The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

[Daunt_Flockula]

Indeed Azazel seems to be OP'ish. But the short range of his brimstone laser evens it out. Given the fact that he also has no red hearts by default makes him a good powerful yet challenging character.

The difficulty does peak up after mom. Still, luck+the right combinations can get you as far as you would like to go. The only limitation is that there are too many items now and your chances of getting the advantageous combinations is reduced a lot. Be just a little reckless and you can even spoil an already good build, ending up in shambles instead.

Late edit: The "Are U a Wizard" pill isn't permanent. I guess it sticks for about 1 minute or so. Don't feel you have to start over, if you have a good build. Shoot away in an empty room for a while and it goes away.

[Kafein]

Defeated mom's heart last night. Even though I said "difficulty spike", I only did like 5 runs between defeating mom and defeating mom's heart, due to a super lucky run. My base item was tar, which means occasional tears that inflict slow + I leave a smudge (like the flickering blood some enemies do) that inflicts slow on contact. I bought mom's purse at level 3 or something, which gave me 3 pretty flies. This seems like nothing but it basically means 99.9% invulnerability against tears. Then I got war as a depth boss, so I had flight (seriously, why on earth would I ever switch to another energy item after getting that?). Finally among the notable loots I got evil friend, which is a follower with azazel's attack, except with infinite range. That guy ended up being much more powerful than my base damage tears. The only difficult part of mom's heart was when it stopped using tears. Other than that I could almost stand still dishing out damage lol. I can't even imagine the pain of doing this without those flies though. Mom's heart bullet hell is hell.

[Gravoth_iii]

Managed to get to mom with 1 heart multiple lives thingy, got fucked. Had 2 hearts at a point where i though i was back in business, since i was struggling and died a lot to random stages with 1 heart, but ofcourse a pill of ebola stole that extra heart, gg.

[SixThumbs]

Mom's heart isn't so bad, the pattern doesn't really change from playthrough to playthrough and as long as I have decent damage from whatever I scavenged along the way and I have ~4 hearts to burn I'm good to go. I did get lucky a few runs though and managed to save the emperor card for the last level.

Azazel does feel OP though. The beam is alright, it's high risk high reward, but the starting flight means that half of the challenge, maneuvering around the rooms and floor hazards, are gone.

[Kafein]

Managed to get to mom with 1 heart multiple lives thingy, got fucked. Had 2 hearts at a point where i though i was back in business, since i was struggling and died a lot to random stages with 1 heart, but ofcourse a pill of ebola stole that extra heart, gg.

Haha, I had this happen to me as well. As a long time player of the first game, I saw guppy and immediately thought "jackpot", but that item is actually horrible for getting anything done. I remember it was just plainly OP in the first game for some reason. Anyways I encountered mom with nine lives, one heart and two spectral hearts and got my ass kicked 9 times lel. Also the ebola pill omg.

I just defeated the heart again btw, this time I had even more slow-effect tears, sticky companion, 2 flies and the first stage of meat cube. I derped very hard at the start of the last stage because I could have gone to the next level instead.

[Daunt_Flockula]

None of you guys made it to the Cathedral or Hell yet? I have already defeated Isaac and Satan a few times. Now I need to unlock the Family Photo trinket to get to the Lamb and ??? or even kick Super Satan's ass.


Also remember that you can get the three flies by repeatedly using the slot machine and trying your luck at it. Do use that whenever you get the chance. I am not even mentioning the possibility of getting a full dollar bill out of it.

[SixThumbs]

I beat Sheoul and Satan but I still have a few more play-throughs before it's permanently opens rather than having a random chance to go there.

[Kafein]

None of you guys made it to the Cathedral or Hell yet?

Nope, but I sure as hell did go this far much faster than the first time around.

[SixThumbs]

I just hit hell and the cathedral, there was a point in fighting mom's heart mk.II where it was literally impossible to not get hit unless you were some kind of pinball wizard. The four directional beams plus swirling bullets and although I managed to beat it I didn't realize I had unlocked the next point and died in the second room.

I'm on 11 wins 13 losses right now I think.

[Gravoth_iii]

Beat mom with a scrappy build but tons of BALLS OF STEEL. Then went on to try hard difficulty, got insane damage powerups but slowly died to mass scattershots and never got heals :C

[Daunt_Flockula]

I happened to be lucky enough to snatch mom's knife+brimstone laser in my latest playthrough. I am not going to ruin the surpise for you. Let's just say the resulting synergy is super cool and you will enjoy every little bit of it

[Gravoth_iii]

Sad how shit the music is compared to original.

[Daunt_Flockula]

Yep, I definitely miss the original music. You get used to the new ones but I still have the old tunes running in my mind in the background.

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I wish they released an update or something that makes it possible to switch between soundtrack packs.

[SixThumbs]

Yes, I muted the music after a few hours.

I have one ending left but I'm not sure I'll bother with all the challenges or unlockables besides the characters.

[AntiBlitz]

steam review, how clever


>stroll into my local GameStop
>looking to pick up a copy of Binding of Isaac
>grab the game and take it to the charming maiden at the register
>"Pardon me, milady...but could you ring me up? A shame I don't have your number or I'd ring you up instead..."
>she giggles and takes the game, blushing as her fingers brush mine due to my fingerless gloves
>her eyes widen as she reads the game's title
>"Wow, I've never seen anyone buy this before! You must have special taste!"
>I smile and ready a witty response when suddenly a voice rings out from behind
>"Hahaha look at what this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ is buying! That's not Call of Duty! What a piece of ♥♥♥♥!"
>I quickly turn around, my cloak billowing behind me, to discern the source of the rude outburst
>generic dudebro caricature with a sports team cap and "the guy that beat you up that one time behind the school in early October" shirt is standing there guffawing
>"Excuse me sir...you may disparage my person if you wish, but it is untoward to swear in front of a lady."
>"♥♥♥♥ you ♥♥♥♥♥♥!"
>I smile quietly and tip my fedora low across my eyes, concealing them
>"As you wish..."
>I quickly swing my cane into his kneecap before he can react
>he bellows and charges forward
>I expertly sidestep him and the cashier screams as he crashes into the counter
>I draw my sword-cane and mutter a quiet oath as I drive it deep into his back
>"...requiescat in pace..."
>As I clean my blade the girl walks out from behind the counter, twirling her hair with her fingers
>"So...maybe you'd like to come over to my place to play that game sometime...?
>"No thanks, milady, it's single player only. Besides..."
>I sheath my sword
>"You're not my type."
>skate away on my Heelys