REVIEW: Black Knight Sword of Rage Pinball Machine (Stern, 2019)

Nick and Kevin get ready to battle and review the Black Knight! It's our review of Black Knight: Sword of Rage, the newest pinball machine released from Stern Pinball. They cover the art, sound, toys, display and lighting, gameplay, rules and lastability of the game! #pinball #buffalopinball -------------------------------------
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[@DJDonkeytron]

This game is so frickin' fun

[@dondon4720]

The nice thing I noticed about the upper playfield, if you are able to shoot loops up there during modes then you can complete the monsters faster IMHO

[@DaftBrian1]

Wait...like Brendan Small from Metalpocalpse?!

[@johneldridge1345]

Great review guys... thinking of getting the pro version in the near future.

[@BuffaloPinball]

Thanks! I have a great time with this one already, and am looking forward to seeing where the code goes from here.

[@paulclarke7571]

16:00 The Magna Save is on the lock down bar? Then all you need to do is grow a third arm and it becomes easy again.

[@DudeMcAwesome]

This is probably the one thing I would change realistically. You almost always miss the Magna Save because by the time you realize you are going to side drain, the ball is already gone past where the magnet can grab it. World Cup has it on the side right next to the flipper, where it belongs.

[@teamhex]

I have to agree. It would be better if it were a button in front of the right flipper button. I think the idea is that it lights up, but these modern tables play so fast that you're going to miss using it in most cases. Still a cool feature.

[@joggel0881]

Thx for the review. I really like what you guy are doing... Is BK sor a better game now with the new code 1.01 than before? Would it get ha higher score ?

[@BuffaloPinball]

It’s more fleshed out but hasn’t significantly changed. I wouldn’t change my rating of it.

[@joggel0881]

@@BuffaloPinballthx for a quick response. :)

[@Mugen_4_lifeKRXR]

I like the toy but one ramp and two vuks... why not integrate a diverter at the top of the ramp on pro games with a habitrail going to the other flipper?

[@johneldridge1345]

Because that would have cost an extra $2.50 ...until people start waking up to what Stern are doing and refusing to buy nib games they will keep going the cheapest route and raising prices. I had that thought too about the ramp. Good idea

[@th-os8736]

Hey i play in French in megarex : 4 JJP / 10 stern pinball limited 😊Welcome in French Strasbourg /haguenau

[@alanrobertson6389]

Best Stern in years in my opinion. Game RIPS!

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

That's because Black Knight Sword Of Rage is not only a Stern pinball machine without a licensed theme (from any century) but a Stern/Williams pin without a licensed theme!

[@LockeTheCole]

I finally played the Pro at Pinfest. It's a good game, some neat things but I am no longer buying it. It just feels sparse. Not enough shots to make/varied things to do compared to BK2K. The Black Knight gimmick the table is built around is great, but it's really the only feature and it's just not enough to support an entire table. The music is probably the biggest dissapointment. It's good, but it's a short repetitive loop for most of your gameplay. BK2K changed the longer you played and when you accomplished things, this one just seemed like the same snippet over and over. The lack of lyrics also hurts it. The screen's animations are nice and fairly varied but that doesn't make up for the lack of variety on the playfield. The Magnasave placement is sadly utter BS. I doubt even playing it with an upper playfield will change my mind about it being a weak table(and honestly, looking at the upper playfield, I fear it will only be a negative once I get to play it).

[@justimagine2403]

Tron has some really annoying call outs.

[@Pyrrho_]

WTF is this abomination? BK2K is my favorite pinball game of all time. Was Googling it today for whatever reason and then found this... Scientific Games Corp so hard up for cash they're licensing out old IP for losers like Stern to try to milk? Ugh. BK2K forever.