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I'm leaving a negative review until all the bad buisness processes I'm hearing from BlueHole go away. These being

-Payed cosmetics in a non free to play game
-CSGO styled crate opening for said items
-Non contextual player banning

Now these are small gripes but there have been one to many times where an indie developer has created a great game witha great idea and then kill their own buisness but greedy buisness moves. My favorite example is OVERKILL's Payday 2. They got greedy and implemented cosmetic and crate drops with keys. Also there were plenty of other stupid moves but I turned away unable to keep watching the fire.

So there's OVERKILL and then there's an Indie Company liek CD Projekt Red who created the WItcher series. A very small franchise which turned into a major power house the last few years making one of the most exclaimed games of this century. How did they do it? They made a great game with a good price and made great DLC for fair prices. They didn't bleed their product out for to much money, why? Because they want a future, they are looking for the long term. If they continue making great games with this tactic that their fanbase will ador then they'll keep making money for the long term.

Most Indie companies feel the high of money for the first time then fly off the handle and shoot themselves in the foot. I pray to god that Bluehole dosen't do that beause this game is fantastic right now. I love the adrenaline rush of playing it, the smooth controls, the animations, the gun play, etc. Great game. Yet I don't want to stop playing it like I stopped playing Payday 2 because I just couldn't handle the companies practices.

At the end of the day it's majority vote here. If everyone wants crates etc (Which I hope to god they don't) then bluehole will provide. At the end of the day I'm just trying to do my part as a player of this community. If Bluehole start watching what they say as a professional company and start making smart and likeable buisness moves then I will stick to them like a devote christian like I do CD Projekt Red. If they change this game into a eldritch abomination the likes of which I can't even recognize then I will keep this negative review. Remeber the good moments I had with this game, and never play it again.

IN SHORT
This review is subject to change just as this game in Alpha is. If you're are weary on buying this game I don't blame you. Wait a little bit longer.

Developers lied.

Crimefest isn't free.

Really sad how fast a ship can sink.

Binding of Isaac is a Rougue Like, randomly generator, baby in a basement, twin stick shooter in a sense? I'm not yet an expert of game criteria or critique, but it's like zelda if it was less mature and more messed up. But ultimately better in my opinion.

I fell in love with the first binding of isaac because of it's difficulty and it's possibility, and that's why I love it's sequel as well, Rebirth. The game does what the first game set out to do better, and more fully. They have plenty of new items, room layouts, bosses, secrets, etc. etc.

Talking about secrets, I have to quickly mentioned this games developers put in a full fledged puzzle inside their game designed to help the community work together in order to figure it out. I won't spoiler anything, even though everyone knows about the secret by now, but I must give credit to this masterful way in which these developers designed this puzzle. In the game you have plenty of runs in which you die over, and over again. Yet the developers put in items, which when held upon death would unlock a little puzzle piece subtly in the death screen. Over a course a time, dedication, and communication between the community, hundreds of runs from thousands of players would have eventually led to the completetion of the puzzle which would've been a monumentous occasion not only to the delight of the community, but the developers as well I'm sure. Yet due to datamining and just down right scumminess the secret was revealed just as the community was learning how to solve the puzzle. It truly is sad and I agree with what one of the developers said on the matter. "These data miners ruined something. It's like taking a gourmet steak and eating it whole in one bite." I just want to apologize to the developers more than anything, cause I for one would've loved to have participated in this little treasure hunt. Love you guys and thanks for making such a cool idea, and sorry it was crushed.

Anyway back to the actualy game now that I'm done with my rant. It plays very similarlily to the first game since I was able to jump into my first run and win the whole thing as if I was a veteran of the game since technically I was with the first game.

If you are a long time fan of the original Binding Of Isaac or just like twin stick shooter, strange, rouge like games then this is right up your alley. Honestly if you are this late to the party you should already know this by now. I'm just writing this review out of respect and love for the game. I can't just pour 500 hours of my life into a franchise and not give back to it like that. Edmund McMuffin, you dun good.

Can Valve just make their own Netflix?

Valve, seriously, just dominate the world. I'd be pretty chill being enslaved to the almighty Gabe.

The most iconic game for the 21st centuries rogue-like games. tBoI set the flame that created the explosion and rebirth of the rogue-like

That alone forces my hand to give this game a big old positive review.

As far as the game goes I would recommend the sequel if you are just now getting into Binding of Isaac. This game WAS amazing for its time. Right now, the game is extremely outdated. Made in flash, and first shown on Newgrounds, this idea has been, now, perfected.

As it is now it can lag on even the best of systems. The graphics are outdated, and perfected in the sequel. The only thing I can praise as it is now is the simplicity of it all. Yet the new update puts that positive point off. You see when this game was all finished a passionate individual updated it with Edmcmillens permission. The update, with good intention was released but taken with mostly negative praise due to it's sometimes unfathomable difficulty.

Just buy Binding of Isaac Rebirth. You will not regret it. I will always love this game for the entertainment it gave me in the ending of my middle school time.

Offered sexual pleasures in exchange for my head apparel.

Bread out of Ten