Super Meat Boy Forever constantly pushes your skills, but your success always feels actively rewarding. The result is an eminently playable game, challenging but not frustrating, throwing obstacles at players and then giving them just enough time to breathe before challenging them again. And the game resets at a breakneck speed, letting you try, and die, over and over and over again. But Super Meat Boy Forever always has a handy checkpoint immediately (or almost immediately) before the obstacle you couldn’t beat.
Yes, you’ll die a lot along the way, getting thrashed by deviously placed saw blades and dangers you didn’t see coming. You’ll jump over saws, dive under enemies, and bounce off walls, but the game never feels designed to punish you or take cheap shots by piling on the obstacles. The levels are procedurally generated, though each one is algorithmically built with an eye toward creating a rhythm. Those streamlined mechanics work because of the game’s extremely smart level design, which provides an intense challenge reminiscent of the original Meat Boy, but tuned for the game’s new mode of play. The accessibility that would have been essential on a phone makes the console version of Super Meat Boy Forever incredibly easy to learn, and ultimately, pretty addictive. Everything comes down to timing and reflexes. There are only a few mechanics to master - jumping, sliding, dashing forward by throwing a punch in mid-air, and sliding down or jumping off walls. Hold the jump button down for too short or too long a time, and Meat Boy careens into a buzzsaw, or off a cliff.ĭespite the steep learning curve, the game itself is easy to pick up.
Super Meat Boy Forever is just as difficult, with the same sort of requirements. Super Meat Boy was known for being hard, requiring precise movements and timing in order to make it through its ridiculously lethal levels. Pushing down on the analog stick makes him slide. On the PlayStation 4, pressing X makes Meat Boy jump, and pressing it again makes him punch. Most notably, that the game only uses two buttons. Super Meat Boy Forever is incredibly easy to pick up, and ultimately, pretty addictive.įorever is technically not an endless runner every level has a clearly defined end goal and specific challenges along the way, but it borrows much of what defines the genre.
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