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Geometry Wars 3 is available right now through both the Mac App Store and Steam.Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is one of those classic designs that's so lean and simple it's very hard to improve upon. Regardless, it's pure, unadulterated twitch action that should satisfy even the most demanding game enthusiast, and it's a welcome addition to the Mac game library. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions updates the classic Geometry Wars gameplay with a new twist that some folks are bound to love, some are bound to hate, depending on how much they've invested in previous installments in the series. You really need a gamepad to be able to play well.
#GEOMETRY WARS 3 REVIEW DESTRUCTOID FOR MAC#
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The Geometry Wars franchise has been around for more than a decade now, though this marks its first appearance on the Mac (as well as Linux, whose port was also managed by Aspyr). You can remap input to different keys if you want, in the game's options.
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(Aspyr says it'll work on the Mac with the PlayStation 3 and 4 controllers, too, as well as Xbox One controllers.)įor everyone else, Geometry Wars uses keyboard input - W, A, S and D keys control the ship's movement, cursor keys control direction of fire. I'd strongly recommend using a gamepad if you have the option - the game plays much better with one. The left thumbpad controls ship movement, right thumbpad affects direction of fire. I hooked up a wired Xbox 360 controller and Geometry Wars 3 recognized it and supported it seamlessly. Worse, there's no documentation that I could find in the version I downloaded from Steam, so you're really on your own to figure out how it works.įortunately, if you actually use a gamepad on your Mac, you'll find that it'll work.
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Finding your way around the interface can be a bit daunting, because for whatever reason, Aspyr didn't elect to use conventions like the Esc key to back out of menus (I discovered quite by accident that the Delete key does the trick, though). It's worth noting that Geometry Wars: Dimensions is a straight-up port from the console version: No attempt has been made to rework the game's user interface for a Mac, so you'll see references galore to buttons that you'd find on a game pad - like A, B and X (and no, those aren't mapped to the corresponding keyboard keys). There are also community leaderboards so you can track how your friends are doing in the game. You can either go head-to-head with other players online or play a cooperative game using multiple controllers on the same computer. There is also a multiplayer component here. Dimensions also incorporates an "Adventure" campaign mode that's new to this installment of the series, adding boss battles and dozens of progressively more difficult levels. Dimensions sports "classic" gameplay modes that made early Geometry Wars games so much fun: Pacifism, for example, in which you only have one life and can't shoot, but must fly through gates to destroy nearby enemies or King, in which you can only fire when you're inside a safety zone that randomly appears on the playfield (Deadline, Evolved and Waves also make appearances here).