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Oct 22, 201090Super Meat Boy taps into the exact kind of things I want from a video game - it's bold, challenging and, above all, rewarding. I can certainly understand how people might not be attracted to a game that takes a sadistic delight in coming up with inventive ways to frustrate players, but you'd be missing out if you let Super Meat Boy pass you by.
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Oct 21, 201090With Super Meat Boy's cornucopia of offerings and irresistible charm, you'd be hard-pressed not to get your money's worth out of this title.
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Oct 20, 201090So after this glowing review why isn't it a 10? Mainly because Super Meat Boy may turn off some players who aren't looking to be tested, even if I believe that the quality of the SMB earns it the right to be that difficult.
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Oct 20, 201090Super Meat Boy starts out as just another indie game that revels in driving you crazy, but you end up crazy in love.
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Oct 20, 201090Super Meat Boy is one of the best modern platformers.
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Oct 20, 201090Super Meat Boy is a fantastic addition to the XBLA library and one of the most addictive games I have played all year.
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Oct 20, 201090Super Meat Boy comes down to personal skill, which might be the only reason I didn't fling the controller through the window. In other words, if you fail, it's your fault. If the levels weren't well-designed, or if the controls were off even by the slightest bit, Super Meat Boy would be an entirely different experience. As it stands, it's one of the best platformers I've ever played.
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Oct 26, 201089If you can appreciate all the other elements that make up a great game like music, style, gameplay, etc. then there is no reason not to insist that you grab some points to pick up Super Meat Boy immediately.
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Jan 11, 201188An essential but highly addicting platformer, made for super hard-core gamers who want to push their abilities to the maximum.
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Dec 16, 201086You just need to have an open mind about what's fun, and odds are Super Meat Boy will have you liking it provided you have enough patience to let its design philosophy sink in.
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Oct 21, 201085If you can handle the difficulty and don't mind an exercise in frustration, this is one of the best platformers out there and an honorable ode to the glorious days of old-school. If you prefer a more easy going experience, you may want to pass on SMB and save yourself the rise in blood pressure.
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Oct 20, 201085It brings back fond memories of a genre that is going through a renaissance on the Xbox Live Arcade and indie scene with darlings such as Braid, 'Splosion Man, A Boy and His Blob, Limbo, LittleBigPlanet and many others. With that said, Super Meat Boy is among the best in the genre in recent memory.
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Oct 20, 201085While it may feel painful, grueling, and even outright sadistic at times, there's no denying the skill and craftsmanship that went into Super Meat Boy.
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Oct 20, 201084There's a lot of value packed in this little package. It will take you hours upon hours just to beat the light world, and likely dozens more to master the dark world.
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Oct 20, 201083At the end of the day, Super Meat boy does a fabulous job at what it's intended to do: pay homage to the classic NES platformers.
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Dec 16, 201080Addictive and annoying in equal spades, Super Meat Boy is one of the most vexing games of the year.
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Dec 16, 201080The majority of SMB is a finely executed tightrope act of death and rebirth, as funny as it is fun and as precise as it is inventive. [Christmas 2010, p.103]
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Oct 22, 201080Quotation forthcoming.
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Oct 22, 201080Indie gaming at its retro-loving best, with some of the most cunningly-designed and purposefully infuriating 2D gameplay of the year.
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Oct 20, 201080Super Meat Boy is a thank-you card addressed to great game design. It recognizes and embraces everything we've come to love about the indie scene, even going so far as to include it – Braid's Tim and Gish's Gish, for instance, show up as playable characters.
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Oct 24, 201075Even 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.