Spike shoes completely reverse the difficulty of certain enemies/mini bosses.ģ) As a side effect of 2, you have to spend a lot more time collecting money and shuffling idols/ghost pots up and down the levels. Being able to slowly collect a net gain of resources as opposed to consuming them makes a huge difference when you get to the later levels that have tons of 'screw that, that's getting bombed' situations. But if you don't get any spring shoes or climbing gloves or similar traversal aides like extra ropes, you're likely to just get screwed later on. Because the levels are much bigger and more dense, I find that you need to be able to backtrack a lot more without wasting resources. It seems like an unnecessary difficulty change because whenever you die it's almost always extreme overkill dmg/chain reaction and not being on 1-health anyway.Ģ) Optional items seem much more mandatory. I have a similar problem with jumping on turkeys or lava dogs. Maybe I'm still in the adjustment period but I feel like it happens in ways I can't predict even when I'm being extra careful/precise. At first I though, oh I just need to get gud, but it happens even with sleeping skeletons when they're not moving. I cannot count the number of times that I have somehow gotten damaged dropping onto an enemy from above. However, even with that same passion, I can see a few systemic things now that are really driving me crazy.ġ) Hitboxes on enemies seem like they are a smidge too small in a very frustrating way. It's that same rapturous feeling of your brain slowly consolidating all your experiences/knowledge and then it just clicks.

Temple's? Good luck.Ĭity of Gold (for higher score runs), easier Kapala farming post-res, Alien Compass, and journal entries are the only things I like about Temple over Tide haha.As a mediocre but persistent Spelunkey player (I beat Yama only three times), I've finally managed to get past Olmec consistently after about 35 hours. Secret area boss: Tide Pool's? Hack and slash. Temple's gets some points for the potential altar payout and increased ease of getting Kapala blood, but it doesn't outweigh everything else. Secret area: Temple's is an ascending gauntlet of poison snakes and instakill snakes, Tide Pool's you pretty much just look up and see the boss. Sure, you don't technically need it to get to the area itself, but the boss requires it. And you can retain your backpack item while you lose it through Temple. And it's always near the exit of the level. Meanwhile, you just have to pick up Excalibur. Getting to secret area: Anubis is easy with the right items (spike shoes, paste+bombs, shotgun, etc.) but a pain otherwise. Don't know if it's the increased density of them or their speed though. Traps: both areas can instakill you, but the crush traps kill me a lot more. Hell, even the less intimidating enemies (summoners, necromancers) are scary. It would still be a huge gap for me given everything else.Įnemies: crocmen and cursed kitties are significantly more threatening than anything Tide Pool has to offer. Links: Official:įlair requests are generally updated every two or three days, but can take up to a week. Use your wits, your reflexes, and the items available to you to survive and go ever deeper! Perhaps at the end you may find what you're looking for. Every time you play the cave's layout will be different. Spelunky is a cave exploration / treasure-hunting game inspired by classic platform games and roguelikes, where the goal is to grab as much treasure from the cave as possible.

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