Explodemon

Explodemon
DeveloperCurve Studios
PublisherCurve Studios
PlatformsPlayStation 3, Windows
ReleasePlayStation 3
  • NA: 8 February 2011
  • PAL: 9 March 2011
Windows
3 November 2011
GenrePlatform
ModeSingle-player

Explodemon! is a 2011 platform video game developed by Curve Studios for the PlayStation 3. It was released on the PlayStation Network. The game is also available on Microsoft Windows via GamersGate.

Overview

Players control the titular hero, Explodemon, a superhero that uses his ability to blow himself up in order to destroy enemies and objects, propel himself through the air and solve environmental puzzles.

The developers have described the game as "a loving parody of badly translated action games and everything that they embody".

Development

Design director Jonathan Biddle, who created the original Explodemon! prototype in November 2005 in his spare time, describes the game as "what Treasure would create if they mixed Yoshi’s Island with Half-Life 2, and is inspired by elements from games as diverse as Street Fighter II, Halo, Super Metroid and Bangai-O".

Reception

The PlayStation 3 version received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

References

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  2. 1 2 Dillard, Corbie (3 April 2009). "Curve Officially Announces Explodemon!". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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  4. 1 2 "Explodemon for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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  7. ↑ Turi, Tim (10 February 2011). "Explodemon: A Two-Bit Tribute To The 16-Bit Era". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on 14 February 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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  13. ↑ "Review: Explodemon". Play. No. 203. Imagine Publishing. April 2011. p. 99.
  14. ↑ "Review: Explodemon". PSM3. Future plc. April 2011. p. 90.
  15. ↑ Mastrapa, Gus; Heisler, Steve; Agnello, Anthony John; Nelson, Samantha; Kaiser, Rowan; Williams, Christian; VanDerWerff, Emily; Robinson, Tasha; Teti, John (21 February 2011). "February 21, 2011 (Explodemon)". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  16. ↑ Hargreaves, Roger (10 February 2011). "Explodemon is not another 'Splosion Man - games review". Metro. DMG Media. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2018.