Do you prefer Spelunky 1 or 2?

[Leander.quest]

I love Spelunky 1 and it's one of my fav games and yes, that's why I have the Spelunky guy as my avatar (he also shows my love for dungeon games, roguelikes etc.).

I also "like" Spelunky 2, but the first game is perfect and although I am not good at it (made it to the temple only three times), the mechanics are great. In Spelunky 2, everything is crowded, you have little room to move and moles and lizards in the first area are just unfair. It seems like the devs did not want us to advance as quickly as in Spelunky 1. It feels too random and too much of everything. Maybe I will start liking Spelunky 2 later on, but at the moment it is not the game I was looking for. It's a good and interesting game, but not a worthy sequel to the masterpiece Spelunky 1.

[GwanGwanish]

All I can say that as a first, I landed on a skull and nothing happened. Assuming it was nothing more than just a skull. I moved one space off it to the left. Immediately a skeleton assembled, hitting me before I could whip.

You've been warned.

Agreed on crowded.

[Leander.quest]

Skulls and skeletons are the same in both games. Sometimes a skeleton spawns, sometimes it is just a dead (ha!) skull.

[peremptor]

They are both great games its just that Spelunky 2 is aimed at giving Spelunky 1 vets new challenges to master and I think that's the right direction to go in. I'd say if you're new to the genre Spelunky 1 is still an all time great game and better as a start into the spelunker roguelike action platform genre. You appreciate and enjoy Spelunky 2 that much more if you are well acquainted with the first game coming in.

But obviously either game is great in its own right and it just depends on you and your tolerance for the genre's unforgiving nature. You can't go wrong starting off with either if you like getting challenged.

I don't get this idea that one has to be better than the other even though subjectively in most cases one will be better for you over the other. Enjoy both even if you like one more over the other.

It's good to be spoiled for choice.

[Random]

As someone with all the Spelunky 1 achievements unlocked, i find Spelunky 2 way better than the first one.

[>-FISH-D]

If your new to the series I'd recommend to go with the 1st one to ease yourself into things. After sinking many hours in both games though part 2 is the clear winner IMO. Much more content and much more challenging.

[Hitch]

Having 100% on Spelunky 1 I am unsure if my preference for it and not 2 comes from the 600 hours in the first game or the many gripes I have about this one. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy Spelunky 2 but it feels off to me.

Spelunky 1 is a perfect game. I never feel like a death is anything but my own fault. I either succeed on my own or I die. In this game I feel that some deaths are simply game design over my skill but again... is it because I have yet to learn the game? I just don't know. I do feel that this is a 7 compared to the 9 of the original on a personal, pointless, score system.

I do feel the game is far too busy and less pure but ask me again in 580 hours and I may have changed my mind :)

[THE PETROL BRIGADE]

There's more levels and mysteries, new tools and more variety to traverse the levels, the first biome isn't easy as heck anymore and there's a cat. So yeah, I prefer 2 by a long shot.

[BLAME! 40K]

Musical wise 1 , but 2 so far from complexity ( but i only have 5 hours in 2 )

[peep]

Love the first game but I prefer Spelunky 2. It has has more mechanics, content and fun stuff that gives it the edge.

[Swizard]

1 by far. The gameflow is much worse in this part - even if there is more content. Spelunky also feels like there are more options in the random generations. S2 just keeps throwing the same things at us

[HighLanderPony]

2.

[Amblypygid]

I played a bunch of the 2008 freeware version before HD finally came out on systems other than Xbox, have 149 hours on Spelunky 1 on Steam, and probably the same amount of time on PS3/PS4 (So, about 300 hours). I'd probably have to say that I prefer Spelunky 2, though. It kinda feels like what Spelunky HD was to the 2008 original. More areas, more items, increased item interactivity, etc. I say 'probably' because I'm still sinking my teeth into the game (I've only beaten the 'final' boss with shortcuts), but I do quite like/love this game, despite how frustrated it can make me sometimes. It's just more Spelunky, which is exactly what I was expecting/wanting!

[alesito1985]

I like both equally. The first one was fantastic, felt almost like a completely new genre. The second brings new ideas and while it is an upgrade, it doesn't diminish the worth of the first one.

Overcrowded? Maybe more than the first one on average, but remember hell? Now that's a crowd. I don't think there's a level in 2 that's as crowded as hell was.

[0Dd1]

Spelunky 2 does some things better, some things worse. I didn't expect it do make so many things worse. Kinda dumb. Spelunky 2 could have been brilliant, but it's only mediocre now.

[Fuhrer]

They both have their ups and downs, but I prefer the first on the whole.