Starship Troopers Thread

[Dedpop]

Starship Troopers. Best Sega game ?

It's coming !
(Best SEGA game ?)

 

[Robert Misner]

I'm from Buenos Aires! and I say KILL EM ALL!

never tried this table but I'm excited one of my favorite cheesball Scifi movies

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

I have to watch the movie again now. It's been too long.

 

[pm1109]

Whats so good about this table?

 

[dtown8532]

Really? Ughhhh....sighhhhhhh. I do like the movie but...ughhhh...the pin...queue fart noises.

In the interest of full disclosure, I really do hate all the Sega branded pins. They're just so f*cking cheap with sh*t artwork.

 

[Dedpop]

Not my cup of tea but this one looks fine to me.
(Never played it IRL so far)

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

I've never played the table either, but I must say I'm excited for it. It looks like a blast.

 

[danivempire]

Loved the movie, curious to play the pinball game ^^

 

[David T. Melnick]

It's coming !
(Best SEGA game ?)

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great pic!

 

[David T. Melnick]

I liked the 1940 something story.

 

[canuck]

Whats so good about this table?

Would you like to know more?

 

[kinggo]

(Best SEGA game ?)

no. Batman is better, SWT is better, even Baywatch is better.

 

[heberts811]

I played this once IRL. I would take South Park before this one.

Gary

 

[Kolchak357]

It's one of those collect things kind of pins. Each wave gives you a certain amount of shots you must hit to progress to the next wave. I like rule systems like this. Easily defined goals such hit 6 yellow shots and four green shots. I'll be happy to see this come to TPA. Has FS confirmirmed this yet, or is it still just heavily rumored?

 

[DanBradford]

I've played the pin but never seen the film. Is it any good?

 

[TomL]

I've played the pin but never seen the film. Is it any good?

If you liked the old Robocop movie, you'll like ST. Both directed by Paul Verhoeven.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

If you liked the old Robocop movie, you'll like ST. Both directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Yup! It's a sci fi war movie satire.

 

[soundwave106]

If you liked the old Robocop movie, you'll like ST. Both directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Well, maybe.

Robocop and ST have very similar ethos, but where in Robocop I thought Verhoeven pulled the delicate half-satire / half-action flick balance off nicely (to me), Starship Troopers I thought was a "glorious mess" that couldn't decide whether it wanted to play up the satire angle, just go for Heinlein-as-mindless-summer-action-blockbuster, or try to do both simultaneously in a clumsy manner. I also understood that Heinlein fans weren't too happy about the movie, either.

But, others might have different opinions, I'm sure.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

Well, maybe.

Robocop and ST have very similar ethos, but where in Robocop I thought Verhoeven pulled the delicate half-satire / half-action flick balance off nicely (to me), Starship Troopers I thought was a "glorious mess" that couldn't decide whether it wanted to play up the satire angle, just go for Heinlein-as-mindless-summer-action-blockbuster, or try to do both simultaneously in a clumsy manner. I also understood that Heinlein fans weren't too happy about the movie, either.

But, others might have different opinions, I'm sure.

ROBOCOP is a better movie on pretty much every level. But I hold ROBOCOP in pretty high regard. Starship troopers is great for what it is.

I just want a loud fun table. The gameplay precision needed on Dracula and POTO has fatigued me.

 

[dtown8532]

Ep. 42 of the Pinball Podcast mentioned someone poking around the mac version's files and finding Starship Troopers, Earthshaker and The Getaway.