Getting Over - It Fitgirl Fixed

The irony of downloading a repack is that you cannot repack the suffering. FitGirl can compress the audio files and the textures, but she cannot compress the 14 hours you will spend trying to clear the "Bucket."

The Steam version tracks your achievements. It shows your friends how many times you fell. The FitGirl repack removes that social graph. When you play the repack, you are truly alone on the mountain. There are no leaderboards, no "Global Fall Count." It is just you, the hammer, and your own screaming ego. For purists, this is actually closer to Foddy’s vision. getting over it fitgirl

Because it is 400MB, people put it on USB sticks. Office workers play it during lunch breaks. College students install it on library computers. The repack turns Getting Over It from a Steam library decoration into a virus-like cultural artifact that spreads via hard drives. The irony of downloading a repack is that

The repack doesn’t give you a cheat menu. It doesn’t unlock the "Garden" area early. It just lowers the barrier to entry. It allows a player in a developing country with a 100KB/s connection to download a game about frustration. And then, just like the guy who paid $8 on Steam, they will throw their mouse across the room. Getting the FitGirl repack of Getting Over It is a performative act. You are saying, "I refuse to pay for the privilege of suffering, but I am willing to suffer nonetheless." The FitGirl repack removes that social graph