[Gaspode_T]

By the way there is some sort of new NES emulator called dotNes that has some interesting looking features, I have yet to try it but I might get it later tonight and post impressions

[U2NUMB]

Doodle God is like a puzzle game but gets pretty hard to find everything without hints which is one of the achievements, so revert to just combinatorial matching...

There are some pretty awesome guides out there that lay it out for you if you happen to not want to struggle through it on your own.

[Gaspode_T]

Uhhh, for some reason the sequel to Doodle God seems to be up on the non-Xbox Live marketplace? Why would they release the first one as XBL but not the second one...sigh...

[Aguila]

So I've been looking for a new game and was wondering if there was any word about Angry Birds Space coming to the marketplace? I have just recently bought my first smartphone so I've never played the original game and I honestly would rather buy the sequel rather than the original.

[bede-x]

It's coming at some point:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...82M0RG20120323

[SCHUEY F1]

Recent games that I have played that I have liked are iStunt2 and Pirates. They look fantastic on my Lumia 900 as well.

[Aguila]

It's coming at some point: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...82M0RG20120323

Ah, I see. I really hope WP7 starts to take off in popularity with the Lumia so things like this don't become a habit with developers.

[bedlamite]

If you aren't sick of tower defense games yet, a couple of good ones just dropped last week

Treasure Defense - Free, with pretty good production values. Level design is a little iffy but it plays well enough.

Radiant Defense - Hexage games have always been top-notch, and this is no different. $2.99, but if I were to choose between these 2 games I'd take RD. It looks gorgeous and seems to be more balanced than Treasure Defense.

[Gaspode_T]

Yeah Treasure Defense is impressive, so I guess the Radiant one must be too. I find Treasure Defense to be a game competing with the best of what's on iOS, are there any other non-XBL games that would be that polished?

I found a few while browsing through piles of crap, Right now I have installed Chromatic, Dragon's Blade, Mahjong, Penguin, Running Dude Free, Unscrambled, Wordament, Rizing, Titan, Wizard's Choice and a bunch of XBLIG ports I already played on Xbox so I know are good (Lil Demons Splatter, Square Off Free, Rainbow Rapture Free, Hypership, Kung Fu Fight Free)

As for XBL games I got Orbital and find it to be awesome, it reminds me of Magnetic Billiards for iOS. Text Twist 2 is less polished than Wordament. iStunt2 is fun but I wish it had virtual controls on top of tilt. de Blob was a surprise to me, I like it a lot, don't know how to describe it but great for puzzle fans.

[lastflowers]

I started playing Dodonpachi lately. The game is.....awesome.

[Gaspode_T]

Cheevo version of Wordament is now up on XBL and people are way too good at this game...did they memorize board layouts or do I just suck?

[Stumpokapow]

Cheevo version of Wordament is now up on XBL and people are way too good at this game...did they memorize board layouts or do I just suck?

I wrote an AI and still had difficult doing much better than top 10%. No idea how the #1 people are doing it.

[derFeef]

Lot's of crazy people playing Wordament.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DV1yWwEEKk

[brotkasten]

Lot's of crazy people playing Wordament. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DV1yWwEEKk

So this is how you play Wordament.

[Scott]

There are definitely some insane people playing Wordament, especially during the evening hours (PST). I really don't know how they get some of the scores they do.

I've been getting better at the game, but I still boomerang all over the place -- getting 70% one round, and 94% the next -- though it seems most of that happens if I'm playing Digram puzzles (I do quite well at these) or Themed ones (in which I fail). I'd say my typical puzzle average is around 85%, which usually entails having under half the score of the leader, so... meh.

Edit: Decided to boot it up and look at my stats.

Best game score: 763
Best word count: 54
Best word: "droughts" +69
Full games completed: 174
Average game score: 385.3
Average word count: 35.4
Average word score: 10.9
Best ranking: 11

Conclusion: decidedly (below?) average. :P

[user_nat]

I'd say that is a fair amount above average, just not close to the freaks up to the top.

My stats:
Best game score: 748
Best word count: 49
Best word: shavers +49
Games played: 76
Best ranking: 3
Top ten wins: 17

Average game score: 405
Average word count: 34.9
Average word score: 11.6

[Sir Fragula]

I love how simple and amazing Wordament is.

[Klocker]

So this is how you play Wordament.

wow... I used to think my brain was fast.. I feel like an idiot now

[Gaspode_T]

My technical writer friend is getting twice the score I am but still not near the top, I say there must be a limited amount of boards and the repeat...

[Korey]

What asynchronous games are available on WP that I can play with my friends?

So far I have:
- Words by Post
- Chess by Post

Any others?

[Gaspode_T]

Hmmm I have been trying to figure out which of the word clones is best too, there is another called SpellIt

For other games the only one I have is called Tanks, I wish the Naval War battleship game had async...

[C4Lukins]

Lot's of crazy people playing Wordament. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DV1yWwEEKk

I think a key to being a top player at Wordament is knowing every single three letter word in existence.

[JaggedSac]

Wordament is damn fun. Great pick up and play game.

EDIT:

My stats:

Best word: quarterbacks +117
Best game score: 861
Best word count: 71
Top ten wins: 15
Best Ranking 4

Average game score: 525.1
Average word count: 43.0
Average word score: 12.2

[SCHUEY F1]

Wordament is pretty awesome, even though I'm average at it. I'm still waiting for Carcassonne and Pinball FX2 to come out.

[Gaspode_T]

For the love of all that is right release Shoot 1up, Carcassonne, Pinball FX2 and GeoDefense Swarm already...this dragged out xbla style schedule is making no sense on a mobile platform...I will be playing the Windows 8 versions earlier at this point

[PopfulMail]

For the love of all that is right release Shoot 1up, Carcassonne, Pinball FX2 and GeoDefense Swarm already...this dragged out xbla style schedule is making no sense on a mobile platform...I will be playing the Windows 8 versions earlier at this point

GeoDefense is hitting the 16th... I'm really wanting FX2 and Shoot1up as well. Hoping some new stuff is shown at E3 as well...

[Gaspode_T]

Where is there a calendar of release dates?? I looked pretty hard for one yesterday

My body is ready for Swarm...i only have one unfinished level in the first, Twister...I keep getting close on that one

I could swear I saw Mommys Best Games tweeting that he was pretty much done months ago

[PopfulMail]

PlayXBLA has the occasional blog on WP Live games... just happened they posted about Swarm today.. GeoDefense Swarm

[kevinski]

Lot's of crazy people playing Wordament. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DV1yWwEEKk

I love Wordament. I'm glad that it was re-released as an Xbox LIVE title. I expect that even more people are playing it now, as a result.

[Gaspode_T]

PlayXBLA has the occasional blog on WP Live games... just happened they posted about Swarm today.. GeoDefense Swarm

omg I am all over this...

Wordament has seriously crept into my mind so that i have literally been daydreaming about making words...I can get top 10% sometimes but gosh darn if there aren't a lot of smart people with WP7, I bet a lot of them playing are msft employees like me lol

[user_nat]

GeoDefense Swarm has the laziest achievements list ever.
Exactly the same everything as the original GeoDefense (except it is beat 9 levels instead of 10 per category).

[rj118]

Anyone know what's out tomorrow (5/23) yet?

[Gaspode_T]

I love the geoDefense and geoDefense Swarm achievements...they are challenging but not unattainable.

I have been unable to figure out how scoring works in geoDefense - even with "Star" result (not losing a single life) the scores seem to vary wildly - is it better to be 'overpowered' with tons of towers on the field or is it better to not overspend?

Should see Shoot 1up released eventually...I hope it is soon

[brotkasten]

Looks like they ran out of alcohol and stopped believing customers would pay a $2 premium for achievements.

[Fortinbras]

Final Fantasy is coming to WP7:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

[Gaspode_T]

Not just Final Fantasy was confirmed, but Super Monkey Ball 2 and Galaxi Legions DX were confirmed too, I actually like Legions DX a lot and technically most of the game is just finding out the right place to move so it might work well on mobile. Emphasize the word might...

Hopefully more things will be announced with E3...I am actually having a hard time finding games that can be played with one hand - I live in Tokyo and pretty much even geoDefense Swarm is pushing my luck while standing on a train. Bejeweled Live is literally one of the only games that works okay vertical orientation and with one hand.

I might have mentioned it before but it is worth repeating that the free game Tap Quest inside Taptitude has to be one of the most fun games on WP7: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/ap...2-78e7d1fa76f8 (I have nothing to do with these creators, I just think it is cool that a free game is getting some success in the middle of so much crap)

[Gaspode_T]

Against all reason I bought FF for $6.99 (just came out a couple days ago)

Seeing the Square Enix logo pop up and hearing the title music kick in as the Amano artwork appears is kind of surreal (for being on a Windows Phone).

The achievements appear in a blue RPG style window which is kind of cute...but they are all ??? so maybe they are story related ones (I didnt look at the link above)

It has been a long time since I did it but I could swear back in the day I did a 4 monk party and totally dominated later in the game...

I honestly dont know what version this is based upon but it must be DS or something?

[clay_ghost]

Against all reason I bought FF for $6.99 (just came out a couple days ago) Seeing the Square Enix logo pop up and hearing the title music kick in as the Amano artwork appears is kind of surreal (for being on a Windows Phone). The achievements appear in a blue RPG style window which is kind of cute...but they are all ??? so maybe they are story related ones (I didnt look at the link above) It has been a long time since I did it but I could swear back in the day I did a 4 monk party and totally dominated later in the game... I honestly dont know what version this is based upon but it must be DS or something?

itouch version which is a port of psp , which is based on the gba version which is remix of ps1 and WSC remake of ff1.

lol


I never brought any paid wp7 game yet, feel like buying Tentacles .

Any comment about that game?

[Gaspode_T]

iOS version having no achievements/GameCenter was the main reason I have held off getting most of their games there, so I am glad to show Square support for achievement love.

Tentacles is pretty much what it feels like from the demo, the levels get a little bit harder later on but mostly it is "wait...tap tap tap...wait...tap tap tap" which is the sort of simplicity I like. The graphics are gorgeous and the context is interesting, being inside some guys body...I can totally recommend it especially for the sales price, just saying if you do not like the demo then the rest of the game doesn't really change from that. Probably one of the top 10 WP7 exclusives in any case..

[clay_ghost]

iOS version having no achievements/GameCenter was the main reason I have held off getting most of their games there, so I am glad to show Square support for achievement love. Tentacles is pretty much what it feels like from the demo, the levels get a little bit harder later on but mostly it is "wait...tap tap tap...wait...tap tap tap" which is the sort of simplicity I like. The graphics are gorgeous and the context is interesting, being inside some guys body...I can totally recommend it especially for the sales price, just saying if you do not like the demo then the rest of the game doesn't really change from that. Probably one of the top 10 WP7 exclusives in any case..

Hmm just got the game lol its sgd 2.99 here so about two rounds at the arcade :D

If FF1 price drop or have a deal then i will buy it lol, need games that have depth.

Only one game per week err? How long does Microsoft give out free xbla wp7 games?
Any upcoming one outside of ones from the makers of bug village?

[PopfulMail]

Mush coming out July 4th. Looks all good to me.

Mush Trailer

[Gaspode_T]

That is definitely a cute art style, I am not a huge fan of tilt games ... maybe if it is cheap I will bite. Super Monkey Ball 2 just came out and is getting much better reviews than the first one.

Personally I am playing a lot of Fling, very simple puzzle fun.

[DeckardOfAstora]

There is a good non-XBLA puzzle game that was released a couple of months ago, kinda like Tetris meet Space Invaders:

Pixel Shaper

[clay_ghost]

MonsterUpAdventures free till sunday!

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/ap...a-b63854cee439

[clay_ghost]

Two more free Xbox live WP7 games. Contact killer and Gun bros.

Umm Only contact killer is fun imo. But free games with Achievements are great.

[Psychotext]

Shall give em a blast. Thanks. :)

[Tyrax]

Has anyone played much of shoot 1up, that just got released. I liked the game on indie games, I just dunno how well it translates to phone controls

[clay_ghost]

Flu games haves bugs...... Contract killer is now unplayable..... Like the bug game.they have trouble connecting with Xbox live too.....

[PopfulMail]

Crimson Dragon: Side Story next week.... Nice little surprise!! Crimson Dragon: Side Story

[clay_ghost]

Crimson Dragon: Side Story next week.... Nice little surprise!! Crimson Dragon: Side Story

Finally another wp game that is not a puzzle.it look a bit like a Shump however, and i suck at them............