Explodemon

Explodemon! is a 2011 platform video game developed by Curve Studios for the PlayStation 3. It was released on the PlayStation Network.^[1] The game is also available on Microsoft Windows via GamersGate.

Explodemon
Developer(s)	Curve Studios
Publisher(s)	Curve Studios
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Windows
Release	PlayStation 3 NA: 8 February 2011 PAL: 9 March 2011 Windows 3 November 2011
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

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".^[2]

Development

Design director Jonathan Biddle, who created the original Explodemon! prototype in November 2005 in his spare time,^[3] 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".^[2]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	65/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Edge	4/10[5]
Eurogamer	7/10[6]
Game Informer	5.5/10[7]
GamePro	[8]
GameSpot	7/10[9]
IGN	8/10[10]
Joystiq	[11]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	7/10[12]
Play	70%[13]
PSM3	68%[14]
The A.V. Club	C+[15]
Metro	5/10[16]

Reception

The PlayStation 3 version received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[4]