E307: Joystiq goes hands-on with Geometry Wars

by David Hinkle on Jul 16th 2007 3:55PM

Those lucky Joystiq folk got their hands on the DS adaptation of the Xbox Live Arcade hit Geometry Wars during the recently-concluded E3. After running it through their rigorous gauntlet of tests, Joystiq came to the conclusion that the game was sloppy and hard to handle. More like hard to swallow for all of those looking forward to playing the game on the DS, we imagine.

Even with the ability to guide your attack ship with the d-pad, or exclusive use of the stylus, the game is harder to play than on the Xbox 360, according to Joystiq. With 60 levels to play, we imagine even a little bit of time with the game won't help correct this error. Guess the game just needs analog sticks ...

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Reader Comments (3)

WHY!!?? WHY MUST THE WORLD BE SO CRUEL!!?? I was looking forward to this game since I heard about it a month ago! I'm just praying it'll get fixed before it's released, but that probably won't happen. *sob*

Wait, are you serious? I tried this at E3 myself, and it was a blast. I still have the download play demo on my Miyamoto-autographed DS Lite, I'll record some footage and put it up on nintendoplayers.com...

It's VERY fun, how can anyone think the control scheme is clunky?

I've heard mixed opinions all over the place. Some people like it, some people don't. I guess I'll just have to wait and try it. I don't have an X360 or a Wii, but I do have Grid Wars 2 on my PC which is similar to GW:RE, so I have that as reference to it's console bretheren. I'd like to play the game on the go, but if it's ungodly awful with the stylus, then I'll just let it be. I will agree, though, that I've played FPS's and games that would normally use two analog sticks or a keyboard and mouse in the past and the experience I had was less-than-stellar. I don't know why everyone likes Metroid Prime: Hunters so much, I played it, and the graphics were okay, but the controls were just kinda sloppy IMO. It's the stylus. It's tough to be as accurate with fidgeting hands and a slippery plastic stick on a touch screen.