Explosions really don't fit, but i'm sure you'll take care of it. Everything else is top notch.
Really? The explosions were one of my favorite bits.
Is it just the style or the shape or are they just not up to par? they do look weird in the first vid because I accidentally programmed them to terminate before the cycle finished so there's about three frames missing of the end, but it's fixed in the second vid.
Well, multiple things. First, mushroom shaped explosion looks like it's a ground explosion. It is looking good, but for things destroyed on ground. Next, when you hit those bat guys and they explode, explosion moves down. Tho i don't prefer explosions moving (imho, they look better when they don't move), i get that you're probably trying to emulate old school felling, but they are moving too fast compared to the speed of the enemy that is destroyed.
My god, you're totally right. Well now I have to watch a bunch of videogame footage and decide what kind of explosion I want to replace it with.