I loved Spelunky on my Vita but the console has just been pretty much replaced by my Switch now.
I'd kill (ok, not kill. Maim? Punch? Gently prod?) for a Switch port or for the sequel. Alternatively I want the PS4 or Xbox One to be able to 'pause' more than on active game at a time. Quitting a frozen game just to play the daily is a pain.
I feel like Derek Yu/Mossmouth are smart enough to read the room and we'll have Spelunky 2 on Switch someday. But I don't think I'm willing to wait for that day, so double dipping it is.
hey spelunky 2 is out tomorrow. im pretty excited about it! i never got good at the first one, but i did play it quite a bit way back whenever it came out.
I've played about four hours(!) so far. Non-spoilery thoughts:
While the default movement being run makes sense, my muscle memory forbade it, so I flipped back to classic movement and controls
The game still looks brilliant, with more detail on all of the enemies and items
Spoilers for new items and enemies:
There are enemies which do more than just take health now - there are scorpions which poison you and do damage over time, which can be removed by getting a pet to the end of a level, and a witch doctor who curses you - I think it reduces your health to 1 and stops pets being able to heal you
Speaking of which, the damsel and dudesel have been replaced by a cat and a hamster
There are mounts, which appeared in the trailer, and they can double jump and attack for you. Also if a turkey gets hit by a fire attack then it gets turned into a health item. The axolotl is adorable and traps enemies in bubbles
Tribespeople can now have shields
There's a wearable teleporter which has killed me in classic "teleport into a wall" fashion, and bow weapons. The arrows form platforms you can use to get to inaccessible ledges, but then you have to find another arrow
There's a backpack which upgrades your whip to a flame whip
Gambling shops now have throwable dice. Do not throw the dice out of the shop
The Eye of Thingy is still in the game, but I haven't unlocked the path that uses it yet as I've been using shortcuts to see as much of the new stuff as possible
Spoilers for progress:
So far I've got down past Olmec (who appears after the second area now and doesn't spawn monsters so is easier to take out slowly) and into the Chinese-inspired temple / Central American temple. Those are two separate areas - so far, it's gone Caverns, Jungle / Volcano, China / Central America. It looks like to unlock the shortcuts you need to bring items from each area; for example, to unlock China, I had to bring forward a mount from the Volcano and a weapon from the Jungle. It would be possible to stick to one path and still get those items, but some items are easier to find in different areas.
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I want to click those spoilers so badly!
Must. Remain. Strong!
I can feel the Spelunky Fever coming on, hard. The PC port needs to get here ASAP.
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I have to wait until my wife comes home before Iβm allowed to play. The original Spelunky HD was damn near a perfect game. I played it so much I was in the top 100 average scorers IIRC.
Excited to dig in.
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I have to wait until my wife comes home before Iβm allowed to play. The original Spelunky HD was damn near a perfect game. I played it so much I was in the top 100 average scorers IIRC.
Excited to dig in.
Yeah, my wife loves watching me play Spelunky so our evening is going to revolve around eating pizza and playing.
Probably our next several evenings, if I'm being honest.
My wife will often spring it on me during the evening. βWill you Spelunk for me?β And Iβll happily oblige her. She always gets cutely nervous when Iβm ghosting gems and itβs a risky maneuver.
Itβs going to be so weird not knowing everything about this one.
While I don't want any spoilers for items and enemies and stuff I'd love it if someone could explain how online coop works. Feel free to put it behind spoilers.
The date spread on this page is insane. This game has been a big part of my life for many years now.
Yeah, I've moved to a different state three times since this thread was created!
I've gone ahead and spoiled myself on some of the stuff in this game by watching Giant Bomb's and Patrick Klepek's videos, but I haven't seen anything past the first 4 stages yet.
My experience thus far has definitely jibed with my remembered Spelunky 1 experiences... Ie I'm just getting shredded over and over and over. Fun though.
-I had to program the control scheme to what it was in Spelunky, I have something ridiculous like 5000 hours in the original and asking me to learn a new control scheme is hahahahaha no not happening
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That was an amazing feeling
Oh my goodness, there's a lot going on there.
But I'm happy to see almost PixelJunk Shooter levels of fluid dynamics in this one. Very cool.
I'd be extremely surprised if it didn't get a PC release.
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I'd kill (ok, not kill. Maim? Punch? Gently prod?) for a Switch port or for the sequel. Alternatively I want the PS4 or Xbox One to be able to 'pause' more than on active game at a time. Quitting a frozen game just to play the daily is a pain.
Basically I'm tremendously lazy.
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It's awful that the embargo went up today
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Spoilers it's more spelunky
Spoilers for new items and enemies:
Spoilers for progress:
Must. Remain. Strong!
I can feel the Spelunky Fever coming on, hard. The PC port needs to get here ASAP.
It's live on PS4, y'all.
When I last left it, most were up to around 3%
I liked seeing Super Rare next to a load of them...
Excited to dig in.
Yeah, my wife loves watching me play Spelunky so our evening is going to revolve around eating pizza and playing.
Probably our next several evenings, if I'm being honest.
Itβs going to be so weird not knowing everything about this one.
Because Spelunky is one of those games that gets better the more you play it.
Yeah, I've moved to a different state three times since this thread was created!
I've gone ahead and spoiled myself on some of the stuff in this game by watching Giant Bomb's and Patrick Klepek's videos, but I haven't seen anything past the first 4 stages yet.
Notes:
-the moles can lick my genitals
-I had to program the control scheme to what it was in Spelunky, I have something ridiculous like 5000 hours in the original and asking me to learn a new control scheme is hahahahaha no not happening
-I miss the robbing shopkeeper whip trick
Yep - there's a system update that you need to install first
At least, that was the issue that I had, and it fixed it
That's, like, a fifth of my time since buying the game, and I went out last night