9/17/2023 0 Comments Best pinball machines rated![]() ![]() ![]() We’ll combat bias with a point-of-view weighting system (PWS). So how do we attempt to eliminate some of the bias? I am after all a collector, not a professional player, I’m no longer new-to-the-hobby and I’m definitely not an operator. Which may lead to a concerning level of subjective input to generate the total value. We’ve gone with less categories, more points per category, and an equal weighting for each when determining the overall score of a pinball machine. But accuracy is relative? From the perspective of a collector? Does GOT perform well on-location for an operator? The theme is awful, the layout is mediocre at best, the toy is a battering ram? It’s only when you think about how it plays as a whole does the game rate better and in my opinion, more accurately. Often you’ll see these broken out into more individual ratings on other sites but I’m partial to viewing all of this as one category that better represents how the theme as a whole integrates with the pinball machine across those categories.Īnd GOT is an wonderful deep game, but when you break it down to it’s individual components, the game rates poorly. Theme will include the art package on the playfield, the cabinet, the backglass/translite, and then the toys and integration of the machine’s theme throughout the game. Theme is one of the more straight forward categories but it’s also often one of the more divisive. Let’s put a pin in that question for now (I promise to come back to it) and break down the categories first: The number of categories used to rate a game are less than most other’s use, and there is a reason for that. ![]() With each of these categories, a game can rate between 0 and 20 for a total of 100 points possible. MQVS uses the following categories can best be used to quantify a pinball machine’s overall value and then a weighting that is point-of-view specific targeting the 3 most popular pinball user types: players, collectors, and operators. What about if you’re a player that doesn’t own any machines and have no intention of purchasing one? What if you’re an operator trying to decide what games to purchase and put on-location? A collector looking for the next game to add to their home collection?Īfter spending some time looking at how others rate pinball machines ( Pinside, SDTM, Buffalo Pinball, etc…), spending some time thinking through what I want out of a rating system, I combined those into a portmanteau of rating systems. By what standards do you judge a machine on besides overall feeling, whether I want to own it, or if I find myself wanting to keep playing it? Is that even a good judge of a pinball game? Maybe a game can be like a movie where you know it’s a masterpiece but… you have no intention of ever watching it again. Deciding how to rate pinball machines is no small task. ![]()
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