But happily ever after is given yet another bloody poke when the dastardly Dr. This game’s narrative continues with Meat Boy and Bandage Girl settling down and starting a family in the form of a little cube of joy called Nugget. Fetus, an evil baby fetus floating in a robotic jar. In previous Meat Boy games, the main hero was always a cartoony little cube of skinless and bloody meat racing to save his girlfriend, Bandage Girl, who’s threatened by Dr. (Which, of course, happens over and over until you figure out the platforming patterns through trial and error.)Īnd that brings us to the new Super Meat Boy Forever. This game’s platform challenges are filled with buzz saw obstacles and razor-sharp multilevel traps that literally obliterate the hero into a glob of bloody goo each time you fail to successfully navigate these nail-biting courses. That said, the obstacles players encounter here aren’t exactly the kid-friendly variety. The, uh, meaty focus of this series is to offer gamers a tough-as-nails platformer that will sharpen their hand-eye coordination skills.
And if you’ve never played one of the earlier versions you may be wondering what this “Meat Boy” thing is all about. There’s a new Super Meat Boy game dribbling its juices on PC and major gaming consoles.