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• GEOMETRY WARS 3 IOS REVIEW SERIES

Kudos for the respect it shows the series, but it means that things are moving too quickly for a player to be able to react effectively with on-screen sticks. Touch never tries to be anything other than a faithful port of the original. This means bigger characters, slower movement, and appropriate pacing.

Other twin stick shooters on the iPhone manage to remember that they’re twin stick shooters on the iPhone. The touch-screen controls aren’t as precise as they need to be. It’s a fun diversion, but if you’ve grown tired of Geometry Wars 2 (and shame on you if you have) this single new mode will do little to satisfy for craving for something new.įamiliarity aside, the game only suffers from one flaw. In addition to the 6 modes included in Geometry Wars 2, Touch offers a new mode called “Titans,” in which players fight giant enemies that when shot break into smaller enemies. Still – it’s not quite the original offering some might have hoped for.

Considering what an exceptional game the original was, there’s very little reason to be disappointed by this. For all the fun and excitement that Touch offers, it’s little more than a port of the 2 year old Geometry Wars 2 for the Xbox 360.

GEOMETRY WARS 3 IOS REVIEW SERIES

Veterans of the series may notice that these different modes sound strikingly familiar. In Geometry Wars: Touch, variety is the spice of life. In yet another you might only be able to fire from the protection of randomly placed circles on the map. In another you might be trying to destroy as many enemies as you can without the use of your weapons. In one mode you might be trying to rack up as high as score as you can in three minutes. The game offers up 7 different game modes, each wildly different and offering their own objectives. Unlike most games in the genre, however, Geometry Wars: Touch isn’t just about survival. Like most games in the genre, you’ll control your movement with your left thumb and your firepower with your right. Geometry Wars: Touch is a twin stick shooter in which you pilot a ship into battle as it defends itself from a variety of geometric shapes. Activision has recently changed the game from an iPad exclusive to a universal app, meaning iPhone owners are now able to dive into the same classic shooting as their big screened cousins. Now the biggest name in the genre had come to an Apple device, and it wasn’t the iPhone! Fear not, pocket gamers. From Minigoreto Pirate’s Treasure, twin stick shooters have been a mainstay of iPhone gaming. When Geometry Wars: Touch debuted on the iPad back in April, iPhone gamers felt a sadness in the pit of their stomachs. I can’t fight the feeling that we’ve fought this war before…