Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is a Single-player and Multiplayer Shoot ‘em up video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision for Xbox 360. The game brings you the Multi-directional Shooter gameplay full of vicious enemies and challenges to complete.
It serves as the sequel to Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. In the game, the player finds himself controlling a small ship from a top-down perspective to score the best points by smashing enemies. During the gameplay, the player’s ship can move indecently in any direction to complete the tasks offered by the game.
While playing the game, you need to avoid crashing with the said shapes to survive longer. If this happens to you, your ship will destroy and you lose a life. Depending on the game mode, both bombs and lives can gather upon earning a specific number of points.
Using the bomb, you can quickly clear the space filled by enemies, although no points will reward you for doing this. There are six exciting modes, such as Deadline, King, Evolved, Waves, Sequence, and more. Each mode will let you experience unique gameplay with a set of objectives to complete. Both cooperative and competitive game modes are available and support two to four players together.
#1 Child of Eden
Child of Eden is a Music, Rail Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Q Entertainment and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the spiritual successor to Rez and the game sees the player to shoot at different targets that produce different sounds upon smashing.
The story revolves around a girl named Lumi, who served as the first human to be born in space. Throughout her life, she dreamt of exploring the planet Earth, showing her sweet feelings into the song that she sent to people of Earth.
The primary gameplay focuses on smashing different objects that appear on the screen, which causes them to produce musical effects upon breaking. There are five exciting levels, known as Archives and each level introduces a different visual theme to explore.
The names of levels are, such as Beauty, Matrix, Journey, Passion, Evolution, and more. Experience the music gameplay while completing a set of levels to generate beats to earn points. With exciting graphics, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Child of Eden is a beautiful game to play.
#2 Dyad
Dyad offers a perfect blend of Shooter, Puzzle, and Racing game elements, developed by Right Square Bracket Left Square Bracket. It provides you with a tunnel racing puzzle gameplay that makes use of several concepts to create a classic genre. The game’s premise focuses on momentum, and by using the action button, the player needs to pull himself from one foe to another as fly down to enemies. During the gameplay, the concept becomes more evolving as the game advances through 26 challenging levels from using combos to filling up a special meter.
While playing the game, the player needs to control an octopus-like creature through a tunnel and must gather all orbs to increase the points. The game rewards the player with one of three starts depending on the performance and unlocks additional levels to play. With colorful tunnels, collectible orbs, and smooth controls, Dyad is an exciting game to play.
#3 RayStorm HD
RayStorm HD is a Single-player and Multiplayer Vertical Scrolling Shooter video game developed by Taito for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It serves as an improved version of RayStorm, specially designed for consoles.
The game takes place in the futuristic environment, where the player plays the role of a pilot and controls a Spacecraft through eight challenges stages. The ultimate task is to shoot down enemies and vehicles to prevent the evil forces from smashing the planet Earth.
It brings you a fantastic shoot ‘em up gameplay and involves you in completing a set of missions using a spacecraft equipped with advanced weapons. During the gameplay, you can use a Vulcan-style laser weapon as your primary offense, and a missile which you can use to lock targets and hit fire to destroy.
There are two playable modes such as Arcade and Extra. The Extra mode comes with enhanced graphics, additional enemies, challenging bosses, and severe difficulty. RayStorm HD includes the most prominent features such as 2D Graphics, Arcade-style Shoot ‘em up Gameplay, and more.