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Quick Look: Explodemon

Brad and Vinny encounter some downright head-exploding puzzles in this volatile platformer.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Feb. 10 2011

Cast: Brad, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Explodemon!

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first?

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Great. 
 
EDIT: Dang!  
 
I have never heard of this game before.

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@Underachiever007: That's my first time doing that, and I feel so ashamed.
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you don't get the quest when you say first right?

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@Rxanadu: No worries, duder. The shame will soon fade away, and there will only be a quiet satisfaction.
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@Rxanadu: The shame will go away - try doing it and not getting it. I have not been the same man since... 
 
Edit: This game does not look fun... at all
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There's nothing worse than a premature explosion

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11th!
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Get to de choppa!

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@Agent47 said:

" Seems like a pretty bad Xplosion man ripoff.Even the plot is so similar! "

Except that it was actually announced before Splosion Man. It just spent a long-ass time in development hell.
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Before anyone jump to premature conclusions...

Don't know if they discuss it in the video, but the story behind Explodemon/Splosion Man is really interesting. Take a look at the creator's personal blog post on the matter. The two games were announced on the same day. (Splosion Man was revealed only a few hours after the trailer for Explodemon went up). It's kind of a sad tale. Wonder how the product turned out. Guess I'll have to watch the quick look for that.

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POKEMANZ?

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Edited By Castiel

This game looks incredibly boring and generic. 

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@Agent47 said:
" Seems like a pretty bad Xplosion man ripoff.Even the plot is so similar! "
Yeah, except this came first. Do your research before you make assumptions.
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Explodemon should be nominated for Best Explosions (or Best 'Splosions) this year. I think Ms. 'Splosion Man has the award in the bag, however.
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@VetleNM: Wow that really is an amazing and also sad story. I feel like shit for saying that it looked like no fun. You always forget that a lot of people put their hard work and time in making these games, and trying to make a living. Shame on me for being a dick, hope the game does well.
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i find funny that this game was announced the same day as splosion man 
 
edit: now i want  Vinny around when i'm playing puzzle games specially portal 2

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Edited By beard_of_zeus
@VetleNM said:
"

Before anyone jump to premature conclusions...

Don't know if they discuss it in the video, but the story behind Explodemon/Splosion Man is really interesting. Take a look at the creator's personal blog post on the matter. The two games were announced on the same day. (Splosion Man was revealed only a few hours after the trailer for Explodemon went up). It's kind of a sad tale. Wonder how the product turned out. Guess I'll have to watch the quick look for that.

"
Thanks for the link. That whole saga is pretty unreal, it was interesting to get a firsthand account of the story.
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I always play Metal Man first. As everyone knows, the Metal Blade is the effective weapon. It makes Air Man's stage a lot easier.

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seems all right- not doing a lot for me

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This is the most boring shit I've ever seen. And it's not because I'm also studying for a biology test at the same time.

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Vinny bustin some skills in this quick look.

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I really dislike the art style in this game. =\ It also doesn't look very fun...

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@VetleNM said:
"

Before anyone jump to premature conclusions...

Don't know if they discuss it in the video, but the story behind Explodemon/Splosion Man is really interesting. Take a look at the creator's personal blog post on the matter. The two games were announced on the same day. (Splosion Man was revealed only a few hours after the trailer for Explodemon went up). It's kind of a sad tale. Wonder how the product turned out. Guess I'll have to watch the quick look for that.

"
Hey thanks for linking that man, it was a great read. It's such a almost shades of prototype and infamous although this is perhaps an even more abstract idea, for two to come along at once is such a strange coincidence.
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B for BAWESOME!
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@craigbo180 said:
" @VetleNM said:
"

Before anyone jump to premature conclusions...

Don't know if they discuss it in the video, but the story behind Explodemon/Splosion Man is really interesting. Take a look at the creator's personal blog post on the matter. The two games were announced on the same day. (Splosion Man was revealed only a few hours after the trailer for Explodemon went up). It's kind of a sad tale. Wonder how the product turned out. Guess I'll have to watch the quick look for that.

"
Hey thanks for linking that man, it was a great read. It's such a almost shades of prototype and infamous although this is perhaps an even more abstract idea, for two to come along at once is such a strange coincidence. "
thats not to say that the extra development time and success of  splosionman hasn't influenced the development of this game. it is a weird coincidence though.
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Brad, have you truly gone insane? You go for Metal Man first in Megaman 2, his weapon is easily the best in the game, and he is one of the easier bosses to beat with the mega-buster.

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I hope it does well too, but this game appears infuriating.  This is what happens when a game is in dev for 6 years, it all seems real easy because you've played it a million times so they keep ratcheting up the difficulty and making timing more important.  I would have rage quit a couple twenty times in those sections Brad and Vinny played.

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I've been looking forward to this since it was first announced as a WiiWare title, now I totally missed that it's already out? I'm gonna need to get myself a PSN card!

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Explodemon! Gotta catch em all!

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This looks pretty bad

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Damn it's frustrating when you know what they should do but you can't tell them...

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@North6 said:
" I hope it does well too, but this game appears infuriating.  This is what happens when a game is in dev for 6 years, it all seems real easy because you've played it a million times so they keep ratcheting up the difficulty and making timing more important.  I would have rage quit a couple twenty times in those sections Brad and Vinny played. "
Really? I think it felt like watching a baby struggle trying to put the circle shape into the square hole. Glad Vinny could save the day a bit, and they managed to make it a pleasant quick look.
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i was thinking this was extreme pokemon.

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@Grissefar said:
" @North6 said:
" I hope it does well too, but this game appears infuriating.  This is what happens when a game is in dev for 6 years, it all seems real easy because you've played it a million times so they keep ratcheting up the difficulty and making timing more important.  I would have rage quit a couple twenty times in those sections Brad and Vinny played. "
Really? I think it felt like watching a baby struggle trying to put the circle shape into the square hole. Glad Vinny could save the day a bit, and they managed to make it a pleasant quick look. "
 
Yea the fact that they were TWENTY-TWO MINUTES over the par time might suggest they were overthinking things.
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This rivals the horrific art-style of Astropop. Yuch.

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Nice video!  
 
You can blow up Green Turrets however, it's only Silver Turrets/Enemies that are unharmed by your Explosion power.

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The humour of Explodemon's silly speech patterns seems really forced, and that slow-mo effect when killing dudes is pretty annoying. 
 
Seems like it could be a fun game apart from those.

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For my money, Brad does the best QLs.

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I don't know if anyone said it already, but by the katakana title it definitely reads "exPLOdemon," not "exploDEmon." (If you romanized it directly it goes "ekusupuro~demon" with a long "o")

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Looks very boring. And Brads nonexistant ability of talking and making progress at the same time dosen't really help =/

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Also that's gotta be the most shameless ripoff I've seen lately. Duuuuuuude.

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This game looks really frustrating.

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I was really intrigued when I first heard about this game like last week, but now after seeing it in motion this looks like it's not fun to play at all. Too bad, I think the concept behind it is pretty cool and it's great that it has similarities to Mega Man.

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wasn't there A.R.E.S lately? wasn't there the "Help Desk" also called Vortex or something likt that? Clone of a Clone of a Clone...

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@ImBigInJapan said:
" @Grissefar said:
" @North6 said:
" I hope it does well too, but this game appears infuriating.  This is what happens when a game is in dev for 6 years, it all seems real easy because you've played it a million times so they keep ratcheting up the difficulty and making timing more important.  I would have rage quit a couple twenty times in those sections Brad and Vinny played. "
Really? I think it felt like watching a baby struggle trying to put the circle shape into the square hole. Glad Vinny could save the day a bit, and they managed to make it a pleasant quick look. "
 Yea the fact that they were TWENTY-TWO MINUTES over the par time might suggest they were overthinking things. "
I'd say that's just Brad. :P
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Think I'll wait for 'Miss Explodemon'.

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This game does not translate well to a Quick Look. I can see why so many people here are down on it. It's much better when you play it yourself.

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Thank you Vinny. Thank you.

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This is a total rip off of Maxplosion