To be honest, I expected Super Meat Boy Forever to be little more than an attempt to cash in on its predecessor’s success, simply offering more of what made the original so popular in the first place. Not just a RetreadĪlthough I had never played the original Super Meat Boy before, I decided to try it out while reviewing its sequel, for the sake of comparison. As you might have guessed, this also means that you can choose which of the pair to play right from the start of the game.ĭr. As any reasonable parents would do, Meat Boy and Bandage Girl immediately give chase. Fetus (who has developed quite a penchant for flipping everybody the bird) returns to mess up everyone’s day: while the Meat family is having a picnic, the evil baby swoops in to kidnap Nugget. Fetus.Īfter the successful rescue, Meat Boy and Bandage Girl have become parents to an adorable little flesh sack called Nugget. In the first game, you played as Meat Boy as he sought to rescue his love, Bandage Girl, from the evil Dr. Super Meat Boy Forever manages to offer a more complex story than the first game, while still retaining the tongue-in-cheek, surreal, and downright absurd premise of the original. Super Meat Boy Forever builds on the classic formula of precision platforming, high difficulty, and absurd humor of the original, while also taking the franchise in interesting new directions mechanically.(Get Super Meat Boy Forever for $15.99 here -Use code VERYALI at checkout-) The Plot Thickens Super Meat Boy Forever is the direct sequel to the 2010 indie breakout hit, Super Meat Boy, developed by Edmund McMillen (who also worked on other indie classics, The Binding of Isaac and its remake, and The End Is Nigh) and Tommy Refenes, known collectively as Team Meat.
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