Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:27 pm

Mmmmm, looks nice

http://www.bizarreonline.net/page.php?p=about&f=gwre

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:37 pm

Wow, this is nice to hear. The original Geometry Wars was as fun as PGR2 itself, which is a really solid racer. Thanks for the info and the screen shot.

dtdg · Post by **dtdg** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:17 pm

The colours have left me blinded. YAEY!

uwfan · Post by **uwfan** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:00 pm

this and the the original Geometry wars should SO be released as stand alone shmups for the PC!!

but of course it will never happen.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:24 pm

First gameplay footage of Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved for Xbox 360

High-res video (no sound) - 135MB
Low-res video (no sound) - 31MB

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:24 am

This looks sweet. First one wasn't quite as much fun as Robotron, but a great game all the same. This looks more of the same with great visuals, really like the style there.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:53 am

Holy shit. That looks really nice. Let's hope that it plays as well as it looks.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:30 am

Geometry Wars 1 will also be included.

And the games will have Xbox Live scoreboards!

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:59 pm

Project Gotham who? 30fps what? I'd pay good money for these as a standalone release.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:06 am

jiji wrote:Project Gotham who? 30fps what? I'd pay good money for these as a standalone release.

Your wish has been granted, it seems.

Geometry Wars 2 has been announced as a standalone title purchasable through the Xbox 360 Live Arcade service.

This will be the second shooting game in the initial Live Arcade lineup, after Mutant Storm Reloaded.

kong · Post by **kong** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:26 pm

The version of geometry wars 2 that is included in pgr3 will be time limited. The stand alone version will have no such limit.

The 360 has quite a line up of arena shooters: geometry wars 2, mutant storm, smash tv and robotron.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:24 am

kong wrote:The version of geometry wars 2 that is included in pgr3 will be time limited. The stand alone version will have no such limit.

Not doubting you or anything, but where'd you read that? If that's the case, there goes my reason to purchase PGR3...

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:14 pm

This game looks like its gone way overboard with that particle effect. Looks more like a graphics demo/benchmark program.

mrMagenta · Post by **mrMagenta** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:27 pm

aw, crap.. this makes my shmup look soo dated (similar additive style). but.. with all those patricles.. can you really focus on the stuff underneath?

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:48 pm

Dave_K. wrote:This game looks like its gone way overboard with that particle effect. Looks more like a graphics demo/benchmark program.

That's pretty much what Geometry wars started as. It was originally an example program included in the XBox SDK that turned out to be popular enough to be added as a minigame in Project Gotham Racing 2.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:16 pm

bVork wrote:
kong wrote:The version of geometry wars 2 that is included in pgr3 will be time limited. The stand alone version will have no such limit.
Not doubting you or anything, but where'd you read that? If that's the case, there goes my reason to purchase PGR3...

Yeah, a few people have confirmed this now. Apparently PGR3 does *not* contain Geometry Wars 1 or 2... only demos (limited to 4 minutes of play).

Gamers must purchase full versions of Geometry Wars 1 & 2 from the Marketplace on Xbox Live

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:01 pm

making the full version only available through Live Arcade is stupid. when i get 360, i want to have this available, but getting the internet service to get it is just too inconvenient.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:50 am

Well, you don't need to subscribe to Xbox Live to buy the games. The marketplace is seperate and you can download demos and buy games with the Silver membership.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:23 am

Anyone else actually playing this one yet? I don't think there are more than a couple of people here who have 360s currently, but I'd be interested in some competition, and the guys at work are about 2.5m points ahead of me right now... I think my top score right now is somewhere in the 220K range...

whitey · Post by **whitey** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:36 am

This game is really fun and addictive. Unfortunatly I suck at it right now. The screen gets filled up pretty quickly and with all of the explosions it is hard to see everything sometimes. Hopefully I'll crack 100k tomorrow.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:41 am

Vexorg wrote:Anyone else actually playing this one yet? I don't think there are more than a couple of people here who have 360s currently, but I'd be interested in some competition, and the guys at work are about 2.5m points ahead of me right now... I think my top score right now is somewhere in the 220K range...

Yeah I just bought Geometry Wars and Mutant Storm for the 360 and they are indeed both awsome!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:37 pm

What if you buy a Japanese 360? Can you go online in the US with one?

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:06 am

XBox Live Arcade should be an integrated part of the 360 for all regions, and presumably Gemoetry Wars will be available on Japanese consoles.

BTW, if anyone wants to compare high scores, my gamertag is Vexorg.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:40 pm

bVork wrote:Well, you don't need to subscribe to Xbox Live to buy the games. The marketplace is seperate and you can download demos and buy games with the Silver membership.

fair enough. but i don't have internet at home (high speed or otherwise), so any online content would be unavailable.