Spelunky

A long time ago I played Spelunker on the NES. Once I got the hang of it beating the game was easy. Problem was there were only 4 levels, so once you knew what to do it lost all its appeal. A couple decades later along somes Spelunky. It's almost the same game but with enough variation to make it fun. You'll get the hang of the basics pretty fast but you'll also be in for new surprises. Spelunky skips a lot of the rouge-lite charachter development and instead gives you new avatars to play with. You can skip ahead to new levels once you reach certain check points. Shops sell buffs and you'll occasionally find basic items to keep your stocks up. You'll have to balance time spent in the level with other activities like collecting loot and rescuing people trapped in the mine. Be careful! EVERYTHING will kill you. Dangerous animals, death traps, spikes, falls, explosions, boulders, ghosts, and worst of all, your own impatience will cost you your life. It's frustrating but you can always figure out how you screwed up. The game even keeps tally of how many times you've entered the mine with hashmarks at the entrance. I really enjoy this game and vcan totally rcommend it.

The premise and mechanics for this game are about as simple as they get. Don't let that fool you though as this is one of the more challenging platform games currently out there, which ultimately makes it all the more addicting. If you enjoy adventure styled platform games and you like your games on the challenging side....well, Spelunky is definitely for you. Definitely one of the best platform games I have seen in recent memory.

The game is so much fun, highly replayable and very challenging, even withouth the daily challenge feature. But, it supports 360 controllers only, would have helped to know it before the purchase. Keyboard can be stressful.

I loved Spelunky when it was just a freeware 8-bit game. Then, I heard they were doing HD, and I got all excited, only to find out it was being released on XBox Live. It's SOOOO great to have it back on PC! Sure you die. You'll probably spend more time dying than you will anything else. But this game has the charm and the mechanics to keep you plunging deeper into the catacombs. The ONLY gripe is that there is no Online Co-op, but as long as you have on friend who loves Super Mario, you should be able to get them to play this with little to no problems. For $15- you definitely get your moneys worth based on the "randomized" dungeons. It's true- no level is ever, ever the same. There's no set map for you to memorize to help you be a better play- that only comes in this game through a lesson learned with each death. This game is a total classic, and a must have for any platformer fan- Spelunky's giving Mario a run for his Mushrooms!

Nice little game, ruined by that indestructable Ghost if you take too long.