Spelunky 2

It starts getting way more fun when you get good enough to exit the mines unscathed.

a well coordinated teamplay game where you help eachother and make good progress but its very fun

one of the best rougelites ever.

also one of the harder games Ive played.

I can't put into words the unfettered love and seething hatred I feel for this game.
When I started playing Spelunky 2, I was so bad at it I couldn't get out of the first area and uninstalled the game, thinking it's not for me. But I saw people play it online and thought I'd give it another try. It took a long time and I understood what the game was about and improved bit by bit. And each improvement felt like drugs.
I'm writing this because when you start playing this game you feel like it's not for you or there's not a lot of fun to be had, but it grows on you once you give it some patience to learn the mechanics, and you realize how well made the game is. It is a PURE UNADULTERADED precision-platformer. This game sucks but it keeps you coming back for more. It's also great as a game to be played while listening to something in the background.
200 hours and a platinum later, I'm reinstalling it just to do 7-99.
Keep spelunking lads, and make sure to ALWAYS KILL YANG that bastard. All my homies hate Yang!

this game makes me want to take a mandoline to my taint.
Also its pretty fun.
Play at risk of your own sanity

A game that has near endless variety because of the way everything can interact with each other. Very difficult but highly rewarding and just plain fun at every moment.

This may be one of the greatest games ever created.

It's certainly not for everyone, but if you seek the challenge and are willing to learn about this gem, you may be rewarded greatly. You could also still lose every run to bad RNG, but that's a risk we are willing to take. The accomplishment gifted to those, who conquer the caves, is immense and truly worth the hours of suffering. I've acquired every achievement, but there are still some challenges, which seem far out of reach for me and I can't wait to face them.

Play this game. (It's also great with friends, but it may cause irreversible damage to your friendship)

Spelunky 2 est vraiment joli, mais par contre je trouve le jeu horriblement dur. Alors oui, vous pouvez vous moquer, je ne suis pas une gameuse trop hardcore tavu. Mais c'est tellement frustrant de devoir recommencer du tout début parce que on a trébuché sur une mouche et qu'on finit morte empalée 30 metres plus loin.

Cela étant dit, je pense que les gens qui recherchent du challenge aimeront ce jeu !

This game is unexpectedly difficult and will constantly punish you for basically anything you do. It is also extremely funny to play with a group of friends. Im pretty sure I never actually beat the game once but thats alright.

The only game where you can kill a half robot floating golden head, pull of a heist against a billionaire walrus and shoot a god in the eye with a glowing arrow to ascend to a higher plane of existence all within 30 minutes

any time i try to play online someone kills me and it makes me not want to learn how to play in the first place

good hard. In my top 10 favorite games

Out of all games i have played on this platform this will still remain in my top 3 favorite games of all time

i recommend it alot

voluntary torture best enjoyed with 1-3 friends. not for me personally but i see the appeal

Amazing game, but appears developer has abandoned it refusing to fix a long standing "syncing" glitch that requires the user to shift tab when moving between any stage during online play.

For me, Spelunky 2 was quite a revolutionary game. I had never really heard anything about the series, and for the first two years after its release, I had actually assumed it was some kind of farming colony sim that just happened to take place on the moon because of the cute animals in the trailer. Really though, this game completely changed the way I think and how I approach video games in general.

Spelunky'ing is a really goofy, but interesting premise. For one thing, many of this game's mechanics seem almost paradoxical by design. You have limited time in a level, but have to play very carefully by watching for traps, dealing with enemies, and looking for secrets to boost your success odds during an expedition. If you take too long, an invulnerable ghost will appear and turn you to smoke; yet, if you go too fast, you're probably going to get killed by an arrow trap, or conked by a totem pole, or melted by magma, or cursed to death by a shaman, or shot by an angry shopkeeper... You know, this game isn't very fair in all honesty.

Mechanically, this game makes total sense. Everything you do can be logical, everything that an enemy does can be understood and prepared for. Traps have specific and learnable triggers, and the player has their own tools for disabling, triggering, or straight up obliterating obstacles in your way. However, there must have been quite a surplus in the trap section at Lowe's because when you first begin playing this game, there seem to be more traps and enemies than can possibly be accounted for or dealt with in quick succession. Truth be told, this game challenges you... to die. A lot.

Spelunky 2 as a roguelite is about iterations of runs, playing again and again to refine your skill. Every time you die, that's one more lesson to pick up on and understand. As a player, you'll define your own protocols for maneuvering around every trap, approaching every level type, and defeating every kind of enemy. Your actions and inactions both determine whether you'll spend 20 hours in the first two worlds or going on to win the game and its multiple endings.

I've found that the entire experience made me reevaluate how I would react to challenges in video games, and it made me consider what it is I want to enjoy in video games. Every scenario is a puzzle, whether or not it is an FPS duel against a sniper player or a survival-exploration of an uncompromising world. Each setback is an opportunity to learn from your mistakes and iterate on a solution for next time. This philosophy is something I apply to my life almost everyday, and it's boosted my enjoyment of genres in which I used to become very frustrated with such as multiplayer FPS. For that, I thank Spelunky 2. Bless it for catapulting a flaming caveman into my jetpack run of a life.

I have 57 reviews as of now. For the first time the thumb up/thumb down rating system feels insufficient to me. Yes, Spelunky 2 is a good game. But somehow I have less fun with it than with the original Spelunky.

Why? I mean yeah, the surprise factor isn't there anymore.

But also, the soundtrack is worse. E.g. the track of the first location was way better in Spelunky 1. The track of the same location in Spelunky 2 would be more fitting to the jungle area.

The level design seems worse. Clearly the decision for Spelunky 2 was everything has to be stacked with enemies/traps from top to bottom. Making it more difficult, but that's not the problem. Problem is the feeling of exploration is gone. Here the game switched to purely performance-oriented approach, losing part of its atmosphere and almost making it a Mario game with different graphics.

I hate to cry about difficulty, but I think the basic run could be easier. The 6-x location is just insane and the basic final boss (Tiamat) is questionable as well. IMO the game should have kept insane difficulty for the alternative paths.

All-in-all, if you are new to Spelunky and you wonder which game to start with, I recommend Spelunky 1. Go right away for Spelunky 2 if maxed difficulty is the only thing you care about.

Definitely one of the best rogue-like games out there in my opinion, you can spend hours, (or minutes) playing this game depending on how the levels generate!
It's easy to learn but difficult to master, making progress challenging but extremely rewarding.

Highly Recommend !

after over 2000 hours of instant restarts, dying to looping arrows, throwing runs, and pure agony, i can finally say this game is one of the most underrated and best game i know

Best Game I've ever played. The only non-story game that has every had me hooked and wanting to keep playing constantly and get better at

Quite difficult, but extremely fun to play.

Spelunky 2 is in the top three roguelites I have ever played. Its difficulty may turn some people off of it but learning how to succeed and get faster was one of the best learning curves I have ever been faced with.

8.5/10

This is the true roguelike platformer, no upgrade system, unforgiving, with an amazing upgraded level design.

My only complain about the game is you really need to look up what you need to do to achieve all the endings otherwise its just crazy, unfortunately a lot of games are like that.

Idiotic default control scheme + impossible to use mouse buttons. Also seeing terrible game art style I consider it not worth the time adjusting to all the trouble that this game gives to player.

Hey Derek you fucking bum you said you'd make more updates 2 years ago Derek where are the updates Derek

The Eggplup is a passive beast that can only be found in the Eggplant World. They are said to be former hounds of Hell, now transmogrified along with the rest of Eggplant World's fauna and flora.

Harder than the first one, which was already exceptionally hard? Sure, Spelunky is awesome!

this game is so polished. always something to discover. Very fun addictive gameplay.

Literally one of my favorite games.

Infinite Reply Potential
Though its RNG, it rarely feels unfair, and when it is unfair, its funny as hell.
Fun yet surprisingly deep lore and environmental storytelling.
Movement and upgrades are fun
Love the characters so so much

I was a little apprehensive of the new art style when I first played the game, but It has grown on me quickly.

I've also never wanted to genocide moles before.

This game is so incredibly hard, be prepared to die a lot. But the sense of accomplishment is absolutely worth it.
200+ hours in and haven't beaten the "absolute ending" but it's great to see yourself slowly improve.

Good game. Alto is my main char since I got with him first to the Cosmic Ocean

Difficult past the point of being enjoyable. Play HD instead

Really excellent roguelike which offers a lot of improvements over the original.

My one complaint is the difficulty feels a bit overtuned. The original always felt challenging but doable to me, whereas this one has some challenges that are so astronomically difficult that I won't even consider trying them. But maybe that's what you're looking for in a roguelike?

Really fun if you want to put in the time to get good at it. It feels awesome after you figure out something new and can apply it to future runs.

Definitely a lot more content and more choices than in HD; you can choose what area you want to go next like Volcana or Jungle. But there are a lot more annoying mobs like lizards and ground moles. Cobras are rare unlike in HD. Also more NPC-s, strange quests and secret areas. But also more bullshit ways to die in a second without even knowing what tha hell just happened... More items, Shopkeepers are less psychopathic a bit and mybe more reasonable, but still vengeful and vicious. There's online mulltiplayer which can be chaotic and many more stuff that I am yet to discover! But it's very addictive and I play daily runs/challenges very often. Give it a try!

Spelunky 2 could easily feel like a rage game, but it actually becomes its most entertaining during the moments where your run fails. Every death is a mix of comedy gold and genuine shock and surprise.

The items feel really well balanced, the whole gameplay loop is very addictive. All round a genuinely great game that is very fun to figure out. Getting better at the game feels rewarding but you are never unstoppable.

I don't think I've ever witnessed a sequel both improve and unimprove on the first game at the same time. While they did fix some QoL issues from the first game such as the shopkeeper wanting to kill you for no fault of your own, they introduced several new QoL issues. For instance the packs are now deathtraps. Not just the jetpack, ALL the packs. All it takes is a tiny spark touching them and they blow up dealing 10 damage and destroying the pack, making them not worthwhile to have at all. Vlad's cape is far far FAR better than having a jetpack now. I agree that jetpacks were overpowered in the first game but making them explode was not a good solution, if the devs felt like they were OP, I think they should simply have made them more rare and expensive. In addition while I like the split path thing, going jungle route is unbalanced compared to lava route. Not only is Jungle more dangerous without certain items but they also have witch doctors which are overpowered and can potentially ruin your run instantly and on top of that you also have to pay to get your progression item (unless you're absolutely cracked and can kill all the shop keepers in black market). Lava route not only can give you your progression item for free but pays dividends on top of that in the form of Vlad's cape and extra money. As it stands I cannot recommend this sequel over the original. I love the art style and yes it's still fun but there's too many more unfair things introduced.

After many restarts due to taking damage in the first 30 seconds, aggravating shopkeepers, and dying to unforeseeable domino-like chains of events, I can confidently say that this game sucks lol have fun!

Great game for people who don't mind self-esteem issues in the dozens of hours before you start to get good
~50hrs here, ~200 elsewhere. Play spelunky 1 first, unless you're a "learn to swim by throwing yourself into the ocean" type of person

This game is incredible! It simultaneously the most frustrating and rewarding game of all time. You will get mad, but minutes later you will be overwhelmed with excitement after getting to a new area. This game has endless replayability, and if you like platformers, rouge-likes, or a challenge, then give this game a try.