Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is a video game that consists of 2 releases
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34 User Reviews
34 total reviews
Average score of 4.6 / 5 for Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
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Technically a great game; but far too frustrating
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Mechanically, Geometry Wars 2 is a great game. Sharp controls, colorful polished graphics, clean interface. At first, GW2 is a lot of fun to play. There's one problem, though, and it ruins the entire game for me. Playing Geometry Wars 2 is, more often than not, frustrating as hell. When ...
Reviewed by DavidSnakes on Aug. 18, 2008
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One of the greatest Xbox Live Arcade titles to date
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At the end of 2003, “Project Gotham Racing 2” by Bizarre Creations was released for the Xbox. While browsing their garage, the players could walk up to an old-school arcade machine and play a 2D dual-stick shooter entitled "Geometry Wars". To celebrate “Project Gotham Racing 3”, Bizarre Creations released “Geometry ...
Reviewed by Bennyishere on Aug. 12, 2008
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Finally Geometry Wars feels like a complete game...
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I was a big fan of the first release of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved on XBLM but after a while the game could become repetitive.Well forget about that for a second, this new version of Geo Wars is all about variety. Without going outside of the concepts that define these ...
Reviewed by CharleyTony on July 30, 2008
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Geometry Wars 2 is the best LIVE Arcade Game to date!
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, you couldn't really go wrong. The original Geometry Wars hit our 360 consoles when Microsoft's much loved gaming machine launched, and to this day is still one of the best Arcade games around. But its also fair to say, that even though it was an ...
Reviewed by SaitenMar on Aug. 1, 2008
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So good your girlfriend might dump you.
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Geometry Wars Review The original Geometry Wars gave a taste to new Xbox 360 owners what the Xbox Live Arcade was really about. Short games that have small price tags but give you hours of fun. Geometry Wars was extremely successful because it did two things right. It was cheap ...
Reviewed by Player1 on Sept. 4, 2008
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Fantastic sequel to the XBLA classic
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Geometry Wars Retro Evolved was one of the very first games to be launched on XBLA when the Xbox 360 first launched. Since then it became classic on the system for its addictive gameplay and challenging nature. From here Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 serves up more on the plate ...
Reviewed by Lozz on Aug. 28, 2008
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Geometry Wow: Holy Snap!!!
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is a great game. Pure and simple. It has the same great controls improved visuals and an increased difficulty. While the first game had two modes(retro and evolved) its sequel triples that number and expands to six surprisingly different modes to choose from. Bizarre creations ...
Reviewed by FiestaUnicorn on July 30, 2008
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Perspective from a simple minded person.
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This game is very colorful and there are many exploding things. There's a lot of visual stimulus going on at all times. It's very pleasurable, even when the gameplay is frustratingly hard. I'm not very good at these types of games, and I don't think they're very fun.I want to ...
Reviewed by zig on Aug. 4, 2008
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2--Review
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I usually don't do Xbox Live Arcade reviews, but I cannot go without praising this great game.Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was the first arcade game i purchased over 2 years ago. It's still one of my favorite games today. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is the perfect sequel. It takes ...
Reviewed by bolsita_de_te on Aug. 3, 2008
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From Mini-Game to the Best on XBLA - Review by Kim Fidler
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It really is amazing how popular the Geometry Wars series has become. From it's modest roots as a mini-game, to an XBLA launch title, to where it's at today with Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2. It's become the most well known title on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and if ...
Reviewed by KimFidler on Aug. 3, 2008
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The best XBLA game so far this year.
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is by far one of the best Arcade titles to be released this year on the Xbox 360. Retro Evolved 2 brings the same frenetic action and flashing strobe light graphics as the original, but now has even more variety with multiple game modes and ...
Reviewed by WallacetheGreat on Aug. 2, 2008
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One of the best arcade games on XBLA.
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Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 is a great sequel to Geo Wars 1.The controls are still simple . It's even more colorul and bliding then before. Now with more than 2 game modes. Local Co-op Yes, while playing Geo Wars 2 I still found myself getting lost amongst the enemy ...
Reviewed by Manks on Nov. 2, 2008
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A Feature Rich Sequel to Arguably the Best Xbox Live Arcade Game
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Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 is a feature rich follow up to the 2005 Xbox Live Arcade game, Geometry Wars Retro Evolved, which offers several new game modes and 4 player local coop.The first thing veteran Geometry Wars players will notice after starting the game is that the default game ...
Reviewed by FelixLighter on July 31, 2008
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Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 Review
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Bizarre Creations became widely successful, with its downloadable launch game for the Xbox 360, entitled Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. With that, it released another game in late 2007 for both the Wii and the DS, called; Geometry Wars Galaxies. But finally, after almost three years, its true sequel has finally ...
Reviewed by Gearhead on Sept. 11, 2008
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Retro Evolved 2 in the evolutionary step in the series.
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Even if arcades have lost their prominence in the gaming industry, the type of games that helped make them so popular are not fading out. They are finding new homes on handhelds (Space Invaders Extreme) and frequently as downloadable games on consoles. Companies are not only porting their arcade ...
Reviewed by Schadenfreude on Aug. 3, 2008
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This isn't a tie! It's a snake!
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Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 is the sequel to the major hit Xbox Live Arcade Game - Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. It contains the same gameplay style you've grown to know and love but adds new modes and ways to think about playing. With the added elements to the game ...
Reviewed by Angel_Gamer on Aug. 6, 2008
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A Whole New War with One Ship and Many Shapes...
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No one expected Geometry Wars to become a gaming phenomenon back when the first one was released on Xbox Live Arcade when the 360 launched. Now after a Wii / DS release of Galaxies, Geometry Wars returns to its stomping grounds on XBLA with Retro Evolved 2 and it is ...
Reviewed by GUnitVer1 on Aug. 1, 2008
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 review EN ESPAÑOL
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Reseña escrita por Jeff Gertsmann, Traducción por Darth Stone. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 agrega nuevos modos y elementos que lo hacen significativamente mejor tanto de su predecesor, como de la oleada de shooters de doble stick que salieron después de su estreno. Es muy interesante ver a Geometry Wars ...
Reviewed by DarthStone on July 30, 2008
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Review
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As many Xbox 360 gamers will recall back in 2005 the Project Gotham 2 Racing minigame Geometry Wars was revived and brought into the modern age on the Xbox Live Arcade in the form of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. The game was one of the best received Xbox Live Arcade games the console ...
Reviewed by Gamer_152 on Aug. 18, 2008
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One Man Army?
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Playing Geometry Wars 2 made me wonder about the state of video games at the moment. All in all, it's fair to say that the seventh generation of video games has come out as one of the best yet, with retro titles flashing back and forth as if they're suddenly ...
Reviewed by Bo17 on Aug. 17, 2008
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The best $10 you'll ever spend on your Xbox 360.
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During the initial months of the release of the Xbox 360, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was considered to be the best launch Arcade title. It's addictive gameplay along with colorful, stunning High-Definition visuals made it a most-own. To this day, many still consider it to be one of the best ...
Reviewed by cann3dheat on Aug. 1, 2008
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Geometry Wars 2 Review
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Geometry Wars Evolved 2 is a sequel to one of the best selling Xbox Live arcade games, with it’s simple gameplay concept and beautifully rendered graphics people spent countless nights trying to get the highest score. Bizarre Creations just couldn’t help it but make a sequel to the great Geometry ...
Reviewed by Ziriux on Feb. 26, 2009
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Coloryblastivisualogy?
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As far as downloadable content goes, Geometry Wars 2 is about as good as anyone can get. I remember getting the first Geometry Wars based on my time with the original in Project Gotham Racing 2 and it was a really great game. The price was right, particularly versus the ...
Reviewed by Godzilla_Sushi on Aug. 6, 2008
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A superb, value for money package marred by lack of online play
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The game mode was King. I was weaving in between enemies before taking refuge in my safe zone, only to begin blasting away at my attackers from the relative safety of my ring. A fruitless exercise in reality; as soon as I'd offed a few, twice as many appeared. At ...
Reviewed by akwinters on July 30, 2008
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Geometry was never this fun.
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When you scan the Xbox Live Marketplace for a new game to kill some time, you aren't looking for a particularly deep or big-budget Hollywood action game. No, you're looking for a game that may keep your attention for a few hours; a game that epitomizes mindless action with a ...
Reviewed by JacobForrest on Aug. 24, 2008
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What can I say ? Awesome...
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I had been looking forward to this almost from the day I played the original XBLA GW, and it doesn't doesn't dissapoint. I am an average skilled player on the original but somehow after 2.5 years I keep going back to it, until now that is, with the release of ...
Reviewed by Kwyjibo on July 31, 2008
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Quick review of GeoWars 2, same thing I posted to my blog.
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The Good:+ Same GeoWars action you've come to know and love+ Different modes+ Achievements seem a lot easier (but just as frustrating) to get compared to the firstThe Bad:- No online co-op, hopefully this'll be patched in.- Most modes get boring after a bit.- Some of the achievements seem based ...
Reviewed by Sekoku on July 30, 2008
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Wow...even better than the original.
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I purchased Geometry Wars the day it came out, and it has been my free time killing game ever since. Now, I felt I owed it to myself to download Geometry Wars 2 the day it came out. It is AWESOME!There are new game modes, Co-Op, and even a updating ...
Reviewed by chandlerr_360 on Aug. 7, 2008
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The king of dual stick shooters returns for another round.
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Remember when Grand Theft Auto IV came out and laid waste to every single imitator that copied one element or another from the series, yet still figured out a way to be innovative in the genre? Remember when Half Life 2 did the same thing?Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 achieves ...
Reviewed by SkyTurnsRed on Aug. 3, 2008
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Just one thing missing...
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was the surprise hit of the original Xbox Live Arcade lineup, and it could be argued that it helped pave the way for the direction it took into the "Not old game remake city" arena. The biggest knock one could have with it at the time ...
Reviewed by Mo0 on July 30, 2008
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| Game Name | Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 |
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July 30, 2008
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Geo Wars Geometry Wars 2 |
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ESRB: E
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PEGI: 3+
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Guide
An overall guide for GW:RE2 that incorporates game modes, enemy types, and strategies.
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