Super Meat Boy - Review

Super Meat Boy has been released for the XBLA recently and there's been almost no hype surrounding it. I mean, I wasn't surprised. It's an indie game made by two people. That's right. Two people. Team Meat. Yet they managed to develop the most well-rounded, addictive packages of all time. Super Meat Boy is the new platforming legend.

The story mimics Super Mario but the weird characters give it its own charm. Super Meat Boy is a cute block of meat that loves his girlfriend Bandage Girl. Dr. Fetus hates them though so he kidnaps Bandage Girl. I'm not even going to count the story for the overall score since it doesn't really develop throughout the game but it's there and serves its purpose.

Super Meat Boy replicates a NES game visually. What I loved most about it though is the design. The design is so smartly composed that whenever you die. Trust me you'll die alot. You will only blame yourself and never the game. Unless you're an ignorant, obnoxious fool that believes he or she is always perfect and won't admit their own flaws. That's another story though. The game provides colorful backgrounds and are never dull or uninspired. A small detail I loved was the trail of meaty splatter Meat Boy leaves behind when sprinting.

The sound of Super Meat Boy is seamless as well. Listen to the catchy main theme.

Once again it employs that retro feel and doesn't forget that it's supposed to be a splendid homage to all those hard games that frustrated us in the past on our NESs. Anything more would ruin it but anything less wouldn't achieve its state of perfection.

Super Meat Boy is a very simple game. Hold RT to sprint and press A to jump. Team Meat pulled off something alot of devs can't do. They made the game so accessible but so hard as well without it being detrimental to the enjoyability of the game. The design is smartly structured with later levels being a bitch but still; you will never blame the game. I don't know how they did it. I usually rage at games alot and snap them sometimes. And even though I raged at this game I knew it was my fault. The instant respawn of your character also doesn't interrupt the flow and that gratifying feel when you beat the level and look at all of your Meat Boys in the replay failing and seeing that only victorious one reaching to Bandage Girl is simply great.

You can also play as other characters from other games. For example: Commander Video from Bit.Trip. Each of them contain different playstyles so some levels are easier to complete with some of them. There's also boss fights in the game and are more platforming and memory tests than actual boss fights but still perpetuates awesomeness throughout the game.

Super Meat Boy is better than Sonic 4 and all Sonic games. I still prefer Sonic as a character but for me, a Sonic fanboy, to admit something is better than my beloved hedgehog is as rare as balanced COD games.

Everyone should get this. No excuses. Get it before the end of November as well since it's 800 points and enjoy the fuck out of it.