I like many of you love to play games when there's time to. But as I'm searching the Market (not calling it the Play Store) I find myself passing on games that although look good, I am deterred by the fact it requires in game purchases to fully enjoy the experience.
Now... I am by no means a skimper. I buy all full versions of every app on my phones. I would rather pay $20 (or whatever) up front and enjoy my experience without interruption. Am I selling myself short and missing out by not "playing and paying" or is my idea of paying a full up front fee valid? Set me straight guys/gals.....
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Unfortunately thats the way games are now. Start for free, pay to keep going. Or rather free to play, pay to win.
I played Order & Chaos on iPhone and Android when my android phone did support it. Well worth paying for.
It is better for consumer to pay once. The companies can earn more by charging tiny bits at a time.
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Thank you kindly for your reply. I guess I'm showing my age. LOL
I'm the "console" generation. Still used to forking out $ for "cartridges." I guess some habits are hard to break.
But your points are valid. Just depends on which side of the fence you're on..
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Madman is right that is the way games are now. I only play one game that I actually make in app purchases, other than that I generally stay away from games that require in app purchases to actually make the game enjoyable. If you look hard enough though you can find some games that have the option for in app purchases but the game is still enjoyable without them.
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Madman is right that is the way games are now. I only play one game that I actually make in app purchases, other than that I generally stay away from games that require in app purchases to actually make the game enjoyable. If you look hard enough though you can find some games that have the option for in app purchases but the game is still enjoyable without them.
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Thanks VB. My biggest worry is that a $1 here a $1 there ads up to more than its worth for a game that may only take 30 minutes to finish. But you're right. I'm going to have to jump in and find out.
If you don't mind me asking what are you currently playing?
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The game i spend on is Haypi Kingdom. There is no way to win the game so I dont have to worry about being nickle and dimed then the game is over. Thats the reason that i actually spend on it. I worry about the same thing when im looking for games because like you i dont wanna make in app purchases then the game be over.
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Most free games are the ones that nickle and dime you to play....for instance pocket legends requires platinum for ingame purchases which requires real currency to get. .stuiped I know....most games that are more money upfront are the ones that are complete opposite .... some games I like are rpg... pocket legends/ pocket empires....things like that....I'm still searching for a good game for this note.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. I'll give Haypi Kingdom and Pocket Legends a try. Cheers!
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IAP is a scourge. I hate it and won't play them. Charge me one price.
In theory I totally agree Creek as I'm on the consumer side of things. But I'm going to give it a go so I can say I at least fully gave it a shot. But I hate being nickled and dimed on any level.... lol
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Just a quick note: There's a big sale on Android games in the app store including heavy hitters like Dead Space, Shadowgun and Need for Speed - all for .49 cents!
Great list building at Android Central - http://www.androidcentral.com/bunch-apps-sale-today-49-cents
Definitely a nice opp to load your new Note up on games and show off what you can do with the gorgeous screen.
Here is the link for all the apps on sale:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_2012_03_06_AppsFavorites
Thanks for the link. I have most of these games on iOS and this is better than playing full price for the same game
Awesome, thanks OP. I love catching these sales on apps, especially when there are ones that little ones will like such as the TRex one.
And I just bought shadow gun yesterday!
Ahh well
world of goo FTW!!!! lol
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world of goo FTW!!!! lol
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Lmao i watched the demo and the soundtrack was so good i was waiting for Mel Gibson to come out and yell FREEEEDDDOMMMMMM.
How much are they normally?
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How much are they normally?
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Anywhere between 99 cents and up on some of them. The link I provided above takes you to the exact page in the market that lists all ups selling for this price.
Best couple bucks I've spent in a long time.
Thanks OP. Almost makes me mad to look at because I've spent close to $15 on this list in the past two weeks. Still found two to snag, though
Got NOVA, shadowgun, dead space, and need for speed
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Anyone have an issue with NFS hot pursuit not loading? I installed it and opened it and it freezes everytime I open it. It gets stuck on the loading bar.
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This sale is awesome. Just in time for all us new Note owners. Bought Dead Space, mSecure, Pocket League Story and Where's My Water. Already had Osmos and World of Goo from the Humble Bundle.
Edit: Even bought the .25 cent book. Read the sample and it was ok.
I bought almost all of the apps. My CC company called to make sure they weren't fraudulent charges...
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Sinful Animosity said:
Got NOVA, shadowgun, dead space, and need for speed
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How did you buy Nova??? It doesn't show up for me.
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I think its NOVA 2, although now if you update your market app to the Play app you can see them all on the front page.
Glad some people found it helpful. The sale is going on for 7 days and includes movies, books and music so keep checking.
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How did you buy Nova??? It doesn't show up for me.
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I saw it on my HP Touchpad. It's not appearing for my note either though. Search on another device or through the website I guess. It's N.O.V.A. 2
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How did you buy Nova??? It doesn't show up for me.
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It's not showing on my Note but it started showing for on the website for me. It seems like it was added after the first batch of games.
Only apps compatible with the note will show up in the market on the note. NOVA 2 and Asphalt 6 and some other games dont work on the note
I just installed mint to give it a try and after categorizing this months transactions I'm curious about how it knows I'm an alcoholic and gives me a ridiculous bar budget. Lol
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It thinks you drive a hummer and drink your breakfast, lunch and dinner so instead of groceries you get booze.
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Lol yeah I drive a civic. I just put everything I buy at a gas station under gas.
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Along with the compass, accelerometer, altimeter, etc. it also has a breathalyzer in the lower microphone port. Mine nags me all day to go get a drink, until I get home and can slam a few to shut it up.
I use mint, It is a little odd how they do some of the transactions, but once you customize it with each month it gets better and better.
Mint.com is a really great resource. I have yet to find anything better.
The App isnt half bad either.
Yeah. I have been using it since 2007. It's very useful around tax time when you want to see how much certain deductions are (for instance, the DMV). The app was horrible before but it's nice to see how far they've come.
Best application ever
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http://www.theandroidarcade.com/new...rigger-shooting-its-way-to-android-this-week/
screenshots look freaking amazing! i hope they release it for a buck just like on iOS
Just got a message from Madfinger PR...the game is coming out July 2nd!
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Cant wait and hope it will be for 0.99$ on start
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been waiting for this game:victory:
Confirmed only $1!!! I'll have my Sixaxis configuration up ASAP as well.
I love tegra 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpzkCTe76Bc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Confirmed only $1!!! I'll have my Sixaxis configuration up ASAP as well.
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Umm you know it has built in gamepad support right? No need a touch profile.
Orginal Tweet from MADFINGER Games:
One more day for DEAD TRIGGER Android version... Please excuse us, we have small issues with building final apk.. Again sorry about it
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Orginal Tweet from MADFINGER Games:
One more day for DEAD TRIGGER Android version... Please excuse us, we have small issues with building final apk.. Again sorry about it
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Smells like a publicity stunt to build hype. They had the same 'problems' when they released shadowgun. Oh well.
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This thread had me excited about this game until I found out its a micro transaction game.
Not what I expected
I saw the game being played on the Ipad and trust me guys, it's a nice game with great graphics, but it really is arcadey with a "story" that you won't pay attention to really. This will be great to play on the train ride to and from work, school etc..but it's not as great as we hopes it will be...but the graphics shows whats to come from the developer. Definitely worth no more than $.99-$2.00
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This thread had me excited about this game until I found out its a micro transaction game.
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same here but if i can pick it up for 99 cents then i will still get it.
dont hate me, i read some of the ios guys said it plays just fine without doing any in game buying.
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Umm you know it has built in gamepad support right? No need a touch profile.
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Haters gonna hate
I played it on a first gen iPad and it was sick. Sadly instead of pricing it at 5 or 6 dollars they priced it at 1 dollar and added all these in app purchases. So basically the good guns cost a small amount of real money but then a crazy amount of in game money. Who supports these freemiums and payiums you end up paying more in the end.
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Haters gonna hate
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Potatoes gonna potate
This seems like a silly way to do things. At first I was super excited for this game. But I think they ruined what could have been a great game. Just charge me $5 and let me play the game like it was meant to be played!
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ayman07 said:
This seems like a silly way to do things. At first I was super excited for this game. But I think they ruined what could have been a great game. Just charge me $5 and let me play the game like it was meant to be played!
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You speak the truth
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ayman07 said:
This seems like a silly way to do things. At first I was super excited for this game. But I think they ruined what could have been a great game. Just charge me $5 and let me play the game like it was meant to be played!
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Everyone I know, and everyone I see comment on the in-app purchases, hates it. If no one likes this game model, who is supporting them and why are all the new games doing it?!
I thought it was cool when I first experienced it when it was a new idea ( Gun Bros) but now I cannot stand it. Then they make it so expensive:silly:
I guess they figure they can sucker people in... the game only costs $1?! But then as you get into it more and more, you buy one little thing, then you might as well spend this to get that, so on and so on....idk.
I'm not a big gamer, especially buying games on launch day, but I actually went to the Play Store after work today to buy DT, and came here for info when it didn't show up. Oh well.
Always Blame Marketing.
I've a bad feeling that the freemium model is going to kill mobile gaming for me. I won't pay for progress on principle, but then the game's tedious as you try to get upgrades the long way. The developers deliberately make it tedious to encourage you to give them more money.
The game will still be released today according to Madfinger, with an update
Update from Madfingers:
MADFINGER Games, a.s.: We are back in work and everybody is working on Android version.. now .. This is what Androiders will get sooner (its first update for iOS, but Androiders will get it Today)
It appears that most of the updates are for bug fixing but some of these are welcomed as moving while throwing a grenade was not possible. Have a look of some of the updates:
New Features
* IronSight
* Hard difficulty missions
* GameCenter support
Bug Fixing
*Player can move while using grenades, etc
*Bank will not disappear
*Money Booster is working now
*Spawn blood particles, even when zombie is dying or is dead
*Fixes minor issues in Contests
*Removed some debug logs
*Fixed stutter when enemies use obstacles for first time
*Various fixes in the missions, graphics
Tweaking
*Cost of some weapons are lowered
*Higher chance for contest spawning
*Running zombies will start spawn sooner
*Improved injury animations
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Update- Dead trigger will be released very, very shortly today guys...there was a video playback issue within the game that caused the delay today.
Just bought it so far runs perfect and for .99$ u can't go wrong. Finally a game to help my zombie addiction lol! Hurry and get it while its on sale. now all we need is nova 3 to officialy support our device
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Nice game. Never heard of it, but I like it.. thanx
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rebuild is a very good zombie turn based game
I would stay away from this game for now. You start the game with a great gun. Then about 15 minutes into it that gun is taken away from you and you're given a crappy pistol and told that you can buy your original gun and others as in-app-purchases. The gameplay and graphics are really good, and I would have gladly paid $5 for it without any IAPs. I really expected more from Madfinger, Shadowgun and Samurai Vengeance are great games without IAPs. LAME!
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I would stay away from this game for now. You start the game with a great gun. Then about 15 minutes into it that gun is taken away from you and you're given a crappy pistol and told that you can buy your original gun and others as in-app-purchases. The gameplay and graphics are really good, and I would have gladly paid $5 for it without any IAPs. I really expected more from Madfinger, Shadowgun and Samurai Vengeance are great games without IAPs. LAME!
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I would stay away from this game for now. You start the game with a great gun. Then about 15 minutes into it that gun is taken away from you and you're given a crappy pistol and told that you can buy your original gun and others as in-app-purchases. The gameplay and graphics are really good, and I would have gladly paid $5 for it without any IAPs. I really expected more from Madfinger, Shadowgun and Samurai Vengeance are great games without IAPs. LAME!
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eh not everything is in-app-purchases, ive been getting thru it just fine and have bought several guns with the money earned from missions. only certain items are paid only. not a fan of iaps myself but it doesnt seem to be essential for u to purchase anything unless u want to
Yea I paid for it... Its fun but I can tell once you get far in it you're either going to have to but some in app stuff or play the non story missions forever to save up money..
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If you would pay 6 bucks for this and be happy then buy the gold.
1200 gold is 4.99.
Guns 360 gold
Character 350 gold
Items 650 gold
And some of the items aren't needed like damage booster or over 200 gold
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I read the new : http://www.pcworld.com/article/259686/androids_piracy_problem_drives_dead_trigger_price_to_zero.html
So dl free from app store : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madfingergames.deadtrigger
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It is ridiculous that people feel the need to pirate a .99 game...
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Thanks for the heads up... The installs graph is halarious...
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Really?
Well i'll buy some in store purchases to make devs happy.
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thanks for sharing, i personally think that they're going to get so many installs from the publicity that they're pirating us
They are still going to make a nice chunk of change cause people are going to feel bad and pay for in game purchases lol
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They are still going to make a nice chunk of change cause people are going to feel bad and pay for in game purchases lol
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Quite a few games have gone this way, like Zenonia and Zenonia 2 were in the $3-$4 range IIRC, but Zenonia 3 was free but in order to survive, unless you do a TON of leveling up on easy stuff, you need to do in-app purchases to buy Origin of Life and such.. I wonder how overall sales go between the two models.
I played the game last night on my Nexus 7, didn't load it on the Note. Played well, although the controls feel weird to me.. And this is one of those games where the first 2-3 stages are easy then I'll get my brainz eaten repeatedly and I'll give up on it.
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Quite a few games have gone this way, like Zenonia and Zenonia 2 were in the $3-$4 range IIRC, but Zenonia 3 was free but in order to survive, unless you do a TON of leveling up on easy stuff, you need to do in-app purchases to buy Origin of Life and such.. I wonder how overall sales go between the two models.
I played the game last night on my Nexus 7, didn't load it on the Note. Played well, although the controls feel weird to me.. And this is one of those games where the first 2-3 stages are easy then I'll get my brainz eaten repeatedly and I'll give up on it.
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And here I thought I was the only person weird enough to have a Note and a Nexus 7.
Hahah, unlike you guys i don't need a 7" tablet,
10+" tablet is ok
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And here I thought I was the only person weird enough to have a Note and a Nexus 7.
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Nope, sold my other TWO 7" tablets (Dell Streak 7 and Nook Color) to (mostly) pay for the N7.
10" is too big IMO, 7" is perfect for recreational stuff.. Reading news, playing games, Netflix, etc..
I've also discovered that having the Nexus 7 in proximity to my Galaxy Note makes the Note have much better battery life. Weird.
Since it's a free app can someone post the apk, I can't DL it
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Since it's a free app can someone post the apk, I can't DL it
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Thanks, I'll try this out.
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