Earning herself a second win in a row, Dark Moor takes out the twenty-fourth round of Articles of Excellence with her review for Super Meat Boy. A game that can't be criticised for lack of difficulty, Dark Moor praises it for engrossing gameplay and a catchy soundtrack, scoring it a glowing 4.5/5.

There isn't much in the way of a story... Meat Boy's girlfriend, Bandage Girl, gets kidnapped by Dr Fetus, and Meat Boy has to rescue her. Nice. Grade A story right there, folks! It's told in cutscenes that occur when you enter a world, and before and after the boss level, but as you should expect, it's nothing deep or meaningful; just simple old school storytelling of "for me to know and you to find out". There are references towards other video games, most notably Super Mario Brothers (if you're not sure, it's in the title and the concept of the minus levels), which gives the story a bit of flavor, but overall, it's nothing overly special.

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