The Binding of Isaac

[MeechMunchie]

Well colour me pink and call me Delilah.

But, you know, other good reasons for keeping the game and the soundtrack on seperate discs.

[enchilado]

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

Oh, it's just fan art.

And after Googling it I discovered it looks better in that picture than it actually does:

[Wings of Fire]

But, you know, other good reasons for keeping the game and the soundtrack on seperate discs.

Well, yeah. Putting them on the same disc is stupid.

[MeechMunchie]

And I'd say the weird looks you'd get outweigh any satisfaction you'd recieve from putting it up.

EDIT: Speedy shit

[Nate]

Have y'all read this?
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3...sells_450k.php

[Phylum]

That sounds really interesting. I'm definitely excited about more content, although I'd like to have the main campaign finished a bit more thoroughly before it arrives.

Also, vectors. I'm even more excited about Team Meat's future projects now.

[MeechMunchie]

There's a speed of shot stat, not just rate of fire, that can actually be modified now

THANK YOU

[MeechMunchie]

Damn. I was doing well, with a high rate high damage triple shot and decent speed as Judas (plus Book of Belial, so I really was doing pretty well). Suddenly I get Dr. Fetus. My rate gets reset to 1, but I keep playing for the lulz. I fight Fistula (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...29/Fistula.png). First shot splits him into 4. Next shot (which takes ages to make because the rate is so slow, meanwhile I'm getting hit) splits each of those 4 into 2. So I'm now running away from my own explosions in a room with 8 fast-moving blobs.

Needless to say, I die quickly. Despite the appeal of infinite bombs: Worst. Upgrade. Ever.

[Varrok]

You're the first person I know who dislikes Dr. Fetus weapon

Also, It may not seem that obvious, but you don't have to pick up every upgrade

PS: How do you (which tag) make some text crossed (with a horizontal line on it)?

[MeechMunchie]

Also, It may not seem that obvious, but you don't have to pick up every upgrade

I know, but I'd never had Dr. Fetus before so I wanted to try it. I already avoid Chocolate Milk and most action items.

PS: How do you (which tag) make some text crossed (with a horizontal line on it)?

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[Varrok]

I should've guessed that Thank you : D

I've achieved Dark Boy (which afaik is considered the hardest one) mostly because dr. Fetus - you just need to get used to it, train a bit

[enchilado]

Wouldn't Mama's Boy be harder?

[Varrok]

Surprisingly, not. You get prepared by "1 hit 1 heart" strategy and there are way less enemies which randomly shoot many projectiles... and first womb boss (scolex) is a joke :P

[MeechMunchie]

Another big step as a player: For the first time, I quit a perfectly good run about 3/5 of the way through to go and do something else.

This is important. It means that doing well is no longer significant to me... Which means I must be doing well most of the time. Woot!

[MeechMunchie]

Okay, I'll stop filling up this thread in a second, but I found a weird glitch.



I dropped a bomb (I had 99 thanks to Skeleton Key and Bombs Are Key) and the explosion stayed there. It was an actual object and I could push it around.

Also, beat Mom's Heart in about 14 seconds, maybe less. That was funny.

[Varrok]

I've just noticed that item rock looks like a grumpy face (half of it, to be precise)

[enchilado]

Is it normal for a monster to still be alive after you defeat Mom? I've never noticed it happening before.

[Varrok]

It's not

[enchilado]

Hmm. Damn bugs.

Also, yay, that makes Judas and Cain:



I bought the Nail and decided I didn't want it, then bought the Nine Lives Cat by mistake. I did die once after that, but thankfully I'd also gotten the 1UP as well so I didn't lose any maximum hitpoints.

In the end I had every stat maxed out (as well as a lot of Tears Up pills on top of that, but do they keep having an affect after the bar is full?) except Speed, which was very close to it. I felt like a god until I reached Satan.

[MeechMunchie]

i really gotta publicly thank everyone doing lets plays and live plays of the binding of isaac this weeks sales have been nuts

we are doing what we can to get the expansion out by the end of april, we should be over 500k units by then

expansion detail update, 10+ bosses, 100+ items, 20+ enemies, 4 chapters, 1 character, 6 rooms, 40+ unlocks, 4+ new tracks, new final ending

there will also be 7+ new "random happenings" 5 new ultra rare pickups, 5 new cards, 4 new pills and other things i cant remember...

oh shit i forgot to mention the 10 new challenges and buttload of new achievements!

what im getting at is there is a lot of extra shit in this damn thing. we have been working on it longer than the actual game...

for those who dont know the expansion will be $3 and its called Wrath of the Lamb. should be out end of april if all goes well in testing

https://twitter.com/#!/EdmundMcMillen

[Phylum]

I gave up on BoI a few weeks ago. I really wanted to finish it, but there was just too much stuff.

I may buy this.

[enchilado]

Awesome. I can't wait.

Also: it's incredibly anticlimactic to let Satan stomp you to death thinking you need to kill him with each character to unlock the Golden God achievement and wanting to get all the other achievements before you do that only to discover you were rather wrong; I was saving Isaac's defeat of Satan until I'd gotten the three achievements I was missing - Spelunker Boy, Dark Boy and Mama's Boy - but when I noticed that he started with the Dice I couldn't help giving it a try. Anyway.

I've also discovered that I adore selling all my hitpoints in devil rooms, especially if I manage to find the Whore of Babylon and the Nail. Doctor Fetus is quite nice too, although I didn't get the hang of it until the third time or so. So much fun to be had with it, a Pony and the Ouija Board. Is it possible to get it in combination with the homing or mega bomb upgrades?

[Varrok]

You can combine Homing Bombs + Mega Bombs + Dr. Fetus + Ouija Board, if that's what you mean

[Phylum]

MM's post made me dig the game out. After dieing in the basement I managed to get a good run going. Chocolate milk, little sister, little child, 3 cubes of meat, 2 pretty flies and the Book of Belial make things fairly straightforward. On top of that I had maxed strength and range, a PhD, Mega Bombs, several life us and a fair number of soul hearts until I hit one nasty room in the womb.

[Varrok]

If you have lots of bombs, you can blow your way out the level you can't defeat enemies in

[Phylum]

It shouldn't have been as much trouble as it was. I stupidly moved behind a rock and got cornered. It was a bad room full of those worm bastards and flying things, but I shouldn't have taken as much damage as I did.

ie I was too close proximity to bomb by the time. When I realiesed how much trouble I was in it wasn't worth using one.

[enchilado]

You can combine Homing Bombs + Mega Bombs + Dr. Fetus + Ouija Board, if that's what you mean

Cool. I thought Doctor Fetus might stop you finding the bomb upgrades and vice versa.

[Varrok]

So, the DLC-Expansion, Wrath of the Lamb, is up. Anyone else played it?

[MeechMunchie]

It's installing... Oh wait, now it's installed. That's a rarity for Steam.

http://www.levelupstudios.com/wrath

[Varrok]

It's a bit dissapointing to lose all items and have to get 'em again...
The cool thing is there are some challenges, new enemies/rooms are at least ok