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The Machine: Bride of Pinbot Pinside Rating
This game received 463 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.806 /10
The Machine: Bride of Pinbot
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.619
Artwork: 8.209
Sounds/Music: 7.349
Other Aspects: 7.813
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San Antonio, TX
8.788/10
47 days ago
No matter how much I play this game, getting metamorphosis still makes me smile. The game is fun from ball launch to ball drain. The theme is great and the sounds from the bride are great. The main shot that you have to repeat to build the machine is rewarding and the transformation head and accompanying sounds really bring you in. The ruleset is not that complex, but it is still a very fun game that I go back to very often.
Bordeaux
7.532/10
9 months ago
The music is creepy and the pin looks weird but it’s grown on me because it’s just so different. The game plays pretty slow it’s pretty much just shoot one shot the whole game. The skill shot is interesting and I couldn’t master it which is something fun. I honestly don’t mind playing but it would get boring pretty fast as I like fast playing games. Ball times can be short sometimes which I like and the sounds are growing on me but it is a little dumb
6.290/10
1 year ago
I don't think too much of this one. Let's start with the positives: the robot face that rotates is a very good toy/mechanism, and it has a very good flashing light show that pops up every now and then (I couldn't remember what made it happen).
Unfortunately that's pretty much it for the positives. The playfield is poorly designed, with the upper left portion basically going completely unused, and while there are a couple other things to shoot at besides the shuttle ramp, none of them are fun, get significant points or advance the game in any way. The only way to do anything in the game is hit the shuttle ramp again and again. It's a fun shot, but not that hard to hit (or shouldn't be, but see below) and it gets tiresome fairly quickly.
The particular machine I played had a weak right flipper or something, and even when I hit the shuttle ramp dead center it often didn't have enough juice to make it up to the robot face unless the ball already had a lot of momentum when I hit it. The only fun shot in the game rolled right back down the ramp half the time. Aggravating. At least it made it more challenging, but it made it even less fun.
Unfortunately that's pretty much it for the positives. The playfield is poorly designed, with the upper left portion basically going completely unused, and while there are a couple other things to shoot at besides the shuttle ramp, none of them are fun, get significant points or advance the game in any way. The only way to do anything in the game is hit the shuttle ramp again and again. It's a fun shot, but not that hard to hit (or shouldn't be, but see below) and it gets tiresome fairly quickly.
The particular machine I played had a weak right flipper or something, and even when I hit the shuttle ramp dead center it often didn't have enough juice to make it up to the robot face unless the ball already had a lot of momentum when I hit it. The only fun shot in the game rolled right back down the ramp half the time. Aggravating. At least it made it more challenging, but it made it even less fun.
Öhringen
8.674/10
1 year ago
People saying that this machine is a “one shot pony” are simply not playing the game. They’re only shooting one shot to advance the face, but that’s only one aspect of the game. The small wheel is much more inventive than a traditional random award loop, even lighting the jackpot, and that shot is HARD. A worthy jackpot. Heart loops can combo for millions and a killer light show on a four loop combo. The skill shot is difficult and rewarding, the pops exit is simple but very cool and sometimes unpredictable, the diverted lane that sends the ball back to the shooter lane for a multiplied skill shot randomly… all aspects that make this machine completely unique. Of course the face is awesome, metamorphosis is almost unrivaled in pinball, and the cabinet artwork is the best ever made. Given that most of the playfield is the lower 2/3rds, the shots and bricks are FAST. Like, TMNT fast. Which is an interesting contrast with the upper playfields, which give you time to sip your beer before you need to flip again.
As others, I wish there was a 3 ball multiball considering there are 3 balls in the machine, and the billionaire’s club is silly. Other than that, this machine is perfect. One of the best of all time.
As others, I wish there was a 3 ball multiball considering there are 3 balls in the machine, and the billionaire’s club is silly. Other than that, this machine is perfect. One of the best of all time.
Cambridge
8.189/10
1 year ago
Pinbot is one of the best games of all time, but somehow this one beats it. Who doesn’t love building their own sex robot?
9.495/10
1 year ago
I have played this game a lot when it came out and again owning it later in life. Nobody can beat me on it in my circle of friends. It is kind of a one shot game (shuttle ramp to the faces) but it is so beautifully done. Is this game easy for me? - Yes. Do I Still love it? - Absolutely. One of the greatest pinball machine ever made in my opinion.
9.642/10
2 years ago
BoP at our house has gotten over 70 hours (1200ish) games since we got the game in Jan 2022. It is the go-to for all of my kids and really is a great follow-up to pinbot (we have that as well). I see a lot of people saying this is a "1 shot" game and while I do not disagree, there is a lot more going on that is not the shuttle ramp. The loops are great, mini wheel is fun and heartbeat ramp is a blast to hit over and over. Rules are great and everyone that plays it wants to go buy one. I have newer/older pins right next to this one and BoP normally is the one we all end up on at the end of the night. LEDs on this game look amazing and if you have one, check your ramps for cracks. If you do not have the Cliffy protectors on the ramps, get them.
5.117/10
2 years ago
I played this at Plonk Golf in Hackney, London, and promptly forgot about it…
I’m unsure if it was poorly maintained, or whether it is normally grimly grey and dimly lit. Either way, I got someway to transforming the bride and felt there wasn’t much else to do. The playfield is dominated by a very large plastic ramp and a series of pegs on the right-hand side such that it felt, on initial inspection, that the only place you could shoot was the left ramp over and over again.
Watching tutorial videos afterwards, it seems that - yes - the game is mostly about shooting the left ramp over and over again.
Either way, I had believed that Williams could do no wrong in its 90s designs. Bride of Pinbot got this notion out of my head - I could hardly believe the Williams ‘W’ on the speakers because this is total tosh (at least to someone who walked up to casually play).
UPDATE: Played a nicer version at Pinball Republic in Croydon, London. Still of the same opinion on this one - it’s a single shot game with not much to do after completing the Bride. I also hate the sexist call-outs. Sorry to the many fans of this game, but ratings are my opinion and, personally, I’d rather play a huge range of other pins.
UPDATE: Played the Pinball Republic version again and increased its rating, largely because it is better than Star Wars Episode I. It is fun activating the Bride but, unfortunately, after several plays (I’m not a great pinball player), I’d seen most of what this pin had to offer.
I’m unsure if it was poorly maintained, or whether it is normally grimly grey and dimly lit. Either way, I got someway to transforming the bride and felt there wasn’t much else to do. The playfield is dominated by a very large plastic ramp and a series of pegs on the right-hand side such that it felt, on initial inspection, that the only place you could shoot was the left ramp over and over again.
Watching tutorial videos afterwards, it seems that - yes - the game is mostly about shooting the left ramp over and over again.
Either way, I had believed that Williams could do no wrong in its 90s designs. Bride of Pinbot got this notion out of my head - I could hardly believe the Williams ‘W’ on the speakers because this is total tosh (at least to someone who walked up to casually play).
UPDATE: Played a nicer version at Pinball Republic in Croydon, London. Still of the same opinion on this one - it’s a single shot game with not much to do after completing the Bride. I also hate the sexist call-outs. Sorry to the many fans of this game, but ratings are my opinion and, personally, I’d rather play a huge range of other pins.
UPDATE: Played the Pinball Republic version again and increased its rating, largely because it is better than Star Wars Episode I. It is fun activating the Bride but, unfortunately, after several plays (I’m not a great pinball player), I’d seen most of what this pin had to offer.
10.000/10
2 years ago
It's a super fun game from the early 90's. Although it's long in the tooth, it plays as well as most modern tables from Stern. It's got a lot going on and the face that rotates around is a super cool gimmick as it is part of the playfield. The sounds are SO late 80's and it's part of the fun. When it's tuned up, it plays super fast. I love this game and it's my #2 favorite of all time, rift behind STTNG. I guess that shows in truly a 90's pinball fan. Keep em playing.
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