is it better than the first game ?

[Qtael]

?

[katefreeze]

Yes. It builds compleatly off the first one and is better in pretty much every aspect. It is a bit harder though

[Qtael]

Originally posted by Freeze:

Yes. It builds compleatly off the first one and is better in pretty much every aspect. It is a bit harder though

great
thanks

[Sebastian Michaelis]

yes. Enough said.

[Donitz]

Meh. It has more content, but the difficulty curve is all messed up.

[Qtael]

Originally posted by Donitz:

Meh. It has more content, but the difficulty curve is all messed up.

why ?

[Donitz]

Because the first area is more difficult and annoying than the second one.

[katefreeze]

Originally posted by Donitz:

Because the first area is more difficult and annoying than the second one.

Most people feel more frusterated at the first area because thats the one you start on, and its the one most people will die to the most. There is a bias, also each area has its differences, and people will deal with each area differently

Also the first area vs the second area dosent mess up the difficulty curve for the entire game. that is a blatent exaggeration.

[AP WOLRD 5 MANIFEST TRUST IN GOD]

Eh, they each have their own strengths. Spelunky 2 is harder (the end boss is the mid boss), has some content bloat, and feels kinda repetitive (looking at you, dwelling), but has so many cool items and interactions, branching paths, and is much more refined than the first. HD is somewhat unbalanced (jetpack being the end all item), rougher (climbing gloves), and has less features, but has more of a sense of your adventure being unique with it's secret worlds and, I'd argue, more random levels. I love both though and would say Spelunky 2 is the best sequel Spelunky could have had.

[JonathanR]

If I were only going to play one I'd play the first... it's a little more classic adventure while Spelunky 2 leans more into the weird. That said, Spelunky 2 is definitely a refinement even if it's also way harder for seemingly no good good reason.

[Middleson]

Spelunky 2 is as if they kept updating spelunky HD, but lost the nostalgic feel. I personally like spelunky 2 better because each run you can spice things up a bit by taking a different route.

[Tvrobot10]

In my opinion, Spelunky 2 is better than the first game. Spelunky 2 is just so rich with much more content. After beating the hard route and some other challenges, it can feel like there is not much else to do. While Spelunky 2's special ending is incredibly hard and repetitive, I like it because it gives me and others a goal to work towards even if that goal seems impossible. Even when I complete the ultimate ending I will still play Spelunky 2 because of the enormous amount of challenges and runs you can do in Spelunky 2. With every run, you can take a different route, make different decisions, and challenge yourself to different things. An important thing that Spelunky 2 adds that Spelunky 1 didn't have is the journal at the end. It can be overlooked, but what's amazing is that your entire run can be detailed on that journal. You can study the journal to try to go for different runs, which also gives you another challenge to work towards. Notice how the journal tells you when you took damage in the run and has some blood on it. This could be turned into a challenge by trying to not take damage at all and then verifying it by reading the journal. My point is, Spelunky 2 has so many more things you can do than in Spelunky 1. Music wise, I miss Spelunky 1's music. Gameplay wise, Spelunky 2 is a masterpiece.

[Blind]

I haven't played Spelunky 1 remake in a while, but they feel to be about the same

Of course, I still miss the OG Spelunky 1-1 music

[Ivara Ara]

Music wise it is atrocious compared to it, but in both the online and everything else i would say i enjoy this much more.

[Trev-9000]

Originally posted by Ivara Ara:

Music wise it is atrocious compared to it, but in both the online and everything else i would say i enjoy this much more.

Atrocious is a bit over the top I think. The first games music was iconic and 2 tries something new. I personally love the new soundtrack and it has some crazy variety between levels. I think the reason people dislike it so much is because its always the same music, unlike Spelunky HD that had 2 tracks for almost every stage. But the music is dynamic based on how you are doing and all the songs pay homage to its predecessors soundtrack without sounding the same.

[katefreeze]

Originally posted by Trev-9000:

Originally posted by Ivara Ara:

Music wise it is atrocious compared to it, but in both the online and everything else i would say i enjoy this much more.

Atrocious is a bit over the top I think. The first games music was iconic and 2 tries something new. I personally love the new soundtrack and it has some crazy variety between levels. I think the reason people dislike it so much is because its always the same music, unlike Spelunky HD that had 2 tracks for almost every stage. But the music is dynamic based on how you are doing and all the songs pay homage to its predecessors soundtrack without sounding the same.

exactly. You cant really call music objectivly horrible, its all subjective, but i love the dynamic tracks in S2. Its wonderfully put together