Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

Reviewed by:
Gerasimos Manolatos

Price: 800 Microsoft Points ($10)

The Skinny: More seizure-inducing colors! More color-inducing seizures! The polygonal badass is back with six new modes and a horde of new enemies ready to track you down into a corner and make you cry 8-bit tears.

The Good: Arguably, the best game released on Xbox Live this year. The sequel-to-the-remake-of-the-original boasts six new modes, including the grueling "Sequence" which, in concept, is like The Eliminator on American Gladiators. Included are online leaderboards for each individual mode and offline multiplayer (co-op or versus), allowing you and up to three friends to take on each other for 2-D supremacy.

The Bad: We would've liked the original's Neverending mode included, but that's probably just us being greedy.

Achievement Hoarders Rejoice! The 12 Xbox 360 achievements for this game are much easier to unlock than the original's.

Buy, Rent, or Disembowel? Don't be a square—starve yourself for the next two days and buy it.

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