Review: 'Splosion Man

Susan Arendt

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Review: 'Splosion Man

Take Portal, mix in some Super Mario, add a dash of psychosis, and voila: You have 'Splosion Man.


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AboveUp

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Wow, and here I was thinking the game looked crappy and that I'd never spend points on it. Next time I have MS points, I'm downloading this!

As for your opening bit, Susan, I had the sort of thing with The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, which turned into one of my favorite Live Arcade games.
 
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Well, when I finally get round to buying an XBox I may have to buy this, it looks like a few hours of silly fun.

Thanks Susan!

[small]Everybody loves Do-oughnuts
I know I do-ooo[/small]
 
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I would rather say Portal + Jumper.

Seems like a hella fun game.

I love the "'splosion" variants =P!
 
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Very happy that Escapist got this review up. This game has been nothing but great fun for myself and a few friends in the past week. Even better it was a Susan Arendt review which just adds so much gravitas to a great little game.

I can only mention that you didn't mention the amazing thing that is Multiplayer (haha I read Susan's comment at the end of the article just now. ARG!). As fun and challenging as the single player is, the multiplayer adds a laugh out loud element of cooperation between 2-4 people. The requirement of sploding your teammates to gain access to certain areas just adds a little something else to the game. Of course the extra 50 levels of multiplayer doesn't hurt the longevity either.

As an added funny I have to strongly recommend you watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsKjxErG5rg

Don't worry it's not spoiling anything from the game... but you might just get an idea of what to expect from beating the game. Actually I don't think anyone could expect what you see at the end of the game. Needless to say someone has finally outdone the Portal end credits.
 
tehbeard

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like portal it haz cake, 47 cakes.

Good fun and my god that "way of the coward" came in handy. Playing this while drunk without a WOTC option would result in smashed consoles.

And for those looking for mpay fun, try four player coop where u r the only one with a mic. this is where the countdown button comes into its own.

You get your own tutu, how cute!
 
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Wandrecanada said:
Very happy that Escapist got this review up. This game has been nothing but great fun for myself and a few friends in the past week. Even better it was a Susan Arendt review which just adds so much gravitas to a great little game.

I can only mention that you didn't mention the amazing thing that is Multiplayer (haha I read Susan's comment at the end of the article just now. ARG!). As fun and challenging as the single player is, the multiplayer adds a laugh out loud element of cooperation between 2-4 people. The requirement of sploding your teammates to gain access to certain areas just adds a little something else to the game. Of course the extra 50 levels of multiplayer doesn't hurt the longevity either.
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I know, I know, I do feel really bad about not covering the co-op options, but I genuinely just could not stop playing the single player mode. And the game is so good just for that, I consider co-op to be just a big fat bonus. I can't believe the game is only ten bucks. So much goodness.

Thanks for the comments about co-op, you helped fill out that part of this review. :)
 
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The_root_of_all_evil said:
So, like Portal, there will be cake?

[small]I'll get my coat[/small]
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What's more, according to NoMoreSanity, the achievement for finding every cake is entitled "Not a Portal reference."
 
DaBozz

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Ahhh, what a lovely singing voice you have Susan ;D
I would pay good money to have you sing me a lulaby every night xD
 
Ben Legend

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This game is simply brilliant. I played the demo, and decided for a mere 800 points, this was worth buying. The multi-player is brilliant too, but a tad hard in places. The portal-cake reference achievement is brilliant too.

Even if this game doesn't look right or fun, just download the demo, I guarantee you will enjoy it.
 
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