Super Meat Boy 3D is one of those games that it’s hard to believe exists. The original Meat Boy was one of those quintessential “Newgrounds games” that was both an exceptional display of talent, while being the right amount of early-2000s edgy. To see it grow past its humble beginnings into something that got its own announcement at the Xbox Partner Showcase is truly inspiring.
Super Meat Boy 3D is an interesting experience since, while it exceeds its predecessors’ retro design, it also feels a bit held back by those same advancements. While it still retains the same kind of fun and challenge as its predecessors, it also feels strangely inferior to those games.
If you’re unfamiliar with the Super Meat Boy series, there’s not really much to tell. A little cube of sentient meat sets out to rescue his girlfriend, a sentient ball of Band-Aids, from the evil Dr. Fetus, who is a fetus in a jar piloting a mechanical suit. It’s a fairly empty plot that... Read more