Spelunky 2 |OT| Speak "Friend", and Enter (Now on Switch!)

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Developer:
Mossmouth
with Blitworks

Platforms:
Steam (Sept. 29th) / Playstation (Sept. 15th)
Switch (Summer 2021)
Xbox and Gamepass Jan 12th, 2022

Price:
$19.99

DESCRIPTION

The sequel to the critically-acclaimed roguelike platformer, Spelunky 2 continues the adventure with Ana Spelunky, daughter of the first game's protagonist. The sequel features an adventure mode, with a deeper story and a stronger sense of community, as you rescue friends on your journey. It will feature branching paths, and plenty of traps and monsters and items.

You can also ride a turkey

And even though the levels are randomized, you will still get more skilled over time! If you play enough, not only will you get good enough to beat the game, but you may start to unravel some of its deepest secrets...

The sequel also features the co-op and versus modes from the first game but this time, you can play locally and online with friends and family around the world! Deathmatch has been expanded into something bigger called the Arena, which includes Deathmatch and a new competitive mode called Hold the Idol. Deathmatch was an underrated sleeper mode in the original game and has been improved with a new interface, features, and extended customization

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS


MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Quad Core 2.6 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 750
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 600 MB available space
Additional Notes: Gamepad Recommended


RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Network: Broadband Internet connection

MEDIA

TROPHIES
(yes, the game has a platinum)

Spoiler

REVIEWS

IGN : 10/10

I wasn't sure what I wanted out of a sequel to Spelunky, given how high of a pedestal I keep the original game on – how do you improve upon a game like that? But Mossmouth took its time and managed to deliver a masterpiece that improves upon its predecessor in ways I never even would have imagined. Spelunky 2 takes everything that made the original great and expands upon each of those individual aspects without ever over complicating the elegant, retro simplicity of its 2D platforming. It doesn't do much to win over people who already weren't fans of the original's unforgiving difficulty, but as someone who is more than 200 runs in and feels like he's only scratched the surface, Spelunky 2 is a game that I see myself playing for a long, long time.

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Edge Magazine: 9/10

If, as Roger Ebert said, movies are a machine that generates empathy, then Spelunky 2, even more so than the original, is a machine for generating surprise. And, inevitably, its close cousin: delight.

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Polygon : Recommended ​

You know when you finish a movie or book or game you love, and you wish you could experience it again for the first time? That's what it has felt like to play Spelunky 2. I get to play my favorite game for the first time all over again.

This isn't a sequel. It's yet another chance to play Spelunky with fresh eyes; everything is just a little different, another stroke that proves perfection is imperfect. Even the best can get better.

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metacritic
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RELEVANT THREADS

Spelunky OT
Spelunky 2 announced
Spelunky 2 Release Date Thread
Spelunky 2 Review Thread
Spelunky 2 has developed quite the fan art recently...
(will link when dropped lmao)

ERA FRIENDS LIST

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Derek Yu wrote the book on Spelunky... literally!
Check it out: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1940535115/?tag=era0f0-20

The Making of Spelunky was featured in a No Clip Documentary. Highly Recommend
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv434Xyybqc&t=1s

SHOUT OUTS
thanks to Noise for the thread title suggestion and to Mullet2000 for perfecting it
and thanks to Actinium for the alternate OT title as well :)


happy spelunky-ing

🍆🍆CHECK THREADMARKS FOR SUPER USEFUL TIPS!!🍆🍆

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[Dancrane212]

Nice job on the thread!

It's this release of all things that makes me the most nostalgic for my Vita. I wasn't very good at the original game, but those daily challenges had me locked in for a couple of months of constant play.

 

[EssBeeVee]

theres 🍆 in my address bar

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Nice OT!

I have fond memories of the first game. Gonna jump on the cozy PC version.

 

[FoolsMilky]

Cool thread!

Time to avoid Spelunky 2 videos that pop up on YouTube until Sept. 29th. The staggered release hurts a bit but it does not hurt my excitement.

 

[Ostinatto]

What?, already has a 9/10 from Edge Magazine?

 

[BigHatPaul]

Oh my god didn't realize this was right around the corner. Hype!

 

[FoolsMilky]

What?, already has a 9/10 from Edge Magazine?

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Yeah, pretty sure the game has something severely wrong with it.

Spoiler

/s A game that I haven't played deserves a 10.

Spoiler

/s/s Edge review scores get published online early for the most part. Very excited to play. Roguelikes and games with tons of secrets are a little strange to get quick reviews out of but such is the nature of things.

 

[janusff]

Nice job on the thread!

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Cheers, man

I wanted to do a character section in the OP but there isn't really much information on that at the moment. Will update when we know more

 

[Unicorn]

Win10, huh.

 

[GJ]

Great OT!

Can't wait to dig into this. Even though I only finished the original Spelunky only twice or thrice, and never even beat Yama, this has been one of my most anticipated titles of the last couple of years. I've played the first game so much on 360, Vita and now PS4. I can't wait to play this one on PS4, PS5 and hopefully Switch down the line. Is it the 15th yet?

 

[qaz]

removed

 

[Papercuts]

Every other game this year had a good run.

 

[CountAntonio]

Hi I am bad but I'm willing to try. Very nice OT.

 

[E.T.]

Wonderful OT to match a wonderful franchise.
Thanks OP.

Day 1 on PS4.

 

[MrRob]

Nice job on the thread!

It's this release of all things that makes me the most nostalgic for my Vita. I wasn't very good at the original game, but those daily challenges had me locked in for a couple of months of constant play.

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Same here. I must have put over 200 hours in the Vita version. This would be so great on the Switch/Lite. I'll have to wait until PS5 drops to buy this on PSN since I don't have the PS4 anymore.

 

[Einbroch]

rip ot title, no emojis allowed

 

[Abylim]

Day one, any word on trophy list yet??

 

[ThisOne]

Day 1 PS4. Probably going to try to avoid the thread and Twitch for at least a few days after release to try and figure some stuff out for myself. We'll see how long I last.

I'm also curious to see what the trophy list looks like.

 

[janusff]

Day one, any word on trophy list yet??

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Hasn't dropped on PSN profiles yet 🤷‍♂️

 

[1upsuper]

I'm gonna avoid all spoilers for as long as I can. This is going to be an amazing game.

 

[b00]

Great OT janusff!
Can't wait for the community to come together and discover all the insanity Derek Yu has in store for us. Hype!

 

[Mullet2000]

Ahhhh my OT title suggestion made it :)

 

[Abylim]

Hasn't dropped on PSN profiles yet 🤷‍♂️

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Yeah i just had a goosey myself and couldn't see anything. At this price it doesn't matter if it has a plat or not, i will grab it.

 

[purseowner]

Really nice OT, and top-tier OT title.

Excited to dive in - Spelunky is my most played Steam game and one of the best games I've ever played.

 

[carlsojo]

I never even remotely finished the first but I still had fun with it. Tempted to give this a shot.

 

[SirNinja]

So ready for another thousand or so entertaining hours of Spelunky. (Well, if PSN or Steam would let me. No purchase option on Steam's page, and PSN is like "whats a spelunky 2 lol")

Awesome OT!

 

[Holy Diver]

Potential game of the generation right here.

 

[Blue Mage]

My hopes for a PSN preorder bonus dynamic theme with some relaxing Eirik Suhrke jazz are all but dashed at this point but I will persevere. XD

Great job on the thread, can't wait can't wait can't wait!

 

[Neuromancer]

Is there no preorder page for PS4?

 

[Etrian Darkness]

Gonna have to hold off for 2 weeks for Steam.

I've made it my personal challenge to beat the first game properly before 2 drops. I fixed my Vita and I'm trying my best. I was hoping for a last minute sale on the original before 2 drops but Vita gonna be living a while longer.

 

[GearDraxon]

IT BEGINS AGAIN

 

[janusff]

Is there no preorder page for PS4?

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Nope

 

[Neuromancer]

Nope

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Well that's lame. Still pumped about the game though!

 

[B00T]

Looking forward to online play. Local play was always a chaotic mess and I loved it.

 

[Stoze]

Incredibly excited, but I'm gonna be mostly staying away from this thread until probably October though for the PC release. Discovering all the new stuff is a big draw for me. Plus I'm working on getting all achievements on Spelunky 1 from a fresh save - journal is all filled out so now I'm doing Big Money. I have a problem of getting way too greedy and making risky moves via ghost when really as long as I make it to the City of Gold with a couple dozen bombs it should be in the bag, I don't even need to ghostrun much if at all.

 

[Deleted member 25888]

Hyppppppe.

 

[NotSelf]

Nice

 

[Remachinate]

Day 1 for PS4 *and* PC!

Do we want to put in the OP those who are looking for friends for multiplayer and dailies? Here's what I have so far from the release date threads:

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[Stoze]

Day 1 for PS4 *and* PC!

Do we want to put in the OP those who are looking for friends for multiplayer and dailies? Here's what I have so far from the release date threads:

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That'd be nice, I added y'all - Steam name is Stoze.

Also I think daily leaderboards this time around are ranked based on how far you get with time being the deciding factor for ties instead of purely score, but it could've been changed (mentioned in the Eggplant/Spelunky Showlike podcast a while back). If true that's way better than just gold amount imo and solves one of my main criticisms of the first game.

 

[Remachinate]

That'd be nice, I added y'all - Steam name is Stoze.

Also I think daily leaderboards this time around are ranked based on how far you get with time being the deciding factor for ties instead of purely score, but it could've been changed (mentioned in the Eggplant/Spelunky Showlike podcast a while back). If true that's way better than just gold amount imo and solves one of my main criticisms of the first game.

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Oh yeah, I *hated* having to ghost early levels for every possible diamond, only to randomly die to a tiki trap or something on level 2-3 and come in rank 2348 or something like that.

 

[Baroni]

Can't wait. I'm Baroni91 on PS4 and Baroni on Steam if you want to play multiplayer. Also gonna be looking if pre-order is available tomorrow.

 

[Stoze]

Oh yeah, I *hated* having to ghost early levels for every possible diamond, only to randomly die to a tiki trap or something on level 2-3 and come in rank 2348 or something like that.

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Yep. That's exactly how my Big Money runs are going right now too, sadly. Granted right now the Steam leaderboards aren't very competitive so if you do just get a successful run and beat Yama while causally collecting gold on the way I think you're pretty much guaranteed top 10, which is really nice, but that's how it should be from the get go and not because barely anyone still plays it.

Like I don't even want to get that good at high scoring because to do so means I'm turning my runs into hour+ long slogs. The WR run for high score is like 6 hours long or something, it's nuts.

 

[MagnusGman]

Very excited to buy this on PS4, play it for a week - and then pick it up on PC and play it into perpetuity

 

[Sloane]

First game I'll knowingly buy twice. When do PSN games usually release?

 

[obsoke]

Can't wait to play this on PC

 

[Deleted member 15737]

I am so ready. To justify buying a PS4 to avoid waiting 2 weeks for Steam release I took some old stuff to a local videogame store.

Never thought I would own a ps4 but its pretty slick!

Played a lot of the original, one of my faves, send me a message if you have experience with spelunky and might want someone to play co-op campaign with!

Is the page not up yet on PS4 or am I not looking in the right place?

 

[Deleted member 33571]

Really wish they'd been able to swing a mac release for this one, but it sounds like they at least have plans to bring it to other consoles down the road...going to make an actual effort not to spoil any of this one for myself before I get a chance to play it which I did not manage at all for the original lol
In any case, very neat that it's actually almost here!

 

[ChrisD]

I have Tuesday's off. I can't freakin wait. Gonna spend all day on this lol. Oughta play 1 tomorrow! Never did beat Yama, not going to anytime soon, but it's been a while since a "plain" victory

 

[alundra311]

Nice! Subbed!

Having a hard time deciding whether to get this on PS4 or later on Steam.