Now that the dust has settled, can we admit it's a worse and soulless version of the first game?

Now that the dust has settled, can we admit it's a worse and soulless version of the first game?

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i like it

But it has more soul than the first game.

what filtered you OP? was it the hedgehogs? it was the hedgehogs wasn't it? it's ok you can admit it here no one will know you're a tremendous faggot except us

This game is way harder. Bought it day one on pc and just now got to ice caves consistantly. I got eggplant run in 1 btw

It's not the first game, deal with it

It has a thousand times more soul than the first game. But they went fucking ADHD with the gameplay.

>3x as many enemies and traps.
>new enemies are tanky, even for the first level
>maps are winding as fuck. Pretty much no negative space.
>pretty much zero mechanics got buffed, and a huuuge amount got nerfed.

Its more like a Spelunky 1.5, not bad but it doesn't feel like a full on sequel

Ok but can you sacrifice damsels on altars to get loot?

what hedgehogs? do you mean the rolling lizards?

I'm annoyed how half of the levels in this game are from the first one. I don't care if they're not the same, it's stupid to rehash so much stuff

I just wish it had more of that synth the HD version had

It has double the soul. For example there's a whole story behind the ghost now.
>b-but my slightly colder green in the jungle I didn't even saw in dynamic
Fuck off.

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not just that but later Kali gives you extra loot for free depending on the level of favor, if you pick harder tablet route.

Ok but is it actual damsels or animals that you sacrifice?

The levels feel much less solidly generated than in the first. I find myself getting skeletons and moles dropped on me from offscreen and constantly coming across segments in the caves that are impossible to get past without wasting a rope due to arrow traps. It's also incredible how after 3 iterations of the game, Derek hasn't come up with a system to replace his antiquated, amateur indie-dev item pick-up system.

Overall, really enjoying it.

Can I mod it yet?

Is there a way of picking up an animal that's stuck on a ladder in a 1 tile wide gap without spending any resources?

You can sacrifice anything with blood, including yourself.

You didn't answer my question, are they actual damsels or are they animals?

Nigger what are you asking. You can sacrifice anything with a fucking body. Animals, people, monsters.

damsels aren't in the game, it's just animals now

He's trying to get you to say that there's no human damsels in spelunky 2.
The moment he hears that, he'll start bitching that "hurr you can't sacrifice women anymore durr soulless".

Soulless garbage

based devs letting players sacrifice dogs instead of dumb whores.

how do you kill Olmec in phase 2? do you have to shoot his bomb holes?

Destroy the levitation modules underneath him. Sticky bombs are the easiest way for this, but you can also whip them.

thanks user, one last thing, i get the eye every run but i'm unsure of what it actually does

I can barely make it to 2-1
I'm beginning to think that me able to beat a hell run on the first one a few times were just pure luck

>that ugly flash art style
>infested with trannies and sjws who cut the damsel in distress
>thousand times more soul
Absolutely delusional leftoid.

The Udjat Eye is used to easily open the paths leading to the world 2 secret areas, where you are aiming to claim the royal crowns in those areas.

If you go to the Jungle, on 2-2 to 2-4 the Eye will start to beep at you like a radar, the closer you get to the entrance to the Black Market. The Hedjet (Egyptian crown) is available there for 40k gold, along with tons of other stuff to buy. Beware of stealing though, because there are tons of triggerhappy shopkeeps here, including Yang. You don't strictly NEED the Eye to find the entrance though, it just makes it obvious.

If you go to the Volcana, on 2-2 to 2-4 you'll find a drill at the top. The Eye is consumed and slots into the control center to drill all the way to the bottom of the level, where you'll find the red brick entrance to Vlad's Castle, where Vlad and his clan of vampires guard the Crown (European crown). Capes are easy to get here, and Vlad has a unique cape with a double jump and doubles blood particles enemies drop. You don't need the drill to get here either, you can bomb your way to the bottom, but it's very far.

You'll need the Crown or Hedjet (either one, doesn't matter which), in the world 4 areas, Tide Pools or Temple.

>cut the damsel in distress
I prefer being able to play as her.