A running list of stupid bullshit that has ruined a seemingly perfect run of Spelunky 2:

- getting hit by one of the arrow machines because I was not paying enough attention
-successfully dodging the arrow machine, only to have it shoot directly into the shop and make the shopkeep go berserk mode, killing me with his shotgun
-Panicking and jumping when I see one of the yellow lizards, only to get pinned against a wall and have my whole health bar get owned
- the fucking moles
-having one of the hired hands decide to kill me for some unknown reason
-lava. I hate the fucking lava
-lava monsters. I hate the fucking lava monsters even more than the static lava
-stepping on a bear trap that was hidden behind a plant, which immediately wipes my 15 points of health in one fell swoop.
-getting crushed by the eye block in the pyramid
-thinking I successfully dodged the eye block in the pyramid, only to have it slide in a horizontal direction and crush me anyway
- an unseen chain reaction of explosions sending a ufo hurtling from the heavens to perfectly land on me mid-jump in the ice caves, sending me careening into the abyss
-everything in neo-babylon
-and a million other things I am definitely forgetting.

Despite this absolute bullshit, I love this game, and I cannot stop playing. I've completed the base run a few times, and am working on finding more secrets//getting to the deeper levels, and fully expect to be playing this game for a long time to come.

I've been having an absolute blast playing through this game. Multiplayer released just over a week ago now as well and that is just as phenomenal. I've got over 100 hours on Spelunky HD and I've played almost just as much on the 2009 release of the very original. I have to say that this is the best release of the game. For entry level players, you might as well pick this one up. The other two are fun as hell but this is absolutely the best way to play Spelunky now.

There is so much content. Even the very base ending of the game will take hours (I haven't even beaten the base game single player yet). And after that there is so much to do anyway. I literally found out about more stuff in this game YESTERDAY.

It is almost a masterpiece. Unfortunately multiplayer still isn't in the best situation. Playing with friends is easy enough but you have to get used to lower FPS, and also you can't unlock new characters if you are with friends, which is probably my biggest gripe.

Despite all of that though, it's brilliant. Check it out!

Evolves on Spelunky HD's ideas in tons of creative ways. Super fun to play and (attempt) to master, all the new levels and mechanics and everything are great. It is punishingly difficult though, even more so than the original, and my one genuine gripe with the game would be that sometimes the level generation can give you a level that's actually just bad, which isn't something that really happened in Spelunky HD. I suppose the more sprawling, complex levels leave more room for bad generation, compared to the more simple levels of the last game. Still, a whole lot of fun, and one that I'm sure I'll still be coming back to for the forseeable future.

Originally this review just said: "I was honestly surprised that this became my favorite game of all time. It came at the right time in my life that I could really just simply enjoy it, and I continue to. Delightful game, one of the best rougelikes on the market." I'm trying to make my writing more substantial now and I think I can deliver my thoughts on why it's so good beyond impeccable timing. Spelunky 2 is the most modern pure roguelike you can have, there is no real out of session continuous progression beyond what you learn by dying again and again. Nothing in-game but so tangible nonetheless, when you get to the point you have to remind yourself to stop and smell the roses, you notice how effortlessly you balanced atop a tightrope to navigate there. Piles and piles of your past dead bodies litter the floor beneath but they're all from days or weeks ago, you've gotten so much better you've hardly even notice, but it is there. It's very honest about what it is, to a degree the aesthetic could be seen as seductive and misleading but the vibe of the wonderful art becomes less and less inaccurate as your skill improves. There is no arbitrary gain, as much as I love Hades, I could not beat that game without any upgrades (at the time of this review). Spelunky let's you download the game on a new system and beat it like you've done the thousand other times on your other devices with no need for save transfers. It's a pure and wonderfully engaging experience that has made me eternally dislike New Super Mario's physics and I care not that I'm missing out on that. It's something so rare now, a standalone one time purchase game you can play offline, with no worry if support were to disappear making it unplayable. If there was a way I would buy a physical PC disc of it. It's just fantastic.

This is currently my favorite game of all time. I love the challenge. I love the randomness. Sometimes Derek just screws you over and it feels like there was nothing you could do to stop it. The hilarious deaths. The great feeling after a successful run. Discovering the secrets when I first played was an incredible experience. And now, chasing 7-99 is a long but still fun grind. A challenging and rewarding game.

Also, this game has the BEST feeling platforming/movement physics of any game I’ve ever played. It’s so natural. The movement speed is great. Just feels awesome to play.

Muy buena música. Muy buena dirección artística. Diseño de niveles generado proceduralmente que hace cada run diferente e interesante. Mecánicas de juego increibles, siendo estas muy simples pero con una capacidad de expansión enorme, y ofreciéndo al jugador un gran margen de aprendizaje y masterización. Aún y todos estos puntos positivos he acabado abandonando el juego antes de terminar la historia principal por su alta dificultad.

En definitiva me ha parecido un muy buen juego y he pasado unas cuantas horas divertidas con él pero ha acabado volviéndose más frustrante que divertido, se lo dejo a quién tenga ganas de perder años de vida :)