Super Meat Boy is a platform game developed by Team Meat and is the successor to Edmund McMillen's and Jonathan McEntee's flash game, Meat Boy, originally released on Newgrounds in October 2008. It was released on Xbox Live Arcade.
Super Meat Boy was the winner of the Pax 10 at Penny Arcade Expo 2010 and was awarded Game of the Show by Destructoid. It also received a nomination for Game of the Show from Machinima. The game also received nominations for Grand Prize and Excellence in Audio in the 2010 Independent Games Festival. It won the award for Most Challenging Game in IGN's Best of 2010 awards and also received nominations for Best Soundtrack, Best Retro Design.
The game currently has an aggregate score of 90 on Metacritic based off of 38 critic reviews and 91.10% on GameRankings based on 29 reviews, indicating universal acclaim. IGN gave the game a 9.0 score and an Editor's Choice award, praising its perfect controls and inventive challenges. 1UP.com gave the game an A rank. GamesRadar gave the game 9/10, saying "while it’s always tough and demanding, it never feels cheap, or like the game is cheating you." Gamespot gave the game 9.5, praising precise control, excellent level design, and a smooth difficulty curve. Joystiq gave the game a score of 4.5/5, with the reviewer calling it "one of the best platformers I've ever played." Eurogamer gave the game 9/10, saying "Super Meat Boy starts out as just another indie game that revels in driving you crazy, but you end up crazy in love." Destructoid gave the game 9.5/10, calling it "the world's newest 2D platforming legend." MTV Multiplayer reviewer Russ Frushtick said the game is "easily one of the best games on Xbox Live Arcade and should be considered one of the finest 2D platformers ever made." Official Xbox Magazine gave the game 10/10 calling it "the best tenner you'll ever spend". G4's X-Play gave the game a 5/5, saying it has "one of the best dollar-to-fun ratios around". PC Gamer gave the game 90%, calling it "a delightfully challenging platformer." (in Wikipedia)
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