There’s generally one set path to take to make it through a stage, but sometimes you’ll need to follow paths to switches or bounce backwards and forwards down a corridor to slowly break down a wall.

There is a lot of verticality thanks to Meat Boy’s trademark wall jumping, and you can even change direction by bouncing off a hard surface. Unlike a lot of auto-runners, stages aren’t straight lines to the goal. If you’re flying through the air too fast, a quick hold of the duck button will send you plummeting back to the safety of the ground. Ducking isn’t just handy for dodging saw blades. Jumping is fairly self-explanatory, and when in midair dashing can give you some extra momentum as well as smashing walls and enemies. There are only two buttons you need to worry about as you hunt down Dr Fetus, the jump/dash button and the duck button. Meat Boy runs automatically, so your job is to jump, duck, and dash your way around obstacles. The main difference between Super Meat Boy Forever and its predecessor is the fact that you no longer control your movement. An unsuspecting Nugget is the perfect target for his villainous plans, and one kidnapping later you’re flung into an auto-running rescue mission. The dastardly unborn medical practitioner is back, and is hellbent on revenge. The birth of their adorable new baby Nugget is keeping them busy, but this idyllic family life wasn’t made to last. Since thwarting the evil Dr Fetus, Meat Boy and Bandage Girl have had an eventful few years. Now ten years later, our meaty hero is back in an all-new adventure with Super Meat Boy Forever. With exceptional controls and often evil level design, Super Meat Boy was featured on plenty of GOTY lists and loved by thousands upon thousands. Team Meat released Super Meat Boy in October of that year and changed 2D platforming forever.

Titles like Braid and Castle Crashers had stormed into gamers’ hearts thanks to the Xbox Summer of Arcade, and games made by a handful of developers were getting more attention than ever. Back in 2010, indie gaming was really starting to take off.

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