Bunch of ( New / Free ) ZuneHD Games

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Tried the games.

PGR is kind of hard to control with the tilt, even when I tried changing the sensitivity of the tilt. It was hard to find a comfortable way to hold the Zune to actually play the game with sound. Tried flipping it both ways. The position where the earphones come out of the left side is a little better because the earphone outlet isn't in the way, but the fat part of the Zune is on the left side and I'm used to having the fat part on my right side. The Zune is also very thin, giving your hands very little real estate to hold onto. putting your thumbs on the bottom of the screen while your two pointer fingers are on the top of the device, like you would hold a PSP, is where I settled. Had to take out the earphones so that the annoying earphone plug was out of the way. Get an L shaped plug if you really want sound. They should have placed the hand brake button above the foot brake button, reaching towards the middle of the device to isn't very comfortable. Overall experience, not comfortable to hold. Very nice graphics. 7/10

The bowling game can be controlled in two ways. The first one, you swipe a path with your finger and the ball follows it. The second method is reminiscent of Wii bowling, except you don't have to hold/release any buttons. Once again, the Zune is very thin and there isn't much there to hold onto. When holding the device, you pretty much only have a hold of 2 sides, which are very thin. Pretty scary when your swinging a $300 device around. Throw in the fact that you have earphones plugged in, if you want sound. Then you have an even greater chance of losing the Zune from your hand. This method can be a little annoying, it doesn't register your arm movement sometimes. Swinging your arm around with earphones plugged in your ears isn't much fun. 6/10

The Skating game... Cool concept, Game freezes a little when song tracks change. Pretty boring. 4/10

Audiosurf is definitely the best out of the bunch. It makes tracks out of the songs on your Zune. Controls are simple and easy. It's something to do while you listen to your music. Only complaint, loading the game takes a while. 9/10



Overall complaint, how do you play the games properly with sound, when you have earphones plugged in?! The cord gets in the way!! The only real way to play these games is without the bundled earphones and NO SOUND or buy yourself another set of earphones with an L plug. This really made me wish there was a speaker on the Zune.

Give me an RPG or something that doesn't require twisting and turning the device with a wire sticking out of the side! I'd pay for it.


Thanks for the free games though, M$.