Spelunky Review

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I haven't completed it. What I have done is die, hundreds of times, in a variety of gruesome and hilarious ways. I've been impaled on spikes. I've been nibbled to death by piranhas and clobbered into oblivion by angry shopkeepers. I've blown myself up with bombs, I've fallen down cavernous holes and I've been stung to the core by a giant queen bee.

Death comes frequently in Spelunky. You'd be forgiven for rolling your eyes at yet another indie platformer with cute graphics and chirpy music - albeit one that goes out of its way to be as tough as possible. But the more you play, the more it surprises you.

For starters, death isn't just frequent - it's also permanent. There's no saving in Spelunky. Get munched by a man-eating plant or stomped on by one too many frogs, and you'll have to start again from the beginning.

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