Spelunky 2 - Cosmic Ocean 7-99 (Jungle-Temple/Duat route)

Terrible audio problems for about 18 minutes:
0:28:45 (City of Gold) - 0:46:32(7-4 Hundun's Hideaway)
Also minor noise at the beginning of Cosmic Ocean.
From 7-8 onwards the audio is great.
My 2nd Cosmic Ocean 7-99.
This was my 100th visit to Cosmic Ocean and 2nd clear. By this point I had played Spelunky 2 for about 438h.
So about 48 hours and 18 more Cosmic Ocean runs since my first 7-99.
When the game first came out I played about until I reached the Cosmic Ocean for the first time(7-5 being my best) and did a lot of other stuff of course.
Then about year later I played for some weeks. Got a lot better with the game. My new best was 7-70.
Then over a year later(about 1-2 months ago) started again.
Took some weeks to start getting new records. And then finally 7-99 through Volcana - Tide Pool.
Few days after I already found myself trying for this Jungle-Temple route even though I originally planned to do 7-99 only once.
I switched the character to the next one every day I played.
So I didn't really choose which characters won. I tried my best with all of them.
The 7-99 winners are:
1 Pilot
2 Valerie Crump (this run)
3 Demi Von Diamonds
4 Princess Airyn
5 Dirk Yamaoka
6 Ana Spelunky
7 Alto Singh
8 Nekka the Eagle
9 Margaret Tunnel
Stats so far:
Win # / Cosmic Ocean visits / Deaths / Total Playtime
1 / 82 / 411 / 386h
2 / 100 / 463 / 438h
3 / 102 / 469 / 445h
4 / 103 / 470 / 449h
5 / 104 / 470 / 453h
6 / 107 / 480 / 462h
7 / 114 / 498 / 477h
8 / 116 / 501 / 483h (Eggplant)
9 / 129 / 522 / 515h
-death count is XBOX version only so it's only good for seeing the difference between wins. But the total playtime includes all versions I've played.
My other 7-99 runs and much more:
• Spelunky 2
My best runs so far:
VOLCANA - TIDE POOL
7-99 (normal)
7-99 (daily 2023-10-30)
7-99 (daily 2023-11-02)
7-99 (daily 2023-11-06)
7-98 (normal)
7-91 (normal)
7-83 (normal)
7-81 (normal)
7-71 (normal)
7-70 (normal) x3
7-66 (daily)
7-65 (normal) x2
7-61 (normal)
7-59 (normal) x2
JUNGLE - TEMPLE
7-99 (normal)
7-85 (normal)
7-74 (normal)
7-69 (normal)
7-60 (daily)
7-58 (normal)
7-53 (daily)
7-43 (daily)
7-36 (normal)
7-30 (normal)
JUNGLE - TIDE POOL
7-99 (normal)
7-66 (normal)
VOLCANA - TEMPLE
7-99 (normal)
I can record 1 hour max at once. So this run had 5 separate recordings combined.
I took a few minute break and switched the recording to a new one at the beginning of 7-8, 7-33, 7-64 and 7-95.
For this video I cut those breaks into seconds.
0:00 Hub/1-1 Dwelling
7:55 2-1 Jungle
19:07 The Black Market
20:24 3-1 Olmec's Lair
24:59 4-1 Temple
27:36 4-3 The City of Gold
28:45 (terrible audio starts)
29:11 4-4 Duat
32:29 5-1 Ice Caves
34:27 6-1 Neo Babylon
38:59 6-4 Tiamat's Throne
40:20 7-1 Sunken City
46:08 7-4 Hundun's Hideaway
46:32 (terrible audio stops)
48:36 7-5 Cosmic Ocean
57:31 7-10 Cosmic Ocean
1:10:15 7-20 Cosmic Ocean
1:28:51 7-30 Cosmic Ocean
1:45:22 7-40 Cosmic Ocean
2:01:17 7-50 Cosmic Ocean
2:18:33 7-60 Cosmic Ocean
2:37:43 7-70 Cosmic Ocean
2:52:28 7-80 Cosmic Ocean
3:10:37 7-90 Cosmic Ocean
3:16:23 the "scary" ocean begins
3:23:41 7-98 Cosmic Ocean(last level)
3:24:44 7-99 Cosmic Ocean Ends(constellation)
3:25:26 End Credits
3:30:14 Constellation view from hub
3:31:13 Player Profile
3:31:39 My 1st(previous) Constellation
Played and recorded on Xbox Series X.

[@pdxbla]

1:02:17 one of those "I'd like to say that was intentional..." moments.
I actually did it to check if there's anything hiding at the exit.
1:09:44 I thought this was going to lead into stun locking until I'm dead.
1:10:47 mistakes like these often lead to death.
1:36:03 didn't even realize how close this was while playing.
1:46:42 Neo Babylon welcome.
1:49:56 thought this was the second orb.
1:59:25 I knew this was smart even before I went for it.
1:59:46 bad timing, but I still could have avoided it. Very lucky to have survived that.
2:07:47 great timing with that poison bubble.
2:13:50 extreme luck. I realized it was a falling platform just when it was too late.
2:46:32 extreme luck again. Usually Derek isn't this forgiving.
3:00:30 this lizard was 100% a wizard. (wait for it...)
3:06:45 semi heart attack.
3:16:23 when this happened I 100% accepted that this run had failed.
I didn't believe in victory until the last 2 levels and even in those I was expecting more to lose.
I was more nervous in 7-98 than I was on my first 7-99 run.
I couldn't(still can't) believe I let that happen. So many bombs left. Should have bombed right away. And bomb the ground instead of the enemy itself.
Reminds me of how I died in 7-98. In both cases I knew I should approach the situation differently. But I kept pushing for no reason.
Because of this my new constellation is a lot worse than the first. And unfortunately new one always replaces previous.
3:24:38 I didn't plan the exit too well. I wanted to exit the level as soon as possible before something random falls on me. It wasn't too dangerous, but still the very last exit. Would have hurt if it had gone wrong.
3:24:46 new constellation and 3:31:44 my first constellation.
I included the first for comparison. I wish the new one wouldn't have replaced the first.

[@pdxbla]

Terrible audio problems for about 18 minutes:
0:28:45 (City of Gold) - 0:46:32(7-4 Hundun's Hideaway)
Also minor noise at the beginning of Cosmic Ocean.
From 7-8 onwards the audio is as it should!