Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a…
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is an arcade developed by Activision, released 22 November 2005 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 2005. It was published by Bizarre Creations. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Geometry Wars is a 2003 video game by Bizarre Creations. Initially a minigame in Project Gotham Racing 2, an updated version, titled Retro Evolved, was eventually released for the Xbox 360. That version holds the record for the most downloaded Xbox Live Arcade Game.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 23 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved launched on 22 November 2005, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mario Kart DS, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mario Kart DS, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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