TGT - Word Whomp ™ Underground

Help them collect acorns and spare parts for their underground drilling machines by spelling as many words as you can before time runs out.

Sometimes I really wonder about developers. Yep, that what word game fans want, an adrenalin rush...? <---- said with high sarcasm. *sigh* I will give this a go cuz I do like word games, but highly doubtful it will be for me because of Timer aspect. Reminds me of one I played elsewhere... I think it was Beavers defending a dam? Using word canons? Something like that. Fun, but yep, too hectic with timer.

Crazy.

Back eventually with review.

Agree with you - not only the timer not good but if one wanted to play with words under a stressy situation - theres always household paperwork and bills to deal with!!

catsholidayhome wrote:Agree with you - not only the timer not good but if one wanted to play with words under a stressy situation - theres always household paperwork and bills to deal with!!

...or participate in a cool-headed debate with anyone under the age or 17...

Right on Cats! I am not even trying this one, don't need the Timer, am tired and a little run down and the last thing I want is a "Word Frenzy"

NO RELAXED = NO SALE!

Good graphics, cute gophers, interesting idea, wanted to see more. Each level you must spell enough words to get to guide the gopher to the carrot. You start with a very short amount of time, and while any 3 or better letter word adds time it is a tiny amount. Pause to think at all, like trying to work out the 6 letter bonus word and forget it. I didn't get enough words to move on from 2nd Puzzle! Look, I have an excellent vocabulary, have played word games since I was itty bitty, scored a nearly perfect score on the almost every vocab test I ever took in school and am often complimented on my writing. But slap a timer on me and I can't form sh... what do I do with i and t again? The timer is stupid fast and what's the point? I honestly believe if a person likes to work word puzzles they are unlikely to want the hurry hurry rush adrenalin spike. What's next? "EXTREME CROSSWORD! Spell for your life as you dodge lasers manned by evil aliens..." It just doesn't make sense. Unless this is an attempt to get kids to work on their spelling? But they are highly unlikely to know half the words. *sigh*

So anyway, another few lost by developers refusing to serve those most likely to want what they're serving.

Poodlebear wrote:NO RELAXED = NO SALE!

Good graphics, cute gophers, interesting idea, wanted to see more. Each level you must spell enough words to get to guide the gopher to the carrot. You start with a very short amount of time, and while any 3 or better letter word adds time it is a tiny amount. Pause to think at all, like trying to work out the 6 letter bonus word and forget it. I didn't get enough words to move on from 2nd Puzzle! Look, I have an excellent vocabulary, have played word games since I was itty bitty, scored a nearly perfect score on the almost every vocab test I ever took in school and am often complimented on my writing. But slap a timer on me and I can't form sh... what do I do with i and t again? The timer is stupid fast and what's the point? I honestly believe if a person likes to work word puzzles they are unlikely to want the hurry hurry rush adrenalin spike. What's next? "EXTREME CROSSWORD! Spell for your life as you dodge lasers manned by evil aliens..." It just doesn't make sense. Unless this is an attempt to get kids to work on their spelling? But they are highly unlikely to know half the words. *sigh*

So anyway, another few lost by developers refusing to serve those most likely to want what they're serving.

PB I think you may have inadvertently given a few sadistic game developers an idea!!!

Jule

Well I'm going to be the odd one out here but then I was before ...didn't buy RTR even though I like adventure games, just didn't do it for me.

I have been waiting for this one, trialled it a few weeks ago and loved it, I am so happy it has come on Bigfish (and I didn't cave in and buy at big price).

But we are all different and that's a good thing I happen to like games with a timer (although not most Time Management games yuk) oh dear am I really so different from the average game player

Now I have to decide whether to wait 3 days and buy with my monthly credit or get it now!

I think it has quite a bit more to it than your ordinary word game in the way you can advance and unlock different locations with obstacles to overcome along the way, collecting 'gears' to make words underground to allow gophers to drill.

Worth a try if you like word games IMHO.

I'm with you Mews. I love word games. I also have Bookworm Adventures. Will have wait til I have a credit but is on my buy list.

Nice to have an ally Chrissy
I have Bookworm Adventures too but haven't played it in a looooong time, thanks for the reminder

Loved bookworm too!!

I have played half of the trial and it is a cute game. I enjoy word games; but, I dislike timers.

This game will not be an immediate buy. I won't say never though.

I like it, but then I knew what I was getting into as I've played other word whomp games. Timers are in all of them. *shrugs* To each his/her own. If you like word games try it! Just make sure you try it for yourself and see whether it is to your liking.

I love playing Word Whomp and Bookworm adventures. Both are great word games. I wish that there were more word games available than there are, there's plenty of them that aren't so good.
Bookworm Adventures is about the best I've ever played.

**raises fin** Word Whomp player here!! Tried the demo and enjoyed it. I'm used to the timer because every word game I've played has a timer...so didn't mind it. I'll be buying this one.

LOL Poodlebear I want the Extreme Crossword game now!

Okay my take on this one, I've always liked Word Whomp games okay but my problem with most word games offered today is the limitations of their dictionaries. I learned word games through Scrabble and old fashioned hard-as-heck crosswords so I'm familiar with so many short, obscure words that just aren't accepted in these games. Of course I don't always know which are and which aren't so I waste time and energy trying them out. Otherwise this WW seems pretty fun, cute and lively and apparently there's an ultimate goal.

As far as timers go while I think ALL games should be offered with or without I would hate this one without. Knowing myself I would go absolutely mad trying to get every single word if I had unlimited time and would be reduced to a muttering babbling fool by the end.

So anyhoo undecided on this one but for anyone who doesn't mind a timer and isn't quite as obsessive as I am I give it a thumbs up.

P.S. Poodlebear did you ever play Word Jong? It was offered here (I had it till my new computer and then found I couldn't re-download) it is a wonderful, calm word game with no timer and a lovely Zen quality imho.

Just a little P.S. to my previous post on this game.............

I bought it and played for a couple of hours, I still really like the game but the dictionary seems a bit limited and I found the same combination of letters coming up again.......which is understandable if I'd played the game for weeks & weeks ....obviously they come up randomly but there surely should be something to stop this happening in such a short space of time.

I'm not sorry I bought it though.

Thanks for the heads up no relax no sale,

Wondering what the next game will be, please not Solitaire These games are the community games right? I'd rather see an adventure or HO game

Downloaded Word Whomp Underground, loved everything about it, then quit, frustrated, because of the short timer it has and it cannot be turned off. What a disappointment - the game was beautiful.
I sure hope BigFish comes out with many more word, match 3 and solitaire games - they're our favorites.... :-)

This game originally came from Pogo. BFG must be getting hard up for games. huh? lol