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Wall-jump controls make Sonic's MUCH better! I mean you don't stick on there you just slide down instantly!

haha yes i did it!!!! finally!!!!!!! awesome game also watched the doc ur in that was awesome too. You and ur buddies make awesome games :)

When the old school meets the new school exactly as it should, we get Meat Boy and it's "Super" counterpart. Both games show that indie games are getting lots of traction because they favor quality over quantity, as opposed to the increasing redundancy of a lot of mainstream games.

Speaking of the mainstream, graphics only need to be well-designed and engineered to look good. Short, sweet and right on point, the graphic design of characters and stage designs are nicely detailed and SMOOTH, though the rather plain interfaces look out of place in relation. The latter's only a tiny nitpick, and the rest kind of look like something that would be on an NES if it were powered with today's tech.

The splotches of blood strangely, legally, do earn this game an "M" rating by this site's standards. So do the gory beginnings and ends that the character meets, whether in a salt pit or a vicious buzzsaw that sends bits of bones and flesh flying. No, I don't tolerate explicit blood and gore, but this game doesn't have it in excesses, plus the blood and gore is not so explicit that it's morally offensive. Also, SMB is rated "T".

And the sound? There's a range of amusingly retro to techno rock, both with great bass lines. Also, the subtle squishing noises heard from the character landing on a platform, sliding on a wall, alkaline salt that tears through, or any one of the blades are done well. It's a pity, though, that the sounds are a tad too soft to hear, since they were difficult to notice over the much louder music that can't be adjusted since that option doesn't exist here.

The gameplay, oh man.. This is where Meat Boy (really) shines. It's as runny and squishy as a chunk of meat would be and should be. It's keenly responsive to the slightest command, favors a steady progress in difficulty while testing your skills, and as smooth as butta'.

Keep in kind that testing your skills will mean that your character might die. A lot. Especially when the stages start getting much tougher, especially at the start of Chapter 2.

That's where the salt pits and columns are tightly packed, ready to melt you down to the bone if the platforms don't crumble first, or if your timing's off in dodging the cannons in any Chapter. When a player does survive these stages and take them in steady strides, he/she will come out much more skilled than before so that nobody can say that later stages are unjustifiably hard.

What's a really nice touch is that only 3/5 stages need completing to unlock the next set of levels. This works especially when the game is too tough for a gamer's liking, or if they're pressed for time, or have a quirky kind of moderation.

That way there will still be another layer of replay value, considering the level of challenge and large number of levels. In short, you'll thank the game for it's challenge and high-quality platforming.

RAGEQUIT!!!. Always included in meat boy/super meat boy. Love the prototype, love the game 5/5

Great game I am on the salt factory and its so HARD I CANT BEAT IT D: