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Green diamonds, yellow arrows, purple pinwheels, and all sorts of other geometric structures swarm you from every side, each shape following a particular pattern through space. You use the left stick on your controller to move your minimalist vessel across the playing grid you use the right to shoot a constant stream of projectiles in whatever direction you push. As you work your way through the single-player progression or toy around with the returning modes from Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 and its predecessor, your focus may be on the onscreen fireworks display, but it's the promise of rising up the leaderboards that compels you. Geometry Wars 3 is about that endless quest to best friends and strangers. By day, we are friends and peers by night, we participate in a grueling display of one-upsmanship and vain preening, working to best each others' Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions scores. The higher number belongs to a colleague at another publication. I am staring at two numbers in the millions, one of which is higher than the other. Review copy of game provided by publisher.It is 2:00 a.m., my right thumb is sore and my brain is fried, yet I cannot sleep-not just yet. While it might not light the world on fire the way Retro Evolved and its sequel did, Dimensions is a the next evolution of the series, and a really fun way to waste time on the new consoles.

Remember that version still exists, both on the 360, and in some forms in Classic mode in Dimensions.

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Still, if the series is to continue, it needs to evolve into something more than the original. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions delivers a lot of what made the original so addictive, while introducing some new modes that are sure to ruffle some feathers. Of course, neither mode matches the leaderboard chasing of the original, and now that each level has its own score keeping, things become heated among friends, that is if anyone on my list was actually playing it. The online only offers competitive play, and pits two teams against each other in a battle of skills.

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The offline portion offers its own co-op campaign, which is really well done. Multiplayer also exists, both online and offline. The new level shapes add both variety and some frustration. The split-second decision making the game requires will definitely have players hitting that quick restart option often. Dimensions plays like a dream, with every death resulting in me being more angry at myself than the game. Thankfully, the core game play is still intact.

At times it feels counter-intuitive to the simplistic nature of the original. Also, unlocking new drones requires beating boss battles, so I was constantly replaying levels, not because I wanted a higher score, but because I needed the upgrades to progress. It feels almost skewed in a way that requires grinding for the ship upgrades. Each level is based on a three star scoring system, of which I was always getting the lowest possible, when I managed to attain that, but this game is brutal. I am not great at Geometry Wars, but I was dying consistently by the first boss battle.

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Again, these are bold changes to the simple formula, but ones that don’t detract too much from the core mechanic that makes the series so addictive.Īdventure mode is packed full of levels and challenges, but it also borders on punishing at times. This also alters the game play in a way that makes sense for the new levels. In addition to the screen-clearing smart bomb, players now also earn a second special attack attached to the other trigger. Players can now add helper pieces to their ship that do things such as fire extra shots, or simply collect geoms (which are used as a score multiplier). Probably the biggest additions to this mode though are ship loadouts and upgrades. Multiplayer: Offline co-op and competitive, online competitive

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