15 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 5.1 hrs on record (4.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: 15 Dec, 2014 @ 4:36am

I have quite a few things to say about this game but I will make is short, starting with my complaints.

First of all, I always loved Geometry wars, I would just like to get out that out of the way before I go anywhere with my complaints. I feel like in their little office they were just coming up with ideas for marketing ploys and said "hey why don't we take geometry wars make a sequel and make it totally way over digitalized for the younger generation." By this, I mean they went out of their way to make some different songs all that have the standard bass beat line you would hear in any normal techno song. For some it might not be bad, but compared to the music they have put into this game to the original Geometry wars (they remixed that too, btw they should have just kept that one alone I can't even get into the remix version) music it just gets irritating. I don't like how in arcade mode even though you have just the flat 2d square they have to make the camera all warped. Really, I played this for thirty minutes, then bought Geometry Wars retro evolved for $4 (But please, read more)

Going on to positive side now.

Once you get to levels 10 and up in adventure mode, the get actually gets pretty hard. Which I am sure will entertain old veteran Geometry Wars fans. It takes some getting used to but it is great fun. I admit I had my doubts, I did buy retro evolved shortly after purchasing this game out of dissapointment. But then I gave this game more of a chance, I got to the first boss battle, then the second, and then things got interesting. I won't spoil much of it but I will say if you are an old old geometry wars veteran then you should consider buying both this game and the retro evolved version as you will find yourself wanting to play both version. This game has a good amount of replayability but I still think people will crave the old retro evolved version time to time, as at times you will get frustrating with the difficulty of having to unlock stars for further stages.

All in all, it is a good game and I don't regret my purchase. You should consider it if you have always been a Geometry Wars fan. 8/10 for a casual shooter.
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