WP reports:
''Chances are if gamers had an encyclopedia or dictionary, the entry for "learning curve" would have a big, bright color picture of Geometry Wars plastered next to it. The game does its best to define the quick and merciless rise in difficulty characteristic of good top-down shooters. Despite its title, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is more than just a tough Space Invaders. It's a multifaceted and truly unique take on the genre that makes for hours of competitive fun for anyone with a taste for a challenge. Geometry Wars 2 can be completed by almost anyone, but although the controls are as simple as the shapes that assault you, the gameplay is deep and always changing.
Geometry Wars 2 offers six gameplay modes: Deadline, Evolved, King, Pacifism, Waves and Sequence. The basic formula of fly-and-gun around a rectangle is reproduced in tth Deadline mode, which serves as an intensive "score attack," allotting the player infinite lives, three bombs, and only three minutes to score as many points as humanly possible.
The Evolved mode has you controlling your ship with the left thumbstick, and you have to hold back the ever-increasing swarms of ships by shooting them down with the right thumbstick, and each shape you take down nets you a set amount of points. The Evolved mode allows you three lives and three bombs at the start of each game, and you gain another life and bomb at 100,000 points; 1,000,000 points; 10,000,000 points; and so on. Bombs don't score you any points for the enemies destroyed, but they destroy absolutely everything close by.''
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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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!"
