Bizarre: Geometry Wars Shoulda Been Free - Kotaku Comments

Bizarre: Geometry Wars Shoulda Been Free

Spartan1308™ — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:52:38 MDT

@GOLD5: Acutally they already gave a game away for free for a limited time. Texas Holdem was free when it launched.

Spartan1308™

Bizarre: Geometry Wars Shoulda Been Free

SquirrelPhister — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:48:42 MDT

I wish more games could be made by one person. We'd see a good deal more creativity.

SquirrelPhister

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yashichi8bit — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:05:37 MDT

No love for the story submit?
:(

yashichi8bit

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GOLD5 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:04:09 MDT

So no games will ever be made free on Live arcade?
:-O

GOLD5

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jackal888 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:40:47 MDT

Boom Boom Rocket does not look really good. I think they should have made Geometry Wars 2.

jackal888

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Starcade — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:30:37 MDT

I don't know about best thing on arcade, but it's certainly one of the better values on arcade. I only wish Microsoft charged this amount for most XBLA games.

But the whole thing is really subjective, based on your likes/dislikes. Personally, I found a couple of other games on XBLA that I played a heck of a lot more than GW.

Starcade

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Digital_Sky — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:27:01 MDT

@Psudonym: You can buy MS points in 800 or 1600 unit increments at most local game stores, on cards. It's the only way to go IMO.

Digital_Sky

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k.ro — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:53:03 MDT

Yet they threatened legal action against the guy who developed the superior Grid Wars, a free Geometry Wars clone.

k.ro

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Overlord11001001 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:34:09 MDT

I wish this had been free, then I'd actually have it. I refuse to give anything resembling endorsement to paid digital downloads.

Overlord11001001

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Psudonym — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:28:51 MDT

@detox84:

You beat me to my question...

Anyway, I still have 100 points left over from buying the bare minimum of microsoft points to get geometry wars. At this rate, I don't think I'll ever use that loose change.

Psudonym

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Rajio — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:56:34 MDT

yes. its 'impossible' to give something for free.

....whatever!

Rajio

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Ca1amity — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:20:23 MDT

I just hope the next geometry wars has a CPU control feature... Since I'm the only good player among my friends I have to play while they get umm 'chemically altered' and frankly thats not fair.

Ca1amity

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detox84 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:14:12 MDT

So wait....you mean to tell me this guy's name is Cakebread?

detox84

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Islandkiwi — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:02:15 MDT

I liked Geometry Wars and think it was worth every penny...I certainly hope the guy that designed it got a percentage of every one sold.

In the future, though, levels of difficulty would be nice. I never felt I really got the chance to improve. I'd be playing for a few minuted, then all of a sudden if became insanely difficult.

Islandkiwi

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Digital_Sky — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:55:28 MDT

Geometry Wars is insanely overrated. It's a nice visual showpiece for the 360. That doesn't make it a great game. It is a good game, mind you, but that's all it is. It looked phenomenal back when nothing else of any note was out for Arcade.

400 was a good price for it, that's about how much entertainment value is there IMO.

Digital_Sky

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firestorm117 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:17:29 MDT

Well it's the best thing on there, but you know, that's like saying The Odysee is the best drama out there: it's a given, but it's so far beyond everything else that you can't make a fare comparison since there's other great things out there.

firestorm117

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KaneRobot — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:16:04 MDT

TMNT > Geometry Wars
Uno > Geometry Wars

Heck, even Mutant Storm Reloaded is better, but it cost twice as much.

Anyway, they don't seem to mention exactly how they were going to determine who was a hardcore gamer and who wasn't.

I assume "hardcore gamers" were those that bought the console during the first month or three of launch.

KaneRobot

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embee — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:47:46 MDT

@TOPolk: Do NOT make fun of ET. That game made me cry. Best game EVER! Even better than Desert Bus.

embee

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G1GAHURTZ — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:33:05 MDT

@IronsUK:

Possibly, but it's very rare to find any programmer who is even half way capable of making a slightly decent looking graphic.

I'm sure he didn't do all of the art on his own.

G1GAHURTZ

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splines — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:21:52 MDT

Best. XBLA. Game. Ever.

Bundling it free with Gold would probably move quite a few people over to the 'dark' side of paying-to-play, methinks. It's probably wishful thinking though.

splines

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IronsUK — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:08:26 MDT

@G1GAHURTZ:

I think he had help with the sound effects and music - that's about it.

IronsUK

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metallicorphan — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:02:52 MDT

so how come it wasnt allowed to be free?...texas hold em was free for at least a few weeks

metallicorphan

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NoBullet — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:15:26 MDT

@TOPolk:

I don't think Geometry Wars was rushed to be finished under five weeks like ET was.

NoBullet

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G1GAHURTZ — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:07:41 MDT

Anyway, they don't seem to mention exactly how they were going to determine who was a hardcore gamer and who wasn't.

Maybe they wanted to give it as a free download to people who had a gamerscore of more than 10,000

Now that would be interesting...

Remember, don't quote me, it's just speculation.

G1GAHURTZ

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Ca1amity — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:05:06 MDT

coulda, shoulda, woulda.. would have been a nice hook for gold service if it was free "this is the kind of product you can expect if you upgrade". Never mind the truth, its a nice hook

Sad that the one-man show and a card game are the best things for me to spent MS points on though

Ca1amity

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G1GAHURTZ — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:04:32 MDT

Bulk of the work doesn't mean everything, now does it??

G1GAHURTZ

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TOPolk — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:39:22 MDT

ET was programmed using only one guy too.

There's always two sides to a coin.

TOPolk