Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (Xbox 360)

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Description

Just like the original game, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is a fast, abstract shooter with glowing enemies and bullets in a rectangular arena against a black background. The game includes six game modes with different objectives. The different modes are unlocked gradually after playing the previous one for a certain amount of time.

In Deadline players get three minutes to score as many points as possible. This is done by destroying different waves of enemies that leave behind geoms that increase the score multiplier. The enemy ship also has a limited amount of bombs to clear the entire screen. Most other game modes feature geoms as well.

King is a more tactical game. Players can only shoot from circle zones that appear at random. Enemies cannot enter the zone, but they degrade over time, first becoming green and eventually red no longer blocking the enemies. The player then quickly needs to travel to a new zone and while travelling enemy crafts can only be dodged, not shot.

Evolved is a known game mode with more traditional gameplay. Players receive four lives and three bombs to score as much as possible. For every 100,000 points an extra life and a bomb are awarded. The next bonus is awarded at ten percent of the previous value.

Pacifism is a defensive game mode where the player cannot shoot enemies. Instead they need to be dodged and can only be destroyed by flying through gates that appear at random and kill all nearby enemies. The gate constantly rotates and the player cannot touch the yellow ends.

Waves is centered around fixed waves of orange enemies that approach from the sides of the screen as a giant wall. The player needs to make room and prevent contact. Other enemies appear as well, but in smaller amounts.

The final game mode is Sequence and it offers a set of twenty challenges. Per challenge, players only have 30 seconds to complete it. When a life is lost or the time is over, the game moves on to the next challenge until the player is out of lives.

No online multiplayer is supported, but there is cooperative and versus offline games for up to four players.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Dual / Twin-stick shooter
• Geometry Wars series

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The Press Says

Giant Bomb	Jul, 2008		100
GameDaily	Jul 31, 2008	10 out of 10	100
1UP	Jul 31, 2008	A-	91
TeamXbox	Jul 30, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Thunderbolt Games	Oct 05, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Xboxdynasty (XD)	Aug 15, 2008	8.7 out of 10	87
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jul 30, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
UGO (UnderGroundOnline)	Jul 30, 2008	B+	83
The A.V. Club	Aug 11, 2008	B+	83
UOL Jogos	Jul 31, 2008		80

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Related Web Sites

• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (Project page on the developer's website)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Geometry Wars 2.)