I love Binding of Isaac - I really do. I have hundreds of hours in it, I have spent a massive portion of my life grinding the achievements, even the tedious ones (I still have terrible memories of doing Lost achievements when he initially came out). I got all 'Gods', I've done everything there was to be done.

Am I great at the game? Meh. I am good enough to win runs on a regular basis. I don't need to hold R to restart the entire game for 82 times until I start with Mom's Knife or Magic Mush. And I was pretty happy with my skill up until this point.

And then Afterbirth+ happened.

This is probably the first time, where I don't feel like I WANT to complete it. I am only doing it because of the dumb conviction that I'd somehow be worse off for leaving the achievements untouched. Or maybe I am just trying to justify the money I have spend on it. I don't know.

Long story short? Rebirth is great. Afterbirth is okay. Afterbirth Plus is... okay in places, straight up terrible at others. The difficulty curve is completely gone, instead becoming a random selection of mobs and bosses. You can encounter a difficulty spike in a middle of a regular room, that will end your run just because you didn't get the right item.
And Greedier mode? Don't get me started on that. It's a garbage fire.

Unless there is serious rebalancing done, I would not recommend.
There is also the issue of mod support being a paid feature. Will you get your money's worth out of it? Yeah, I am 90% sure you will - but I don't understand why to lock it away from people behind a pay wall.

In the meantime? I'd recommend Antibirth. It's a lot better and more fair in its' difficulty than Afterbirth+ is.

I love Binding of Isaac - I really do. I have hundreds of hours in it, I have spent a massive portion of my life grinding the achievements, even the tedious ones (I still have terrible memories of doing Lost achievements when he initially came out). I got all 'Gods', I've done everything there was to be done. Am I great at the game? Meh. I am good enough to win runs on a regular basis. I don't need to hold R to restart the entire game for 82 times until I start with Mom's Knife or Magic Mush. And I was pretty happy with my skill up until this point. And then Afterbirth+ happened. This is probably the first time, where I don't feel like I WANT to complete it. I am only doing it because of the dumb conviction that I'd somehow be worse off for leaving the achievements untouched. Or maybe I am just trying to justify the money I have spend on it. I don't know. Long story short? Rebirth is great. Afterbirth is okay. Afterbirth Plus is... okay in places, straight up terrible at others. The difficulty curve is completely gone, instead becoming a random selection of mobs and bosses. You can encounter a difficulty spike in a middle of a regular room, that will end your run just because you didn't get the right item. And Greedier mode? Don't get me started on that. It's a garbage fire. Unless there is serious rebalancing done, I would not recommend. There is also the issue of mod support being a paid feature. Will you get your money's worth out of it? Yeah, I am 90% sure you will - but I don't understand why to lock it away from people behind a pay wall. In the meantime? I'd recommend Antibirth. It's a lot better and more fair in its' difficulty than Afterbirth+ is.