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Geek Culture / Geometry Wars, anyone?

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Jeku
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Posted: 29th Jul 2006 23:34
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I JUST GOT THE PACIFISM ACHIEVEMENT! Lasting 60 seconds without firing your weapon!

Geometry Wars - Retro Evolved is perhaps the most mesmerizing, fast-paced, and addictive game you can play for under 5 minutes. And it costs under $7 CDN.

What are some of the high scores here? I see that Dot Merix has in the 400,000 range, which is the highest on my friends list.

I *almost* got the "Score 100,000 on the first life" achievement but died at 98,000. My highest score is around 185,000, which is quite small considering some people get about 3,000,000-5,000,000 every time they play.

Anyways, the thing I like about this game is that although it looks so crazy, there are always strategies you can discover to help you improve.

And it's the ONLY game I enjoy watching others play almost as much as playing myself. We also have it on a 360 at work and between that and Fight Night Round 3, there are always large crowds wanting to play.

*drools*


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Oddmind
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 00:50
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I'm so lost but now I have to play it...

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Freddy 007
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 00:58
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I think my high score is around 393.000. I got the Survive 100.000 award, the Pacifism award and a few others. Very fun and addicting game. By far the best on Xbox Live Arcade. Well, maybe except for Marble Blast Ultra...


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Dot Merix
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 02:30 Edited at: 30th Jul 2006 02:42
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Jeku, glad your enjoying the game.

Yeah, that game is loads of fun.. I just cant seem to get the bloody 1 million achievement.. i've watched video's of guys doing way more than that and it simply amazes me.... Perhaps one day.

Btw, just so you know... I do have my achievement for achieving a score above 500,000 if you take a look

Btw Jeku, how's BFME 2, noticed you have a couple achivements done for it.

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Jeku
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 11:21
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Quote: "maybe except for Marble Blast Ultra"


That game is excellent too, and very challenging to get all of the achievements. It was my first Live Arcade purchase

Quote: "Btw, just so you know... I do have my achievement for achieving a score above 500,000 if you take a look"


That's cool--- how did you do that? I see your score is just under 500,000

Quote: "Btw Jeku, how's BFME 2, noticed you have a couple achivements done for it."


I quite enjoy it actually. I understand that EA spent something like 5 years researching RTS controls for a console, as nobody has ever done a good job of one, so they REALLY got the controls down perfectly. Life has been fairly busy lately so I've only been able to play through a level or two, but it's very cool so far.

My only gripe is the framerate slows down quite a bit during the large battles. This is understandable as I've heard even the PC version chugs if you have a powerful computer.


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Wiggett
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 11:52
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more product placement from jeku

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Dot Merix
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 18:28
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Quote: "That's cool--- how did you do that? I see your score is just under 500,000"


I'm not quite sure why that happened.. My only conclusion would be that i played geometry wars offline when i achieved that score, and the score didnt update online because of that but simply acknowledged my achievement..

I rarely play geometry wars with my console online, in any case... I'll do it shortly just to have that stat up there as i've gotten over 500,000 a few times now.

I heard about the frame rate issues with the game, as long as it's not terrible i guess.. Glad to hear you're liking it, i may have to pick that one up soon.

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BiggAdd
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 21:44
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I got 274,000..... untill the demo timer ran out.

Thinking about buying it, been playing it for ages.

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The Nerd
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 22:10 Edited at: 30th Jul 2006 22:27
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Yeah, I've been playing the demo much too. But I've never pulled myself together and go on my xbox and purchase it I really should sometime...

It's a great game.

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Jeku
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 01:12
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Although I hate that the high score is reset each time you run the game. Whyyyy-----


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BiggAdd
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 01:47 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 01:49
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Do you mean on the demo? or the full version... because if u mean on the full version that could be a bit annoying.

You can actualy get a pc version... but its no where near as good. Its called Grid Wars, if you google it im sure you'l find it.

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Freddy 007
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 01:49
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It is indeed in the full version.


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Well thats a bit rubbish then. Lol.

Still is a great game though.

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