Is ANYONE Still Playing Spelunky HD?

[@MadHatter1984]

That's our Blargho: a cost-of-living philosopher, a spelunker and a superspreader.

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

I thought you typed 'superreader' and started to wonder if I had missed something. Does Mr. Blarghghg have photographic memory and is a world renowned speed reader? Alas, no...I am just stupid. lolz

[@zaptrap4802]

@@pbabiesinspace6112 i mean he is a superwriter after all

[@lisahaik]

Just hearing that intro again really made me realize how much I missed this...

[@lemonconsumption]

the spelunky soundtrack mixed with blargo's voice is unforgettable and wonderful.

[@N00Mx]

I remember LISAHAIKKKKK from the good ole days hahaha, spelunky celebrity

[@lisahaik]

​@@N00Mx I thought about making some Spelunky 2 levels for Blargho to -suffer through- enjoy, to reignite my popularity, but while Spelunky HD was really "my thing", I knew all the tricks and could make something creative, I don't like Spelunky 2 as much and don't feel like I've got what it takes to create something worthy. I know you didn't ask, but there you have it!

[@N00Mx]

“Reignite my popularity” I SEE PAST YOUR HUMBLE NATURE LISAHAIKKKKKKK

[@GleebieDeebie]

Spelunky HD is still my favourite in the series, a good old bit of nostalgia!

[@popkorn256]

I think it's much better than Spelunky 2, but it's not a popular opinion :D

[@milkman2808]

I find them hard to compare. HD is such a tight and well crafted game. It's the gold standard for roguelikes. However Spelunky 2 just has so much more content and variety, so it offers way more playability. @@popkorn256

[@Pixygon]

My rock-throwing game hasn’t been the same since 2 came out. As much as I love them both, the second game feels almost too long. I’m glad that it’s harder, but it feels kind of hopeless, and I’m not at all a fan of the Cosmic Ocean as a concept.

[@GleebieDeebie]

@@Pixygon Same here, Hell feels rewarding to get through and complete, Cosmic Ocean is a chore

[@milkman2808]

On the bright side, there's a good chance you won't see those 99 levels for a very long time.@steelmote

[@bobsure7346]

Hey Israel/Blargho, Ive been a fan of your channel since I was a kid (2016 was my introduction to your channel and spelunky hd). I dont know why the algorythm hates you so much, but I've always enjoyed your uniquely commentated videos. Thanks for still being around, and congrats on 10 years.

[@asianpablo1574]

I miss these old style of vids. You’re good at talking so it isn’t boring, and the spelunking gameplay and music are nice to watch in the background

[@Miles_3298]

I actually vastly prefer Spelunky HD to Spelunky 2 and play through it from time to time, getting those juicy Hell runs in. It's awesome to see you playing it again. Oh and it's great that you survived and stuff. Hopefully the others on that plane also live to tell each of their individual tales. I feel like I would play Spelunky 2 significantly more often if it had different Dwellings music. Like someone else in these comments said, it's like "ear poison" to me. I may just have to mod it to HD music or something.

[@chippedgoat]

agreed, though often times, It can be hard to switch between the two, if you go several months of playing one, then swap to two, a lot of my mussle memory goes bye bye and I make alota mistakes

[@albl247]

We knew you'd be back!!! Glad to hear your voice Blargho ❤

[@das6109]

Lots of waffling ahead. I know you like waffling so maybe you want to read it. Worth getting some thoughts out either way. I recently did a plat run through of HD on a friend's console actually. I definitely think its a more timeless game. My friends I introduced Spelunky too, lots bounced off, some fell in love. My friends that first tried Spelunky 2 all bounced off. It's a real difficulty cliff, and even when you're comfortable with it (like able to do well in CO) you still need to be cautious if you want anything like consistent results. Spelunky HD ends up feeling very relaxed and zen like by comparison once you're getting close to mastery (ghosting plays into this too). Some will consider that a downside, but I don't. 2 isn't a bad game and I have good memories of chaos with friends, but I don't think its as rock solid a game despite having the same framework and new content. Maybe it's just a balancing thing. The increase in repetitive nonrandomness doesn't help either (sun/moon challenges, 5! bosses if you don't use skips, the totem, etc). The branching worlds path should help, but the branching was so imbalanced that almost everyone followed the same route if they wanted progress (ex: very few people consistently picking jungle, almost none consistently picking temple) so it hardly mattered. I also miss Hell, it was a cool zone. And I'm not sure ice caves improved from being made one level, especially with the skip everyone picks up. Re: Cost of living. Few things. Quality of life in lots of places is awful. Frankly in big parts of Africa, SA, ME, and SEA there is a real argument quality of life has deteriorated in the last 50 years. Which is kinda insane from a western standpoint. Not owning some smart phone or having some form of internet access is rare even in the poorest cities. I lived in places where good data plan was $8/mo and wages were like $2-3/hr and everyone still had smartphones mostly less than 3 years old. I remember being surprised initially about it. Not having a phone in a city is more just being a child. If you look at places with insanely low costs of living like surviving on >$1/day then yeah you probably won't have many electronics. In any city though once you keep your salary even if you're barely living you'll probably own a phone within a few weeks (different if you have kids insanely early ig). I guess the similar question to what you're asking is - "Should someone in the 1920s complain?". They're not in the potato famine, they aren't dying in the trenches like some people recently were. The framework of relative suffering is not very insightful because it moves the goals towards complacency rather than progress. Being aware of your privilege is valuable, as is advocating for better supply chains etc, but not saying a word when things deteriorate at home is not. My opinion is from a bit sharper spot of the privileged world though. You've seen your city become highly unaffordable as has a lot of the US, I've seen mine become otherworldly. I live somewhere where household income (usually dual income) is about $50k USD after tax. The absolute cheapest apartment within 1.5 hour of the city I see right now is $400k USD. Median is closer to 650k. We need another digit to talk houses. They recommend you have ~3x the median >household< income to buy here. That's two people making well over six figures. And it's not a silicon valley type place where with enough education you can make bank. There are no guaranteed six figure jobs here except being a doctor. People with comp sci degrees are often making >60k usd before tax 10 years into the job. This is a rent until you run out of money and move/become homeless type deal. Anchorage has now hit an above 3x home price multiplier, where if you could save every penny of a typical household without being taxed for 3 years you'd be able to pay off a good part of a typical home. Maybe it's 4x in reality, not sure. Either way 3x is considered rather unaffordable. It's where my city was in the 1980s. 5x is considered severely unaffordable. NYC has been steadily ~7x. My city is a world leader at 13x now. Unimaginably far out of reach. The kinda place where your interest would be more than a typical (educated) person's income. I could leave, but it means giving up being able to visit family, rebuilding my friends and professional network, etc. That said it's overwhelmingly what people in my city do. Most my friends and network have been here >5 years because so many people realize it's not worth trying to make it work. It's what I'll have to eventually do. I'm trying to move to the US as I figure if I have to move eventually I might as well be making friends now before I'm ancient. I think I'm justified in being sad about it. I think you'd feel differently (maybe a lot less hopeful?) if the prices of everything around you were +4x higher than they are now with zero change in your income. Particularly if you ever wanted a family. I ain't saying you can't raise a family in some level of poverty, my gf's family did and she came out great. Lots make it happen. I'm saying you know it's gotten bad when poor (but not abject poverty) upbringing is the option you unlock if marry and are both college educated and working in your respective fields. It's not the future I would want for anyone's kids. One thing I'd love to see is the government subsidize education for in-demand careers. I would never consider a masters or graduate program right now because pay is low here and tuition is high. It's not like Spain (or most of the first world as well as most of BRIC) where if you want to study something you can and it'll only cost you each summer of waiting tables. Here it's a huge liability, without the same high salaries for tech/finance/law/etc of the US. We're watching the country get richer in real dollars (interest adjusted) per person every year, but people end up poorer, better educated, and less able to afford necessities than ever before. The growth gains in GDP (as well as much of the existing GDP which used to be more evenly split) are going to a narrower and narrower slice of the pie, and rationalizations like 'its worse elsewhere' are not good for addressing this. We have companies with mid-sized country incomes pay lower tax rates than the people bagging your food. But yeah at this point I'd settle for being able to get educated without sweating bullets about the costs and living some terms in a car so I can afford medical on my salary. No one likes seeing their country go backwards.

[@skullprodigy]

I am sooooooooo happy to hear your voice again and that too in spelunky hd.!!!! Really missed this!

[@KevinDavisKPD]

Blargh! Welcome back! It's so great to see you again!

[@whataboutwaxy]

i dont understand how your videos come up when I need them the most. like its crazy thinking ive been watching you this damn long on and off and everytime I go into a blargho binge its because one random video showed up once

[@superpositioned]

Glad to see the 'vid couldn't stop you, welcome back!

[@n1njab0t78]

Spelunky 2 really did take HD and make it better, but damn this game is so nostalgic. The music in this one is also way better, especially the mines music. The dwelling theme in spelunky 2 is literal ear poison

[@rawbeefking866]

hearing the dwellings music after losing a run that’s literally anywhere over 10 minutes long feels awful

[@lokinighton7299]

I got a 4 minute PB in Max Hell% last night so yep still playing Spelunky Hd!

[@bythepowerofduskull-FNF]

Ayyy good to see you back! And to answer the question in the title; yes, there is! I'm one of them.

[@artvandelay4569]

We’re still here playing HD Blargho! We don’t all play the daily everyday but there’s a good number, including myself, that still speedrun HD. Happy to see an HD video from you again. Always a good time when your videos pop up in my notifs even after all these years🫡

[@kaku_zato]

Thank you for doing this! It's awesome and very nostalgic to see you playing HD again

[@marcuslontok5703]

BLARGH, me and my little brother been watching your spelunky content for years now, we just got spelunky 2 and we got hooked, but every time we get frustrated we play spelunky HD. The devs made spelunky 2 so much harder, so after playing spelunky 2 for about a week, I completed my first he’ll run, beating the entire game for the first time in like a decade of playing it lol. LOVE YOUR CONTENT BLARGHO PLEASE KEEP POSTING.

[@Yianfranco]

tbh i still am lmao, i havetn had any games t oplay lately so i connected my xbox 360 created a new account adn now im playing spelunky hd. also i discovered your channel like when i was 12 or 11 and iv always watched your spelunky videos i was such a massive fan and you honestly made me obsessed with the game too lmao its been a while now and now im 14 you must be the most nalstogic channel i know

[@_narrows]

always a cozy time checking in on the channel now and again. Been subbed for like 7 of those years that's crazy

[@mnucuello]

Gracias por subir estos videos, Spelunky HD siempre me trae buenos reucerdos.

[@jimmyvongrenstratchenhouse7966]

love you Israel, miss the spelunky vids. not 2, just the S1's

[@abbsurt]

Welcome back Paco Espelunko! Still playing spelunky hd, hell yeah

[@flaco3462]

i always love hear you talk about life stuff cuz its always interesting and entertaining and you always got an open mind spedunky

[@badams52]

Glorious day. El Blargho is back from the dead and playing the best iteration of the Spelunky series. And now I again will be wasting 30+ minutes daily

[@gilgamesh2538]

Happy 10 years!

[@cosmosspacecentertelevision]

as someone who prefers HD to 2, I'm glad you made this video :)

[@battleshipradiotv2005]

🌌🛌🏼🛸🎧 I absolutely adore listening to zis feller jabbering. Its like he is telling me a story. A very long undending story. A bedtime story. To help me go to sleep after yet another hotrible horrible sad day... Thank you sir. Nini🌌💜.

[@ohiorushbaby]

I play Spelunky HD all the time. Still not quite acclimated to Spelunky 2, it's nice to go back to HD and play through it with all the old tips and tricks up my sleeve.

[@SpooksRule921]

I love me some spelunky hd, and always happy to see you playing it, cheers mate

[@lukemackenzie9073]

Spelunky HD is always the best content.

[@jamster251]

Sorry to hear about your illness, sounds rough as hell :/ Glad you're okay man

[@atomicspacemonky]

I actually played Spelunky HD again for a bit because of your videos recently! I had to start from a new save file but I unlocked all characters and journal entries in a day or two. Not playing consistently again though, the itch in my brain has been scratched already :V

[@Ruby_Mullz]

If there was a way to come back, this is it! Absolute vibes!

[@hazelhazelton1346]

It's good to hear from you again, Unca Blargho. You had me worried a bit. :)

[@daneelaart]

i still play it from time to time, it's more consistently enjoyable than 2 after the hundreds of hours of dwelling

[@greasyfries5632]

Honestly, i do still play HD for the daily

[@brosquires]

yeah i still love spelunky HD and play it pretty much daily

[@drillbert]

Glad you're back!

[@Xeroph-5]

Yes. I still need to beat Yama. I did the other day, but I d i e d o n t h e w a y t o t h e e x i t

[@ToxxicBurst476]

~70 players on average, BUT there was a +3.60% increase in players since you uploaded this video!

[@Alphaminx]

I still grind Spelunky HD quite a bit actually. It was the first one I played, and I've been playing it almost since it came out. It has shaped my life.

[@michaelmcgee2026]

Just now seeing this. Welcome back.

[@thomaswallace8743]

I wouldn’t say I’m still paying it on account of only starting it this last month but I’ve recently picked it up after platinuming spelunky 2 and am loving every second of the horrible time I’m have trying to unlearn habits and release new ones

[@mikeyes620]

I'm super happy you're not dead, Blargo. You had me worried.

[@mikeyes620]

Also been missing rimworld, can't wait for more, cheers.

[@derlisnoguera79]

The coof just couldn't keep Blargho down.

[@martialmorgan]

I strictly have been playing spelunky HD for about 2 years straight now. My best friend also plays it. i love the game so much and more than spelunky 2.

[@SupremeRTS]

Funnily enough, I still play with my sister splitscreen once in a while on my xbox. I got the game for free back in the xbox 360 days somehow and thanks to backwards compatibility, we still play it when I come home from college

[@Jadriam]

Blargho defeating PESTILENCE INCARNATE and revealing wisdom no one ever knew they were missing!

[@adamliddle4658]

Waiting until everyone has stopped playing the game is the only way I'm ever topping the daily challenge board

[@Ragman205]

Ditto xD

[@andrewroes7942]

Spelunky HD is alive and well in my mind until I finally beat an eggplant run already

[@Fourtwoflow]

Really glad that you're back, Blargho! 👍

[@pointynoodle]

My aunt had the same thing when my uncle was super sick with covid; she got nothing. Then she went to a party and got sick immediately

[@holdingpattern245]

I think Olmec should have gotten fragged.

[@razzvyberry4694]

Blargho's clone finally hatched from the test tube. Welcome into the world blargho the 5th!

[@ReaperspearX]

I am playing it a lot, but alas, it is hard. There are many pits that devour my soul.

[@RafaelAcurcio]

I have been bamboozled! KZbin didn't notify me the new videos... damn you algorithm.

[@lemonconsumption]

i actually prefer spelunky HD! both games have their charm but it's something about HD that feels so lovely to play.

[@asm7610]

welcome back blargho, glad the crown didn't take you out

[@MarkTheDevourer]

I love Blargh so much

[@rainwobrain]

3:16 nostalgia!

[@alistairmoulds4923]

He’s back baby!!!

[@Lefty_esport]

we love you Blargho! i would love to see some more custom spelunky hd levels

[@TheStardustConspiracy]

Beautiful ending 😂😂😂😂😂 certified Blargho moment!

[@CuminDragon]

I'm another one of those people who prefers HD to 2! While I like the engine of 2, i feel like HD's levels and design was overall more enjoyable.

[@lisahaik]

Early access to Spelunky videos is nice, but where is that exclusive onlyfans content I was promised?

[@NostraFnDamus]

You mean you don't already have a dedicated network of cameras in his house livestreaming 24/7, and a 40 terrabyte folder of Blargh nudes? AMATEUR

[@jellophant9716]

love you thanks for blarghing all over my feed

[@joseluismendoza374]

Just bought the game after not playing it for awhile. Planing to play spelunky 2 soon for the first time

[@pgpsucksatrivalsxd7229]

I still play it! Current stats: 360 runs, 1 win (olmec win) 15/16 characters (I just need yang) All shortcuts Journal half done for the most part, sure I need to get some pre-hell ones

[@lukemackenzie9073]

👏👏👏 That’s 1 more win than I’ve ever managed.

[@pgpsucksatrivalsxd7229]

@@lukemackenzie9073 tips for a regular run: 1: get the cape 2: get the cape 3: GET. THE. CAPE, with some exploring, you can get 10k dollars right off 1-1 4: other essentials are paste, pitcher's mitt, spring shoes, climbing gloves (if you like sticking to walls) and other stuff

[@N00Mx]

I often go back to spelunky HD to see if I can still get to hell and get some SWEET TORTURE

[@-tempest-]

Really enjoyed the "whining people who don't know how good they have it" bit. I think every person have their own "struggling threshold", there's a very nice quote by Leo Tolstoy which I wanted to share: "He learned that suffering and freedom have their limits and that those limits are very near together; that the person in a bed of roses with one crumpled petal suffered as keenly as he now, sleeping on the bare damp earth with one side growing chilled while the other was warming; and that when he had put on tight dancing shoes he had suffered just as he did now when he walked with bare feet that were covered with sores - his footgear having long since fallen to pieces"

[@hhm4480]

The part with Pierre as a p.o.w made reading that long ass book worth it

[@bibleman7015]

I'm grinding it right now, finally beat the game again after a long break. Now trying to get all the achievements and get to hell and beat it. Still loving this game and trying to get more out of it before diving into Spelunky 2

[@wario1340]

17:42 - Proceeds to waste bombs instead of dropping the shotgun to whip the spider. Lol

[@FrostyTheSnowPickle]

I still prefer Spelunky HD. I feel it captures the vibe of the game more, and I prefer the art style and controls. Spelunky HD has all the classic adventure story environments: Old abandoned mines, lush jungles, frozen caves, and ancient temples. It's the traditional Indiana Jones-type adventure story environment. Spelunky 2, meanwhile, has all sorts of chaotic stuff that doesn't capture the vibe as much, like Asian-inspired Atlantean regions, trippy living worlds with purple intestines and uvulas, and all sorts of other very unique and creative environments that, while interesting, don't capture the mood. Also, SHD's whip feels so much nicer to use than S2's. And the art style just feels more interesting with SHD. There's more contrast. Everything in S2 just feels so smooth and blended together, and doesn't pop as much.

[@rainwobrain]

he came back...

[@minke22]

To answer your question. YES i still play this game every now and then

[@BunkerNation265]

I finally beat Spelunky HD 2 days ago, it took me about 4 years :D

[@wisewizard9552]

I am still playing original Spelunky

[@nv3721]

That ending though! I will stay tuned for the stupid. I am subscribed for the stupid.

[@TheWixxer10]

Got my final Steam achievement (1000 runs since i reset my save once) this week edit: i did not refuse to switch to spelunky 2 tho, the only thing i did not do is 7-99 in that game, my pb is like 7-30 ish

[@EricWizardGamer]

I wouldn't I play this game I GREW UP WITH THIS GAME

[@standardniguel]

Hey, bologne sandwiches kept us fed.

[@XMehrooz]

Uncle Blargho, please play Death Road to Canada

[@ElBlargho]

I played it a bunch, but not on the channel!

[@gideaorodrigues1958]

in the last 2 years i have become super buff please be proud of me dad

[@ElBlargho]

MY PRIDE KNOWS NO BOUNDS, MY SWOLE SON

[@ZeldaVerde]

Me and my friends absolutely are

[@Boamere]

I can’t even remember when I started watching you

[@crabking3525]

It's funny that humanity has come full circle to "ah screw healthcare, I'll just die"

[@JellySword8]

I like HD way more than 2 but the weird frame rate still annoys me too much to play it regularly. HD's art style is so much better looking than 2. It has this unique psudo-realistic look to it where 2 just looks completely cartoony. 2 also just has too much fixed content that makes it boring and repetitive.

[@Maderyne]

WHAH!!!!! A flashback to the past?!?!?!? Could it be? El Paco de hombre!

[@winter9648]

In response to the title, yes Im actually Jsur getting into spelunky and starting with hd and once I get the true ending I’ll get spelunky 2

[@CojaGamez]

I suck ass at this game, but I reached Yama for the first time today. I died, but I am getting ever closer to my first successful hell run Edit: Holy hell I actually beat it

[@asianpablo1574]

Yama is very easy if you know what to do. Just look up the rope shotgun strat

[@CojaGamez]

@@asianpablo1574 I didnt have a shotgun sadly

[@nightmarezinc1575]

I never played HD or classic Ngl Just watched it and loved it Started playing with spelunky 2 lol

[@Peremptor]

I do from time to time. Never got that good at it but I do the best I can :)

[@SpartanWax]

I play it! The xbox 360 version actually without the skins and the clean Ui. I love this game :3

[@Conan776]

You've already struck on the main issue with Spelunky 2 vs HD. Time. The levels were shorter. The ghost timer was faster (is the ghost ever a threat in 2?). If you did finish the chain, Hell is the shortest set of levels. The tension, the item juggling, the respect for the player's time all made HD a better formula. But it is what it is, and I can only hope Spelunky 3 swings the ball the other way.

[@BAKAGAlJIN]

I'm occasionally trying to beat my PB in HD, mostly attempting 7-99 or speedrun attempts. Nothing compares to Paco content though!

[@tomatobasilsocks9678]

Great video ❤

[@Uno-yo2nx]

Why is he so wise

[@ElBlargho]

Copious amounts of methamphetamine!

[@zejugames5045]

Just killed Yama yesterday!

[@patrickkoh1308]

im not playing but im still watching!