Geometry Wars

[dusematic]

I like this game, but not as much as some people.  I know a guy who bought a 360 just for Geometry Wars.  Check out some of this video:  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8318959136060982856&pl=true

[schild]

Yes. It's a good game. Unfortunately the achievements don't work on my copy for some reason. Mayhaps I should delete and redownload.

[dusematic]

Did you watch the video?  HE GOT UP TO 7 MILLION!

[schild]

There's a video of a guy getting 16 or 17 million on there too. Who cares?

Edit: It's like Tetris, once you're in the zone, you're in the zone. If I could get 5 million I could probably get 10 million and in turn, probably 15 million. The threshold for people breaking on XBL seems to be about 3 million. You either get a ton more than that or around that.

[dusematic]

The ultimate high score is 33 million by the same guy of the video I just posted, but that video is 5 hours long.  Not too many people can get 7 million.  It's fucking hard man.

[schild]

You read about him in the new EGM didn't you? And then felt the need to start another thread when Useless Videos still exists... Heh.

[dusematic]

So what are you trying to say?

[Soukyan]

So what are you trying to say?

Wrong forum, brick?

[Strazos]

So, the guy knows how to kite? Big Deal.

[Soukyan]

So, the guy knows how to kite? Big Deal.

Good point. After watching a bit of that video, it seems that the technique is just repeated ad nauseum until you run out of lives or break the game. How. Disappointing.

[Strazos]

Actually, it seems that he may have done better if he had stuck to the edges more.

This kind of thing has been around since Madden '93, or EQ.

[dusematic]

You guys clearly haven't played the game, and have no idea what you're talking about, sorry I posted this.  I can attest to the fact that a score of over 3 million is incredibly difficult.

[NiX]

Sticking to the edges can hurt you as much as it can help you. It does make it much easier to kite the enemies so you can drag them and kill them with backshots, but you're also stuck with the danger of respawns which come out of the corners and can catch you off guard. That's why he dies so randomly. One good seeker (the type of enemy that just b-lines for you) out of a corner can nail you without you even seeing him coming. Not to mention all the particle stuff going on.

Is there a computer version of this?

[Strazos]

I didn't say it wasn't difficult, but it's not complicated.

[HaemishM]

I didn't know they made a sequel to Asteroids.

[Soukyan]

You guys clearly haven't played the game, and have no idea what you're talking about, sorry I posted this.  I can attest to the fact that a score of over 3 million is incredibly difficult.

Never said the game wasn't difficult. What I said was that he repeats the same tactic ad nauseum until he runs out of lives. It was mentioned that there is a 5 hour video of someone obtaining a score of 33 million. I admit that the game is damn pretty, but I don't know that I could watch 5 hours of someone else flying in wiggly circles counterclockwise. I could barely get through 5 minutes.

[Yegolev]

Did you watch the video?  HE GOT UP TO 7 MILLION!

I am more impressed by the "beat Super Mario in five minutes" and "beat Zelda in fifteen minutes" videos.  I have both on the TiVo unless my wife erased them.

[Wolf]

Can anyone playing the real deal tell me how Grid Wars from this site is different? I'm having tons of fun playing this, even though it's an obvious rip off :)

[bhodi]

the super mario 3 in 15(or so) minutes is pretty freakin amazing too.