Glockstar
02-26-2006, 05:48 PM
Robotron 2084 vs Geometry Wars Retro Evolved vs Mutant Storm Reloaded
Left-thumbstick controls your movements, right-thumbstick is used for multi-directional firing... enemies swarm and surround you, there's a non-stop hail of bullets, and color... and madness... it is totally psychodelic.
Which game am I talking about? All three. (All four if you want to count Geometry Wars Retro seperate from Geometry Wars Evolved.)
So which one to get? I mean, if they all play the same then you only need one, right?
Well, aside from their cost, there are differences between the three games:
The classic Robotron 2084 (400 points ($5.00)) - from which the others are undoubtedly based on - might still be the best, actually. If you can get past the fugly graphics. It's the only one that supports two-players - including co-op! - the other two are 1-player only. And, there's more to do than just shoot things - there's a family that needs saving!
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (400 ($5.00)) tho'... having played the PGR2 version, I thought this game was one of the must-have 360 games. :p You can't beat the price. And you get both versions. I think GW is one of the maddest games ever made. Unlike the other two (where after you clear the room, there's a pause in the action while the next challenge loads) the action is non-stop!
Mutant Storm Reloaded (800 ($10.00)) is easily the most psychodelic - and visually and aurally fantastic - of the three. Gameplay wise, I'd say it's right in between Robotron and GW. It's level based (80+ rooms to clear); with power-ups to collect. Three big differences tho': 1) full graphics - they're not archaic sprites or vector-like at all; 2) there's in-game music (with the other two, it's just sound effects) - which is mostly techno (and mostly good - from what I could tell); 3) and finally, the bad guys actually shoot back at you - they don't just come at you and try to crash into you. This is the only one of the three that I haven't played the full version of tho'. Two reasons: 1) the price - it's twice as much as the other two; and 2) because the developers bugged me with their constant hounding of trying to get me to download/unlock the full game. :mad: There are seven levels to the demo, and after every one they had to stop you and ask you if you want to buy the full-game yet. Even at the very end, when you try to exit the game and go back to the XLA main menu! Effin pain in the azz.
But what am I babbling about, you can find all this out for yourself - the demos are free on Xbox Live. (Although the Robotron demo is a piece-of-*bleep* - it's a timed demo, and one that lasts only a few seconds at that!)
So which one do you like?
Left-thumbstick controls your movements, right-thumbstick is used for multi-directional firing... enemies swarm and surround you, there's a non-stop hail of bullets, and color... and madness... it is totally psychodelic.
Which game am I talking about? All three. (All four if you want to count Geometry Wars Retro seperate from Geometry Wars Evolved.)
So which one to get? I mean, if they all play the same then you only need one, right?
Well, aside from their cost, there are differences between the three games:
The classic Robotron 2084 (400 points ($5.00)) - from which the others are undoubtedly based on - might still be the best, actually. If you can get past the fugly graphics. It's the only one that supports two-players - including co-op! - the other two are 1-player only. And, there's more to do than just shoot things - there's a family that needs saving!
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (400 ($5.00)) tho'... having played the PGR2 version, I thought this game was one of the must-have 360 games. :p You can't beat the price. And you get both versions. I think GW is one of the maddest games ever made. Unlike the other two (where after you clear the room, there's a pause in the action while the next challenge loads) the action is non-stop!
Mutant Storm Reloaded (800 ($10.00)) is easily the most psychodelic - and visually and aurally fantastic - of the three. Gameplay wise, I'd say it's right in between Robotron and GW. It's level based (80+ rooms to clear); with power-ups to collect. Three big differences tho': 1) full graphics - they're not archaic sprites or vector-like at all; 2) there's in-game music (with the other two, it's just sound effects) - which is mostly techno (and mostly good - from what I could tell); 3) and finally, the bad guys actually shoot back at you - they don't just come at you and try to crash into you. This is the only one of the three that I haven't played the full version of tho'. Two reasons: 1) the price - it's twice as much as the other two; and 2) because the developers bugged me with their constant hounding of trying to get me to download/unlock the full game. :mad: There are seven levels to the demo, and after every one they had to stop you and ask you if you want to buy the full-game yet. Even at the very end, when you try to exit the game and go back to the XLA main menu! Effin pain in the azz.
But what am I babbling about, you can find all this out for yourself - the demos are free on Xbox Live. (Although the Robotron demo is a piece-of-*bleep* - it's a timed demo, and one that lasts only a few seconds at that!)
So which one do you like?