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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Super Meat Boy

Sorry about not updating in a few days, guys, I've been really busy and just didn't have time.

Super Meat Boy is another difficult playformer. It has a fairly simple plot, which is something along the lines of "An evil fetus in a space suit kidnapped Meat Boy's girlfriend, who's called Bandage Girl! Beat difficult levels to save her!" There are a lot of levels; about 200. The soundtracks are actually pretty well-made, and though this isn't a graphics-intensive game, there are a few different backgrounds you'll see throughout the game. So, how about the puzzles themselves? Well, the entire game isn't just "execute these difficult maneuvers consecutively and get frustrated," because that would suck (Hi, last level of The Cotton Alley. What were the devs THINKING?). A lot of the game is figuring out the best possible strategies for each stage. There are different worlds which all have levels in them. If you beat a certain time requirement on a level, you unlock another, harder version of that level. There are also different secrets in each world, such as "warp zones," which warp you to areas referencing other video games (good luck with the IWBTG warp zone, it's up there with the difficult bits of IWBTG itself), bandages you can collect, and intentionally glitched levels that are stupidly difficult to beat. The game keeps track of your progress with a nice little death counter and a percentage that keeps track of how much of the game you've beaten. Remember the warp zones I mentioned earlier? Some of those have characters that you can unlock by beating them, and some bandages will be impossible to get without certain characters. This is a great game, and I recommend it.

16 comments:

  1. I heard of all the hype about supermeatboy, i don't see the charm of it but i guess i gotta try it out first hand to understand it. Thanks for the review though

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  2. This is only one of many reviews I've seen praising the game. I really want to play now. Does anyone know how much it costs?

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  3. One of my buds got addicted to this. Felt he had to beat the whole thing without dying once.

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  4. This is an amazing game, i finally beat it and it is incredibly hard, harder i think than N, though i wouldnt start this game if you dont like getting frustrated, or just dont have the time

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  5. It is crazy, but in a fun way.

    Times were better when everything was NES-hard (except for graphics and storyline... )

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  6. Yep, I got this game, its really funny

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  7. I've heard only good things about this game. Maybe I'll try it later.

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  8. this is a classic, it's awesome!

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  9. love the game, its sick!
    followed

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  10. Haha this is a great game. Tough as nails though. Nice blog.

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  11. Still have yet to unlock Super Meat World :(

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  12. Haha, this is a really great game.

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  13. This one is on my to-get list. Playing Braid right now to fill the platformer void.

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