I tried, I really tried, but this game just isn't good. I don't care that its an autorunner, but I do care about the difficulty that isn't difficult in a way that Super Meat Boy was, but instead only frustrating. Some levelpieces are so incredibly tight to get through, that if it wasn't for all the checkpoints, I would have quit way earlier.
I played through many hard games in my life, but this one is hard for all the wrong reasons.
Yes it is hard, but it isn't fun.
I had no problem, trying a hard level in Super Meat Boy for multiple hours, because it always felt like I missplayed and it was fun getting better.
In this game however, it always feels like the game wants you to already know everything there is to know about the game, which only happens if you die to each obstacle to understand how it works. But with enough patience, you'd eventually have memorized everything. But I don't want to play a puzzle, I want to play a platformer if I'm playing Super Meat Boy.

The worst part are the bosses. They just don't work. The first boss was easy, saw no problem in there and honestly every boss should have been somewhat like that, but they aren't.

The second boss is way too tight. It wants you to press down to fall faster, to be able to dodge its attacks. Fair, its an autorunner, what else are you gonna do? But it feels like you get a few frames to do so. It is unnecessarily hard, just a tiny bit more time, would make it feel much better.

The third boss was alright, fitting for a third boss imo.

The fourth boss feels like you're trying to fight a swarm of flies, but if they ever touch you anywhere, you're dead. But you have to touch them in order to progress the fight. Sometimes you hit the enemy and die soon after, just because you didn't hit the entire mob and one tiny piece kept running at you, even though you're in your attack. It took me way too long to beat it and it didn't feel satisfying at all.

The last boss i fought was the fifth (I don't know if there is more) and after half an hour, I still haven't figured out the puzzle on how it actually supposed to be done. I only ever get to the first time hitting him, but climbing up the wall to the second part seems to already be the hardest part of it. I don't know wether I'm supposed to be quick, save an extra item or I'm just running a wrong path. No idea. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. More times it didn't...
Up there I didn't even understand how to proceed at all. The game has two controls, what is there that I could possibly be doing? Seems like its once again something very tight... and feels like that boss should have checkpoints there.

So, I gave up. I didn't even get to see the Dark World. While I did do 100% in the original Super Meat Boy. What the hell man....

I tried, I really tried, but this game just isn't good. I don't care that its an autorunner, but I do care about the difficulty that isn't difficult in a way that Super Meat Boy was, but instead only frustrating. Some levelpieces are so incredibly tight to get through, that if it wasn't for all the checkpoints, I would have quit way earlier. I played through many hard games in my life, but this one is hard for all the wrong reasons. Yes it is hard, but it isn't fun. I had no problem, trying a hard level in Super Meat Boy for multiple hours, because it always felt like I missplayed and it was fun getting better. In this game however, it always feels like the game wants you to already know everything there is to know about the game, which only happens if you die to each obstacle to understand how it works. But with enough patience, you'd eventually have memorized everything. But I don't want to play a puzzle, I want to play a platformer if I'm playing Super Meat Boy. The worst part are the bosses. They just don't work. The first boss was easy, saw no problem in there and honestly every boss should have been somewhat like that, but they aren't. The second boss is way too tight. It wants you to press down to fall faster, to be able to dodge its attacks. Fair, its an autorunner, what else are you gonna do? But it feels like you get a few frames to do so. It is unnecessarily hard, just a tiny bit more time, would make it feel much better. The third boss was alright, fitting for a third boss imo. The fourth boss feels like you're trying to fight a swarm of flies, but if they ever touch you anywhere, you're dead. But you have to touch them in order to progress the fight. Sometimes you hit the enemy and die soon after, just because you didn't hit the entire mob and one tiny piece kept running at you, even though you're in your attack. It took me way too long to beat it and it didn't feel satisfying at all. The last boss i fought was the fifth (I don't know if there is more) and after half an hour, I still haven't figured out the puzzle on how it actually supposed to be done. I only ever get to the first time hitting him, but climbing up the wall to the second part seems to already be the hardest part of it. I don't know wether I'm supposed to be quick, save an extra item or I'm just running a wrong path. No idea. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. More times it didn't... Up there I didn't even understand how to proceed at all. The game has two controls, what is there that I could possibly be doing? Seems like its once again something very tight... and feels like that boss should have checkpoints there. So, I gave up. I didn't even get to see the Dark World. While I did do 100% in the original Super Meat Boy. What the hell man....