I’m the pleased with proprietor of an fulfillment for the Xbox 360 unencumber of Tremendous Meat Boy the place the purpose is to finish a complete bankruptcy with out death. It’s one thing that I convey up every time imaginable, as a testomony to my talent and dedication to mastering one of the irritating (and gratifying) fashionable platformers of a era.
So when the chance to hop right into a demo of Tremendous Meat Boy 3-d arose at this 12 months’s gamescom, I needed to do it. Would this be an excellent go back to shape for me, or a devastating fall from grace? Does this completely absurd, high-speed, high-stakes recreation paintings as smartly in a 3-dimensional environment?
The demo would have me imagine that the solution is a powerful sure. Meat Boy’s plight is acquainted – he’s on a venture to save lots of Bandage Lady from the clutches of Dr Fetus, and each and every degree provides a slight uptick in problem as Meat Boy’s female friend is swept away each and every time.
Taking keep an eye on of Meat Boy once more, even in his new, squidgy, 3-d shape, ignited the muscle reminiscence of driving a motorbike – he strikes in an overly an identical approach to the unique recreation and inside of a couple of ranges I used to be hopping, sprinting, wall-running and naturally, perishing like a professional. If those controls are lodged deep inside of part of your thoughts, it’s going to really feel splendidly nostalgic, however don’t worry in the event that they’re now not – the whole lot nonetheless feels intuitive and responsive, any other trick the unique pulled off.
On the other hand, not like the unique, the 3-d part provides new layers of intensity to each and every degree – in addition to transferring up, down, left and proper, Meat Boy now strikes forwards, backwards, diagonally – having to believe intensity belief at warp velocity virtually makes Tremendous Meat Boy 3-d really feel like a completely other recreation. Precision is completely key in those moments, however there’s a forgiving part – a circle beneath Meat Boy will mark the place he’s about to land on a floor, making the ones further dangerous leaps slightly more uncomplicated to calculate.
Each and every degree is a drawback path, and your function is to get from the begin to the top. Easy in idea, however there’s a brutal buffet of disruptive, violent obstacles between you and your misplaced female friend. It’s now not simply difficult jumps and averting falls – simply the outlet ranges had me dodging chainsaw-wielding robots, massive, poisonous cubes of slime stuffed with eyeballs, and Meat Boy’s well-known transferring wall saws, to call a couple of. Whilst some hurdles felt visual sufficient to arrange for, others took me through general, anxious marvel (and killed me straight away). Getting your butt kicked and finding out for subsequent time is what made Tremendous Meat Boy so rewarding to triumph over – and that masterclass is introduced again so that you can retake right here.
And whilst a few of that is new, it wouldn’t remotely really feel misplaced if it have been squashed down into 2D shape and positioned throughout the authentic recreation, which looks like a testomony to how developer Sluggerfly is protecting the authenticity of Tremendous Meat Boy.
Tremendous Meat Boy 3-d additionally appears nice, those environment – from dreamy inexperienced platforms to harsh commercial caverns – really feel acquainted in how they’re designed, however with a trendy, fashionable aptitude. This new artwork taste offers alternative for amusing new animation that in reality brings the characters and environments to existence – squirrels operating round with weapons, lava spewing down partitions, and naturally, many extra visceral tactics wherein Meat Boy can meet a swift finish.
The entire swagger and angle of the unique Tremendous Meat Boy is provide right here – and it feels as despite the fact that Tremendous Meat Boy 3-d is constructed to iterate on its predecessor, now not outperform it. That stated, if you happen to’ve by no means performed the unique, that doesn’t topic right here – the idea is apparent, and those opening ranges are designed to welcome rookies into Meat Boy’s bizarre, unforgiving international, however the initiation received’t be simple. The demo is respectfully announcing “welcome again to Meat Boy”, however there’s sufficient new concepts right here to make it actually really feel like a successor price taking part in, if you’ll care for the disappointment.
