Geometry Wars is a series of multidirectional shooter video games.
The player controls a small, highly maneuverable ship that can move and fire independently in any direction. The objective of the game is to score points by destroying a variety of shapes and surviving by not touching them. If this happens, the player's ship is destroyed and a life is lost. Depending on the game mode, lives and bombs can be collected upon achieving a certain number of points. Bombs clear the game space of enemy shapes instantly, although no points are awarded for their destruction.... More Info »
Crucial to effective play is the score multiplier, which increases as the player collects "geoms" — small diamond-shaped green objects dropped by enemies upon destruction. The number of points scored by destroying an enemy depends on the multiplier, which can reach into the thousands.
The series includes:
Geometry Wars, minigame part of Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003);
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (2005);
Geometry Wars: Evolved (2006);
Geometry Wars: Waves (2007);
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (2007);
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (2008);
Geometry Wars: Touch (2010);
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions (2014).
