Welcome!
I was an avid Hyperspin user before converting over to Attract. Like you alluded to, I got turned off by the lack of development and bug fixes, amongst other things. Their latest update was a step forward but it still has a lot of holes, at least that's my opinion.
Here is why I love AM. It's easy to configure, fast, lightweight and very customizable. It runs on multiple OS platforms. There's a lot of robust features like dual monitor support, game filtering, plugins, ambient sound, movie intro, and art scraper. I'm sure, I left something out but you get the general idea. Oh, there is also limited support for hyperspin and other frontends themes like mala.
But, most importantly, the developer Raygun does a fantastic job of adding user recommendations and addressing issues. So, Attract must being doing something right, because we're getting new members everyday, like you. My suggestion would be to give it ago and read the readme.md and layout.md to get a leg up on things.
Also, check the theme topic in the forums for custom layouts created by the community. That is also growing by the day.
Rocketlaucher has frontend support for attract. Though, you really shouldn't needed it. Attract does a good job of hiding the underlying OS. Though, there might be some situations where you might want to use it.
