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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
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With several new modes and updated visuals, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 proves to be a worthy successor to the Xbox Live Arcade smash hit, Geometry Wars.
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"Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 adds new modes and elements that make it significantly better than both its predecessor and the scads of dual-joystick shooters that were released in its wake."
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you will go to war when see THIS geometry!! (2)

bizzare creations have done it again, with another entry in fabled geometry wars series. not since fur fighters have we seen such an epic shoehorning of good brain ideas into an exquisite tv game such… Read more

Unprecedented level of awesomeness

Back in 2005, Geometry Wars was one of the leading Xbox Live Arcade titles, and it went a long way to justify that Digitally Distributed games could work in a console environment. Since then there hav… Read more

Geometry Wars 2 is a definite, albeit small improvement

Geometry Wars is a perfect example of a game with the simplest of concepts, that's executed well and ridiculously fun for it. In this dual-stick shooter, you take control of a spaceship and attempt to… Read more

Geometry Wars 2 Review

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 t… Read more

One of the best arcade games on XBLA.

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 p… Read more

Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 Review

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… Read more

So good your girlfriend might dump you.

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. Geomet… Read more

Fantastic sequel to the XBLA classic

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 challengi… Read more

Geometry was never this fun.

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 yo… Read more

Most Simply Addicting Game of All Time!!

Let me start of by saying this is my first review and I plan to do be doing more, with practice. On to the game. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is easily the most addicting game to be saved on my 360.… Read more

Technically a great game; but far too frustrating

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… Read more

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Review

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: Re… Read more

One Man Army?

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 r… Read more

One of the greatest Xbox Live Arcade titles to date

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-… Read more

The freshest arcade game since N+

As someone who was not a very early adapter to Xbox Live I never played the original Geometry Wars, so for me Geometry Wars 2 was a whole new experience. The Xbox Live Arcade does have it's fair share… Read more

Wow...even better than the original.

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! The… Read more

Coloryblastivisualogy?

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… Read more

This isn't a tie! It's a snake!

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… Read more

Perspective from a simple minded person.

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 ver… Read more

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2--Review

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… Read more

The king of dual stick shooters returns for another round.

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? Rememb… Read more

Takes Geometry Wars to a whole new level

PROS: Tweaks the original in a number of ways to add to the experience 6 modes in total, and all are a blast to play Deadline is a good mode for those who just can't seem to keep from dying MULTIPLAYE… Read more

Retro Evolved 2 in the evolutionary step in the series.

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 Extrem… Read more

From Mini-Game to the Best on XBLA - Review by Kim Fidler

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 b… Read more

The best XBLA game so far this year.

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 t… Read more

The best $10 you'll ever spend on your Xbox 360.

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-Def… Read more

A Whole New War with One Ship and Many Shapes...

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 retu… Read more

Geometry Wars 2 is the best LIVE Arcade Game to date!

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 b… Read more

Best XBLA game shame there is no online co-op =(

Without a doubt Geo-wars 2 is one of the best XBLA games out there and it had alot to live up from it's older brother and it brought it to the table with new modes and a nice new co-op system it made… Read more

A Feature Rich Sequel to Arguably the Best Xbox Live Arcade Game

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 v… Read more

What can I say ? Awesome...

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 ke… Read more

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 review EN ESPAÑOL

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 o… Read more

Finally Geometry Wars feels like a complete game...

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 al… Read more

Geometry Wow: Holy Snap!!!

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… Read more

Quick review of GeoWars 2, same thing I posted to my blog.

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 first The Bad: - No online co-op, hopef… Read more

Just one thing missing...

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 ci… Read more

A superb, value for money package marred by lack of online play

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… Read more

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