Is Ms. Splosion Man the new Ms. Pac-Man?
As regular readers of this site know – I love to splode. So when Twisted Pixel had signups for a limited beta for the upcoming sequel, MS. SPLOSION MAN, I sploded at the opportunity. Luckily for me, I got a beta key so I got the chance to play through the trial version of the game. So, what is splodin’ like with a pretty yellow bow on? Hit the splode to find out!
Splosion Man is so good it’s worth playing through again!
I generally don’t write about games I’ve already reviewed, but with the announcement of Ms. Splosion Man (awesome gameplay trailer here), I decided to go back to the original and play it through again. Let me just say, Splosion Man is awesome, awesome, awesome! Anyway, this post is just going to be about why you should have bought Splosion Man already, so if you’re not interested, feel free to move along.
For XBLA, ‘Splosion Man looks great. Plus, it’s tons of fun
When I was a kid, I was super into competitive multiplayer games. The sound of the modem buzz became an all too familiar sound as I went head to head with my friends in Doom, Heretic, and even Descent. These days, I don’t have the time to play super competitively, so although I still enjoy a good deathmatch, I’m much more interested in cooperative games these days. In a perfect storm of gaming nirvana, a good friend from the other side of the modem was in town visiting the week after I downloaded ‘Splosion Man, the latest Twisted Pixel offering on XBLA. Over the course of three days, we managed to finish the cooperative version of the game without alienating our wife and girlfriend, and partook in one of the most enjoyable cooperative experiences out there.
Rounding out our main categories, today we will be looking at Best Action/Adventure, Music, Real-Time Strategy and XBLA games. Looking at the list of titles from this year, there were a surprising number of good action/adventure games out this year, and even though neither of us owns a PS3, you can’t talk about action/adventure in 2009 without mentioning Uncharted 2. I’m glad I didn’t have to nominate that game though, since that would probably have made for some tough decisions. Music games, on the other hand, seemed to take a step backwards, or maybe we are just getting sick of them. Meanwhile, Live Arcade continues to put out good titles worth taking a look at.
