Binding of Issac: Wrath of The Lamb

SMOGZINN

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The Binding of Isaac:Wrath of the Lamb is now out. I played a game last night, and I have to say it is just what I wanted out of an expansion of this game, more of everything!
 

ibex333

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More of disgusting, tasteless crap. I played the original for 10 minutes and uninstalled in disgust. What a terrible game. Horrible story, horrible controls, horrible premise... As if dreamt up by some sicko 15 year old high on weed with some crack mixed in.

I would actually PAY to have this piece of garbage removed from my steam collection, and I cant believe these sick bastards had the nerve and audacity to make an expansion.

Really, the creators of this game need to be smacked across the face with a dead fish till unconscious.... Maybe they'll wake up sane after.
 

gorcorps

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More of disgusting, tasteless crap. I played the original for 10 minutes and uninstalled in disgust. What a terrible game. Horrible story, horrible controls, horrible premise... As if dreamt up by some sicko 15 year old high on weed with some crack mixed in.

I would actually PAY to have this piece of garbage removed from my steam collection, and I cant believe these sick bastards had the nerve and audacity to make an expansion.

Really, the creators of this game need to be smacked across the face with a dead fish till unconscious.... Maybe they'll wake up sane after.

You know you don't have to play every game, or post in a thread regarding a game you already hated. Just ignore it... it doesn't concern you.
 

surfsatwerk

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You know you don't have to play every game, or post in a thread regarding a game you already hated. Just ignore it... it doesn't concern you.

The people on the internet must be stopped from liking things I don't like.
 

KaOTiK

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Feb 5, 2001
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I'm waiting to grab it on sale. I really liked BoI. The look of it had turned me off from the game initially till I actually played it and found I really really enjoyed the game.

Funny enough, I got the game in some indie bundle, but it took the Steam Holiday sale for me to play it so I could get the achievement for more coal/prizes
 

FalconHorse

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Yeah, BOI is a really well-designed little dungeon crawl. The setting and backstory are pretty angsty and silly, but that's easy to overlook. That said, once was enough; probably won't bother with the expansion.
 

QueBert

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I'm assuming it's another Flash made monstrosity that requires a damn i5 or better CPU to play well? I played the 1st one, and honestly GTA III ran better on my computer. When a game with graphics as simple as BOI slows down to a crawl I go meh! I know it's mostly due to it being a Flash game, but still.
 

gothamhunter

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More of disgusting, tasteless crap. I played the original for 10 minutes and uninstalled in disgust. What a terrible game. Horrible story, horrible controls, horrible premise... As if dreamt up by some sicko 15 year old high on weed with some crack mixed in.

I would actually PAY to have this piece of garbage removed from my steam collection, and I cant believe these sick bastards had the nerve and audacity to make an expansion.

Really, the creators of this game need to be smacked across the face with a dead fish till unconscious.... Maybe they'll wake up sane after.

You're funny.
 

CPA

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Seeing as I couldn't make it to the third level on the first game, I won't be picking this one up. Too damn hard.
 

EDUSAN

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i cant wait to get the expansion.

As soon as Diablo lets me go for a while im gonna buy this for sure.

Had so many hours of fun playing isaac. I think i have 10 achievements left to do and i've spent like 50-55hs according to steam playing it.
Those "dont get hit" achievements are nearly impossible
 

SMOGZINN

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Yeah, BOI is a really well-designed little dungeon crawl. The setting and backstory are pretty angsty and silly, but that's easy to overlook. That said, once was enough; probably won't bother with the expansion.

The story is a bit silly, but that is really the point. It is slapstick comedy, a parody taken to the absurd. I guess you have to have a certain sense of humor to really appreciate that sort of thing. I grew up watching The Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers, so I enjoy it.

I'm assuming it's another Flash made monstrosity that requires a damn i5 or better CPU to play well? I played the 1st one, and honestly GTA III ran better on my computer. When a game with graphics as simple as BOI slows down to a crawl I go meh! I know it's mostly due to it being a Flash game, but still.

Don't know what you are talking about, I play it on a 4 year old laptop just fine. The game does not exactly need 80 fps to be playable.

Seeing as I couldn't make it to the third level on the first game, I won't be picking this one up. Too damn hard.

Give it another try. Each room is like a puzzle, after a little practice you get familiar with how the puzzles work and it gets easier.
 

Ashenor

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Just bought the the first one last week for 2 bucks. Its fun but i suck so far at it hah. I look forward to playing some more though.
 

SMOGZINN

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Just bought the the first one last week for 2 bucks. Its fun but i suck so far at it hah. I look forward to playing some more though.

One thing to remember is that this is basically a roguelike game. You are not going to win every one, in fact even when you get good at the game finishing it is a real challenge.

But, it does not take all that long to play a game. Sometimes I sit down and play 4 or 5 games in a hour, and never get to the finial boss. You have to enjoy playing the game itself, and not be chasing 'teh win1'
 

EDUSAN

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but if you take your time it can take almost 1 hour to get to the final boss (not talking about wrath of the lamb)

btw i always wondered what exactly is "roguelike"?
 

QueBert

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Don't know what you are talking about, I play it on a 4 year old laptop just fine. The game does not exactly need 80 fps to be playable.

When there were a lot of baddies on the screen at once it would slow down to a crawl and the controls would be less responsive. I encountered this numerous times. If it was in fact something with my system causing it, this was the only game I noticed this sort of slow down in *shrug*
 

SMOGZINN

Lifer
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btw i always wondered what exactly is "roguelike"?

Literally it means like the game Rogue. When we use the term we are talking about random procedurally generated dungeons, and permanent death.
 

PhatoseAlpha

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Picked this up yesterday.

Seems to be a heck of a lot harder then vanilla BoI. Ran into the Widow as the boss of basement 1 and got my ass handed to me.

Might've just been bad luck though - wouldn't be the first time I've been outright screwed by a game of BoI. Sometimes, the RNG just has it in for you.
 

SMOGZINN

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Yup, sometimes the game can't be won. While waiting on the expansion to download I played a game that made it all the way to the 3rd level with out ever seeing a single key or bomb.

EDIT: Is it just me or are keys are bombs more common after WotL?
 

PhatoseAlpha

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It's just you. Sometimes the RNG is kind, other times you get 3 dimes on level 1, all behind rocks - and not one bomb.
 

Dankk

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More of disgusting, tasteless crap. I played the original for 10 minutes and uninstalled in disgust. What a terrible game. Horrible story, horrible controls, horrible premise... As if dreamt up by some sicko 15 year old high on weed with some crack mixed in.

I would actually PAY to have this piece of garbage removed from my steam collection, and I cant believe these sick bastards had the nerve and audacity to make an expansion.

Really, the creators of this game need to be smacked across the face with a dead fish till unconscious.... Maybe they'll wake up sane after.

Wait. So even though you hated the vanilla game, you still played the expansion? How did that work out?
 

thejunglegod

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Feb 12, 2012
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What? no, this was never as hard as SMB. Very fun game though.

it was on the "harder" difficulty side, hmm, definitely not as much as SMB though. I take back my words.
Heck I find even 2D point and click games intimidating. I had a nightmare of a time with Machinarium and Botanicula.
 

TidusZ

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/cast resurrect on thread

I picked this up on steam sale without really knowing much about it.

Been playing all day every day since. Best game I've played in a long time. So addictive, so fun, so amazing. Anyways gotta go kill mom's heart a few more times to progress