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I tried a couple of games of Spelunky the other day in preparation for the sequel, and let me tell you: not playing Spelunky for a few years makes you very bad at Spelunky.
not playing Spelunky for a few years makes you very bad at Spelunky.
As someone who never actually beat the first game despite reaching the last boss a few times, it's disheartening to see that Spelunky 2 (BIG SPOILER PROBABLY) has a way harder version of Olmec after the second area (YOU WERE WARNED).
The game seems like it was made for people who were really good at the first one, and I have to imagine that was a very thin slice of the audience. If I were in that slice, I think I'd be very excited about this game, though.
1-4 spoilers: You can kill the miniboss. Very easy with a shotgun, though if you kill him before he rolls, you'll need to carve your own way to the end of the level. He drops bombs or something.
As someone who never actually beat the first game despite reaching the last boss a few times, it's disheartening to see that Spelunky 2 (BIG SPOILER PROBABLY) has a way harder version of Olmec after the second area (YOU WERE WARNED).
The game seems like it was made for people who were really good at the first one, and I have to imagine that was a very thin slice of the audience. If I were in that slice, I think I'd be very excited about this game, though.
I think Olmec is easier, actually. The only buff he got is that his non-stomp jumps go further. Other than that, the floor is thinner, there's no monster spawns, and you can even get a bomb box if you did something unrelated yet spoilersome in the Jungle.
I'm in that same position, where I'm thinking to myself, "It sure would be fun to play this for like an hour and then never again."If I like the idea of Spelunky, and like watching Spelunky, but was absolutely terrible at Spelunky and just couldn't wrap my head around how you're supposed to play it, should I play Spelunky 2?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but what's your experience with the first game? I remember dying a lot. I think I eventually got to Olmec (and might even have unlocked the Temple shortcut), but I know I never beat him.Made it to 4-1 last night.
I do think the difficulty has been overstated. There is a very very sharp learning curve at first, which I think a lot of folks are bouncing off of, but it's not like the whole game has that curve. (At least that I've seen.) Everything behaves in very predictable ways and it's a lot of fun to learn those behaviors.