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Splosion Man on 360

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Splosion Man is a Strategy game available on the 360.

Splosion Man is a Strategy game. Strategy games provide experiences that require quick thinking, and forward planning from the gamer. They combine the unfolding tactics of classic games like chess, with more recent board games such as Risk. Usually focusing on a theatre of war context, players enjoy the tactical overview of the battle these games provide.

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Reviews

Teen Gamer review Sat, 27 Feb 2010

My Xbox told me this game was good, but then it does have a strange sense of humour. Unlike other XBLA games like Battlefield 1943, 'Splosion Man is amateurish and not up to snuff in my little black book.

Firstly, I played this game for over half an hour with my cousin, and barely stopped laughing, but I had honestly no idea what was happening. By the looks of things, the chaps who thought of it had no idea what was happening either. At all, in life.
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Tech Gamer review Thu, 03 Sep 2009

Here, all the ingredients of classic 2D platformers of my past are present. Although 'Splosion Man wants to be loved for its traditional high difficulty and exuberant art-style, I only felt irritation and frustration. Although I can see its technical merit and unique personality, it did nothing but grate on my nerves. However much I liked those old 2D games, some things should remain in the past and not in the present.

The 2D platform game has seen a revival in recent times with the Super Metroid-inspired Shadow Complex and other Xbox Live Arcade hits such as Braid and Castle Crashers. These games have all proved that the traditional platform style can work just as well as I remember, but also improving the old formula with a little more accessibility and some flashy new graphics.
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