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[Aruarian Reflection]

One of the guys on staff was at the Xbox360 media event the past couple days, and he loved playing Retro Evolved... get this, on Xbox Live Arcade. He was telling me about it this afternoon and I was thinking, "Hrm, that's odd..., I don't remember it being announced for Arcade". Then somebody just IMed me telling about impressions at SA and complaining about how it has been officially cut from PGR3.

Please tell me this isn't true!! (or is this old and I'm just behind?)

 

[Teknopathetic]

It's been known it was in XBL Arcade for awhile. Cut from PGR3 I don't quite buy.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Geometry Wars is in the game and being sold as a seperate Live Arcade game as well, so I don't think that is proof in and of itself.

 

[Lunar Aura]

its not cut from pgr3. they just figured they may as well make money selling the game to those who may not pick up PGR3 as well. after all it IS an arcade game. common sense.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

I think Blim said in one of the random threads about the game that the version in PGR3 is a 5 minute challenge type mode, while the Live version lets you play for hours or however long skill allows.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

I think Blim said in one of the random threads about the game that the version in PGR3 is a 5 minute challenge type mode, while the Live version lets you play for hours or however long skill allows.

Bleh, that sucks. That seems like a plausible explanation though.

The Xbox Live Arcade version apparently lets you toggle between the standard Geometry Wars and the spruced up Retro Evolved. Pretty neat I guess, though there's no reason to play the original when the sequel is so much better

 

[op_ivy]

I think Blim said in one of the random threads about the game that the version in PGR3 is a 5 minute challenge type mode, while the Live version lets you play for hours or however long skill allows.

really? any chance you could find that post?

that is pretty lame if true... i wonder if gw1 is the same way...

 

[Mr. Lemming]

really? any chance you could find that post?

that is pretty lame if true... i wonder if gw1 is the same way...

Took some digging but it turns out I'm not crazy and seeing things!

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=66561&page=2&pp=50&highlight=Geometry+Wars

Yes.
IIRC, the one bundled with PGR3 will a full version but with a 5 minutes gameplay limitation so it's more of a challenge for the competitive players. The better you play, the harder the game gets during the 5 minutes, and the more point you make.
The XBLA version won't have a time limitation and so will be more like the first GW where people could play for hours to make a high score.
That's what I understood at the X05 presentation, but it was so noisy I'm not sure I got everything right.

 

[Wunderchu]

thanx for digging that up .. I wasn't aware of that info.

 

[Kobold]

It'll be buyable in the Xbox Live Arcade. Where it won't have a time limit, unlike the version in PGR3, I believe.