector's addition I think is worth the price of the game it is the coolest pinball topper I've seen... this will take the cake for best pinball topper ever"
Pirates Collector's Edition topper is the best pinball topper ever
"Why can't Keith put in a motor to or a special like, you know, multiball or wizard mode that only can be unlocked on the collector's edition game."
Jersey Jack should give collectors edition owners exclusive gameplay features
"I can't help but feel like this game should be called Pirates of the Complex. Because there's so much going on in this game that I just have to say, when they go over how to play the game you kind of need an encyclopedia to figure out everything to do in the game."
Pirates of the Caribbean is overly complex and should be called 'Pirates of the Complex'
"I have a report from a gentleman who owns 150 pinball machines and he has spent a lot of time on Jersey Jack pinball's new pirates of the Caribbean game and I'm hearing that he considers this to be one of the best pinball machines of all time"
Kaneda reports hearing that Pirates of the Caribbean could be one of the best pinball machines of all time
"I actually kind of ignored the artwork more and I was so mesmerized by shots and the mechanisms that to me it felt more like parts of the Caribbean, the ride and not just the movies. And it really just had that spirit of getting on that boat and riding the ride at Disney World."
Pirates of the Caribbean by Jersey Jack exceeded expectations and felt like Disney ride
"Everyone is going to compare What Stern tries to sell you for $9,000 against Pirates. Like there is no avoiding how Pirates has sort of set the new bar In terms of what people expect"
Pirates of the Caribbean has set a new bar that will expose mediocre games and force people to be more discerning
"what he and Eric the designer have accomplished with this game is Nothing short of phenomenal"
Pirates of the Caribbean is phenomenal and creates a magical world under glass
"Pirates of the Caribbean as a theme right now is really washed up. The pirate ship has hit the rocks. It has taken on water and nobody cares anymore."
Pirates of the Caribbean theme is washed up and will be another Hobbit 2.0 failure
"This franchise has long been irrelevant. And I think this final movie is going to leave people once again with like a bad taste in their mouth over the franchise. It's like the Hobbit all over again."
Pirates of the Caribbean theme is culturally irrelevant like The Hobbit
"This new game, let me tell you something, chicken, it ain't so no no more In fact it feels like we've all played it for over 18 years now. nobody knows I don't even think he knows, I think Keith literally wakes up every day And I was like I don't even know what the fuck I'm doing"
Pirates of the Caribbean is confusing and feels like an old game despite being new
"A game that people are now saying is one of the greatest of all time"
Pirates of the Caribbean is now considered one of the greatest pinball games of all time despite licensing limitations
"I think pirate to the Caribbean is more like a role playing game than a pinball machine"
Pirates of the Caribbean is more like a role-playing game than pinball
"It's just really interesting that Pirates of the Caribbean was getting so many accolades right at the same point in which it is being yanked off of the shelf. It's no longer going to be supported... He probably is a little bit bummed out that his game, which now everyone is finally recognizing what he did and what is being heralded as like a great game on so many levels tonight is no longer going to be up for sale."
Pirates of the Caribbean getting recognition while being discontinued is ironic and Eric Meunier's subdued demeanor is understandable
"I don't think this game is going to go down as the greatest game of all time I think this game is going to go down as the worst selling Jersey Jack pinball machine ever"
Pirates will be Jersey Jack's worst-selling machine and won't be considered a classic
"I'm looking at this widebody game and I said this surge you know like where the toys like this game why is it even a widebody"
Pirates doesn't warrant being a widebody - lacks impressive toys
"Do I think it's a big disappointment to lose the spinning disc, the three discs in the middle of the playfield? I just want to say absolutely. Absolutely. I don't think one spinning disc is a replacement or an adequate replacement for those three spinning concentric circles"
Jersey Jack's decision to remove the three spinning discs from Pirates is a major disappointment
"I think this game is probably the most confusing pinball machine I've ever played in my entire life"
Pirates of the Caribbean is the most confusing pinball machine ever played
"The reason why I canceled pirates of the Caribbean one reason is... Out of the fact that I'm just bummed out that I don't like the changes... The second reason why I canceled is just because of principle... I don't like how they did it"
Canceled Pirates of the Caribbean order due to disappointing feature changes and JJP's handling of the situation
"In the same moment in which people are starting to finally realize they love your game, they yank it from you. They take it off the line and they cease production of the game"
Eric Meunier was treated unfairly by having Pirates production stopped for Wizard of Oz re-release