#Spelunky 2 secrets full

At first it seemed like there was more, but the more I play it. they just add to how annoying everything is.Īnd then yeah, the lack of variety.

After enough of this, I see now why something like Binding of Isaac only requires you to do a specific thing once to unlock a new area, and then that new area is just permanently available.Īnd the game just has so many elements like that, which arent any fun at all and in all honesty, dont REALLY add to the challenge.

I just go get the cape and then the process stops there, because screw it, I cant be bothered. EVERYTHING about the process of getting there irritates me. it's a good thing I'm not a completionist, because once was more than enough. The first game did this as well, all this cryptic restrictive nonsense, and it's just as irritating here. I spent enough time loathing it the first time around.Īlso, the secrets. I honestly havent even been there this time around and just outright refuse to do it. Even if the jungle DIDNT suck beyond comprehension, why in the numerous hells would I ever go there when I could just go to Volcana and get Vlad's Cape? WITHOUT having to do the stupid 'search for the door and use a bunch of bombs' to get into the Black Market? Hated that bit in the first game, hate it even more here. But it's not just that, these 'routes' are about as balanced as a drunken one-legged spider on a trampoline during an earthquake. I cant remember the last time I found such an irritating level in. Particularly when the things that returned are, frankly, terrible. The returning EVERYTHING makes the game feel like it has half of the content that it actually does. The whole game feels like its almost exclusively built to appeal to Speedrunners on Twitch and not really anyone else. You still have almost entirely the same tools compared to the first game, except some of the more useful stuff like the Jetpack has been heavily nerfed, so it feels its just a flat increase in difficult without giving the player many ways to keep pace with it. Everything else is kind of a brief gimmick that doesn't really effect the flow of the game (ie the clone ray) or an incredibly risky gimmick item that maybe some speedrunner who has the reaction times of housefly might find some use for but for everybody else its nearly guaranteed death (Fool's Crown, Telepack). What I'm really missing is that there aren't really that many new options in terms of the items the player can get, the only new things that really matter are the Hoverpack, Powerpack and maybe the crossbow/bow. Even the Sunken city is kind of just a modified version of the worm from the first game, though the way the water flows up is kind of cool. Apart from that though its generally the same stuff, but way denser and more dangerous. Mostly it just feels longer and far more difficult, I quite enjoy the new biomes like Volcana and the Tide Pool but in terms of overall mechanics? The big thing I feel is undeniably a step up from the original game that prompts me to play differently is the fluid mechanics, mostly as its concentrated in Volcana with the lava. I kind of agree, the game doesn't significantly reinvent the Spelunky experience in a way I was hoping, despite an almost 8 year wait it feels more like a big expansion along the lines of something like the Bad Seed DLC for Dead Cells or Afterbirth for The Binding of Isaac.

#Spelunky 2 secrets full

Spelunky 2 is supposed to be a full fledged sequel. I have zero interest in playing for 100 hours to finally start reaching fresh content in Spelunky 2, which may not even exist?Īnd for those confused about Spelunky Classic being the same as HD: HD was never meant to be a sequel to Classic, it was solely marketed as a HD remake of the exact same game. I've played all of this content a million times already, I was ready for something new and fresh.

The idea that enemies like the bats and spiders were 'so perfect that they shouldn't be replaced' falls apart when even the random jumping-zombie enemies are back. Even the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 'turn a present into an eggplant on an alter' is back. Seriously, *everything* is back? The Olmec fight had to come back, this time early in runs so you're fighting him every game? The exact same Udjat eye secret, with the chest/key, black market etc? All the same biomes, including the ice caves with the big daddy yeti, temple with anubis, etc. Everything from the enemies, the biomes, the bosses, even down to the secrets. ALL the content from Spelunky 1 has been recycled in this game. This is not a Spelunky sequel, this is a 1.5 upgrade. I know this is very controversial, if you like the game then good for you. Sadly I'm quite disappointed with Spelunky 2 (playing on ps4).