This week's edition of the regular Critical Reception column examines online reaction to Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, an Xbox Live Arcade shooter follow-up that critics say is a "superb sequel" that "bests the original in every respect."
Available at the Xbox 360's launch late in 2005, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved became an early hit for Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade downloadable games service, and stood as a primary source of inspiration for the many dual-stick shooters released for Live Arcade in the years since. The long-awaited sequel to Retro Evolved launched last week to a Metacritic-averaged score of 90 out of 100.
Chris Buffa at GameDaily scores Retro Evolved 2 at 10 out of 10. "Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was the Xbox 360's greatest launch game, a simple and addictive shooter that did something we never thought possible: it made us care about scoring points," he begins. "Its superb sequel, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, bests the original in every respect, retaining its addictiveness while incorporating six excellent games for just 800 Microsoft points ($10). Welcome to your new obsession."
Carlos "April proved to be a fantastic month for backwards compatible arrivals, with some of the most requested Xbox 360 games finally being made playable on Xbox One, all through the power of emulation. A new month means more titles and this week sees the first of May's BC titles bringing a double whammy for one popular series amongst the masses this week. Are they worth taking a look at?"
Loved these games! It's nice having these just added to my Xbox one library over time. Always have something to do even during game launch droughts.
Daayum, they are killing it with X1 BC support. Now just show me some nice exclusives at E3 and I'll have no complaints.
I,bought some side scrolling Ninja game back in the day on XBL on 360 but I can't remember the name of it. It was fun as Hell! It was cell shaded and pretty violent. I wish they would bring that to BC. Anyone remember the name of that game?
Two good guesses. I'm leaning towards Mark of the Ninja. N+ was only a single room you had to solve and MotN was a true side scroller. Both were violent as shit though.
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