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August 2008
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The editors liked
Integrated leaderboards and Geoms give incentives to keep playing
Five new gameplay modes
Plus lots of fun offline multiplayer
Improved visuals.
Excellent offline multiplayer and incredibly fun new game modes comprise the best additions to Geometry Wars.
Five new play modes
All of them great
Geoms make building your multiplier more strategic
Cooperative mode
Especially copilot
Is a blast
Competitive mode is even better
Ultra addictive and plenty of room to constantly improve your scores.
The editors didn't like
Some of the multiplayer modes aren’t particularly fun
Five new play modes, all of them great, Geoms make building your multiplier more strategic, Cooperative mode, especially copilot, is a blast, Competitive mode is even better, Ultra addictive and plenty of room to constantly improve your scores.
No online multiplayer mode.
Retro Evolved 2 takes adrenaline-soaked, addictive shooters to a level of unprecedented awesomeness. ...
Abstract: For those new to the craze that is Geometry Wars, a bit of explanation is needed. You control a tiny space ship; a fleshed out version of the ship seen back in Asteroids. You move it around a two dimensional plane using the left analogue stick. To fire...
Abstract: How do you make a worthy sequel to a $5 twin-stick shooter that single-handedly defined the Xbox Live Arcade service and ensnared a generation of Achievement junkies? Other Geometry Wars games -- like Waves and Galaxies -- came and went, but none manag...
Abstract: Sometimes origins are different than one would imagine. Case in point: Geometry Wars was never intended to be a game in its own right. It started out as a mini-game that players could access through the in-game garage in Project Gotham Racing 2 on the ...
Abstract: Most would argue that Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved defined Xbox Live Arcade in the early days of Xbox 360. More than two years later, the series has spawned some iterations on other consoles, but a true sequel has yet to hit Xbox Live Marketplace. That...
Abstract: When Bizzare Creations shipped Project Gotham Racing 3 with the Xbox 360 launch, they could hardly have known that a small game within could become so popular. Geometry Wars quickly became one of the most talked about games on the 360 console and it wa...
Abstract: It was a simple, pure affair that demanded one more go, the desire to do better fuelled by online high score tables. Individual games lasted no more than 10 minutes or so, yet sessions could go on for hours. It was proof that the high score approach w...
Abstract: It’s a little weird to think that one of the killer apps for the Xbox 360 at its launch was a little downloadable title that cost about $7. Yet Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was indeed the talk of the town.It was a simple, pure affair that demanded one ...
