DS #1745: Geometry Wars: Galaxies (USA)

[Movi]

Ok, this game rocks, and is probably the best thing to come out for a long time now (i don't see anything to look forward to in the next few weeks).

*in_yahtzee_voice* GW is great and whoever doesn't think is is made of stupid!

Also, im 4th in the leaderboards for Retro Evolved ! (yay!)

If you can, get this.

 

[funem]

OK I have just given it the once ( or twice or thrice damn I cant put this down ) over. If you want to compare this to the Xbox 360 version, which you should be able to do as its not a graphics hungry game its all about playability then this is my verdict. The game captures all the essence of the 360 version but has been simplified down a bit and is not so tough. If you play the retro evolved version on the 360 and on the DS you will find that the enemies are slower on the DS and you can stay stationary for quite a while, something which you just cant do on the 360 version. also when I first played it on the 360 it was quite hard to get over 100,000 on your first few goes, this one is a doddle. I like that in retro evolved they kept the music, nice touch. but I miss the undulating grid in the background, that was a nice effect on the 360.

As far as a portable version goes its ace, I tried this on a DS phat and a DS lite and I have to say it plays better on a DS phat as it seems to handle the diagonal movement much better. Considering the screen res I think they have done a damn good conversion. This is a keeper. I loved Robotron 2048 ( Eugene Jarvis is a gaming god ), loved this on the 360 and from what I have played so far, I'm loving this on the DS. This could have turned out bad, real bad but IT DIDNT.......

OK nuff said go play............. enjoy

 

[Masked]

Works fine on SCSD... without trim. Anyone out there able to trim off that 12 mb?

 

[SomeGuyGG]

OK I have just given it the once ( or twice or thrice damn I cant put this down ) over. If you want to compare this to the Xbox 360 version, which you should be able to do as its not a graphics hungry game its all about playability then this is my verdict. The game captures all the essence of the 360 version but has been simplified down a bit and is not so tough. If you play the retro evolved version on the 360 and on the DS you will find that the enemies are slower on the DS and you can stay stationary for quite a while, something which you just cant do on the 360 version. also when I first played it on the 360 it was quite hard to get over 100,000 on your first few goes, this one is a doddle. I like that in retro evolved they kept the music, nice touch. but I miss the undulating grid in the background, that was a nice effect on the 360.

As far as a portable version goes its ace, I tried this on a DS phat and a DS lite and I have to say it plays better on a DS phat as it seems to handle the diagonal movement much better. Considering the screen res I think they have done a damn good conversion. This is a keeper. I loved Robotron 2048 ( Eugene Jarvis is a gaming god ), loved this on the 360 and from what I have played so far, I'm loving this on the DS. This could have turned out bad, real bad but IT DIDNT.......

OKÂ nuff said go play............. enjoyÂ

You need to try the Wii version, it is the perfect version of this game.

It's nice to have the DS version for some gaming on the go, and at home the big brother of it on Wii

 

[funem]

OK I have just given it the once ( or twice or thrice damn I cant put this down ) over. If you want to compare this to the Xbox 360 version, which you should be able to do as its not a graphics hungry game its all about playability then this is my verdict. The game captures all the essence of the 360 version but has been simplified down a bit and is not so tough. If you play the retro evolved version on the 360 and on the DS you will find that the enemies are slower on the DS and you can stay stationary for quite a while, something which you just cant do on the 360 version. also when I first played it on the 360 it was quite hard to get over 100,000 on your first few goes, this one is a doddle.  I like that in retro evolved they kept the music, nice touch. but I miss the undulating grid in the background, that was a nice effect on the 360.

As far as a portable version goes its ace, I tried this on a DS phat and a DS lite and I have to say it plays better on a DS phat as it seems to handle the diagonal movement much better. Considering the screen res I think they have done a damn good conversion. This is a keeper. I loved Robotron 2048 ( Eugene Jarvis is a gaming god ), loved this on the 360 and from what I have played so far, I'm loving this on the DS. This could have turned out bad, real bad but IT DIDNT.......

OK  nuff said go play............. enjoy 

You need to try the Wii version, it is the perfect version of this game.

It's nice to have the DS version for some gaming on the go, and at home the big brother of it on Wii

Dont need the bigger brother got the Daddy on the xbox360 love retro evolved, galaxies is just the topping to the yummy game

 

[Tanas]

I wasn't expecting Wii DS connectivity on the R4 to work

 

[DaDAM]

Works fine on SCSD... without trim. Anyone out there able to trim off that 12 mb?

yea it works with trimmed rom. great game so far

 

[Karmatic]

It has already earned a permanent spot on my R4.

Same here - I love how other people besides me judge games that way! lol

 

[GrayFox Cap]

Not working on my EZFlash IV Lite or my wife's DS-X

Top screen is garbled for both. I tried Arm7 fix for luck, but that didn't work

I guess I'll stick to the Wii version... for now

 

[ludosan]

ok so no one tried to connect the ds version with the wii?(3rd time)...

 

[crukid]

ok so no one tried to connect the ds version with the wii?(3rd time)...

I connected to the Wii version using my Passcard 3 and G6 Lite -- both games said I had unlocked the "Lambda" system.

 

[gweedyj]

how much does the wii one cost?

 

[gigermunit]

IM RANK 7 in the WORLD!

 

[Nero]

Amazing... I forgot all about this release.

Can't wait to play it.

Odd... People say this game works with Wii-DS Connectivity on the R4. I guess they just need to fix PBR.

~Nero

 

[wiithepeople]

What do you do in this game anyways?

... whatever, after reading 4 pages of nonstop OMGDOWNLOADHURRYHURRY I'll get it

 

[cubin']

Yeah, really good version of geometry wars. There's a little bit of slowdown when lots of enemies are on screen but it's actually useful and doesn't ruin the gameplay.

Online scoreboards are great for games like this, not looking forward to the action replay cheaters though

The bits they added over retro evolved makes this worth playing.

 

[wiithepeople]

well, time to play

edit: wow that was strange. It does seem old school, but I don't usually play old school so that caught me off guard... but it was fun!

 

[adgloride]

Great game, been playing it for the last 2 hours. Can't be bothered to set my ds dongle up but I got over 20 million. When too many characters are on the screen you get slow down, it does help to shoot all the enemys though

 

[gigermunit]

Gamespot and People at Gamefaq says there is no single cart multiplayer
Well i proved there is and i posted the steps on gamefaqs

Steps:
1.Gameshare under connectivity
2.after upload is complete go to multiplayer
3.either host or join a game
4.select game type
5.ENJOY SINGLE CART MULTIPLAYER!

 

[Akoji]

Well I just did 93millons points on the Claeis planet (first galaxy XD) ranked first hahaha.

if you look at the ranking, im MAx.