Its a very good platformer. No more, no less.
Super Meat Boy is part of the Newgrounds "flash game that became a massive commercial hit" collection. So it's essentially a browser game with extra development and polish. The story is a complete nothingburger, the music is meh, and annoyingly repetitive in later stages where you are doing attempt after attempt. But the fundamental gameplay mechanics and level design are both very good, going for a very hard, but very short level, with great controls, intentionally difficult but fair level design, and very fast resets. I'm happy for it to sit among my 2D platformers in company of games such as nSMB(s), Rayman Legends and DK Tropical Freeze, a testament to just how good this game is, for what it is.
I bought it for $2.15aud, it goes down to this price on steam pretty much ever major sale, so buy it then. Well worth at that price. Otherwise, it is not worth the full $21.5.
Super Meat Boy is part of the Newgrounds "flash game that became a massive commercial hit" collection. So it's essentially a browser game with extra development and polish. The story is a complete nothingburger, the music is meh, and annoyingly repetitive in later stages where you are doing attempt after attempt. But the fundamental gameplay mechanics and level design are both very good, going for a very hard, but very short level, with great controls, intentionally difficult but fair level design, and very fast resets. I'm happy for it to sit among my 2D platformers in company of games such as nSMB(s), Rayman Legends and DK Tropical Freeze, a testament to just how good this game is, for what it is.
I bought it for $2.15aud, it goes down to this price on steam pretty much ever major sale, so buy it then. Well worth at that price. Otherwise, it is not worth the full $21.5.