I've been enjoying The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on the Vita. It plays a lot better than my previous attempts at keyboard-only runs, and the dual stick set up is great on the vita. The only thing I'd change is letting the Pill/Card button be bound to something other than the touch screen. I've actually died at crucial moments once or twice just because it took however many miliseconds longer to drag my thumb onto the touch screen.
It feels as if an update or patch has been applied since I tried Rebirth last year, I'm less likely to run across a series of poorly-matched items and have my run bungled early on. I'd say it's my favorite way to play Isaac so far, and it seems like the only 'localization' type thing they did is change the Steam Sale ticket to a 'Steamy Sale' ticket, which is kind of cute.
As usual, I just love Azazel. I unlocked him, Cain, Maggie and Eden all in one playthrough, but Azazel is just the best. I think the riskier aspects of his playstyle make him more fun, although the relatively meagre access to Dark Bums has been disappointing. I was also fairly sure you could extend the range of his blasts, but oh well. Antigravity tears+charge attacks are delightfully finicky, and the ease of getting to Utero with even basic upgrades as 'Zaz has really smoothed my experience along.
I still loathe the Peeper boss, though. He just bugs me, as he's no doubt supposed to, with his gigantic health bar, gross piss attacks and dumb grin.
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