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Gamestyle review: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

Gamestyle reports:

''Bizarrely, despite having far less production values than other titles released at the same time it was Geometry Wars: Retro evolved that stole the show at launch. A mixture of classic gameplay and crazy stylised visuals made it a hit with plenty of people yearning for the days of challenging high scores. Since then weve had the equally good Galaxies and now two and a half years after the XBLA original we the sequel everyones been waiting for, and its certainly been worth the wait.

Now instead of just giving us one mode of play, we now have six. Deadline, King, Evolved, Pacifism, Waves and Sequence. Evolved and Waves are what most players will know, the latter being the game featured in PGR4. King and Pacifism are the two most interested modes. In King there are three bubbles, and the rule is that you can only shoot within those bubbles. Enemies may not be able to penetrate the bubble but you can't stay there for too long because after three seconds the bubble will start to rapidly shrink. So it's a case of shooting as many enemies as you can before running like the wind. It becomes increasingly difficult as the spawn times become shorter and faster enemies start to appear.''

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6 more titles drop in with Xbox One Backwards Compatibility – Are they worth the return?

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?"

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neil3632548d ago

Ah how I love Geo Wars. This reminds me to go play it!

Notellin2548d ago

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.

4Sh0w2548d ago (Edited 2548d ago )

Daayum, they are killing it with X1 BC support. Now just show me some nice exclusives at E3 and I'll have no complaints.

BLKxSEPTEMBER2548d ago

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?

Auron2548d ago

Was it N+ or mark of the ninja?

DaFeelz2548d ago

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.

DaFeelz2548d ago

*sigh* Dragons Dogma... where for art thou?

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9 games for leaderboard lovers

Get your high score on with these excellent point scorers recommended by XB1

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50 Essential Games of the Last Gen - Part Four

Clickonline writes: "As the next gen beckons, we’re counting down our 50 must play games of the generation that was. These games represents shining examples of the best of the PS3 and Xbox 360 era, titles that were innovative, epoch-defining or just plain fun. Get caught up with the previous parts here and check out the next 10 below!"

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