Ms. Splosion Man had a lot to live up to. The original Splosion man had great
music, graphics and characters.
How can you possibly beat that? You don’t.
This doesn’t mean that it’s bad though. It simply means it is not better than the original.

I usually hate sequels but after Splosion man I was left gasping for more, and that’s what they gave us. Obviously, they added things but the core of the game is still there. The platformer game we all came to love is still with us, and now there is more humour, meat and splosions!
So what can you expect from Ms. Splosionman? Even more annoying levels! I mean a hell of a lot more.

The game eases you in slowly like engaging a tender lady. In a very aperture science way, it explains how to jump effectively and explains some of the new additions to the game. (Mostly how to use zip wires) The tutorial has two AI players, one who does everything right (Pink) and one who does it wrong (Yellow). We are instantly thrown into the humour as the announcer constantly insults the yellow player. As it turns out the yellow AI tried to steal the announcer’s boyfriend/husband.

Some characters, though we won’t say who return in the game, and they are bigger and more anti-splosion than ever. As well as some new characters that I’m sure you will come to love. In the pile of new characters and enemies we meet “Mandy” Who has her own song! (Kind of like the doughnuts song. Not as good though)

Quite a few enemies are just repeats, but it’s nice to see in some sense because they do affect the level quite dramatically. But, then in another sense it seems kind of lazy, as any sequel tends to.

As we have now come to expect from Twisted Pixel the game is filled to the brim with unlockables, avatar awards, themes and gamer pictures, after all Twisted Pixel’s MAW was one of the first few games to have a full unlockable premium theme.

The new game has some really frustrating levels, and there are now flying cars! You have to jump along them, hopping around like some kind of superhero, and while it’s cool, it’s bloody difficult. There’s a lot more awesome barrel jumping too.

There are three areas to unlock, well two to unlock, one you start on. At first glance they look pretty small but you soon realise the whole map is split, and the screen is too small to fit all of the levels on.
Cake has been replaced by shoes, because girls don’t like cake. They like shoes. And cake shoes!

The game actually feels like a sequel, not an expansion which is rare especially on an arcade title. But the introduction of so many new things has really made the game stand out, it is clearly made for people who played Splosionman though, the levels are too bloody difficult otherwise!
So what are you waiting for? Grab your bow and start splodin’!

Games: Ms.SplosionMan, Platforms: Xbox Live Arcade, Genres: Platformer, Publishers: Microsoft Game Studios, Developers: Twisted Pixel Games