{"id":1534,"date":"2015-10-08T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T07:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/?page_id=1534"},"modified":"2015-10-08T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T09:58:01","slug":"super-meat-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/chaotic-tortoise\/tortoise-game-database\/super-meat-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Meat Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"Super Meat Boy is a 2D platformer known for being incredibly challenging. It is reminsent of classic 2D platformers from the 8-bit and 16-bit console era and is notable for being a game full of personal touches and general artistic flair from its creators.<\/span><\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>\u00a02D Platformer<\/p>\n

Developer:\u00a0<\/strong>Team Meat<\/p>\n

Platforms:\u00a0<\/strong>PC<\/a>\"\", Mac, Xbox 360, Playstation 4, PS Vita<\/p>\n

Good for: <\/strong>Someone looking for an easily digestible yet challenging reaction-based experience<\/p>\n

Less good for:\u00a0<\/strong>Anyone\u00a0who gets frustrated easily and\u00a0anyone put off by ‘random’ humour<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/b><\/h3>\n

One of notable successful indie games, Super Meat Boy has won critical acclaim at pretty much every major gaming media outlet. Its challenging nature is offset by its tight controls and forgiving design decisions in terms of unlimited attempts and the ability to start again quickly. Technical prowess aside, the game is very obviously a product of its creators and the nature of this indie project meant that there was no \u201cpublisher censorship\u201d to hold them back from creating exactly what they wanted to.<\/span><\/p>\n

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