EDGE 350 November 2020 : Spelunky 2

[Shawn6661]

Hype :

Marvel's Avengers
Cloud Gardens
Twin Mirror
Maskmaker
Roller Drama
Nuts

Reviews:

Spelunky 2 - 9
Microsoft Flight Simulator - 8
Hades - 9
Spiritfarer - 6
Necrobarista - 7
Orcs Must Die! 3 - 7
BPM : Bullets Per Minute - 7
Battletoads - 4
Moose Life - 8
There Is No Game : Wrong Dimension - 8
Rainy Season - 7

I'll update with scores as soon as available !

 

[entremet]

Nice cover. I really love the Spelunky 2 art.

 

[Deleted member 6235]

I REALLY WANT THIS GAME GIVE IT TO ME

 

[Dennis8K]

EDGE better do right by my boy Microsoft Flight Simulator.

 

[The Argus]

I am so hyped for this game. Redubbed to Plus just so I can play online with my old roommate.

 

[Deleted member 9857]

really curious to see what they say about Battletoads

 

[Temperance]

TBH i never got great at Spelunky but i played it a ton. This is one of my most hyped game releases this year.

Anyone else subbed digitally to Edge? Never know exactly when the newest issue becomes available. Tried digging around last issue but found nothing.

 

[NediarPT88]

Hades review? What?

Why not wait for the game to be complete in a few more months?

 

[Roshin]

Well, I like the cover.

 

[toythatkills]

This feels very early for a magazine dated November but I am hyped af to read that Spelunky 2 review

 

[ScreamingMadden]

Interested to seeing what they say about Spiritfarer. Just a delightful game with some very real emotional beats to it.

 

[xir]

wow 350, i remember around issue ~296 telling my girlfriend that i thought future would let them get to 300 and then pull the plug. awesome.

 

[SirNinja]

Ultimately, the score for Spelunky 2 is "doesn't matter; I'm gonna play it for 1000+ hours anyway", but them having it as the cover game is awesome.

 

[spineduke]

I really hope their review on Spelunky is glowing. Can't wait.

 

[Necron]

Looking forward to what's detailed in that 'funny games' section.

I could do with something like a Grim Fandango in my life...

 

[purseowner]

Wonderful

 

[Deleted member 8688]

Hades review? What?

Why not wait for the game to be complete in a few more months?

Click to shrink...

They review what they're sent to review, so ask the publisher.

 

[Ghostbound]

Great cover. Still bummed this isn't getting a simultaneous release on PC but it's whatever.

 

[janusff]

Beautiful cover

 

[MeltedDreams]

I'm ready to put 300+ hours into Spelunky 2. This is one lovely cover art!
9 or 10 from EDGE for this game is given.

 

[Piston]

It is great seeing "indie" games like Spelunky be able to be featured on the cover of Edge. The industry has come a long way in terms of what constitutes a big release or what deserves a cover spot.

 

[Anustart]

Spelunky is one of my least favorite rogue lite-like-lites but hopefully 2 is quite a bit better.

 

[JoJo'sDentCo]

EDGE better do right by my boy Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Click to shrink...

Yup.

 

[pswii60]

It is great seeing "indie" games like Spelunky be able to be featured on the cover of Edge. The industry has come a long way in terms of what constitutes a big release or what deserves a cover spot.

Click to shrink...

Indeed. Sadly it's also pretty meaningless in this day and age as these magazines now have such a tiny audience.

 

[xir]

ooooh also want to see what they thought of spiritfarer

 

[benzopil]

Bumping in case someone knows the scores

 

[NekoFever]

This feels very early for a magazine dated November but I am hyped af to read that Spelunky 2 review

Click to shrink...

A lot of 'monthly' magazines come out every four weeks rather than every month, so there are 13 issues a year and they get progressively out of sync with the calendar as the year goes on.

 

[sheaaaa]

Any scores Shawn6661 ?

 

[Number45]

Interested to see scores for BPM - the IGN footage from a while back looked like great fun.

 

[Dizzy Ukulele]

Reviews don't often get an Edge cover nowadays because they're published weeks/months after the games have come out. The recent 'world exclusive' ones that come to mind are the 10s for BOTW and Mario Odyssey.

Spelunky 2 must be a 9. Or...

 

[cbrotherson]

Reviews don't often get an Edge cover nowadays because they're published weeks/months after the games have come out. The recent 'world exclusive' ones that come to mind are the 10s for BOTW and Mario Odyssey.

Spelunky 2 must be a 9. Or...

Click to shrink...

Yep, definitely a 9 or 10. Can't wait.

 

[Firefly]

Reviews don't often get an Edge cover nowadays because they're published weeks/months after the games have come out. The recent 'world exclusive' ones that come to mind are the 10s for BOTW and Mario Odyssey.

Spelunky 2 must be a 9. Or...

Click to shrink...

I think they did a cover feature for Half Life Alyx too but I don't know if it was during its launch or not.

 

[purseowner]

Did the original Spelunky get a 9 or a 10 from them? I forget

 

[Rudderless]

Did the original Spelunky get a 9 or a 10 from them? I forget

Click to shrink...

9.

 

[EtrianFOE]

From rllmuk

Reviews:
Spelunky 2 - 9
MS Flight Simulator - 8
Hades - 9
Spiritfarer - 6
Necrobarista - 7
Orcs Mist Die! 3 - 7
BPM: Bullets Per Minute - 7
Battletoads - 4
Moose Life - 8
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 8
Rainy Season - 7

 

[Skittles]

From rllmuk

Reviews:
Spelunky 2 - 9
MS Flight Simulator - 8
Hades - 9
Spiritfarer - 6
Necrobarista - 7
Orcs Mist Die! 3 - 7
BPM: Bullets Per Minute - 7
Battletoads - 4
Moose Life - 8
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 8
Rainy Season - 7

Click to shrink...

What'd they say about Orcs must die?

 

[Deleted member 51789]

From rllmuk

Reviews:
Spelunky 2 - 9
MS Flight Simulator - 8
Hades - 9
Spiritfarer - 6
Necrobarista - 7
Orcs Mist Die! 3 - 7
BPM: Bullets Per Minute - 7
Battletoads - 4
Moose Life - 8
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 8
Rainy Season - 7

Click to shrink...

That's quite a bit lower than I expected for Spiritfarer, interested to read their thoughts as I thought it'd be a game Edge would have gelled with.

 

[.exe]

They've got a final build for Hades? Is it coming in September? 👀

I need this..

It's probably also a 9/10 in my book. Succeeds in every aspect. Some minor stuff here and there, but a must play regardless.

 

[Aprikurt]

From rllmuk

Reviews:
Spelunky 2 - 9
MS Flight Simulator - 8
Hades - 9
Spiritfarer - 6
Necrobarista - 7
Orcs Mist Die! 3 - 7
BPM: Bullets Per Minute - 7
Battletoads - 4
Moose Life - 8
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 8
Rainy Season - 7

Click to shrink...

A 9 from them is high praise.

Spelunky 2 could easily be my GOTY. I'm so damn excited for it. I never thought it would get a direct sequel.

 

[Necron]

From rllmuk

Reviews:
Spelunky 2 - 9
MS Flight Simulator - 8
Hades - 9
Spiritfarer - 6
Necrobarista - 7
Orcs Mist Die! 3 - 7
BPM: Bullets Per Minute - 7
Battletoads - 4
Moose Life - 8
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 8
Rainy Season - 7

Click to shrink...

A 4 for Battletoads... Oh well, at least there's a cool pause menu.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Generous for Battletoads there. I thought Edge used the whole scale.

 

[Vex]

A 9 from them is high praise.

Click to shrink...

Yup. Pretty much. I think these games have the best platforming controls of all time imo. So we know that will be a talking point of the review.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

9 for hades? whoa!

 

[Dizzy Ukulele]

I thought Battletoads was quite a decent Game Pass game in that Microsoft must have told the team 'just do what you want, 90% of those who play it won't spend more than 20 minutes with it anyway'.

 

[kiguel182]

I still haven't finished reading the current issue 😢

 

[MeltedDreams]

Derek Yu stays winning. Really excited to see all new additions to the perfect Spelunky formula.
btw It's super weird Spelunky 2 still don't have page on ps store and is coming in one week. Kinda understand why indies do super poorly on ps4.

 

[Teenage Fansub]

I didn't even know about Hades or that Supergiant had a new game out at all!

edit: And it's been in early access all year? 😂 I'll just return to my rock.

 

[spineduke]

9 for hades? whoa!

Click to shrink...

It's easily supergiants best game that they've ever worked on.

 

[Sloth]

Good score for Moose Life. Jeff has been knocking bangers out this gen.

 

[.exe]

It's really supergiants best game they've ever worked on.

Click to shrink...

It's definitely the best playing game they've made so far — for my tastes anyway. It'll be interesting to see if they can top Transistor's beautiful ending. The voice performances are already up there. I don't think it'll be able to fully match how intimate that narrative felt, and Hades' general mood is quite different, but it's really strong work given how many voiced characters there are in this. There is not a single bad performance in there. The writing is also very fun and captures the reference material surprisingly well. I'm sure you know all this, but I need an outlet to gush about Hades 😸