![]() Spelunky 2, by contrast, has me unlearning those rules because of its new quirks and deeper mysteries. Also, though I do think some choices will lead many to conclude that Spelunky 2 is harder than what came before it, I need to remind myself that dying over and over again was core to my early experience with the previous game too.īack then, I was learning Spelunky's rules. ![]() For one, while Spelunky 2 builds upon its predecessor's super-tight roguelike platforming and reuses a lot of the same places, enemies, and items, it's incredibly expansive in terms of scope and ambition. Now, after hundreds of deaths and-I'm a bit shocked to say-seeing the credits roll, comparing Spelunky 2 with the Lost Levels doesn't seem as apt. Just as the first moments of playing the notoriously tough Lost Levels can come as a shock to anyone expecting it to play like Super Mario Bros., Spelunky 2 kicks things off by subverting hard-set ideas of how Spelunky works. As someone who's been playing Spelunky on and off since the Xbox Live Arcade release in 2012, the sequel's immediate leap in difficulty threw me off in much the same way. ![]() ![]() In my first few hours with Spelunky 2, my mind kept drifting to Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. ![]()
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