Katamori Posted December 19, 2011 Simple topic. Discuss this game! What do you think about this game. Personally, I absolutely love it! Very addictive. 0 Share this post Link to post
chexwarrior Posted December 19, 2011 Well IMO its always good to see another roguelike inspired game, I'll be checking this out. 0 Share this post Link to post
yellowmadness54 Posted December 19, 2011 I played it on newgrounds, it was somewhat fun for a while. 0 Share this post Link to post
Melon Posted December 19, 2011 I got this in one of the Humble Bundles and it was way way better than I was expecting it to be. It's a really good game. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted December 21, 2011 I got the Awesome Indie Bundle from my friends for Xmas, and it had this in it. Played it a bit, rather interesting. A bit like a cross between a roguelike and a Zelda dungeon. The first time I played, though, it gave me a locked door with no key before it so I had to restart. The backstory and flavor of the game is very strange, though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Scripten Posted December 21, 2011 Danarchy said:I got the Awesome Indie Bundle from my friends for Xmas, and it had this in it. Played it a bit, rather interesting. A bit like a cross between a roguelike and a Zelda dungeon. The first time I played, though, it gave me a locked door with no key before it so I had to restart. The backstory and flavor of the game is very strange, though. Sometimes that happens. Generally, the only doors which are locked are the stores. 0 Share this post Link to post
Platinum Shell Posted January 21, 2012 Very, very, VERY good game. I got it when it was for the next-to-nothing price of only a mere buck and a couple quarters scrounged off the car seat. It's amazing, very well done (hopefully more updates) and has an amazing replay value. My only complaint was that it wasn't optimized to well, and requires a bit of a strong processor to get a decent framerate. Setting your game's graphic options to auto also helps. And I also reccomend launching it with GameBooster, works very well. All-in-all, 9.5/10. 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaikoten Posted January 21, 2012 Personally if you're looking for an indie dungeon crawl I have to recommend Dungeons of Dredmor over Binding of Issac. More complexity, turn based, proper roguelike, permadeath and balls hard difficulties, a growing modding community, a ton of humor, and the guys who make it are awful swell and down to earth. Not saying that BoI is bad though, and priced as they are, I think the safest recommendation is to just get both and see what you like better ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
chungy Posted January 21, 2012 Platinum Shell said:My only complaint was that it wasn't optimized to well, and requires a bit of a strong processor to get a decent framerate. It's pretty much entirely stemmed from the fact it's done in Flash. I really hope the developers of Isaac take a clue from VVVVVV (which initially was flash as well) and just rewrite it in C. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 21, 2012 I've been waiting for someone to start this topic... instead of me. I'm big into this game. The trailers did nothing to sell me this game. If anything the trailers made me avoid the game. However, I bought it for $1.50 and I'm 10 hours into it. The game is a fantastic combination of Zelda 1 and Smash TV. Shooting in 4 directions while running in 4 directions. A bomb button an item button and a secondary item button. The basements (levels) are very reminiscent of Zelda 1 palaces. Only randomly generated. There is an extremely diverse array of enemies, multi teired enemies, and even amped up versions of enemies. Bosses, treasure rooms, special rooms and so on. Just like Zelda. The randomness is a big selling point to this. Along with the fact there's no guide so all 50 items you get, and 50 secondary items like pills and tarot cars, you need to figure out what they do yourself. The art style is adorably disturbing. Poop on the floor, fetuses, blood, empty bleeding eye sockets, tears and so on. Its really interesting and the fact there are 50 enemies makes for a really great game. 0 Share this post Link to post
Katamori Posted January 21, 2012 geo: I totally agree with you! However, I didn't bought the game, I got a gift code from my friend to the Humble Voxatron Debut, which contained this game and Voxatron too. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 22, 2012 I bought 2 of my friends copies of the game. Friends that I know liked the original Zelda. I felt bad for buying it for only $1.50. Neither friend has played it yet. I've even posted on their forum. 0 Share this post Link to post
Hellbent Posted January 22, 2012 don't care for the Wren and Stimpy graphics. 0 Share this post Link to post
Platinum Shell Posted January 22, 2012 Hellbent said:don't care for the Wren and Stimpy graphics. Don't know how you compare R&S art-style to Edmund's art style. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 22, 2012 I felt the art style is more like Super Meatboy... 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 22, 2012 geo said:I felt the art style is more like Super Meatboy... That would be because its made by the same people. Anyway, I take it this topic got revived because it's on sale today? It's not the best game ever but it's definitely worth at least twice its price in game play value. I got addicted to it for a while. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chopkinsca Posted January 22, 2012 Danarchy said:Anyway, I take it this topic got revived because it's on sale today? It is? Awesome. *buys it*. I was going to buy it when I bought Fear last week, but I didn't know paypal takes $0.50 off of purchases. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 22, 2012 I guess it excels in quick plays. 40-60 minutes then die... then do something else and come back to it. You unlock other characters which helps the redundancy. Randomness helps the redundancy too. 0 Share this post Link to post
Katamori Posted January 22, 2012 Belial said:Boring crap after 10 playthroughs. I don't think so. I'm addicted, I've played at least 95 times. 0 Share this post Link to post
Platinum Shell Posted May 26, 2012 Hate to bump, but a huge and cheap DLC is coming out on the 28th: The Wrath of the Lamb. Looks quite good, nearly doubling the game's content, for only three bucks. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted May 26, 2012 Hell yeah, I'll buy it. I finally beat Mom and Mom's Heart a while back. Haven't got much further than that, though. Somehow I managed to unlock more on my laptop than my home computer. Not sure how that happened. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted May 26, 2012 I haven't had any time to play it, but I'll buy the DLC for it :-) 0 Share this post Link to post
StevieWolfe Posted May 26, 2012 This games trailer reminds me of my horrendously abusive childhood. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted June 1, 2012 Sorry to hear that Steve. The trailers to me are terrible. Don't make me want to buy the game. On the plus side I bought the DLC... but I won't have time to play it for a while. Like every other game I bought on Steam. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted June 1, 2012 Bought the DLC when it came out and played it. I haven't beaten the game yet with it, but it's pretty awesome. On one hand, it makes the game a bit harder (the new levels and bosses are kind of hard-mode versions of the old ones), but on the other hand some of the items they give you are pretty badass (like the relatively common Holy Grail, which gives you +1 heart and flying), so it evens out the score a bit. 0 Share this post Link to post