Super Meat Boy is an exceptional Indie/Platformer that raises the bar for the genre.
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94%
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (94% positive from 37K reviews)
Outstanding soundtrack
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
Super Meat Boy is a 2010 platform video game developed and published by American indie studio Team Meat. It was designed by Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes as the successor to Meat Boy, a 2008 Flash game designed by McMillen and Jonathan McEntee. In the game, the player controls Meat Boy, a red, cube-shaped character, as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend, Bandage Girl, from the game's antagonist Dr. Fetus. The gameplay is characterized by fine control and split-second timing, as the player runs and jumps through over 300 hazardous levels while avoiding obstacles. The game also supports the creation of player-created levels. Super Meat Boy was first released on the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade in October 2010, and was later ported to Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, and the Nintendo Switch. A Wii version was in development but was ultimately cancelled.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 11h ago
Pretty sure this is my favourite platformer of all time. Controls feel amazing, levels are perfectly designed for flow, dying and restarting is istant, the difficulty curve is beautiful, the final levels and some of the secret levels are so brutal I've never finished them (I got freakin blisters), there are tons of unique characters with unique traits, the music slaps ... It's a perfect platformer. 10/10.
English Version (french below) Oh boy this game. It's very simple in theory but it will drive you crazy in practice. It is VERY hard. I mean, in itself, the game isn't hard, it doesn't have any particular complex mechanics, it's just run, jump and wall jump (except for level-specific gimmicks) but the execution in each level gets progressingly so difficult that you will have to try 1000 times before actually getting it right. It's a die and retry if I've ever seen one. The game doesn't stop when you die, you directly get back to the beginning to try again. The artwork and story is simple but funny and effective. To make things even harder, the controls feel very... slippery, and it's definitely intentional. Not much to say except holy platinum difficulty. I will get back to it one day, but finishing each world without dying ONCE ? That is absolutely insane. It's a good game but holy hell if you're going for 100% (not even talking about the platinum), get ready for really really brutal levels. Version Française : Booooon ce jeu.. En théorie c'est très simple, en pratique, ça va vous rendre fou. C'est VRAIMENT dur. Enfin, en soi, le jeu n'est pas dur, il n'y a a pas beaucoup de mécaniques compliquées à comprendre, on peut juste courir, sauter et un saut mural (a part les mécaniques spécifiques à quelques niveaux), mais l'exécution dans chaque niveau est tellement exigeante qu'il va falloir réessayer 1000 fois avant d'enfin y arriver. C'est un die and retry quoi. Le jeu ne s'arrête pas quand vous mourrez, ça vous remet directement au début du niveau pour recommencer. La DA et l'histoire du jeu sont simple mais marrantes et efficaces. J'avoue que ce qui rend les choses d'autant plus difficiles sont les contrôles un peu... "glissantes" et je pense que c'est clairement intentionnel. Pas grand chose d'autre à dire à part la difficulté du platinum. J'y reviendrai un jour mais finir chaque monde sans mourir UNE SEULE FOIS ? C'est juste fou. C'est un bon mais wow si vous voulez faire le 100% (sans même parler du platinum), préparez-vous à des niveaux vraiment vraiment difficiles
very hard game. The Forest chapter was probably the most struggles i had since the 60's.
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