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[Outlaw Pro Mod]

The explosions in Call of Duty 2 for the 360 are very nice looking.

 

[mr_sockochris]

Star Fox 64... when you switch the train tracks and make the boss plow into his base.

Step on da gas! Step on da... No, hit da brakes! I caaaann't stop iiitttttt!

There is, like , 5 minutes of pure rumble followed. Best enjoyed on the crotch region IMO. :lol

You stole my answer

 

[Funky Papa]

Spoiler

The nuclear one from the end is even better

 

[AtomicShroom]

Gradius V: Boss explosions are pretty awesome. They're not realistic and are overly exaggerated, but man do they look good and feel mighty powerful.


Honorable mention to Super Metroid's explosion of the planet at the end of the game.

 

[Kuramu]

I love the mortar explosions in Call of Duty 2, Big Red One. Either hitting sand or water.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

anyone else notice how when a grenade hits the snow in COD2 and the snow shoots up it turns into water. pretty cool

 

[Willy Wanka]

I don't like it much as far as shmups go but Ikaruga's boss explosions are awesome. Mercenaries also has some great looking explosions.

 

[Raiden]

Oh i forgot my personal best:

Not really an explosion but just very very cool, namely "Perfect Dark's"

 

[eshwaaz]

The Metal Slug games still have some of the best traditionally animated explosions ever.

It's not a great game, but From Russia With Love has some of the best gameplay explosions in recent memory. Extremely well done - check out some video if you've not seen them in motion (try the one called "Vehicle Madness").

I'm not a big fan of PDZ explosions - it don't like when I can see the individual "puffs" that make up the blast. It feels very "16-bit" to me.

 

[Oracle Dragon]

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

MGS3 wins by a million.

I still don't know how they did that one explosion an hour in, in real-time. First time I played through the game I thought it was FMV from an historical archive, but then when I found out it was real-time and watched it again it blew my mind. Greatest explosion ever, and even the ones in game are pretty nice.

Okay, you win. Can't believe I forgot about that. Nothing comes close to that. It's pretty insane that's was even realtime!! It didn't even look realtime, it looked like high contrast saturated footage, but than the game plays it without a hitch and you see the same high constrast lighting and wind effect Snake, freakin' incredible.

 

[Drinky Crow]

Perforating a town center with cannon/mortar fire in AoE3 is really satisfying.

 

[Quartet]

bangahio

 

[Kolgar]

Good to see a vote for Killzone. The explosions are incredibly convincing, right down to the pitter-patter sound of falling debris.

Metal Gear Solid 3 also comes to mind, and the winnar is likely Resident Evil 4 (GC, anyway).

 

[FFunit]

 

[evilromero]

Clearly Rogue Leader has the best explosions of all. No game has come even close.

 

[Gandara]

I was always impressed by the explosion in the Dreamcast game Blue Stinger. Also had pretty nice looking smoke effects as well.

 

[Error]

that's not even realtime :lol

to me RE4

 

[emomoonbase]

Air strikes in Mercenaries are pretty impressive. Sometimes I'll just stand there in the middle of a fire fight to watch the buildings esplode and crumble to the ground.

 

[cvxfreak]

My vote goes to Mechbeth in StarFox 64 and the RE4 castle.

 

[DCX]

I was always impressed by the explosion in the Dreamcast game Blue Stinger. Also had pretty nice looking smoke effects as well.

AH Blue Stinger Bring back great memories, that has to be from the import version as the american version had changed all the cameras.

DCX

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

Geometry wars:Retro Evolved.

Atleast they're the coolest looking.

 

[civilstrife]

Best frozen in time exlosion anyway...

 

[Kangu]

You dissapoint me GAF.

 

[Error]

You dissapoint me GAF.

holy shit, How could I forget ZOE2 thanks

/thread.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

You dissapoint me GAF.

Damn. I can't I believe I forgot that either!! It's explosive particle heaven, very stylized too. It's all about destroying blowing crap up!!

 

[xexex]

that's easy

Ghost Recon 3

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

that's easy

Ghost Recon 3

It seems to me about games that already released, well whatever.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

In games that I've played, nothing compares to Death Tank Zwei. *bows down*

 

[FFunit]

that's not even realtime :lol

to me RE4

O SHI

brb humiliaton

 

[Solo]

The explosions in Call of Duty 2 for the 360 are very nice looking.

Look pretty damn good on my PC too...