TheExplodingHead
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Very true and unfortunate for the fans (especially Mac users), this game is far from finished on PC/Mac from a stability perspective.
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Very true and unfortunate for the fans (especially Mac users), this game is far from finished on PC/Mac from a stability perspective.
Eh, I think they may just be assholes.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Strange, Super Meat Boy pretty much instantly clicked for me. I play a fair amount of platform games though I guess. But yeah, the controls in Super Meat Boy are perfect and immaculate. They are easy to get and hard to master. They allow for a huge skill ceiling as well.
The game directly connected to a remote SQL database, huh? Man. That is wild.
There are a lot of funny things about that response.
There are a lot of funny things about that response.
I think the point is the guy didn't even have to hack anything. It was open to anyone.
Same here. The only Mario game where controls have clicked as much as Super Meat Boy for me is Super Mario World. I have a soft spot for momentum-less controls.
Super Mario Worlds mechanics are pretty similar to all the other Marios. The skid to stop timing is a bit shorter.
Check it out on my video here:
Also, momentum-less mechanics make the basic gameplay of the game less varied in terms of complex timing skills. When you don't have to plan ahead because of changes in momentum, you can essentially line up jumps and stop. But air and ground momentum generally requires forethought and adds complexity because the character moves in arcs. With Meat Boy some of the harder levels have to add lots of hazards, smarter enemies, or constricting hallways to build complex timing challenges. At the same time the more complex meat boy levels can easily be very linear. Nothing wrong with any of these things. But I'm just pointing out this is how it goes.
Conflict NZ
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So I just found out there is another level I didn't get to called the end. I've gotten to the escape part but at the start you have to make a jump to the left where you land on a hanging edge as shown in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6p-vYLK5Y8
The person in that jumps from the right and does a flat jump, but whenever I jump I arc quite high and with the angle of descent it makes it impossible for me to make the jump. How do I do a flat jump like in that video?
The person in that jumps from the right and does a flat jump, but whenever I jump I arc quite high and with the angle of descent it makes it impossible for me to make the jump. How do I do a flat jump like in that video?
I shouldn't have said momentum-less, but Super Meat Boy and Super Mario World both have similar physics, though Super Meat Boy has even less momentum. They are both able to jump in one direction and change that direction in mid air. I love how nimble they both are.
TheExplodingHead
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It's weird, if you've played the game a lot before you'll notice that Meat Boy has slight momentum on the ground when using the D-pad to quickly reverse direction, but not the stick. It happens when you're running for a long distance and try to rapidly switch direction using the D-pad, I'm not sure if it's a bug because it happens on the 360 too. So yeah, there's that. And in the air Meat Boy has far more usable momentum than Mario has ever had, one of the secrets to getting good is to control that air momentum.
Without closing...
or crashing
Less worst ... still INSANELY difficult .. but not impossible
I admit that i went into fetal position and cryed a little when i saw this video of a person (possibly a non human asian without a life) doing it without a single death with all bandages
Kazuma Kiryu
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cpp_is_king
Member
Sucks that he had to be cocky about it like that, on Twitter no less. Seeing that kind of stuff makes you lose respect for a person.
Chuckpebble
Member
Huh. Funny that I missed out on all of this. The levels I played from Super Meat World were pretty enjoyable. Thing is, I got a whole bunch of finished games for Christmas, so...
TheExplodingHead
Banned
As a security guy myself I find this whole thing both hilarious and deeply sad, that a "l33t coder" like Tommy could make such a rookie mistake...
Going from past history of Meat Boy patches I wouldn't expect it to be fixed in time for the Steam thing to finish. Anybody who still isn't convinced this was a shameless Xbox port plain and simple, go look at the leaderboards and notice how it says "gamertag" as opposed to "steam id"... It also wouldn't surprise me to learn that the info used to gain entry into Super Meat World in the .exe was the exact same thing used on the 360 version, just here this isn't a closed environment like XBLA, so it's a port in the worst kind of way if true.
Going from past history of Meat Boy patches I wouldn't expect it to be fixed in time for the Steam thing to finish. Anybody who still isn't convinced this was a shameless Xbox port plain and simple, go look at the leaderboards and notice how it says "gamertag" as opposed to "steam id"... It also wouldn't surprise me to learn that the info used to gain entry into Super Meat World in the .exe was the exact same thing used on the 360 version, just here this isn't a closed environment like XBLA, so it's a port in the worst kind of way if true.
Kazuma Kiryu
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If you can't even own up to a mistake like that you're not a man in my book. smh
People should always be prepared to admit they're wrong if they're claiming things, especially when they do it looking cocky as fuck
People should always be prepared to admit they're wrong if they're claiming things, especially when they do it looking cocky as fuck
They are actually trying to get around it? Seriously?
TheExplodingHead
Banned
So I decided to sit down and get the Golden Gift achievement...and it didn't unlock for me at all. Beat all the levels in order except for Socks which I completed last. Guess I'll be doing them again once everything gets fixed, but this is annoying.
cj_iwakura
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I reached 6-5 after blitzing through World 5. Oh god do I hurt.
That part near the end of 6-5 made me take a breather.
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Something like that, key on top then you have to go back down through a narrow spike tunnel. Not sure whether to drop and hope to land against the wall beneath the spike or jump down real careful like.
That part near the end of 6-5 made me take a breather.
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Something like that, key on top then you have to go back down through a narrow spike tunnel. Not sure whether to drop and hope to land against the wall beneath the spike or jump down real careful like.
TheExplodingHead
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There's a couple ways you could do it.
-You can get the key and do a tiny wall jump and sort of reverse into the opposite direction onto the opposite wall. It'll take a few tries but isn't very fast.
-You can get the key and go directly to the wall, then hold the opposite direction and quickly reverse back to almost hug the left saw and speed into the hole at the bottom.
-Or the "pro way" and just jump off the edge of the key area and fall straight down controlling your fall to miss the sawblades.
OR
You could totally bypass that area, by doing a tricky wall jump and ending up on the platform directly under that area. Very tricky to do first time though, expect to die over 500 times trying for it. But it's difficult to "explain" how it's done.
Here's a vid of somebody doing it to illustrate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ORYuje1sJY
added_time
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My wife bought me a Super Meat Boy coffee mug for my X-mas stocking. She is such a sweetheart!
I love it! It looks really good!
I love it! It looks really good!
cj_iwakura
Member
World 6 cleared. Oh god do I hurt.
I did this.
I did this.
added_time
Member
I just unlocked the kid on the xbox360 version of the game. I had no idea what I was in for. I found it by accident and haven't even beat the main game yet.
That was really, really difficult to beat. I wonder what percentage of people that own the game have done it? Man, that was hard.
That was really, really difficult to beat. I wonder what percentage of people that own the game have done it? Man, that was hard.
cpp_is_king
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Just got Captain Viridian(in game he's 'Capitan', not sure if purpose or typo).
But ugh, I have worlds 1-4 completely finished. World 5 Light side is almost done, just need to finish the first warpzone + bandages. Dark side is freaking destroying me though. Not sure if I'll be able to get Mr. Minecraft.
But ugh, I have worlds 1-4 completely finished. World 5 Light side is almost done, just need to finish the first warpzone + bandages. Dark side is freaking destroying me though. Not sure if I'll be able to get Mr. Minecraft.
TheExplodingHead
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^^^The warp zones and glitch levels also count toward that 106% total, so maybe that's the issue. If you already have those then yeah it's probably a glitch to do with the recent XBLA update.
Anybody else get really bad framerate issues with the newly added Teh Internets chapters?
Anybody else get really bad framerate issues with the newly added Teh Internets chapters?
Which person?
The guy who hacked thier database just because he could...
or
The guy that just said thanks but no thanks...
Hispanicguy
Member
Got 200/200 but still need 4 levels in Cotton Alley Dark World to beat...but my goal was to get all achievements so I will (most likely) never play this game again, lol.
TheExplodingHead
Banned
^A 105% completion is a completion not worth having!
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Just getting back into it, i stopped after i finished cotton alley last time and im just
finishing up for golden god.
A few rapture levels are kicking my ass, specifically the warp zones and the last few dark world levels.
finishing up for golden god.
A few rapture levels are kicking my ass, specifically the warp zones and the last few dark world levels.
TheExplodingHead
Banned
Just bumping this thread to highlight an extremely impressive compilation.
73L's 2nd Speedrun comp!
For the record he's the No. 1 player on Steam atm.
73L's 2nd Speedrun comp!
For the record he's the No. 1 player on Steam atm.
TheExplodingHead
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Pretty much shoot to do everything except 4 Dark Cotton Alley levels, and it should unlock. That includes all bandages, warp zones and glitch zones.
TheExplodingHead
Banned
So finally booted up my "retro PC" which is a Pentium D 3.2GHz/2GBDDR/HD4760 AGP (with a good ole' 4:3 monitor ), and realized I had a few old replays of Meat Boy on there. Weird to see how much I've improved since then, and found new strategies. So here they are, these are in no way my best or perfect runs, but their good strats all the same.
4-17x
4-18x The Kid (Note the awesome Steam message pop ups!) xD
5-11 4Bit
5-13
5-1
7-12x
7-3
7-6x
4-5x
Sorry for the crap quality sometimes, this particular rig is somewhat old and doesn't do great with FRAPS.
), and realized I had a few old replays of Meat Boy on there. Weird to see how much I've improved since then, and found new strategies. So here they are, these are in no way my best or perfect runs, but their good strats all the same.4-17x
4-18x The Kid (Note the awesome Steam message pop ups!) xD
5-11 4Bit
5-13
5-1
7-12x
7-3
7-6x
4-5x
Sorry for the crap quality sometimes, this particular rig is somewhat old and doesn't do great with FRAPS.
Anyone else having issues with the game freezing on startup? I googled and it appears it means the game is having issues connecting to the custom level server? The game freezes for about 60 seconds on startup before a SQL error message appears. I've made sure the game is allowed in Windows Firewall but it's still not working.