Especially when you think of what you could have been doing instead of running this masochistic hamster wheel of a video game. Playing run after run after run, only to find yourself at the same place you started, is potentially demoralizing. The lack of progression can be frustrating though, and honestly I can see why this game is not for everyone. Spelunky 2 takes the ridiculously polished foundation from the first game and blows it out with new content, mystifying secrets, and big-time cave mole jerks. This means you have to carry an object through something like 10 levels-completely through the Jungle and the Ice Caves-and make past 3-4 with it still in your grasp. In order to complete the final shortcut though, he’ll ask you to bring him the gold key from the Mines. In between areas, you’ll encounter the Tunnel Man, a helpful chap who can dig the shortcuts for you if you presented with some specific materials (bombs, ropes, etc.). However, even the process of unlocking the shortcuts can be a legitimate challenge. Also, being able to start from an area other than the goddamn Mines is a refreshing change of pace. There are three unlockable shortcuts-which will allow you to start runs from levels 2-1 (the Jungle), 3-1 (the Ice Caves), or 4-1 (the Temple)-and opening the paths can provide at least a small sense progression. You’ll have to contend with creatures like bats, snakes, hopping spiders, spinner spiders, giant spiders, cavemen, tiki men, piranha, blue frogs, fire frogs, giant frogs, monkeys, mantraps (carnivorous plants with a taste for human flesh), yetis, vampires, mummies, and more! Plus there are the traps: spike pits, arrow traps, tiki traps, powder boxes, rolling boulders, lava, crush traps, and more! Then the Temple is about as hard as the Jungle again, maybe a bit tricker.Īs you might expect, your spelunking will bring you face to face with a variety of threats, but living and not. But the Ice Caves feel fairly relaxed by comparison, maybe the easiest area to contend with. The Mines present a fairly serious challenge right off the bat, and then the Jungle is definitely even harder. While you might expect the game’s difficulty to increase steadily along the way, I wouldn’t say it does. (There are a couple hidden areas too, but don’t mind that.) You start off in the Mines, the second area is the Jungle, then the Ice Caves, and finally the Temple. Spelunky has four main worlds, each one comprised of four stages.
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