Spelunky

Ironically I started playing this because I wanted a bit of a break after finally 100%ing [i]Hollow Knight[/i]. I try not opening too many "will take a lifetime of grinding to 100%" games at once, and I still have a lot to cover in [i]VVVVVV[/i]. So I figured I'd go for what I thought was a cute little indie darling platformer with maybe a bunch of collectibles. For some reason, I never got the memo about how brutally hard this game is. That's what I get for not checking average playtimes on HLTB before starting a new game. Anyway, that alone is of course not at all a reason to not recommend this game. I love challenges and a good grind, broadly speaking. Unfortunately I don't think that [i]Spelunky[/i] is a [i]good[/i] grind. The risk/reward ratio is way off for what I personally find enjoyable: for example, even a big section in [i]Celeste[/i] will only last 30 to 60 seconds per attempt. I don't mind trying that 100 times in a row to get better and better and finally succeed. In this game, on the other hand, an attempt will last 20 to 40 minutes. That is way too long when a single mistake erases all progress – I simply don't get any satisfaction from that aspect of roguelikes. I…

playing this game makes me so uncontrollably hard its insane. The shear effort and blood sweat and nuh you have to expel from your body makes you reach another level of bliss its what i imagine free basing to be like. Thank you spelunky for all the orgasms youve givin me and heres to many more!!!

I think Spelunky HD is genuinely one of the best games I've ever played.

I found this to be a very simple game at first glance but as I dug deeper into it I found it to be quite addictive as well. Managed to reach the temple levels by getting the shortcuts to start at each level but I simply don't have the patience to do what is necessary to get the Temple shortcut and therefore didn't complete the game. It's difficulty is punishing but I always found myself with the urge to try one more time... until I reached the Temple levels and discovered I had to carry and item all the way from the Mines to the Temple entrance just to get the shortcut... then I just said to myself, no way it's just too brutal for me... realizing only 9% of players actually completed the game, makes me feel a lot better about it. Maybe I will try it again in the future. It's a well made and addictive game though.

I recently decided to replay this game, as I had one single achievement missing that had been bothering me. I had at the time of originally playing it, thought very VERY highly of Spelunky HD, and upon this replay, those feelings hold up. This game is as close to a perfect game as any other contender for such a title. You may be deciding whether to purchase and play this game, or skip straight to Spelunky 2 – which treads a lot of the same ground, levels and all – but I urge you, Spelunky HD is by far and away the superior game, so please don’t overlook this gem. Read on for a more in-depth review, but in short; This is an utterly fantastic and addictive game, that I cannot recommend enough. [hr][/hr] Spelunky got it’s origins as a freeware pixel game, that you can still play online today – in your browser even! This game is technically a remake of that game (thus why it’s call Spelunky HD, as in; High Definition), but if you were to play that game and then play this so-called ‘remake’, you’d find enough differences in almost every aspect that it more than justifies the purchase. But if you’re on the fence about playing either Spelunky HD or Spelunky 2, give the original a …

one of the greatest games ever made