Playing Splunky

I always am disappointed when games or movies or anything makes a sequel. And then when you play the sequel, it's just like, more or the same. You're not getting that experience that you had the first time. But splunky too, is more of the experience. It's like the same. Have to reset all my expectations again. I have to learn how to be careful and discover all the secrets. Like, i really feel like you built a sequel that um re hashes and expands the concept behind the original,. Not just give a bunch more levels for the original. Is that something you thought about? Playing like something close to the final version really makes it like you, you