It's been over a decade since Super Meat Boy released and we finally have a sequel but does it offer a bloody good time? Let's find out.
- Super Meat Boy Forever is the sequel to the 2010 indie platformer Super Meat Boy. Unlike it's predecessor, Super Meat Boy Forever is an auto-runner game. The game is both developed and published by Team Meat. A teaser trailer titled 'A Voyeur for September' was released by Team Meat in 2014 showing grainy footage of a garden and house.
- Nugget is Meat Boy and Bandage Girl's infant daughter, who first appeared in Super Meat Boy: Forever, born a few years after the events of the first game and prior to the events of the the sequel. Nugget is the game’s “damsel-in-distress,” second to her mother, as seen in the opening cutscene, Nugget got kidnapped by Dr. Fetus after he attacked Meat Boy and Bandage Girl.
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I absolutely loved the original Super Meat Boy and remember how amazing it felt when I finally completed it. Since then, there have been many games that tried to copy its formula yet few managed to live up to its tight and challenging gameplay. So, you can imagine how excited I was to play Super Meat Boy Forever and now that I have, I'm happy and a bit disappointed with what it has to offer. First, it doesn't exactly follow the classic's gameplay because it's an endless runner. This means that you don't control Meat Boy left and right as he automatically runs forward yet he can change direction after leaping from a wall. I found this formula to be quite jarring at first but as I began to master stages, I started to enjoy my time with it much more although it doesn't quite reach the highs of the original.
Super Meat Boy Forever's gameplay basically involves tapping 2 buttons: one for jumping and punching and another for sliding and diving. Just like in the first game, the challenge relies on your ability to avoid hazards as you carefully time jumps but the difficulty here can be much more irritating than the original for the simple fact that Meat Boy is perpetually moving so you have less control over him. One of the most annoying ways to bite the dust is accidentally leaping off a wall only to have Meat Boy change direction then run to the left side of the screen which kills him instantly. Why can't I tap a button to turn him around? Why does the screen kill him? I don't know the answers but I do know that these sorts of game design decisions are archaic and needlessly frustrating.
Besides the unfortunate reliance on memorization as well as trial and error, Super Meat Boy Forever contains an impressive amount of variety that makes its campaign consistently feel fresh. Whether you're using keys to unlock gates, dodging a saw as it clears the way forward, punching your way out of an enemy, or fighting a grueling battle with a boss; there's a ton of fun to be had throughout the dozens of stages within Super Meat Boy Forever. Some of the mechanics are more enjoyable than others yet they all come together to form a cohesive and surprisingly intuitive gameplay formula. On top of that, the levels are actually jumbled up and laid out randomly. I wouldn't go as far to say that they're procedurally generated because they consist of premade segments that are merely sequenced differently but it's cool nonetheless as you can play through multiple times and have a slightly different experience each time.
One aspect about Super Meat Boy Forever that's awesome is that it includes 20 fully animated cutscenes that star Meat Boy, Bandage Girl, and their baby Nugget. These feature the familiar gross humour that fans have come to expect and they're pretty funny to watch, especially if you're familiar with the classic game cutscenes that are being parodied in some of them such as the opening of Super Mario RPG. There are 18 characters to play as, too, and you'll have to unlock most of them. Of course, if you really want to show off your skills then the Dark World returns which contains a much more challenging set of stages. Beating those is a task fit for a gaming guru.
Super Meat Boy is a genuine classic that has stood the test of time and contrary to its title, I don't think Forever will. It still offers challenging and rewarding gameplay but its core mechanics sometimes make for a patience-testing and tedious affair.
- + Challenging and enjoyable endless runner gameplay with some cool mechanics
- + Fantastic unlockable cutscenes
- + Loads of variety and replay value
- - Some aspects of gameplay aren't handled well and can be intensely frustrating
- - Although there's a lot of variety, the core gameplay gets tedious at times
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Super Meat Boy Forever takes place a few years after the events of Super Meat Boy. Meat Boy and Bandage Girl have been living a happy life free of Dr. Fetus for several years and they now have a wonderful little baby named Nugget. Nugget is joy personified and she is everything to Meat Boy and Bandage Girl. One day while our heroes were on a picnic, Dr. Fetus snuck up on them, beat Meat Boy and Bandage Girl unconscious with a shovel, and kidnapped Nugget! When our heroes came to and found that Nugget was missing, they knew who to go after. They cracked their knuckles and decided to never stop until they got Nugget back and taught Dr. Fetus a very important lesson. A lesson that can only be taught with punches and kicks.
The challenge of Super Meat Boy returns in Super Meat Boy Forever. Levels are brutal, death is inevitable, and players will get that sweet feeling of accomplishment after beating a level. Players will run, jump, punch and kick their way through familiar settings and totally new worlds.
What’s better than playing through Super Meat Boy Forever once? The answer is simple: Playing through Super Meat Boy Forever several times and having new levels to play each time. Levels are randomly generated and each time the game has completed the option to replay the game appears and generates a whole new experience by presenting different levels with their own unique secret locations. We’ve handcrafted literally thousands of levels for players to enjoy and conquer. You can replay Super Meat Boy Forever from start to finish several times before ever seeing a duplicate level. It is truly a remarkable feat of engineering and a monumental example of ignoring the limits of rational game design and production.
They don’t give Oscars to games, but they probably will after Super Meat Boy Forever becomes the best movie of 2020 and 2021! Our story takes Meat Boy and Bandage Girl through several worlds in search of their darling little Nugget with beautifully animated cutscenes and musical accompaniment that makes Citizen Kane look like a reaction video to a sled unboxing. Players will laugh, they will cry, and when all is said and done maybe they’ll emerge from the experience a little better than when they started. Ok so that last part probably won’t happen but marketing text is hard to write.
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