"from what I understood is that they were extremely over budget, as far as like the amount of the amount of money that went into making the animations for Raza"
Raza animations were extremely over budget due to lack of management
"we willed it into existence, bringing Raza to life when everyone said that Raza could never come to life because it was just, you know, one of J-Pop's projects that would never see the light of day"
Raza pinball game finally coming to life after skepticism
"If you are out there and you invested in this you really have no one to blame but yourself. This isn't some new company with a new person. Everyone knew what happened with Jpop. Everyone knew what deeproot's delays were."
Buyers of Raza have only themselves to blame for pre-ordering
"There's no way to get around how low of a number this is. Only 60 people bought it. How do you make money with only 160 games being made if it's expensive to order all these custom parts?"
Raza production numbers are surprisingly low at only 160 total games
"Where's the Raza fan base? How many people love Raza? Most of these games are based on things that people don't even care about from a theme level alone"
Raza won't be collectible because it lacks fan base and hasn't proven itself as a great game
"after watching this thing for almost an hour I walked away saying to myself is there any story in this code because I did not hear any narrative going on"
Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland lacks story and narrative in the code
"Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, you have my money. If you can make raza, I think the game, I still think this game is gorgeous. Robert, I will order game number one."
Will buy Raza when it's finished despite criticisms
"My recommendation to Robert is that I would make no more than 500, I would make less than 500 Raza's and I would charge at least ten thousand dollars for them"
deeproot Pinball should make no more than 500 Razas and charge at least $10,000 for them to create demand and differentiate from competitors
"I think if they only make 500 or less J-Pop games of Raza, they will sell out. They will sell out."
deeproot should drastically limit Raza production and charge premium pricing
"raza is a theme that nobody knows about other than the people who understood the zidware jpop fiasco raza's a theme that takes explaining to do"
Raza is a poor choice for deeproot's launch game compared to Rick and Morty's reception
"I'm also just so surprised that so many of us who have played pinball for years who understand what makes a game great are now like almost excusing I think just a fundamental design flaw in a game"
Raza's difficult ramp is a fundamental design flaw being excused by the community
"I don't see the knockout punch. What I feel like I see is, I feel like I see a bunch of jabs out there. You know what I mean? It's just, it just feels like that there's just something missing to it."
Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland lacks a knockout punch shot
"this is a precision game at that end of the spectrum, something that really hasn't been done a lot in recent years, instead of a flow game. We decided to keep the foundation and purpose of the game, a precision game, meaning that it's not meant for a lot of beginners."
Positive assessment of Raza as a precision game designed for intermediate to advanced players
"I think if we look at the game so far I'm not saying like a mech that pushes anything really forward the display is cool But we've seen a lot of great displays from companies like Jersey Jack Pinball and Stern Pinball"
RAZA prototype shows potential but lacks the innovative wow factor promised by deeproot
"I'd say eight or nine you know this is the game that I spent most of my time on at the show it's a game that I would buy if I could buy it today and every time I finished a game I wanted to play another one"
Derek's positive assessment of RAZA after extensive play testing
"The trunk in Theatre of Magic the disappearing magnet in front of the genie and the shooting star ball saves on tails of the Arabian nights the ring master in Cirqus Voltaire And I just don't see a mech that feels anywhere near as like wow as those things"
RAZA lacks the wow factor mechanisms of classic John Popadiuk games
"this feels more like a J-Pop game than a deeproot game... watching this game right now feels more like zidware with a new screen display versus the beginning of a new generation of pinball brought to you by deeproot"
Raza feels more like a John Popadiuk game than a deeproot innovation
"when you look at it you really do see a lot of mechanical fun stuff going on in the game and I think it's going to be a blast to shoot"
deeproot Pinball has impressed with Raza - it's a real pinball game with great toy integration and flow
"somebody has to finish raza and it will be me you heard it here I will get you your razzas if if it's the last thing I do"
Prediction: Kaneda will personally ensure that the Raza pinball machines get completed and delivered to customers.
"I don't think that we're going to launch Raza and sell, you know, thousands of Raza's, you know, that's just not going to happen. It is a more niche game."
Raza is intentionally a niche game, not meant to be a volume seller