Spelunky 2
Developer - Mossmouth, Blitworks
Publisher - Mossmouth
Format - PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Release - 2020
Finding a game capable of holding our attention for not just months but years is getting more difficult. Even putting aside all the new releases that extend our backlog into infinity, there are so many live-service games fighting to be our main squeeze that battle passes and seasonal updates have started to seem more threat than promise. But here’s one game that’s managed to consistently cut through the noise, simply by virtue of being difficult to master, endlessly surprising and – perhaps most vitally – only asking for 15 minutes at a time. Round here, the walls have never stopped shifting.
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