This game is freaking impossible. My personal best going into this was 340,000ish and after three nights of playing for two hours straight I haven't even beaten that.
I started looking into strategies online, and every guide is pretty consistent about the strategy of continuously flying in a circle around the board. I had honestly never played like this before - I would usually just kind of fly around and tried my best to avoid enemies. When I tried this new style, the game felt completely different - like a completely new game, and I actually found it harder. But - I can see how it's a necessary play style if I want to get to a million points.
When comparing it to Geometry Wars 2, I found that the enemies in Geo Wars 1 spawn much more randomly. And if they spawn right on top of you, you have about 1/4 of a second to react and get away. A lot of times, because I'm flying in a perpetual circle, I fly right into a spawned enemy that came up at just the right time. It feels completely cheap. As opposed to Geo Wars 2 where enemy patterns are much more predictable.
I honestly don't know if I'm gonna be able to do this one. I'll try a few more times, but this may be the first game I give up on...
Geometry Wars is hard, man, and takes a ton of practice. You don't necessarily need to plow through all your games sequentially, right? Why not let this one simmer and come back to it to break from some of your other more substantial games. That way you get practice, a breather, and are more likely to eventually hit 1 million.
ReplyDeleteTons of studies show that small bursts of practice very often are a lot more effective than a ton all at once.
I totally agree with you, and actually considered doing just that, but I want to try to beat one before moving onto the next one. Just because if I start stopping mid way through games, then I'm back to the problem I had in the first place. I'll give it a little longer and if I get completely frustrated I just may take your advice. This is an especially difficult challenge.
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