If this was a platformer, I would be able to take a second or two to figure out what to do and where to go next, and if I fail then it’s on me. I get it, the levels in Super Meat Boy Forever are quick, but they’re frustrating as hell to complete especially as you’re constantly running through these buzz saws chasing after you, not trying to fall in a pit, as well as killing enemies without them ending you.
In a platformer, where you can control the movement, you are given a reprieve from the chaos. You can also speed Meat Boy up with his attack, which is something you are often required to do to complete certain parts of a level. Although there are ways to slow down Meat Boy (who is now settled in with a wife and kid after the events of the first game) by jumping and sliding slowly on walls or holding on to yellow bumpers, these are predetermined on certain levels and not guaranteed all the time. In an auto-runner, the pace of a level is constant. In my opinion, this fundamentally changes the game, because even though the bread-and-butter of Super Meat Boy is there (running, jumping, avoiding buzz saws, not getting killed, etc.), a gamer would still play an auto-runner and a platformer in a different type of way. One of the biggest, and possibly the most important, changes in this sequel is that it is now an auto-runner, whereas in the previous game you were able to control the slab of meat where you want to go and do.
This was one of the games that set the precedence of ridiculous hardcore platformers that circle around the videogame industry nowadays.Ĭue in almost a decade later, a sequel called Super Meat Boy Forever was released for the PC (via Epic Games) and Nintendo Switch systems last year while launching to the other consoles and Steam later this year. Some gamers even took it to another level where no-death runs were involved.
It was a flash game that was notorious for two things: the strict timing of jumps to avoid hazards and how fast you can complete a level. Speedrunners and platformer fans know all about Super Meat Boy.
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