Geometry Wars Game Review

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Released on November 16 2005, pretty much as soon as the Xbox 360 was shipped out to the public, placed the Xbox live arcade on the map for cheap value for money games that were enjoyable. The developers, Bizarre Creations blew up the Xbox live arcade with their smash hit game Geometry wars. The game brought back classic arcade Multi-Directional Shooters back with a modern twist. When I first played the game, I didn’t exactly get what was going on because there were so many different colours and explosions going off simultaneously, but after persistently playing the game I grabbed a general idea of what was happening. There were never really any competitors for this game as it was so unique until super stardust HD was released for the PlayStation 3 which was also a Multi-Directional Shooter but introduced a 3D landscape to play in and had in game missions. The gameplay of Geometry wars: Retro Evolved was very fast paced and addicting, the game would beat you but you would just want to keep going and going, the only downside to the gameplay was there were only 2 game modes “ Evolved “ and “ Retro “ both being very intense but easy to grasp game modes. Adding to the games greatness the sound of the game is very crisp and fast paced, the song which is involved with the game modes is very upbeat and creates a very fast paced atmospheric value, there are many different sounds imported into the game which include, the sound of the guns your ship has, the jet that moves the ship, the sound of the mobs/colourful shapes being spawned into the game, the music and also the explosion of the mobs. The graphics are very sharp and colourful, which make it an easy to see game but when you progress further into the game there are just that many different colours you’re just shooting and trying to manoeuvre through giant blocks of colour. There is no real story line to the game as there is only one main objective to each game mode. Although there are a lot of different enemy characters, Duck: These guys don’t move or do much. Wanderer: These are somewhat chaotic shapes that like to move around. Rocket: These fly in straight horizontal or vertical lines. Grunt: These guys will stalk you all across the playing area. Amoeba: You will need to aim your shots at the middle of these guys to clear them. Gravity Well: These are your one friend in the game, shoot the Gravity Well to make it spin and pull other enemy’s into them. Snake: These guys are wiggly, long and can only be destroyed by being shot in the head. There are no real online features to it other than the leader boards where you battle to get to the top, there is a multiplayer in the game but it is only split screen which is on the same Xbox 360 console. To conclude my review of this fantastic game, I would certainly give it a 9/10 it would be a perfect 10 if it had more game modes which had a wider variety of objective.