Geometry Wars has officially been deleted from my Ipad! – Meteor Blitz HD Review

(update) I wish I could log on to TA! As I'm sure anyone reading this review does too. But if your reading the reviews Alley Labs devs? To the question you asked should there be a amateur mode? Yes. Not that I think the learning curve is to steep, but I find, a mediocre mode, and a hardcore mode, though I currently hold rank 1 in arcade " but I'm sure I've been taken by now", I find alot of replay value comes out of being able to cycle through all of the difficulty levels depending on how you feel and want to play for said experience. Also what you want to do is even better, making the shield regenerate because it doesn't take away the high octane gameplay/ enemies on screen , or diminish the skill set of the player. If you decide to do it, can you also add it for survival, there it would be far more suitable because you only allow ring, and slow power ups, I think shield is in there to but no life or bomb upgrade, I hope you change that add life and bomb in survival too, so we have the greatest possibility to survive as long as possible, great job though, as is. I don't think I've ever updated a review so many times, and to other readers sorry if I come off funky when criticizing or commenting on someone elses rev, when I went back to geometry wars revs, I see how some people felt those controls are perfect, so the bottom line is people have different size hands, play styles and what not, so regardless if Meteor Blitz HD controls are tight/ the best to date on the pad and any console I have played of this genre, someone else is bound to feel the exact opposite for what ever reason and I apologize before hand for my ignorance in not realizing that before, and in the future:) (Update) okay I don't know what that one reviewer is talking about the controls are horrible? I don't even think the controls need to be modified personally, I maneuver in and out of tight spots better than any game on any console of this genre I have ever played, EVER!! But what I would like to see is the same load out of upgrades in Arcade for survival, right now in survival the only upgrades you get are "slow" and "rings" why is that? In survival you should also get, "life" and "bomb" just like in arcade. As it is you will enjoy playing the arcade like survival, and the survival is useless if your trying to max out your arsenal for topped out gameplay(maximum AI to Player/ arsenal to enemies on screen. Also tho I haven't went back to survival yet since I unlocked the rest of the maps, but is the survival just one backround? Because it would be nice if the backrounds were progressive. But really honestly, this is the perfect game. The only thing that would make it better is a part 2. Again I don't understand how that one reviewer felt the controls were horrid, and someone else on touch arcade mentioned a similar experience, it's like someone saying they do t like ice cream because it taste like dog poo. I'm not saying everyone has to like ice cream, but I think most would agree that regardless it doesn't taste like dog poo? My advice is to delete- reinstall- power off and on again, because to say these controls are horrid is like saying white is black, so it's obvious you must have a bad install, also make sure you have enough memory, and by enough I mean I find the iPad functions far better with fewer apps and media opposed to the iPhone, which is strange? But iTunes, the AppStore, safari, all run and load up faster with the least amount of content and app that randomly access the web, wether you launch them or not. But anyway I hope that might help, doesn't hurt to try. Or good bye I should say. And I know MBHD it's actually like superstardust HD for the psp, but I just wanted to take a shot at what is a disgusting show of poor development by a big time dev Activision. Meteor blitz HD is officially the best duel stick arena shooter for the iPad. Geometry wars touch or whatever it was called, is probably the worst I have played yet control wise. But to this game, everything is clutch, Ds's have arrived on the iPad and it is a work of art, at least MBHD is. It looks and runs beautiful. I just have to thank the dev for taking time to make a functional HD game with no hiccups. Every single "HD" title from the big boys seems half hazard in some aspect of or another, slow frame rate, sticky controls, can't play your own music for pete's sake!!! Etc. Well I hope activation and the rest of the good for nothing money grubbing big companies take a close look at this game, "THIS IS WHAT HUMANS CALL A QUALITY GAME" and I say all the big name devs should look at how this game loosely( regardless of genre) because for a DSS to play correctly the controls have to be extremely precise more so than controls for almost any other genre, alley labs has done a magnificent job of developing a more than awesome duel stick for the iPad, if you had it on the iPhone "and I rarely say this" delete it and buy the HD version. No there is no new content, but just like real racing, they didn't spit on the iPhone version wipe it off with a dirty old rag and call it HD. They took the time to actually play the game, more less polish the living bejesus out of it, so not only do you get a beautiful game, but one you can actually play with the same precision and fluidity as the iPhone version. For those of you wondering about the feel when handling the iPad, it felt as natural as the iPhone IMO, but keep in mind for the life of me I don't see how ppl think the iPad is to heavy, someone said their arms hurt after playing real racing for awhile? Ok. But to me aside from sigma and and land air and sea warfare, both of which aren't even HD titles more less even universal, and only because I've played real racing to death, this is the best thing going for the iPad to date, so if you consider yourself more than a casual gamer, return your iPad if you don't get this game.
Review by sashicon on Meteor Blitz HD.