Super Meat Boy
When I first saw Super Meat Boy pop up on Gamespot.com I thought 'ohh yeah another wack attempt at reliving the glory days of Sonic and Super Mario'. Apon installing and loading it up... by the first intro movie I felt like I was travelling back in time... this was the experiance I had hoped for in 'Scott Pilgrim' after I watched the movie. It felt as though I was traveling back in time to when I used to sneak into my mates room at 5:30 before school to jam out on his megadrive. The stylistic yet simple animation reminded me of the finishing movies in street fighter 2, the ones you would spend all of the 20cent coins you pinched out of your Nannys change jar to see. Priceless. I was back in 'Franks' dodgy arcade... the half arcade half porn video store I grew up and first played games in.
The game itself has the speed of sonic the hedgehog with the quick rewards of a good round at original Donkey Kong. I finished the first several stages so quick I instanly had the feeling that 'I still got it' creep apon me. Despite a decade or so absence from the world of platformers. This I feel speaks of the great and highly inteligent level layout. The early stages prepare you for the fire and blade covered hurdles to come, not only in the skill sense but also in the passion and drive to keep going, knowing that you have achieved each jump before and now all you have to do is link them together, is a real motivator.
Of course then comes the ball and chain... the hard parts, of which there are many. In these times you not only have to have your muscle memory on form but also your hand eye and memory of the ever expanding stage... when you complete one section and think that you can sail to the end, alot of the time... there are one or two more obstacles ahead.
Artistcly... Genius. I truelly feel that with a multiplayer feature and perhaps level creator, that THIS game would become perhaps the first game to truelly rival the likes of Angry Birds... although perhaps controller wise the game would be a lot harder on a phone. There remains few things in my gaming career that make me happier than flying through the air as a piece of meat... laughing at the meat grinders and lazer beams and gliding toward a nigh imposibble to reach finish line. Donkey Kong on Coke.
The challenge and beauty of being stumped and having to just turn the game off are in my opinion somthing which add to this game... it does not hand the hamburger to you on a plate, so to speak. Apon reaching the end of each stage you get to watch all your other attempts aswell as your successfull one in replay. The fails are all ghosts (I.E Gran Turismo) and the Successfull one is full with the original colour. The want to either air punch in happiness or flip the screen the bird after completing a difficult stage are definaley part of what makes this game CULT status.
I have to give THIS game 10 Once Were Warriors fried eggs out of 10!
Super Meat Boy... a bully that takes you back in time to bash you harder than when you stole coins to play Snow Bros... over and over again. Just as statisfying as beating up the bullys of your childhood.A Massive win for Indie games! multiple throwback playable characters availibe too! WHAT MORE DO YOU WAN'T?!?
F$%K YES! EPIC WIN... THE MEAT IS THE MAN:
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