The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth - Go play in the basement, little one.

TheySlashThem

http://youtu.be/RtsUmmCBCaQ
http://youtu.be/p2kCvXuxkJA

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a remake/expansion/special edition version of the cult hit roguelike/twin stick shooter/zelda clone/child abuse simulator The Binding of Isaac, which came out a little over three years go. It's a game that mixes religious iconography with old Newgrounds memes, stories of abuse with poop jokes, and the nightmares of a broken child with whimsical videogame tropes. Kind of an odd duck, really, and a whole lot of fun.

http://youtu.be/bMqFTuMECeA

The original was something of a Let's Play sensation, with one guy named Northernlion making a nearly 1000 part Let's Play. (If you count his videos of the community remix mod, he's broken that 1000 mark.) The game's success was almost entirely due to word of mouth.

http://youtu.be/qFba2pDcID0

Now, you may be asking, if the first one is only three years old, and is fun enough for people to still be playing it, why is a remake happening? Well, because its creators didn't expect the game to get as big as it did and made the thing in Flash, expecting it to take maybe a week to make and then they could sell it to Adult Swim. The thing is, the game is broken in ways they simply can't fix and they can't add any more content to it than they already have with the game's one major DLC pack, The Wrath Of The Lamb. Developer Nicalis (who've done, among other things, the for-pay version of Cave Story) approached Edmund McMillen with an offer to make a bigger, better version of the game to port to consoles, and the rest is history.

(this trailer is super NSFW, fyi)
http://youtu.be/hqmPYcke8Ys

TBOI:R drops on Steam, PS4, and PSVita on November 4th, 2014, and possibly to other things in the future, who knows.

http://youtu.be/ISGPEfVDhQY
http://youtu.be/7s9Rjc91lq0

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el_vicio wrote: »

Here's a good new wiki for stuff, including a number of special seed codes (maybe something for the op?): http://bindingofisaacrebirth.gamepedia.com/Binding_of_Isaac:_Rebirth_Wiki

JohnHam

This was only listed as a free PS4 game; is it safe to assume the PSVita version will be included as well?

I have a trip next week, and if I can get the Vita version for free I know what I will be doing on the plane.

BrocksMullet

One thing that strikes me about Rebirth is that McMillen said to himself, "You know, BoI is not nearly creepy enough. Let's work on that."

ceres

I am so, so psyched for this.

TheySlashThem

Just a heads up, Nicalis is going to be doing a preview stream today at 5pm PST.

http://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2kxjww/join_the_isaac_rebirth_dev_team_livestream_and_qa/

BrocksMullet

Going into this relatively blind is going to be nice, compared to watching a bunch of NL, listening to the soundtrack a ton, and then figuring out that it's a game I'd actually like to play.

Gumpy

Can we convince Steam to break the street date on this

Just once

Bucketman

I promised myself I wouldn't but this, but it was only $10 since I own the first game, and I have $2 in my steam wallet. 8 bucks is like a trip to McDonalds.

So anyway is it time for this to unlock yet?

Magus`

JohnHam wrote: »

This was only listed as a free PS4 game; is it safe to assume the PSVita version will be included as well?

I have a trip next week, and if I can get the Vita version for free I know what I will be doing on the plane.

It will NOT be according to Nicalis president Tyrone Rodriguez.

monsterror

Game unlocks always happen at 11pm for me, so I'll likely stay up entirely too late playing this.

JohnHam

Magus` wrote: »

JohnHam wrote: »

This was only listed as a free PS4 game; is it safe to assume the PSVita version will be included as well?

I have a trip next week, and if I can get the Vita version for free I know what I will be doing on the plane.

It will NOT be according to Nicalis president Tyrone Rodriguez.

So what you're saying is that I'm going to buy this game twice? Fair enough. I got more enjoyment out of the original than many things I've paid $60 for.

Bucketman

What time zone are you in Monsterror?

monsterror

Bucketman wrote: »

What time zone are you in Monsterror?

Central

Bucketman

Wait really? This unlocks at 11 pm?

Fuck yes!

PiptheFair

if you aren't buying the game but still wanna see it, cobaltstreak and his buddy are doing continuous stream until they platinum god the game on twitch

TheySlashThem

according to steam it unlocks in 25 hours, though

monsterror

When I was trying to figure out when Beyond Earth would drop, I managed to find an official page from Steam saying when each time zone gets their unlocks, but I can't find it now.

Bucketman

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

according to steam it unlocks in 25 hours, though

That would be weird, like Noonish tomorrow? Thats an odd time for a game to release

JohnHam

Bucketman wrote: »

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

according to steam it unlocks in 25 hours, though

That would be weird, like Noonish tomorrow? Thats an odd time for a game to release

Could be a Sony platform parity thing?

TheySlashThem

JohnHam wrote: »

Bucketman wrote: »

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

according to steam it unlocks in 25 hours, though

That would be weird, like Noonish tomorrow? Thats an odd time for a game to release

Could be a Sony platform parity thing?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

Sterica

Sony is why the game failed to make a Halloween release, so that might be it

TheySlashThem

http://youtu.be/wvpWc9XnxWY

https://twitter.com/NorthernlionLP/status/529343858254282752

Sterica

I don't watch NL religiously, and I find it kinda sad that like half of his BoI videos are him apologizing for everything. Like, internet people are VERY MAD that Video Game Man took brimstone yet again.

Bucketman

I'm pretty pumped for controller support in the new release

PiptheFair

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

http://youtu.be/wvpWc9XnxWY

https://twitter.com/NorthernlionLP/status/529343858254282752

ryab....

PiptheFair

Bobkins Flymo wrote: »

I don't watch NL religiously, and I find it kinda sad that like half of his BoI videos are him apologizing for everything. Like, internet people are VERY MAD that Video Game Man took brimstone yet again.

ryan is very canadian

monsterror

Yeah, I had to use xpadder to mimic controller support in the original. Played so well once I got that set up.

I needed anime to post.

Wonder if chocolate milk is good in rebirth

TheySlashThem

man, that reminds me

something long time players are going to have to fight as first is the instinct to not pick up bad items

because with this being a new game, if they want to 100% it, they're going to need to pick up every item at least once

PiptheFair

technically speaking, chocolate milk is very good in regular isaac
like

it is an objective upgrade and pretty much all pros agree

however

all pros also agree they will never fucking take it

TheySlashThem

I think the reason is that it negatively impacts certain other valuable items like brimstone and mom's knife by making them charge more slowly

TheySlashThem

Just a heads up, you can preload the game now.

Bucketman

Amount of time to preload game: 5 minutes 31 seconds

I love it when the games I am excited for arn't 25 gb in size AAA games.

TheySlashThem

http://bindingofisaac.com/post/101715512274/soon

Bucketman

Does Samson have negitive luck or something? I keep getting awful items and nothing but bad pills

TheySlashThem

http://www.twingalaxies.com/live/

the streamening is happening

DodgeBlan

binding of isaac is a good game that will be a lot harder when it's not slowing to 10fps when there's a lot of projectiles on screen

Sterica

Trying to keep my Rebirth experience pure so I've been avoiding streams and such.

TheySlashThem

spoiler from the end of the stream

that giant secret area after the mom fight whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Sterica

This game has 178 steam achievements

Have fun getting Titanium God or whatever

TheySlashThem

for comparison, the original, with the DLC expansion, has 84