The other day i was looking through all my steam games, when i saw the game Binding of Isaac and now i can't get enough of it. The game may look simple at first, but there is so much to do in the game and it is actually really difficult to beat. The game was created by a man named Edmund McMillen and a small team of his. This small team is well known to many gamers because of their two simple but great hits, one being The Binding of Isaac, and the other being Super Meat boy. This is a great game so let me tell you a little bit about the gameplay, lets try and convince you to buy this awesome game, or at least watch some videos on this classic.
Gameplay
The game is based off of old dungeon style games, that were made when games were making their first appearance. The game plays like this: you walk into a room, and there are anywhere from 0-10 hostile mobs in the room, then all the doors close so you are locked in, you must kill all of the mobs in the room in order for the doors to open. Then you repeat this process and go to the next room.
But the game is not all about just killing everything in the room and moving on. It's all about the way that you kill the mobs, and the different items that you get. You might walk into a room and see a golden door in the room, well that is where you want to go it has all the good stuff. For example one of the items that is the golden room could be a power-up that makes you shoot 4 bullets at once instead of one, it could boost your speed, hp, firing rate, etc. So far they have a 198 items that are available in game and that you have a chance of getting when you go in the golden rooms. (to view them all you can click here)
How difficult is it?
I think that the game is actually really difficult for a couple of reasons: you don't regain hearts over time you need to find/buy them, since everything is random you can get really bad items, and after a couple of hours playing you will start to make really dumb decisions and die a lot. The game also has a huge learning curve, when i first started playing i would die a lot and never make it past even the first boss. But like everything in life it gets easier after you play for a while, even with my all my time spent on the game which is only like 15 hours i have never once beat the main boss. I have gotten close but never beat her (aka "mom"). So hopefully you guys have better luck than me and wish you good luck on your journey into the unknown.
Thanks for reading i hope that i have convinced you buy this awesome game, but if not hopefully these screenshots and videos will persuade you. Just for the curious i am in no way connected to any of the games on here that i write articles on, i just write them for the fun of it and to help you guys find awesome indie games and in the process help out the indie developers. I would greatly appreciate it if you would tell me what you like and dislike about my articles either in the comments below or via twitter @The_Gent_Turtle!
Here is a screen shot of one of the first rooms in the game, notice the golden door(that's where you find the items)
Then here is a screenshot of one of the bosses, and you can see that bomb with a smiley face is the item that i found in the gold room.
