However, there is no small amount of progression that comes from getting better at the game. Speaking of progression, most of that is made up of unlocking new skins for your character. It drives home your progression, and the upbeat nature of most of the songs makes it sound all the more triumphant. There is no sweeter feeling in the world than making it to a new level and hearing new tracks. Despite the world 1 music being potentially the weakest (compared to the original), as well as the one you will hear the most, the music is extremely good. The music in Spelunky 2 is thematic for every level, and completes the experience. It is for this reason that we highly recommend using a controller while playing Spelunky 2. Just like everything in Spelunky 2, the learning curve for properly moving your character is steep. This may seem unintuitive, and it is, but it also makes you watch your step even more when holding a valuable item, your pet cat, or a rock that might kill your friend. For instance, holding items near a ledge will cause you to automatically drop them. While you are delving into Spelunky 2’s many worlds, you will make mistakes that will leave you stunned. In terms of gameplay, the controls are responsive, tight, and easy to use, initially at least. And, Spelunky 2 is definitely not messing around when it comes to mechanics. In this way, Spelunky shows you that your decision making is only valid when supported by your mechanics. Did you throw a rock to destroy a bone block to save a few seconds and it bounced down and hit you, causing a chain reaction that eventually cost you your life? Well, you could have just whipped that bone block. Did you die to a giant spider in the jungle of world 2? Well, if you had gone to the volcano maybe that wouldn’t have happened. This constant back-and-forth decision making is what makes Spelunky 2 so addicting. It also has a smaller bottom hitbox, meaning that sometimes it will miss enemies in strange places.
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But, if you miss, you must go through the full whip animation before you can try again. Here, one can instantly pop bats and other enemies. A much harder strategy, but sometimes more effective, is using the back of the whip. The front of the whip is easier to hit with, but requires a small delay, and in Spelunky 2 milliseconds can make the difference. Let’s take a specific example of this in action: the whip. This decision making permeates every layer of this game. In this way, Spelunky 2 repeats the same decision making process over and over again: does one pick the easy path or the most profitable? That being said, it isn’t always the wisest idea to skip treasure. Coupled with the sometimes extremely generous appearances of bombs and rope, it is often easier just to skip straight to the exit than it is to go through the level. For example, most falls in world 1 can be avoided by correctly jumping or falling on the right block. Despite its ultra-hard, and sometimes, unfair perspective on platforming, Spelunky 2 features a wide variety of ways to ease the player into the experience.
As with the first game, the gameplay loop is both challenging and addicting. Spelunky 2 is, put quite simply, a gem among platformers. Platforms: PC, Playstation Store, Switch (Summer 2021)
However, Spelunky now has a sequel, and it easily bests the original, as well as many other roguelikes in the same genre. Spelunky has always been a unique roguelike, relying on its strange, often obscure mechanics to carry it in a market that is bloated with platformers. While all this is true, many roguelike developers have had one game in the back of their mind during the design process: Spelunky. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether or not a roguelike is truly randomly generated. Roguelikes have made a lot of progress in the past few years towards level design that can compete with other, more conventional, games.
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