https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/ Indie and Retro Gaming Reviews from the one and only IGC Sun, 06 Jan 2019 07:27:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62443 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 07:27:27 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62443 […] the way, I sucked at Spelunky. I really sucked at Kingdom. They’re both IGC all-timers. Trust me, if talent was required […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62390 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:54:01 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62390 […] all interconnects. Since nothing has to make sense, they could allow for some wacky level design. Spelunky does this too, for better and for worse. Chasm, being a full-blown Metroidvania, couldn’t […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62353 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:07:00 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62353 […] focus on mainstream and retro games, one of their most interesting books was on the indie hit Spelunky, written by the game creator Derek Yu. Derek provided an insightful look into what it took to make […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62345 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 22:52:14 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62345 […] only to lead to a dead-end. Chains and vines lead to nowhere. It never really gets as absurd as Spelunky’s “damsel behind ten feet of rock when you can’t possibly have enough bombs by this […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62185 Mon, 14 May 2018 02:23:25 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62185 […] when I’m really having fun with a game, I can’t put it down regardless of difficulty. Spelunky for example. I can’t remember too many games I liked a lot but never got around to […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62140 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 03:38:22 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62140 […] Call of Duty you casualtard!” You’re right, I did suck at Cuphead. I also sucked at Spelunky, Kingdom, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure, and countless other indies I’ve loved. If a game […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-62132 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 08:35:47 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-62132 […] the idea procedural generation. But the type of genres it lends itself to tend to be faster-paced. Spelunky, for example, would not be as good or memorable if it had hand-made stages. Among other things, […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-61874 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:25:29 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-61874 […] is fun. But, unlike games where my comical badness didn’t affect my overall enjoyment (Spelunky for example), I have to admit that my ceiling of fun was lowered here. I was damn near ecstatic about it at […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-61561 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 01:30:25 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-61561 […] I still feel can only be done by human hands. Some games are simply more suited for randomness. Spelunky was. Downwell was. Hell, even SteamWorld Dig was. Heist I don’t feel is. The irony of […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2013/09/04/spelunky-vita/#comment-61543 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:49:23 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=7316#comment-61543 […] my family was probably rejoicing that I wouldn’t lose weeks of productivity to it like I did Spelunky or Shutshimi before it. But, it doesn’t matter that I couldn’t finish it. I had a lot […]

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