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maybe not yet but soon* silksong will join the club
*in a year or two
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Spelunky 2 | Review Thread
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Maybe this is too spoilery, but have you encountered anything that hints at secrets not related to the list of achievements? Just wondering if the endgame is all spelled out in the trophy list.
It is SO hard to pull off a good sequel to an amazing game, so the fact Derek Yu has seemed to hit the home run here is nothing short of amazing. I say that, he's an incredibly considerate and clever developer. I highly recommend watching the no clip documentary on YouTube that covers Spelunky's development, super interesting.
Derek Yu has said he'd like to see it come to Switch, but so far all Spelunky ports have been handled by Mossmouth and I imagine they've been super busy with QA on Spelunky 2
It's a very deliberate aspect of the games design so I doubt it's change
It's a weird omission when Switch has basically every other "indie darling", but the game hasn't released on a non-Sony console since Xbox 360. The Xbox One didn't get a dedicated port either. Couple that with the fact Spelunky 2 is console exclusive for now, and it might have something to do with that.
Derek Yu has said he'd like to see it come to Switch, but so far all Spelunky ports have been handled by Mossmouth and I imagine they've been super busy with QA on Spelunky 2
Fair enough. I just hated how you couldn't use your default attack if you were carrying anything.
Oh wow, that GIF takes me right back. Loved that game so much.My kids love it, but I can't say I ever quite warmed up to it.
All it makes me is want a remake of Rick Dangerous from the Amiga (which is probably just nostalgia talking).
There's no time limit in the original. You can avoid the ghost in perpetuity.
Interesting they changed the default movement to running, It's already an option in (most versions of?) Spelunky HD, but having it on from the start should stop people complaining the game is too slow like some did of the first game.
you mean all this time, all I had to do was avoid the ghost in perpetuity
I feel so silly for hurrying through levels now
I'm in the same boat. Every time I read about it I clearly haven't played enough to appreciate it but it just doesn't suck me in.My kids love it, but I can't say I ever quite warmed up to it.
All it makes me is want a remake of Rick Dangerous from the Amiga (which is probably just nostalgia talking).
If you didn't know, some people like to have the ghost hanging around for minutes because it turns all the gems it passes into diamonds.
I think so? The PC build I played didn't have achievements enabled, but after looking at those trophies I can say there's definitely stuff I've seen that's not referenced on the list. Also sort of wish I hadn't looked at the trophies, because they also name things that I haven't seen yet.
Oh man IDK if I can do that. The muscle memory to hold RB/R1 is so ingrained.
I've always have it switched to run since they added the option, never using the walk button probably gets me killed sometimes I guess. I think I normally crawl if I want to explore slowly actually.
It's still a reversible option in Spelunky 2 so don't worry if you really want to hold R1.
Oh boy. I hope that there's an option to change the run/walk situation back to how it was in the original, or I am going to have a veeeery tough time.
Even that damn theme song!
"Games. Video games. Video games. Video gaaaaames..."
Looks cool, but such a shame I despise rogue like games.... I HATE THEM SO MUCH. I would like to understand thehm though. The constant change of rooms is so frustanting that I can't have fun.
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Yeah but there are shortcuts you can unlock for future runs and unlike a lot of roguelite games the shortcuts in Spelunky are actually nice to have imo
You don't have any accrued items so things are harder. You have to earn the shortcuts by bringing a person certain items which can be challenging to complete.
Glad reviews are this good. Looks great and I can't wait. I was hoping to preload and noticed it's not even in the store yet.
In the first game you need to play from the beginning and through every level to get the real ending too. I assume its the same in the sequel (but who knows!).
Ars's review is held up by a lack of online testing in the pre-release period. Here's my thoughts for now while another critic hammers away at text, Twitter thread:
if you ain't tweetin:
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can't wait to see how it plays online, since many of the touched up systems seem to be with multi in mind. this feels more like an "open world" Spelunky without changing the core gameplay. PS4 pre-release version has some frame rate stutters, we hope those get fixed soon.
I tried doing this in Spelunky HD. Boy was it boring AF lol. What a horrible way to play the game.
For what it's worth, the last couple episodes of Waypoint Radio discussing Crusader Kings III has perfectly filled the hole left by Idle Thumbs. At least temporarily.
I only tested on Pro. Derek Yu was also gracious enough to provide us at Ars pre-release Steam keys (which is how I conducted tests on Parsec) before the PS4 version was ready for press. I've had zero issues running the Steam version at 4K. (No, that's not going into my RTX 3080 review this week.)
^ Thanks for the info. That's a bit disappointing as I plan on playing it on the Pro, but oh well.
I definitely listen to the Waypoint crew a bunch, and it's great that Patrick Klepek is back with Spelunking With Scoops, just need to get Remo back wondering the caves haha.