shadowgoten Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 EDIT: STEAM SALE TODAY ONLY, UNDER $4 GET IT NOW, NO REASON NOT TO. Where the eff is the SMB topic?? I just got this game yesterday and I'm in love with the game. What is super meat boy? It's platforming in its rawest form. You are meat boy, he runs and jumps. What are his powers? He runs really fast. There are a ton of unlockable characters, including the minecraft guy, gish, and the head crab (in the steam version), each with their own special abilities. This game oozes style, the music, the graphics, the old school parodies. It nails just about all of these things and more. Gameplay is a more evolved version of N the ninja, I feel this game handles a lot better though. There's TONS of levels, there's also a darkworld, and I believe a minus world. It's got tons of replayability, oh and replays are neat to watch on particularly hard levels, you'll see all of your tries in one single replay, which you can save for bragging with later. Who else is already on the SMB boat?? I feel like I've needed a good platformer like this, haven't had a good old school platformer in a long time, it requires twitch reflexes for some of the harder areas, and it's just overall a blast. It just came out yesterday on steam for 14.99. They also have the game released on XBLA, but I hear they don't have some of the special characters the pc version does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 FUCKING LOVE IT. Loved the flash prototype way back when and love SMB now. The PC launch was a bit shaky but it's been pretty great still so far. Think of XBLA as vanilla. Whereas PC is Super Duper Meat Boy, with an incoming level editor (January), new, exclusive characters (SPOILER), Tofu Boy (the PETA SMB parody (as of today)) and obviously, faster updates. I believe some characters in the XBLA version aren't in PC, like Tim from Braid and the Castle Crasher, but don't quote me on that. Direct2Drive version launches tomorrow with today's Steam patch, which fixed a few bugs. Currently SMB PC crashes on exit. Leaderboards can be a bit dodgy at times but it's still very very playable. Follow @supermeatboy for on-the-minute updates. Edit: 300 levels over 7 worlds, with a dark version for each world, including "warp zones" which put you into other games/consoles. There will be more levels through the level editor, as well as more chapters by Ed and Tommy, AS WELL AS worlds by indie creators (VVVVVV creator Terry Cavanaugh for instance). There is and will be chapters created around certain characters (there's a Gish one, for instance). This is the indie platformer to end all indie platformers. It's fucking fantastic and you should buy it now. Try out the prototype to see if you like twitch platforming: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/463241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 I just beat the light world, ended the game with 2680 deaths, and about 65% of the light world actually completed. I've A+'d all the levels up to the end, and I'm still at 35% full completion...I LOVE THIS GAME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USC Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 One of my vegetarian friends sent me the Tofu Boy knock-off. If the original has better controls with half the preachiness, I'll have to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 played the prototype in Andrew's post. I mean...it's alright? Not the greatest thang smokin but it is pretty creative. Reminds me more of Megaman X with more gravity than something like N really. I got to the second stage of the salt factory and quit. It's pretty fun. In truth, the main hook for me is the neat little meat trail you leave while you move. If it's on PSN, i might go ahead and DL it if it's cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 It's never coming to PSN. Also, what Andrew linked was the prototype, so I'm guessing the commercial release is an improvement over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 the commercial release is waaaaay improved. I'm almost done A+ing all the light world stages, I just have one more to go, and the stage is called "4 letter word", I used plenty of 4 letter words already... also there won't be a PSN version (blame stubborn sony), but there will be a wiiware one, I'm hoping mario or someone from nintendo makes their way in as a secret character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckboy Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Waiting to try this game for when they release the wiiware one. Since Nintendo specifically requested a version on wiiware, I wouldn't be surprised if they allow them to use all sorts of their characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apricity Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Waiting to try this game for when they release the wiiware one. Since Nintendo specifically requested a version on wiiware, I wouldn't be surprised if they allow them to use all sorts of their characters I'll wait until the wiiware release and if like your thinking there is extra charactrs i'll download. If not , i'll ge the steam verison.WOuld epxlain why this is being released last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Well no one has an excuse not to play this game now, steam has a sale on super meat boy for under $4 today only. GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ila Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I have an excuse: not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I mean it looks awesome, but just nothing i'd orgasm over. Definately nothing i'd spend $15 for. Minecraft was an exception -- that game is still impressive even though ive played myself out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I have an excuse: not interested. lol, still <3 you anyways scooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Got the game yesterday as a gift from an awesome person since Steam refused to accept my credit card for some reason. It's pretty awesome, just what I expected it to be. I am now looking over my scores and making sure most of them are better than SG's (Well, the future ones, not gonna backtrack yet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 GOOD LUCK, I've got a stranglehold on the friends scoreboard high scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ristar Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 I wouldn't mind trying it out... but I'm currently living off beans on toast and am altogether very very poor. Is there an XBLA demo? If so I might hop on it. Mr. 360 isn't set up at the moment as I've just hauled him home from uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1LT Worm Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 I have an excuse: not interested. Girls don't play vidya games....makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 You know Ri I'm not exactly sure, XBLA games are notorioius for having demos though, so most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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