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46.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpce6dPZnJU

2008
Xbox 360

This would have been a killer arcade game back in the day. Geometry Wars 2 is a dual-stick high score chaser that gets your pulse up because so much is going on and youre probably going to die very quickly.

Its six unique game modes all play very differently and are addictive in their own ways. Some are timed and some come at you fast. Some are slower paced and strategic (but still killing you very fast). The game lets you change up the pace so you dont get bored grinding on the same high score run, and it works really well.

The real secret of this game is that it is an audiovisual delight. Things are exploding all over the screen and the sound effects of each shape coming after you are clues on what you need to be ready for.

This game is frustrating because you almost always feel like you shouldnt have died on what you did - not that you died unnecessarily, but that you should have done better. That frustration makes you slam the button and play another run, and before you know it an hour has passed. The one more run feeling is what really sells this game.

I wish this game would come to other consoles. Its probably playable on the Xbox One through back compat, but literally every other XBLA game of note has come to a plethora of other platforms and this is the only one still trapped on the dated service.

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xyzzy