Up Next: Geometry Wars

 

Ah, Geometry Wars. This was one of the first games available on XBOX LIVE Arcade when the 360 came out. I remember reading blogs about people who were dissatisfied with the system's launch lineup but were justifying their purchase because of this simple little shooter. 

For those who have never played a Geometry Wars game it's very similar to Robotron or Smash TV. Using two joysticks, one to move your character and one to direct your fire, you can very tactically take out your enemies. Here's a video to make it even clearer what this game's about:

 

That guy is insane. Anyway, this the first game that has a "Needs Assessment" label on it for completion. Geometry Wars doesn't have an end state, but rather just a high score like many of the older arcade games. There aren't even different levels - just one screen of consistently harder and faster enemies. So my goal for this game is to reach 1 million points. I think the highest I've gotten is about 300,000 so I have a long way to go. Luckily this is a game that I can space out to and play for hours. Hopefully I can get up there in a week or so. I just may not be that good...

Well, let's go for it!

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved for XBOX 360. Let's do it.

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