So, what does the new installment of Bizarre's XBLA smash have in store for us?
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Experience an unbelievable adrenaline rush from playing the latest version of the frenetic retro shooter Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2. Newcomers and pros alike will be blown away by the screen-melting intensity and insane new features, including six action-packed gameplay modes, new enemies, new scoring strategies, and a diverse list of exciting achievements. If that's not crazy enough for you, try multiplayer mayhem for up to four players. Use power-ups in versus mode to boost your stats or handicap your opponent, or team up with others in co-op mode. Play it all in razor-sharp 1080p to new pulse-pounding music.
* Action-packed modes: Unlock all six of these innovative and challenging modes -- Deadline, Evolved, King, Pacifism, Waves, and Sequence.
* Multiplayer mayhem: Step up the intensity with four-player multiplayer. Versus, team, and co-op modes offer different types of challenges and strategies. Pick your ship and pwn the grid.
* Achievements: Go for 12 entertaining and inventive ways to boost your gamerscore.
* Geoms: Collect Geoms to increase your multiplier -- but act fast, they won't last forever!
* Action-packed modes: Unlock all six of these innovative and challenging modes -- Deadline, Evolved, King, Pacifism, Waves, and Sequence.
* Multiplayer mayhem: Step up the intensity with four-player multiplayer. Versus, team, and co-op modes offer different types of challenges and strategies. Pick your ship and pwn the grid.
* Achievements: Go for 12 entertaining and inventive ways to boost your gamerscore.
* Geoms: Collect Geoms to increase your multiplier -- but act fast, they won't last forever!
...and some sreens....
Achievements are as follows:
Unlocked All Modes 25
Unlock all game modes.
Magpie 15
Collect 500 geoms in a single game.
Millionaire 15
Score at least 1,000,000 points in all single player modes.
Phobia 15
Score 1,000 points in Waves without collecting any geoms.
Slalom 15
Chain together 5 gates in 5 seconds. Crossing at least one gate every second.
Surf 15
Dodge 8 lines of enemies in Waves without firing a shot, or destroying any enemies.
Treaty 15
Activate 30 zones in King without firing a shot, or destroying any enemies.
Rebound 15
Destroy 75 enemies in a game of Deadline using bullets bounced off of gates.
Wax On 15
Rub your ship along all four arena walls in Pacifism.
Wax Off 15
Perform the Wax On achievement twice in a single game, don't forget to breathe.
Game Over 15
Reach the end of sequence.
Smile 25
2, 4, 11, 15, 17, 18 and 19.
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The multiple modes is what sets this game apart. Pacifism and Sequence are the shit. If Evolved didn't have those stupid waves in it, it would rule supreme. I mean WTF? There's already a Wave mode, get that shit out of there.
Now, on to my scores after playing for little over an hour:
Deadline: 2,401,890
King: 1,201,670
Evolved: 8,440,755
Pacifism: 4,344,450
Waves: 1,413,380
Sequence: 12,647,395
