SPELUNKY 2 SERIES

Or imagine how dumb I felt when I jumped on a robot and sent it malfunctioning into a box of explosives, which opened up a wall and sent a wave of lava straight into me.Īfter playing for hours and realizing how terrible I was at Spelunky 2, I couldn't deny that I was having fun with it. For example, imagine how stupid I felt when I threw up a rope to try and climb to a nearby treasure, only to not realize until it was too late that the lava was burning the rope to a crisp, leaving me to fall into the fiery drink. And more often than not, you'll know not to get near the hazardous liquids, but you'll somehow end up engulfed in them anyway. Death by liquid, however, is a whole new kettle of fish, where I could get washed away by a flood or melted by lava. I got chewed up by a mole, bitten by a cobra, impaled by spikes, and the list goes on and on. I got skewered by a spear trap, I got punched out by a bear trap, then later I grabbed an idol and got flattened by falling pillar. Sure, I died in some of the standard ways. And it does all of that in more ways than the first Spelunky did, because for as much as the game brought back, it also introduced some new ideas with liquid physics. It makes them angry over that stupid trap they tripped over for the hudredth time. It makes them laugh over the silly way they died. It makes them reflect on their own performance. The best thing Spelunky 2 has going for it is that it gives players stories.

They might also get you killed in more ways than one, which is what leads me to the best thing about Spelunky 2 and the Spelunky games as a whole. Ropes can help players reach out-of-the-way objects, while bombs can destroy traps, get enemies out of your way, or even create shortcuts to the level's exit. They'll also have limited resources at their disposal, specifically bombs and ropes. Players have a standard issue whip, which can take out minor enemies and momentarily stun bigger ones. There are ways to defend yourself, of course. There's a lot of skill involved in making it out alive, but more often than not, much of your survival (or lack thereof) will end up attributed to dumb luck. Every level in the game is randomly generated, so the only things you can really commit to memory are the various enemies and the designs for each trap and what triggers them. Success in Spelunky 2 isn't about memorization, at least for the most part. And even if you're careful not to try and disturb anything, you might trip over something or break a random pot and still find something waiting to kill you. Each area is filled with all sorts of wild creatures, dangerous natives, and hazardous traps just waiting to kill you.

SPELUNKY 2 SERIES

You're lost in a series of ruins and the idea is to find each chamber's exit, carrying along any treasure you can find along your way. Spelunky 2's objective is straightforward. And you'll have plenty of chances to explore, because if there's one thing that Spelunky 2 made painfully clear to me, it's that players are going to die. Players have at least four characters to choose from or join up with for cooperative exploration. There are more ruins, more enemies, more effects, and more ways to die. The lore injection is a fun inclusion, but here's everything you need to know about Spelunky 2. That serves as the introduction for new protagonist, Ana Spelunky, to take her friends to the moon and search the series of ruins where her father was last seen. But everything that happened in the first game looks to be coming back to haunt him, because he's now gone missing. He hasn't stopped exploring, though, and his latest journey took him up to the moon. Those who played the original Spelunky will be happy to hear that the original Spelunky Guy settled down and raised a family.

Spelunky 2 is as much of a good time as the original, only with more ways to kill you. There isn't a lot that's new in Spelunky 2, but when it's coming off the fun and randomized experience of its predecessor, there's little else that needs to be done. But as it turns out, when you explore ruins on the moon, they also appear to be filled with danger around every corner. There's danger around every corner when you explore ruins.