The first half of this entry was meant for a future compilation of "MicroComments #2", but things turned out differently...


It is the day before Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 releases. I'm giving the original Geometry Wars another go, hoping to just all of a sudden "get it" and be good at the game... Nope, I still suck big time! My maximum scores are all around 50,000.

I just don't get how people can play this. I've been trying my damn hardest to get good at this thing, so that I actually have a chance in the new game.

I've considered some excuses as to why I'm bad at this. My reason is "I sit too close to my TV." That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

I won't buy Geometry Wars 2. It's unfortunate, but if you're like me and your maximum score is about 147,000, you're better off hiding.


One day later...


Well, I've downloaded the demo of the new game, just to check out how good the native 1080p looks on my TV. I've played three rounds of Deadline, and on the first go I went really bad. How bad? Well, on my first death my score was on 303. Yeah that's right, THAT bad, just like on the first game, but... something's happened.

I've started to play just a little bit better on my next two games. I know that the points are easier in this game but even with that considered something has happened to the way I play, and now I feel "comfortable".

So, I began caving in to buy it.

Even though I wasn't interested in purchasing it yesterday, I've now changed my mind, but not completely. I still had the dark thoughts of the last game in my head. My mind wanted to buy Geo Wars 2, but my body would not allow it. I couldn't bring myself to press A on the upgrade screen. I had to force my brother to buy it for me!

My brother wasn't looking at the TV when I dropped the controller on his lap and told him to press A. He had no idea and just pressed A. I then grabbed the controller and hoped that it didn't actually work for some reason, but it was done.


Minus 800 Microsoft Points later...

I've now got the game, and I'm very happy with my purchase. There's plenty of modes, leaderboards, pretty graphics and achievements to keep me happy. But will I get good at it? We'll see. At the moment I'm still pretty bad, but for now I can classify myself as "less bad".



If I suck at this too, I swear I won't buy Geometry Wars 3.

elektrixxx.