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Neon Wars nice little game

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Post icon  Posted 12 June 2007 - 03:13 PM

Just found Neon Wars as I was browsing through Apple's site. It seems to be a slightly different take on Geometry Wars. While I've never played the latter, Neon Wars seems to be able to hold its own. Would be nice to have feedback from people who have played Geometry Wars.

Instead of having a warping backdrop its background's tiled grid changes in color corresponding to shots and explosions. Also, one doesn't control shooting at all, which is done automatically by the game at whichever enemy is closest. All you have to do is to avoid enemies and collect stars to upgrade your weapon eventually. The multiplier works in a similar fashion as in GW, as far as I've read, by destroying more and more enemies. Dying resets it. Also, there are limited special super weapons one can use when one is in a tight spot, which pretty much eradicate any threat.

The controls are very simple, mouse/trackball/touchpad for moving and any mouse click for deploying the super weapon. Tried it both with my trackball and touchpad. Works rather nicely on the touchpad although my trackball provides more precise control.

All in all, it's a nice, pretty little game that runs very well even on somewhat older hardware. :)
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Posted 12 June 2007 - 11:17 PM

i'm a big fan of XBox Arcarde's Geometry Wars, so I got excited when I saw this thread. After a quick spin with it, I'm not sure I like the controls. On the Xbox, you can point and shoot wherever you want while moving whichever way. Not being able to control where you shoot in Neon Wars is rather frustrating for me. I'd also much rather use the keyboard to move my ship instead of the mouse.

also the one minute time limit seems waaay to short for this sort of game :-\ but i guess that's how they get you to buy it.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 12:47 AM

I still like GridWars better. A pity they had to withdraw it...
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 02:16 AM

View PostMightySlugMan, on June 12th 2007, 10:17 PM, said:

also the one minute time limit seems waaay to short for this sort of game :-\ but i guess that's how they get you to buy it.


The blue zone doesn't have a time limit at all. ;)
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