The first is that the “Five Finger Discount” section is quite a bit of a spoiler. It’s almost the only thing you can spoil in the game; explaining the consequences when you successfully do steal. I would recommend revising it, to just simply say the game becomes possibly a bit unfair after doing it.

I feel the game is only really unfair the first time you encounter something new. You don’t know what to expect, and it’s usually your doom as a result. But the resulting deaths are usually comical enough that even those are more amusing than frustrating. After that, you know what’s coming and you can avoid it, if you’re clever enough, fast enough, or have the right equipment. You can’t really be killed by anything offscreen, unless you do something unwise such as fall too far (fatal even without spikes) or run too fast (running is only useful when you know where you’re going). There are no insta-deaths you cannot avoid, again assuming you have the rope, bomb, or other tool needed to defeat it. I can count on one hand the number of games where I ran out of a tool I needed after carefully managing my inventory. That’s what makes the game so great: When you die, it’s your fault. You made a mistake. The game wasn’t unfair, you just couldn’t measure up.

Finally, it’s a great review. :-) It captures what makes Spelunky really interesting and fun, despite it being such a simple (in some senses) game.

you say you really liked the game where’s the link love?

http://spelunkyworld.com/

Stanley: No it shouldn’t. “If ever” would have been right. I decided to be awkward, though, as I’m fond of doing. :-)