On The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 1:07pm Nov 7th, 2014
I... ADORE this fucking game.
It's everything I wanted and more. Killer music, awesome new enemies, INSANE items and trinkets, Mom's Heart is finally an actual challenge as a boss fight (and by challenge I mean BULLET HELL), item interactions range from cool to DIABOLICALLY OVERPOWERED... and in just three days, I've racked up 24 hours of play. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
...and taking. There are some pretty nasty bugs regarding loading and saving the game, apparently. I can load and run it fine, but I've heard of people pre-loading the game and not being able to start it up. And on top of that, it doesn't like retaining save files despite its intended function of holding three; I've lost my save once to closing the game wrong (I think), and again when I tried to occupy an additional file along with it. The real kick in the balls is that it saved file 3 while wiping file 1.
But I can't hate it despite that. It's fucking mega-Isaac. It's my favorite roguelike beefed up to INSANE degrees, and I'm going to happily start anew with a third try at a main file (and BACK THE FUCKER UP this time). I seriously, HIGHLY recommend it, as it's MORE than worth the $15 it costs, but I can understand if you'd rather wait for a patch to release.
If you DO pick up or already have the game, and you're worried about your save, go to C:\Users\[username]\Documents\my games\Binding of Isaac Rebirth (if you're a Windows user) and back up the file "persistentgamedata1.dat" often. A friend of mine came upon that solution after my first involuntary wipe.
EDIT 12/2: Patch has been out for some time, current version is v1.022. No more save wiping. YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO NOT GET IT.
Sorta makes me wonder why you didn't do it when I repeated to do so over three times.
Is it available on other systems? Other than the PC of course, I might buy it.
2580943 PS4 and Vita, as is my understanding.
2582412 I can get it then, (ps vita
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I have this game too. The intro is hilarious for me. xD
2629501 I saw the Christian Bronies thread that ended up becoming about killing your kid if God told you too, and I REALLY wanted to counter the point with the opening words of the Isaac intro. Unfortunately, the thread had been locked for some time before I even saw it. Missed opportunity if ever there was one.
Also, 139 out of 178 achievements after EXACTLY 200 hours of play. How much have you gotten done?
2629564 Oh, I only got it a few days ago and a sad player as I can't even through the third floor without getting killed. :( xD
And for the thread, that would've a really good funny/counter point :3
2580943 Just an update on this, since I found myself looking back on this blog: Rebirth will be coming to Xbox One, Wii U and New 3DS as well. Y'know, in case having it on Vita wasn't enough.