SubscribeI recently purchased The Maw and Splosion Man and have to say that I thoroughly respect the development team at Twisted Pixel. I had never heard of this company before stumbling upon these two games and I am very impressed with the level of quality — unique gameplay, very responsive controls, and just a level of polish that I was not expecting for Xbox Live Arcade games. Also, multiplayer on Splosion Man = lots of fun.
I have run into at least one instance of glitchy behavior in each game — I wasn’t able to complete one level on The Maw due to a button being non-responsive at one point, and I got stuck at one spot in Splosion Man, which was easily remedied via self-splosion. Also, I feel like there should be a higher amount of contrast between the character of Splosion Man and the background of the level at some points in the game, especially when the camera zooms out. I’ll post an example image if I can find the part of the game I am referring to; mainly the issue is the umber-orangish background diminishing the character’s outline and making it more difficult to track him visually.
Nevertheless, despite the above issues, I would highly recommend both games to anyone looking for fun, friendly platformers.