
Blew my mind first time I saw it as a Spelunky 1 fan.
#SPELUNKY 2 GHOST FREE#
Its no different than games like Don't Starve where you are free to explore in the day then when it gets to night it is far riskier to stay out doing things.Īlso, from a lore perspective, I love that the ghosts split into more ghosts. Spelunky is 100% a game about risk vs reward, so do you spend your time getting everything on the level and deal with the ghost, or make your way quickly to the exit to avoid it? The choice is entirely yours. You can be cursed by specific enemies and items. The difference here is that the ghost is very difficult to avoid so it forces you into situations where you have to make tough decisions in order to progress based on your current time and distance from the exit. Not long after venturing into this underground maze, you may find yourself afflicted by the brand new and decidedly unpopular Spelunky 2 curse. Keeping this in mind, be aware of what you break. Hold the attack button until you start flashing and release to freeze enemies. You can know by the flavor text that will appear at the bottom.


In Spelunky 2, you get far more time before the ghost arrives and even more time if you get the clover. Spelunky 2 - Ghost vase Quick Tip Tip by Blobbee Ghost vase Theres a chance a vase with the face of a ghost can spawn in the first map. The ghost moved so slowly that it was hardly a challenge for experienced players and if you had the jetpack it was basically impossible for it to get you. Basically dragged out levels for another 5 to 10 minutes because you wanted to change all your gems to diamonds to get the highest score. A Second Chance Obtain the Ankh in a non-seeded run. VIP Enter Madame Tusks Palace of Pleasure as a guest (in a non-seeded run). Seen a Lot Complete 50 of the Journal or more. Pilgrim Reach the Sunken City in a non-seeded, single-player run. In Spelunky 1 the ghost was so easy to manipulate once you got the hang of it. This is the next logical step in evolving your Spelunky 2 gameplay. The ghost is absolutely one of the most important game play mechanics in Spelunky and although I understand why people want to turn it off in this thread, calling it lazy game design is just not right imo. Same as these caves that are essentially empty. That's like the game designer saying: "Yeah whatever I don't care". This is an easter egg I was told about where ghosts will appear if cursed in a dead are restless level. When the ghost chases you for a time, it splits in two ghosts, then into four ghosts.

Ghists can be found bound to a gravestone in a level with a "The Dead are Restless!" level feeling, the corpse of a recently deceased Hired Hand, or a haunted Caveman corpse found in hidden backlayers. Ghist are normally invisible entities, visible only if a Spelunker is cursed. Ghists visible under the effects of curse in a "The Dead are Restless!" level in Temple of Anubis.Ī hidden backlayer containing the haunted corpse of a Caveman. Watch on YouTube There is an easy and a hard way to approach Olmec. Ghists are small, rotund, harmless apparitions in Spelunky 2. Olmec, the last boss of the regular run in the original Spelunky, is the boss of the end of the second branch in Spelunky 2. For the Ghist Shopkeepers in Dwelling and Eggplant World, visit their page. Will disappear if the object they are bound to is destroyedįor the much larger threat seen after too much time is spent in levels, see Ghost (2).Will not interact under any circumstances.
