The tough as nails platformer where player takes control of an animated cube of meat trying to save his girlfriend from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux.
GenrePlatformers
Platforms xbox360
DEVELOPER Team Meat | PUBLISHER Codemasters | RELEASE DATE
Super Meat Boy Reviews xbox360
gamernode.com review
It may be too early to tell whether or not Super Meat Boy will be regarded as a 2D platforming classic, but it has all the makings of one. The game perfectly blends extreme difficulty with an immense feeling of reward and accomplishment. From a pure gameplay standpoint it controls wonderfully and each and every level has something new in store. Super Meat Boy may be a downloadable title but overall it’s one of the best games of the year.
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gamestyle.com review
Super Meat Boy is unlikely to touch the sales records of the powerhouse physical releases. However it may well find itself as a surprise entry to may game of the year lists. What it does, it does to absolute perfection. Super Meat Boy is a game made by sadists, for masochists.
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avclub.com review
Super Meat Boy is one of the best platformers ever made. Yet that statement underestimates the game’s achievement, which transcends mundane considerations of genre. McMillen and Refenes deserve consideration as this generation’s Shigeru Miyamoto, but not just because they’re clever at placing platforms and bottomless pits. They’ve recaptured the enthusiasm of those Super Mario Bros. days, where a sense of wonder stemmed from the pure excitement of seeing what the game would show us next. Super Meat Boy expresses a deep faith in the joy of gaming for its own sake, and for those who keep that faith, it’s an extraordinary triumph.
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gameblog.fr review
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oxm.co.uk review
Death is a split-second inconvenience, meaning you end up in an endless loop of trying and retrying stages, inching ever closer to mastering the timing and leaving blood on every surface that you’ve touched.
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giantbomb.com review
Super Meat Boy knows exactly what it wants to do, which is to baffle, entertain, and frustrate you, to fill you with joy and rage in equal measure. And by God it does all those things without apology. This game is most certainly not for everyone–if you can’t handle extremely hard games, you’re better off marveling at this spectacle from a distance–but those who can stomach the difficult and appreciate the bizarre will take every ounce of punishment Super Meat Boy dishes out and beg for more.
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1up.com review
Even after you finish the main quest, Super Meat Boy still has plenty to offer, no matter what kind of fan you are. If you liked the game’s challenge, each level has an even harder "dark world" variant to test your mettle. Likewise, if you enjoyed the game’s throwback feel, you can seek out hidden warp zones for some retro-style levels, complete with limited lives. Or maybe you’re just a fan of indie games — in which case you may be pleased to know you can unlock other famous faces to play as, including (but not limited to) Alien Hominid and Tim from Braid, each with their own abilities and playstyles.
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.teamxbox.com review
The game features over 300 total levels on launch, but the main game without any secret unlocks is set across 111 normal levels. These are broken into five chapters, with twenty levels each and a boss fight, and an end world where you finally confront Dr. Fetus after five exceedingly difficult normal levels. Each Chapter gets a level map that marks each stage and if you’ve beaten it or not.
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gamervision.com review
Super Meat Boy is without a doubt the new frontrunner for downloadable game of the year. From top to bottom, the game is a near-perfect experience. There’s a great deal of challenge, but it never feels unbeatable. There’s also no feeling quite like the euphoria you experience when you do finally complete a level that’s been giving you trouble for the better part of an hour. With a ton of replay value, new characters and levels to constantly unlock, and leaderboard times to try and beat, it’ll be a long time until I’m through with this game. It’s incredibly addictive and fun, and I can’t wait to be done writing this review so I can go play more.
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gamingexcellence.com review
There are a few sore spots to this game but these are ridiculously minor in the face of the positives. If you’ve been looking for a good platformer that actually holds up and lasts for more than a few hours then this is the game for you. Even after its price jumps up to 1200 points it’s still going to be an incredible steal with how much game you get for your money. If I haven’t been enough of a raging fanboy then let me say this – buy this game now or we will find your family.
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gamerlimit.com review
As an additional bonus for hardcore fans, each level has an alternate “dark†version, which is accessible at any time from the world map. You’ll find these levels much more challenging, and most require pinpoint pixel-precise movement that will challenge even the most hardened of gamers.
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gamespot.com review
Super Meat Boy is one of the most difficult games around, but it starts out innocently enough. You learn your basic moves in punishment-free levels to get accustomed to how your movement feels before the real trouble begins. The difficulty curve is incredibly smooth, giving you a taste of upcoming dangers early on but making sure you can pass these stages without much trouble.
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destructoid.com review
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consolemonster.com review
Super Meat Boy will easily now be a favourite of mine in the XBLA line-up and regardless of your gaming tastes demonstrates a slickness that other titles can only dream of. If precision perfect brick wall challenging platforming is your idea of a night well spent, or in simple N+ tickled your fancies, Super Meat Boy is sure to deliver and should be checked out right away.
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multiplayer.it review
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xboxaddict.com review
This is a finely tuned gaming experience that should be experienced by every modern gamer. Many will reminisce of simpler times, many will cry from shear frustration, many will recognize the natural progression of platform gaming but all who play, and I do mean all, will marvel at the pure entertainment value of Super Meat Boy.
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.incgamers.com review
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gametrailers.com review
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gamepro.com review
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metro.co.uk review
The only real flaw in the whole game is the tiresome boss battles, which inspire a frustration that is not as easily forgiven as in the rest of the game. Even without them though we’re not sure we could unequivocally recommend this game to anyone with high blood pressure or a generally short fuse. But if you want to play something that feels like more than just an interactive cut scene this is gaming at its rawest and most satisfying.
gamekult.com review
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gamerevolution.com review
Even though Super Meat Boy will make most casual players shy away from it due to its extreme, raw (pun intended) level of difficulty, there’s plenty of content to dig through and it’s all well worth the effort. For a fifteen dollar (1200 Microsoft Points) Xbox Live Arcade title, the amount of levels and bonus material make it one of the better dishes in Microsoft’s Game Feast, if you can stomach it.
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