Geometry Wars 3

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/10/ ... 3_34272937

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New video shows Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions in action on PS4
The much-loved shoot ‘em up series makes its debut on PlayStation later this year

The storied Geometry Wars series is set to make its long-awaited return (and its PlayStation debut) this Autumn as Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, released under the reawakened Sierra brand.

It’s not easy to live up to the Geometry Wars pedigree, but a recent hands-on run of one of the game’s earlier stages was all the assurance I needed that the spirit of Geometry Wars is thriving, guided by the neon, wireframe hands of Lucid Games: a studio founded by former Bizarre Creations staffers.

“Geometry Wars” has never been more apt as a title, featuring three-dimensional geometric battlefields that bend and flex under the force of your shape-shattering armaments. The level I played was shaped like a peanut: two spheres connected by a flared, narrow bridge. Fans of Geometry Wars 1 and 2 may find themselves instinctively looking for corners to lead errant enemies into to set up high-scoring opportunities, but the continuous nature of Dimensions’ playfields means veterans will need to readjust their habits accordingly.

We recently spoke with Peter Cesario, Producer of Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions about bringing the beloved series to PlayStation for the first time, what kinds of new weapons players can get their hands on, and combining its classic gameplay with more modern ideas. Check out the video above.

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2014 17:03

Looks like Space Giraffe. On acid.

That's not a sentence I ever thought I'd type.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Looks like Geometry Wars Galaxy. And also awesome.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

£13.99 released tomorrow

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork. ... 300024_exc

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 17:24

Just started Resogun in earnest, so this can wait until it's in a sale or on PS+. Also reviews aren't out yet, which isn't a good sign.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

American Nervoso wrote:

Just started Resogun in earnest, so this can wait until it's in a sale or on PS+. Also reviews aren't out yet, which isn't a good sign.

I agree the no (or very limited) reviews could be a bad sign - I also dont like the regional pricing stuff they are doing (its £14 here but $15 in the US)

There is a thread for the game on Neogaf here :

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=939193

And this is one of the posts on there - reading this and the comments about playing Pacifism on here are what got me to bite

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Well I'll give you my impressions from what I've played so far.

Buttery Smooth 60fps
Game looks visually better than the others. The people who were saying otherwise need their eyes checked or a better monitor/tv
Controls like Geometry Wars. Plays like Geometry Wars. Is Geometry Wars.
Seeing the pre spawn shadow of enemies is less distracting than I thought, which is good. You ignore it once things get hectic.
I'm a little 50/50 with new black hole look. It's cool looking but can be hard to see the middle of it due to it's new effects.
Repulsars can actually be killed easier than the cheap ones from Geo Wars 2 that had a tiny weak spot.
The remixes. Oh god the remixes. They are sooo good.
All the classic modes that returned play exactly how they did in Geo Wars 2.
Camera angels in classic mode aren't locked in place. They do angel at times but it's reeeally minimum and actually do more of making it seem neat than "oh god i can't focus. You'll forget about it immediately.
Adventure mode is fun. Levels have interesting twists and catches to them. Even adds more enemies to the mix. Makes it seem more diverse like Geo Wars Galaxies did.
Overall fun game. Officially taken me away from Resongun.

There only seems to be 2 reviews out so far

Destructoid gave it 10/10 http://www.destructoid.com/review-geome ... 4223.phtml
Polygon gave it 8/10 http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/25/72793 ... ox-one-PS4

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 17:53

I shall be buying this. I've enjoyed all the Geometry Wars games so far so I can't see this being any different.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

I shall also be buying this. Looks A-Maze.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 18:19

TheVision wrote:

I shall be buying this. I've enjoyed all the Geometry Wars games so far so I can't see this being any different.

Well it's not the same developer for a start, seeing as they got shut down…

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

I really don't need any more games at the mo, but that looks great.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Why, whatcha playing instead?

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Still enjoying Resogun, Plants Vs Zombies and Battlefield 4.
I'm 75% through the story on Destiny and haven't touched the other modes.
COD AW is good fun, and I've got Elite in a few weeks plus Far Cry 4 coming for Christmas.

There just aren't enough days off work to fit it all in.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Tru dat. I didn't know people were back on Resogun. I might have to thrash some scores. Again.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 22:46

Saturnalian wrote:

Tru dat. I didn't know people were back on Resogun. I might have to thrash some scores. Again.

I'm playing it first time around.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 23:16

American Nervoso wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I shall be buying this. I've enjoyed all the Geometry Wars games so far so I can't see this being any different.

Well it's not the same developer for a start, seeing as they got shut down…

What's with the ellipsis?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 0:04

Grim... wrote:

American Nervoso wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I shall be buying this. I've enjoyed all the Geometry Wars games so far so I can't see this being any different.

Well it's not the same developer for a start, seeing as they got shut down…

What's with the ellipsis?

I could ask you the same thing.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:18

Okay, what's with the …?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:41

Grim... wrote:

Okay, what's with the …?

What is with the helip?…

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:58

Grim... wrote:

Okay, what's with the …?

I just use proper ellipses rather than three full stops.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:10

Huh.

Carry on!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:13

It's one button press, so a timesaver!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

That's a press-hold-move-release. I posit that the time spent doing so is longer that triple-tapping '.'

Your honour.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:56

Cras wrote:

That's a press-hold-move-release. I posit that the time spent doing so is longer that triple-tapping '.'

Your honour.

Either way, mine is technically correct.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:58

As is the other, unless you're viewing things in monospace somehow.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:59

Grim... wrote:

As is the other, unless you're viewing things in monospace somehow.

…
...

Looks pretty different to me.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:05

But both are correct.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:10

Rename this thread Punctuation Wars plz

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Only one of them fucks up the mafiascum counter though.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:24

I doubt that's true. Is that true?

(Note: it doesn't count "Grim…" properly, but it shouldn't.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:27

Because it's not your name.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Grim... wrote:

I doubt that's true. Is that true?

(Note: it doesn't count "Grim…" properly, but it shouldn't.

That's what I meant. Both Grim... and Grim… look the same at first glance. But only one of them will get counted, which can be confusing.
Fucking up the counter was the wrong term. More that it can behave logically correctly, but behaviourally unexpectedly...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

So getting this back on topic - grabbed and played a few games last night - the 'classic' mode stuff is just as good as it ever was , I spent hours in pacifism but only scored around 9.5 million which is a fraction of my 360 score.

The scoreboard integration with friends list is there as before so you see your best / your closest friends score and gives you targets as you go through each game , and for the new adventure mode it begins and starts each level with the leaderboard.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Actually it works fine as long as everyone does it the same. Note how in the last game the counter was completely correctly counting votes for :hat:

MrC · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:33

Barely scratched the surface of this, but first impressions are - it's fantastic.

Only Zaphod on the leaderboards so far, there'll hopefully be a few more by the weekend.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:39

I'll be getting it on the 360 so you won't see me I'm afraid.... But this does mean that there's less chance of my scores being beaten!

The wife is out on Friday night so I'm planning on spending the entire evening doing nothing else but play this.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:48

Friday night, bitches!

MrC · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 13:06

zaphod79 wrote:

I spent hours in pacifism but only scored around 9.5 million which is a fraction of my 360 score.

Pacifism is definitely tougher. The collision detection feels less generous, so you can't seem to slip through those really narrow gaps as easily. I also have the impression there are more gates and sooner, but that might be my imagination, as I haven't played GW2 for ages.

Still, managed to beat your 9 million after ten minutes or so...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

MrC wrote:

Still, managed to beat your 9 million after ten minutes or so...

I got a score of around 7 million in about 10 minutes , then went off and played other stuff and got the 9 million score - then played over an hour and my top was around 5 million :-)

I like the 'quicker restart' button but it needs to be even quicker than that !

YOG · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 15:26

Started playing the Steam version last night. Seems brilliant so far! I haven't set any decent scores, but do add me as a friend so I'll have some to aim for.

(Steam name is Klatrymadon, I think.)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

MrC wrote:

Still, managed to beat your 9 million after ten minutes or so...

Not much time to play tonight but i've beaten your 13 million one (after about 5 minutes and then spent another 45 minutes trying to get more and failing)

MrC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 5:35

zaphod79 wrote:

MrC wrote:

Still, managed to beat your 9 million after ten minutes or so...

Not much time to play tonight but i've beaten your 13 million one (after about 5 minutes and then spent another 45 minutes trying to get more and failing)

Bugger. I'll try and squeeze in another go later on - I'm guessing you slaughtered mine, rather than just beating it. All part of the fun...

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 8:35

said through gritted teeth.

MrC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:40

Nah, it really is all part of the fun. Anyway, Zaphod I can compete with. Dr Zoidberg, on the other hand, has sneakily bought it and aced everything.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Yeah, Sorry about that.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:41

Pfft. Geometry wars is so dated anyway. Everyones playing champagne price wars instead.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Sorry again Mr C. Think I've done even more damage to your scores. On one of the levels I was 74th on the global leaderboard. It's bloody addictive this game. 30 minutes quick okay turned into 2 hours.

MrC · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2014 3:24

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Sorry again Mr C. Think I've done even more damage to your scores. On one of the levels I was 74th on the global leaderboard. It's bloody addictive this game. 30 minutes quick okay turned into 2 hours.

Bloody hell, it's the MAME challenge all over again. A bunch of old gits squinting to see the screen, while a young lean, mean cyborg casually beats everyone playing one-handed while eating his dinner with the other. Didn't you say you had too many games to play? :DD

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Not been called young for quite a while. I'm 41.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:06

His Resogun scores make me sad too.

MrC · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:10

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Not been called young for quite a while. I'm 41.

OK, edit my post to read "middle-aged lean, mean cyborg". Definitely a cyborg, though, albeit one with haemorrhoids and a spot of gout now and then.

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