The Binding of Isaac

[Varrok]

I'm curious - have you met an upgraded Eye on this way to last boss?

[Chubfish]

I met Krampus on the way to Satan.

[enchilado]

Yay, I beat Mom's Heart with Maggy. The Yum Heart was a huge help; I kept it until the very end.

[MeechMunchie]

Yeah. She's slow, but does okay damage and is nigh-on immortal.

Varrok, have you ever played Spelunky?

[Chubfish]

I found this run fairly hilarious.

Also I finally 100%'d the game, can't wait for the expansion.

[Varrok]

Also I finally 100%'d the game, can't wait for the expansion.

Then you're luckier than me - i still don't have 2 items :/ (Shears and Common Cold afair)

Varrok, have you ever played Spelunky?

(Just saw that, sorry)
No, I have not I've heard some good opinions about that, but then I saw that there's a remake in production and hoping that it will be released on PC someday, I decided to wait

[MeechMunchie]

Very fun run. Weapon of choice was "Rapid Firing High Damage Homing 4-Way Spectral Tears".



Also my fastest Run:Win turnaround by far, which hopefully means I'm getting better at the game.

Also, Boils are so fucking fast to regenerate now. If there's more than four it takes me minutes to kill them all. Plus they fire every 3/4 of a second.

Then you're luckier than me - i still don't have 2 items :/ (Shears and Common Cold afair)

Common Cold is down to luck, but you could just get Judas to headbutt flies for a while if you want the Pinking Shears.

No, I have not I've heard some good opinions about that, but then I saw that there's a remake in production and hoping that it will be released on PC someday, I decided to wait

The original is out now, free, and it's hard as nails. Complete that if you really want to impress.

[Varrok]

Common Cold is down to luck, but you could just get Judas to headbutt flies for a while if you want the Pinking Shears.

I died 100times : D (Hell, that was a kamikaze run) and unlocked it but I wasn't lucky to find it in an item room. The same goes with the Common Cold (I saw it one time in satan's room, but my HP was to low to afford it at the time)

The original is out now, free, and it's hard as nails. Complete that if you really want to impress.

Sure, I'll give it a try soon

[Chubfish]

D6, D6 everywhere

The achievement and secret didn't actually show up till now for some reason.

[MeechMunchie]

Grrr.

So I'm back on Judas again, who's refreshingly powerful after playing the others. For the first time I'm finding the game generally easy, not by an overpowered combo or anything. I get the right upgrades, find Transendence early on which is useful, crank up fire rate to maximum and use Book of Belial frequently. End up with maxed out coins, loads of bombs and more keys than I could ever use.

Wander nonchalantly through the Womb, get a really easy Blastocyst variant for Boss 1, almost lose my health a couple of times but get lucky with slot machines and Little C.H.A.D. Then, just outside the boss room, I get taken down to four hearts.

"Should I go back and look for more? I've blown up all the slot machines but I could probably find another, I've got 99 coins* and enough damage output that I'd still make a net health gain."

I'm at the last room of getting two wins in a row for the first time ever.

"Nah. It'll be fine."



Do the tried-and-tested Bomb 'n' Strafe method, get Mom's Heart down to maybe a quarter of her health, then get hit by a stray blood bomb and die. I didn't even get a chance to use Whore of Babylon.

The real kicker? I just remembered I had The Fool card. I could have got myself out of there when my health got low, but I forgot.


*But the bitch ain't one

[enchilado]

Has anyone else ever got the Shovel?

If you skipped every boss you would miss out on a lot of items, I guess, but I definitely wouldn't mind missing out on the Mom fight.

[MeechMunchie]

It's only useful to me if I find it Depths 2 or lower, where I'm not going to be missing much in the way of items.

[enchilado]

Hmm. Finally beat Mom's Heart with Cain, getting the Basement Boy achievement in the process. I also found two 1UP mushrooms, although I didn't use the second one.

[Phylum]

I had a clot find its way into a narrow passage today. Cheeky bastard. It was a pain in the arse to kill.



This was a bit later in the same run. I was very annoyed.

[MeechMunchie]

Yup. Seems last time was no bad omen, since I was more careful this time around and defeated Mom easily. Or maybe Judas is just really overpowered. Weapon of choice was merely Homing Spectral Tears, plus Lil Gish's Slow Tar.

Complete opposite of last run, no stat upgrades WHATSOEVER, nor a single activated item. I just got loads of companions and health ups, plus a couple of tear effects.

I've officially decided I like any item with "Lil'" in the name. Lil' Chubby, Lil' C.H.A.D., Lil' Gish... All good.

Success like this makes 100% seem a little less fantastical.

On the other hand, Everything is Terrible!

[Chubfish]

I don't need excuses...I NEED TEARS!

This is what happens when damage is set to 255 and you charge a shot. Obvious impossibility but I think it's cool how tear size scales with damage.

[Anonyman!]

shud i buy this game

[enchilado]

yeap

[MeechMunchie]

I don't need excuses...I NEED TEARS!

This is what happens when damage is set to 255 and you charge a shot. Obvious impossibility but I think it's cool how tear size scales with damage.

Did you get a sandbox mode or something?

[Varrok]

I bet it's just Cheat Engine

[Chubfish]

I bet it's just Cheat Engine

Nah, I used a different hex editor, I don't know how to use Cheat Engine ; ;

[Varrok]

I don't know how to use Cheat Engine ; ;

Not knowing that is not a bad thing... actually quite opposite

[MeechMunchie]

Nah, I used a different hex editor, I don't know how to use Cheat Engine ; ;

I kinda want to know more, but I also want to resist temptation to try and cheat with it.

[Chubfish]

I'd recommend only cheating after you've 100%'d the game, or you're just going to spoil the experience.

[enchilado]

Well.

Got to the devil demon evil dungeon chamber place beneath the Womb for the first time, with Judas. I had very high attack and a fair number of hitpoints, considering Judas only starts with one, and some other good stuff like Mom's Contact and Halo of Flies, but being unused to the behaviour of the new enemies I... well... I didn't realise until half my hitpoints were gone that the black leeches exploded.

[MeechMunchie]

[Varrok]

At first I thought it's fan-made, but BoI really is getting a box version wow : o Too bad I already own the game

...why TWO discs? It's a 30mb flash game with about 100mb mp3 OST

[enchilado]

Cool. Though it's not a particularly nice box and I already have a DRM free version, so I won't be getting it.

Unless that realistic painting comes with it. It might be worth it just for that, although people might look at me very strangely.

[MeechMunchie]

... why TWO discs? It's a 30mb flash game with about 100mb mp3 OST

Because you can't play DVD-ROMs on a CD player.

Unless that realistic painting comes with it. It might be worth it just for that, although people might look at me very strangely.

That fan art is included in the package as an A3.5 poster.

[Wings of Fire]

Because you can't play DVD-ROMs on a CD player.

Actually that's wrong.

I think it was Sonic R, it had an OST that was immediately playable if you put it in your CD player.