Jaws: The Revenge - Stern Pinball Challenge Mode

IE Pinball·video·22m 15s·analyzed·Sep 5, 2024

Analysis

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TL;DR

Streamer plays Jaws: The Revenge Challenge Mode, struggles with health management and multiball complexity.

Summary

A streamer plays Jaws: The Revenge on Stern Pinball in Challenge Mode, navigating a game mode with health mechanics, shark-themed targets, and multiball sequences. The gameplay involves leveling up sharks, managing health pools, and attempting to progress through bounty hunter encounters. The streamer struggles with the difficulty and multiball management before ending the stream.

Key Claims

In Jaws Challenge Mode, you cannot trap up or you lose too much health, similar to Guns N' Roses
medium confidence · Streamer commentary during gameplay: 'So yes, it is like Guns N' Roses. You can't trap up. Losing too much health if I do.'
When you have multiple balls in play, you can't hit the reel because it cancels out
medium confidence · Streamer observation: 'One of the big problems with so many balls in play is you can't really you can't hit the reel cuz it cancels out, right?'
Shark leveling in Challenge Mode caps at a maximum level and stops providing health increases
high confidence · Streamer realization: 'I didn't level my The Shark... That's what it is. Cuz I no longer can level my The Shark. Okay. Okay, that's it. Cuz I'm at the max level.'
The Orca feature mentioned in Challenge Mode may not exist or is inaccessible in the mode being played
low confidence · Streamer comment: 'This I would be at the orca right now if uh if it existed.'
Challenge Mode health mechanics differ significantly from the Bounty Phase in difficulty and health management
medium confidence · Streamer: 'I feel like I can build the health up easier in this mode just flinging around whereas in the uh in the bounty phase I I can't seem to'

Notable Quotes

“So yes, it is like Guns N' Roses. You can't trap up. Losing too much health if I do.”
Streamer (IE Pinball)@ 8:47 — Identifies mechanical similarity between Jaws and Guns N' Roses regarding trap-up penalty mechanics
“One of the big problems with so many balls in play is you can't really you can't hit the reel cuz it cancels out, right?”
Streamer (IE Pinball)@ 13:54 — Points out multiball challenge where reel targets become unreliable during heavy ball count
“That's what it is. Cuz I'm at the max level. That's what it is. Damn, that's brutal. I didn't even notice that before.”
Streamer (IE Pinball)@ 11:31 — Realizes shark leveling caps at max, eliminating a health building strategy
“Very calm, relaxing, you know, very zen.”
Streamer (IE Pinball)@ 21:36 — Sarcastic commentary on the challenging and stressful nature of Challenge Mode

Entities

IE PinballpersonJaws: The RevengegameGuns N' RosesgameStern Pinballcompany

Signals

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gameplay_signal: Challenge Mode appears highly difficult with harsh health loss mechanics and multiball phases that significantly increase difficulty. Streamer struggles to progress past level 7.
high · Repeated deaths, difficulty managing health in multiball, and comments like 'That's brutal' and 'not going to make it'
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gameplay_signal: Jaws Challenge Mode shares the trap-up penalty mechanic with Guns N' Roses, where holding the ball in the trapup position causes health loss.
medium · Streamer: 'So yes, it is like Guns N' Roses. You can't trap up. Losing too much health if I do.'
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gameplay_signal: Multiple balls in play create difficulty hitting reel targets due to cancellation or target unavailability, limiting scoring options during multiball.
medium · Streamer: 'One of the big problems with so many balls in play is you can't really you can't hit the reel cuz it cancels out'
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product_concern: Streamer suspects a potential bug when five balls appear in play unexpectedly, questioning if the feature is intentional or a system error.
low · Streamer: 'What? See? Okay. So, that that's to be a bug, right?' Then later clarifies it was likely due to shark leveling mechanics.
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gameplay_signal: Challenge Mode features complex progression with leveling mechanics, health gates, invincibility power-ups, and bounty hunter phases with varying difficulty.
high · Multiple references to shark leveling, health management, power-up strategies, and progression through distinct encounter types

Topics

Challenge Mode gameplay mechanicsprimaryHealth management and leveling systemsprimaryMultiball difficulty and ball controlprimaryComparison to Guns N' Roses mechanicssecondaryStreaming gameplay and difficulty commentarysecondary

Sentiment

mixed(0.35)— Streamer finds the game fun but expresses frustration with difficulty, health management mechanics, and multiball challenges. Acknowledges enjoyment but indicates fatigue and stress from playing.

Transcript

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What time is it? All right, I got one more game and then that's it. Short short shorter stream. Let's just get going on it. No break this time. Maybe I do need to cradle up and not uh [screaming] not try to go so fast. The flail away approach has worked for me up till now apparently. So Yeah, the first attempt the my top score was at my first try on this game. Look, health back up to max. So, I don't know what happened that other time of going to the gym. [laughter] All right. Oh, I've got I'm already out of beat. Here comes Bunner. All right. Come on. One shot. Oh no. I missed. I missed. All right. Trying to go slower now. But see, I'm losing health even if I don't hit anything. So I I have to go I can't go slow. Come on. Two exposed. H double boat hits there and I messed it. Missed it. All right, let's get this. There we go. And finish it. Finish it. Health back up to max. All right. All right, back to the pain of uh chomping sharks. That makes me more mad than anything in this. I can't get 10 out of 10 on that. One jump kills. I don't have to keep hitting the button. One jump. All right. What was that? Do it again. Damn it. All right, I can still get through this one, I think, if I don't mess it up. Uh-oh. Now we're getting into dicey territory. Oh no, now we're really in dicey territory. All right. Health is back to full. Health is back to full. Do better. Thank you. Thank you. Don't drain during green. Right. that that well you don't want to drain in general but but yeah it seems to be uh worse than than anything else just about I feel like I can build the health up easier in this mode just flinging around whereas in the uh in the bounty phase I I can't seem to I don't know if it's just you know me not knowing what I'm doing really don't want to drain at Really? That that's the that's the truth. [screaming] Just don't drain. Just like any pinball, don't drain. How many I I'm at the number of kill. Oh yeah, I'm there already. Okay. Don't drain. Don't wait also apparently. So yes, it is like Guns and Roses. You can't trap up. Losing too much health if I do. All right, there's one down. This is where I could really use that invincibility power up. All right. He's gone. He's gone. Don't Don't lose it now. Oh, there's a third one. Crud. Oh, I'm dead. I'm not going to make it to the third one. That's right. Forgot it for more. Hit the boat. Hit the boat. All right. Oh my gosh. Okay, time to do bad in this game. Six ball is awful. Yeah, keep me fizzy. Thanks for the sub. Oh, sorry. I got to chomp swimmers and not uh sharks. Not sharks with shorts. Did I tilt and lose? No, I finished that round. All right. Five balls in play now. What? See? Okay. So, that that's got to be a bug, right? That has to be a bug cuz how was I going to do anything there? How far am I in? It's an hour and a half. It wasn't a bug. So, it your health just doesn't My I didn't level my shark. Thank you. That's what it is. Cuz I no longer can level my shark. Okay. Okay, that's it. Cuz I'm at the max level. That's what it is. Damn, that's brutal. I didn't even notice that before. What? [screaming] All right. Away we go. Bounty hunters. With not full health. It's not good. Oh, that's going to hurt. Those balls draining right there. All right. What do I get? Invincible. Good. Soda pop. Soda popinsky, baby. Oh my gosh. No, I won't level it. Uh cuz there's only four sharks. You don't level anymore, I believe. Oh, I thought I had that ramp right there. Thought I was going to have be able to do the quick kill. One of the big problems with so many balls in play is you can't really you can't hit the reel cuz it cancels out, right? The plunge can't. Man, my health is that low already. Jeez. All right, one more to go. Uh, I'm dead. This is not going to Oh, I could do it here if I can get that and get the shark. Come on. Level six. There. Here we go. Level six. All right. My health went all the way up right there. You saw it. And my health is full at the end. But getting through level six without an extra life is tough. Okay, I became great. Right. So, it is the middle level. Don't listen to me. Okay. And I hit the bounty. This I would be at the orca right now if uh if it existed. Oh gosh. Oh goodness. I need some invincibility here. Really? Well, the only hope of getting through the bounty hunt is to get the uh get the shortcut with the upper ramp. Where am I? Am I close here? 13 seconds. Oh boy. [screaming] All right, here we go. Heard the beeps. All right, away we go. All It's just too many balls. Did I get it? Oh my gosh. You didn't even know I got it. [laughter] All right, another shark alley. A break. Thank you. Ah, shoot. Yep. I'll take it. All right. So, there's my health. Not full because I didn't level up a shark. Right. Invincible. That was probably too soon for that. Okay. Where are we? Are we here yet? We're here. Okay. Here he comes. Here come the battle hunters. All right. I should just hit the power up at some point if I didn't already. I did. I see it. Oh, come on. Hit the boat. The boat. I hit kind of There we go. Solved it. Uh, health is dropping. Help. [screaming] And this is Oh, I got a little bit of health back. Okay. Jeez. Oh, I'm Hit the Shark. Hit the shark. Hit the shark. Oh, damn it. I'm not going to get it. [laughter] All right. [sighs] I'll die in the next level right away cuz I have no health. Uh seven. Yeah. [laughter] 159 kills. That's solid. Oh yeah. I'm dead right away here. Look at that. I didn't I [laughter] didn't even get to do anything. I saw plunge and it was gone. All right. Well, that was a good run. Yes. Very calm, relaxing, you know, very zen. You know, 4:30. That's solid. It's fun though. It is fun. I just can't play more. I mean, I already played probably one more game than I should have. All right. That is all for today. I can't take anymore and I got to I got to eat dinner and pack. All right, thanks for tuning in. I hope you enjoyed it.