The King of Dual Analog Stick Shooters Has Returned

If you guessed Geometry Wars, you’re absolutely right! This past Wednesday, Xbox 360 gamers were treated to yet another top notch exclusive title on Xbox Live Arcade – Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2. Everything that brought GW success and popularity is fully in-tact, but every aspect of the game has been tweaked to as close to perfection as possible. With the exception of the absence of an online multiplayer mode, GW2 kicks ass on every level and will definitely satisfy fans of the series.

A Few Days With an Xbox 360

I’ve tried to completely ignore the Xbox 360 until the pre-meditated hype dies down. But a friend of mine recently picked one up and has been showing me screenshots and bragging like a bastard, so I decided to drop the $750 deposit and rent one for a few days.

The ‘package’ I got came with 2 wired controllers, a memory card (yuck!) and the standard cables – composite and component. I also had my choice of 2 games. Since the pickings are slim, I decided to go with 2 truly ‘next gen’ games… or rather, games that were developed specifically for the 360 – Project Gotham Racing 3 and Perfect Dark Zero.

I didn’t even bother hooking it up to my TV (a 27″ Sony Trinitron) but instead, went straight to my new monitor. It has component inputs, which worked out lovely! The colours were great – super bright and vibrant and the picture was really crisp. So, it looks nice… but how does it play?