Bought Zombies on teh PHone. It's as awesome as I expected it to be so far.

Wordament is also fun as hell! Last few weeks has been great for WP owners!

I won't pay more than a dollar for the Zombies game 'cause then the song would be a lie. Besides, I can't imagine playing it more than once or twice.


For the most part, I agree that things have been great for WP users. It's only a start, though...I really hope the userbase/popularity keeps increasing because there are so many great phone games out there that we don't get to play. I don't want to get a damn iPhone just so I can play Game Dev Story and AbraWordabra and other awesome-looking iOS games. My wife will most likely get an iPhone when it's time for her to upgrade, but I want them on MY phone.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast I won't pay more than a dollar for the Zombies game 'cause then the song would be a lie. Besides, I can't imagine playing it more than once or twice. For the most part, I agree that things have been great for WP users. It's only a start, though...I really hope the userbase/popularity keeps increasing because there are so many great phone games out there that we don't get to play. I don't want to get a damn iPhone just so I can play Game Dev Story and AbraWordabra and other awesome-looking iOS games. My wife will most likely get an iPhone when it's time for her to upgrade, but I want them on MY phone.

I'll admit hemain reason I got a Windows phone was because of Xbox live support. I like my achievements....and I hope to see more stellar games on the windows phone. This last month has been great with Pirates, Civilazation, .99 games, and Wordament. Can't wait to see what's in store

Agreed with everything above. I'm glad MS is finally getting things together. I'll buy almost anything at .99 to get some extra achievements.

Wordament is fecking awesome, that is all.

Originally Posted by seanr1221 Agreed with everything above. I'm glad MS is finally getting things together. I'll buy almost anything at .99 to get some extra achievements.

You've been silent so long, I thought you got rid of your Windows Phone or something. Welcome back.

Agreed with Benjamouth - Wordament is something I could probably play all day everyday.

Originally Posted by FlamedLiquid I'll admit hemain reason I got a Windows phone was because of Xbox live support. I like my achievements....and I hope to see more stellar games on the windows phone. This last month has been great with Pirates, Civilazation, .99 games, and Wordament. Can't wait to see what's in store

That's the main reason why I got a Windows Phone as well. Not so much for the achievements (though they are a nice little bonus) but because of the way you can link certain games like Kinectimals and Full House Poker. And it's great that I can track my gaming activity. But best of all, I can get ilomilo on the go, which makes me stupid happy.

I really enjoy the phone itself too, though. The interface is really simple and it does most things just the way I prefer. The calendar needs work and the chat-like messaging system sucks, but everything else is great and there are free apps available for everything else that I felt was lacking. I do wish I could sort apps into folders, but it's a minor complaint. Overall, I love my phone. It certainly works a lot better for me than Androids and iPhones.

It's nice to see that Microsoft is still able to do something right. Now if they would only fix the Xbox dashboard and release an OS that can live up to XP...

Originally Posted by ZombieToast That's the main reason why I got a Windows Phone as well. Not so much for the achievements (though they are a nice little bonus) but because of the way you can link certain games like Kinectimals and Full House Poker. And it's great that I can track my gaming activity. But best of all, I can get ilomilo on the go, which makes me stupid happy. I really enjoy the phone itself too, though. The interface is really simple and it does most things just the way I prefer. The calendar needs work and the chat-like messaging system sucks, but everything else is great and there are free apps available for everything else that I felt was lacking. I do wish I could sort apps into folders, but it's a minor complaint. Overall, I love my phone. It certainly works a lot better for me than Androids and iPhones. It's nice to see that Microsoft is still able to do something right. Now if they would only fix the Xbox dashboard and release an OS that can live up to XP...

my 2 complaints with Windows phones:

Having to use Zune to add music.....ugghh

No Adobe Flash support (atlesdt not on my HTC Trophy, dunno about other models)

Contract Killer coming to Windows Phone

^Glad it's free, doesn't feel like it's worth a whole lot more than that.

Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

Hmm, I wonder how difficult the game is without buying any of the extra guns.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Hmm, I wonder how difficult the game is without buying any of the extra guns.

You can always try it out on your PC for free. I only played for 30 minutes or so, but it was fun and easy during that time.

I'll just wait for the phone version because for me, playing on the phone and playing on the PC are two very different experiences. I suppose I could use my Wacom tablet, but I'm trying to keep it sealed so I can maybe sell it for a good price.

What I do when I'm bored:

Total WP Xbox Live Games/Apps: 118 (including 8 delisted)
Free Games/Apps: 11
Games to receive a sale: 58
Games not to receive a sale, but get a price drop to $.99: 5
Games never to go on sale: 44

So out of the 107 games that cost money, 63 of them either went on sale or had a price drop to $0.99 (58.9%).

However, it's probably not fair to count games that came out within the last 3 months as not going on sale because they haven't had time to yet. There are 11 of those, so out of the 96 games that are 3 months or older, 63 have gone on sale and 33 haven't. So 65.6% of games 3 months or older have gone on sale or seen price drops.

Just thought I'd share since I know there are a few other CAGs who are number-nerds as well. I can't promise any of these numbers are exact, but they should be pretty close.

Personal Stats:

I own 54 WP XBox Live games (7 Free, 47 paid)
I've spent $121.48 on games (including tax)
I've paid full price for 4 (PvZ, Angry Birds, Star Wars Cantina, Star Wars Battle for Hoth)
I've only skipped 4 DotW's since I've owned my phone (Cro-Mag Rally, The Sims 3, Earthworm Jim, Brain Challenge)

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 What I do when I'm bored: Total WP Xbox Live Games/Apps: 118 (including 8 delisted) Free Games/Apps: 11 Games to receive a sale: 58 Games not to receive a sale, but get a price drop to $.99: 5 Games never to go on sale: 44 So out of the 107 games that cost money, 63 of them either went on sale or had a price drop to $0.99 (58.9%). However, it's probably not fair to count games that came out within the last 3 months as not going on sale because they haven't had time to yet. There are 11 of those, so out of the 96 games that are 3 months or older, 63 have gone on sale and 33 haven't. So 65.6% of games 3 months or older have gone on sale or seen price drops. Just thought I'd share since I know there are a few other CAGs who are number-nerds as well. I can't promise any of these numbers are exact, but they should be pretty close. Personal Stats: I own 54 WP XBox Live games (7 Free, 47 paid) I've spent $121.48 on games (including tax) I've paid full price for 4 (PvZ, Angry Birds, Star Wars Cantina, Star Wars Battle for Hoth) I've only skipped 4 DotW's since I've owned my phone (Cro-Mag Rally, The Sims 3, Earthworm Jim, Brain Challenge)

thanks, like the numbers. There will be some of those old games that never see a dotw, just like live. Now which ones...

Funny, I skipped the same dotw games you did. Exactly.

Originally Posted by MastrMeatWad thanks, like the numbers. There will be some of those old games that never see a dotw, just like live. Now which ones... Funny, I skipped the same dotw games you did. Exactly.

It seems fairly clear that the Game Room games probably won't go on sale, as none of them have yet (though I think they'd be great candidates for a $0.99 price drop).

I'd love to put together similar numbers for XBLA games, but it's at least 4 times as big as the WP marketplace, so I don't envision myself ever doing it. I just had some free time at work today and thought I'd put together a comprehensive spreadsheet.

wish I had patience to wait for sales.

Own: 69 (technically 70, but Star Wars Cantina was delisted and got erased from my phone when I had to do a factory reset because an update messed up my wifi)

Free: 7
Bought on Sale/price drop: 6
Games bought full price: 57
Total spent: hell if I know, close to $200

I play my phone games at work a lot. I'm a security guard and work thirds. sit in a shack most of the night. Play my phone games and watch Netflix. lol

It's a lot easier for me to be patient with digital games because I usually don't have to worry about them going out of stock. So far, I have 14 Live games (and about 17 non-Live games). Of those, I've paid for 8, all on sale for 99 cents each except for Kinectimals (which was $1.99). There are very few games that I am willing to pay more than a dollar for: The Oregon Trail, Full House Poker, and ilomilo. And I already own these on other platforms, so I'm willing to wait for them to drop. I'm not confident that they ever will, but who knows.

If we ever happen to get Game Dev Story or a Kefling game, those will probably be day-one purchases for me. That goes for Scribblenauts as well, although I would really much rather have a 3DS sequel.

EDIT: Oh damn, I didn't realize that Scribblenauts Remix has already been released. Last I heard, it was still just a bunch of speculation. Well, maybe there's hope that this'll come to WP7. I still really want a new game for 3DS, though.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast It's a lot easier for me to be patient with digital games because I usually don't have to worry about them going out of stock. So far, I have 14 Live games (and about 17 non-Live games). Of those, I've paid for 8, all on sale for 99 cents each except for Kinectimals (which was $1.99). There are very few games that I am willing to pay more than a dollar for: The Oregon Trail, Full House Poker, and ilomilo. And I already own these on other platforms, so I'm willing to wait for them to drop. I'm not confident that they ever will, but who knows. If we ever happen to get Game Dev Story or a Kefling game, those will probably be day-one purchases for me. That goes for Scribblenauts as well, although I would really much rather have a 3DS sequel. EDIT: Oh damn, I didn't realize that Scribblenauts Remix has already been released. Last I heard, it was still just a bunch of speculation. Well, maybe there's hope that this'll come to WP7. I still really want a new game for 3DS, though.

Keflings would be awesome! Except everything turns into a jumpled mess on my 46" screen with controller input, I can't imagine how much of a log jam Keflings would be on my 4" HTC Arrive.

Tyler, since you like bookkeeping so much, you can be my official research assistant. You and Meatwad also remain my official CAG loyal readers, while everyone else perpetually receives a frowny face.