The Binding of Isaac Completely Unspoiled First Playthrough // LOVE THIS GAME [Ep. 1]

[@TheRealBatabii]

I REALLY hope you keep playing this. I'm not expecting 100% completion, but there's so many secrets and characters and endings, and most of them are just a matter of beating the game a number of times.

[@godlyvex5543]

I hope he plays repentance edit: nvm he is, thumbnail said afterbirth

[@themaffinpotter]

all endings would be dope

[@Planeswalker77]

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[@Dragosprite]

I second that, Isaac is one of my favorite games ever and its always fun to see someone experience it for the first time

[@nicselander490]

I can’t second this hard enough. Please put in at least 1000 hours and I’ll watch it all, ads included!

[@feasible]

Holy shit I thought I couldn't laugh harder than the jump practice, and then the blue flies appeared. Incredible. But it's a good reminder of just how much there is to learn in this game, and I have a ton of respect for Carl figuring things out on his own.

[@imdadirtydan]

People saying there isn't meta progression in isaac is the craziest thing I've heard someone say about a roguelite in a long time lol

[@Magicpaper1337]

there is no skill tree to put points into. therefore, there IS no meta progression, there is just progression.

[@foxwhite25]

​@@Magicpaper1337That is still meta progression, progression means progression in a single run, meta progression means progression across multiple runs, which Issac for sure does have.

[@Golinth]

@@foxwhite25in fact, I’d wager Isaac has more meta progression than most other roguelikes

[@fractalinfinity]

The meta progression occurs within the player. Knowledge acquisition and gitgudenning…

[@naplockblubba5369]

It has some of the most meta-progression out of any rougelite I play, just because the base stats usually don't change doesn't mean it's not there. Unlocking items, floors, chapters, etc. is a MASSIVE part of the game, and why starting fresh is so fun

[@magmatic8445]

holy shit i was not expecting this, but im EXTREMELY happy to see one of my alltime favorite games played for the first time. its so good that it's easy to sink 1000 hours into it

[@xXChaoticRavenXx]

Can confirm. I have over 1k hours in this game haha

[@an_annoying_cat]

i originally just kinda just like stumbled into the modding community of this game and now im at 4k hours and work on epiphany which is one of the big isaac mods

[@catherinejaddii828]

One of the best roguelikes ever! So glad to see this in my feed.

[@hinkyto2550]

Never seen any of your videos before, but when I saw a "first playthrough of [one of my favourite games]", I knew I had to watch it. Thoroughly enjoyed watching you go in blind, and looking forward to seeing new Isaac videos from you in the future :)

[@matteograziosi8203]

As someone with over 1000 hours into this game, I really hope you keep playing it to the fullest and bring it to youtube! I might even come watch you live if I get the chance! But as always, keep up the great content!

[@sck8000]

As a long-time Isaac enjoyer, I really love this video! Seeing a fresh blind playthrough in 2024 by someone who genuinely gets it is like finding a unicorn - even if you don't know anything about the mechanics, you clearly have that sense of curiosity and a willingness to learn that makes it a joy to watch, and so many gaming channels have tried getting into Isaac without that mindset, and it really shows. I've seen a bunch of other youtubers try to play this game, only to get frustrated or burnt out when they've barely even begun. So I really hope you do more of these and make it a series! I'd love to join you on this journey of yours as you uncover the game's many many many secrets and mechanics. Your love for the game is infectious, and I'm here for it!

[@kylerivera3470]

Seeing someone play this for the first time always reminds me of how weird some of the enemies/items in this game are. I played it so much that I've become kinda desensitized to the weirdness.

[@Rain1]

Same

[@CarlPlayin42]

This is definitely "I spent too much time on the internet in the early 2000s" aesthetics. In a weird way it's a fun reminder of the early internet nostalgia of flash videos and rage comics, but on the other hand it's a bunch of 💩

[@lordkilljoy9652]

@@CarlPlayin42 Hey it's not shit... it's also a bunch of dicks too!

[@will2998]

@@CarlPlayin42 it WAS originally a flash game, though released during early 2010s instead of 2000s

[@naplockblubba5369]

I remember when I first started watching videos I got really uncomfortable with the Tick and Small Rock items, and now I just see The Intruder and barely even register what's happening because I'm just thinking about the item. This also applies to a certain alternate floor and especially a certain secret character; Objectively disgusting, but I'm just so desensitized to them that I barely even notice.

[@Toyss]

If you keep playing this, you will literally pop off in views. Dedicated fanbase. I'm subscribing with this being my first video of yours.

[@vedal1358]

I don't know man, seems more like career suicide to me

[@Toyss]

@@vedal1358 Just look at what LazyMattman gets for views daily

[@2stral]

why, out of curiosity? ​@@vedal1358

[@AgusB69420]

​@@vedal1358 Care to explain?

[@drewa3597]

@@AgusB69420 northern lion quote

[@Rektumnator]

Carl figuring out tear velocity withinin ten minutes is crazy

[@User_Samicom]

When you take AP physics

[@DesolateLavender]

The man plays kaizo. He'll be fine here.

[@NotQuartz]

I really hope Carl continues this series. Watching a blind play through of this game has been priceless

[@alfiowo]

This was fun to watch. This game is so well designed that almost every basic mechanic can be understood in the first couple runs.

[@anderxale1]

Yussssss "Ey E'rybody! Welcome to The Binding..."

[@anderxale1]

19:17 I knew it! An Egghead laugh

[@anderxale1]

Any talk about 60s - 90s music? (I'm kidding, these insider jokes are 10 years old)

[@ProtectivePie52]

​​@@anderxale1 10 years old but NL is still doing em. Although there was a shift to 80s-00s movies.

[@anderxale1]

@@ProtectivePie52 Thanks lol you fooled me. I didn't see any new Isaac videos on egg's channel. I'm glad he's doing so well! I have no nostalgia for movies, the music references really got me back in the day. Cheers friend :)

[@ProtectivePie52]

@@anderxale1 yeah he kind of got sick of isaac. 13000 episodes will do that to ya. Still making great content.

[@samiralae9739]

oh this was a treat, seeing one of my fave youtubers dive into my favorite roguelike, I'm begging you to do more videos

[@someairbender4414]

I love watching your blind play through! I know way too much about the game, but I hope people don’t spoil too much, it’s so fun watching you discover it for yourself!

[@tonitra6688]

Seeing new players experience this gem for the first time is really amazing. I know too much about the game between playing it myself and watching content about it to get back to that feeling myself but watching you go through all that and learning the enemies and items and everything was almost as good!

[@lightlezs7048]

Btw, on the topic of the item description mod, it's both a blessing and a curse, since without it you lose a ton of strategical depth to the game, but with it the mystery of the game goes down by a bit. The og developer himself said that in his opinion the biggest flaw of the game right now is lack of information about items, so he's considering adding something like external item descriptions to the game as an optional HUD, since the sheer amount of content grew like more than 10x times since the og game. In case you ever decide to use it, if I remember correctly, the mod can be customized to offer only some info about items.

[@CaptainTrevino]

I looooove roguelikes but hated Isaac because of this. Those early runs had zero strategy because every decision is completely blind. You're at a shop trying to decide between a piece of lint and scrap of paper and not only do you not know what they do but you don't even know if they're one time use, held, passive, etc? I love falling into traps or getting trolled but to me Isaac was like playing a dark level filled with blind jumps in MM.

[@Cedisdead]

@@CaptainTrevino you are supposed to hate it, its a game of try and fail. Having the item mod is just blatant cheating

[@naplockblubba5369]

@@Cedisdead "The og developer himself said that in his opinion the biggest flaw of the game right now is lack of information about items, so he's considering adding something like external item descriptions to the game as an optional HUD, since the sheer amount of content grew like more than 10x times since the og game."

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

​@@Cedisdead that's what curse of the blind does though. Even the game calls that a curse

[@sck8000]

Also worth mentioning for the benefit of new players - installing mods disables achievements and unlocks until you've beaten the game at least once without mods installed. After that, you can mod the game and still make progress.

[@nissanfan64]

Ill be honest, your first run you did SO much better than my first run back in the day. My girlfriend and I probably have over 1000 hours into this game ourselves now and Ive watched NorthernLion play it for literally thousands of hours over the years. Easily one of my favorite games of all time. Its so good.

[@dudelove5551]

Never knew donating gave luck until he said something lol this game still surprises me

[@CrypticBore]

Watching someone play this blind is hella fun and frustrating holy moly. so many times i cackled so fucking loudly and also so many times i just was wanting to scream at you. I consider it a wiki game and self discovery will take you pretty far but many things are invisible and will probs need explaining but also maybe less than i thought. Its also interesting to watch presumptions/assumptions on how things work that may never get corrected unless its looked up later.

[@snowyborne]

it's very weird to see someone play this game and actually have to discover everything by themselves, i just take all the knowledge i have for granted since ive been playing it since release, never ever even thought about the fact that the game doesn't even tell you how to use consumables or active items, or that the pits aren't possible to fall into, or that blue flies and spiders are allies. im assuming this is a sentiment a lot of people watching this share with me also today is the 10th anniversary of this game, so this timing is great!

[@richardjames1402]

I pretty much just read chat arguing about spoilers during all your videos. Very entertaining. 😂

[@MarioMan392]

PLEASE do more!! I’m so happy you played this. I have to work overtime all week and I’ve been using your videos to get through my shift. This is SUCH an incredible treat. :)

[@melvinthesuper194]

for someone who recently got a 100% savestate, imi super excited to watch a recent and fully blind playthrough of isaac

[@BenRHarsh]

As a long long long time Northernlion and Carl viewer this is almost the perfect playthrough for me. Even if he falls off of it quickly (and I'm almost certain he won't invest that much time long without outside into) it'll still be cool to see his take on it.

[@fruity-plum-guy]

YEAHHHH WELCOME TO THE ISAAC CLUB CARL !!!!

[@ccfffvbbbbbffg1774]

God yes I love this game, and I love to see some first time reactions to how... interesting, things can get lol Hope you have fun!

[@tr0wb3d3r5]

Enjoyed the vod and happy to know more are on the way, this game has a ton to deliver

[@erikm8373]

It's actually very refreshing to see someone experiencing all of this game for the first time, after years of watching people who know this game inside and out. It's interesting seeing what someone can pick up on intuitively compared to what details they might not notice or misconstrue

[@TerraWispr]

I HOPE YOU PLAY MORE OMG THIS IS MY FAVOURITE GAME

[@nikirol4051]

I never expected to see you play this game, I would absolutely love to see you advance in it! You played so well for your first time, even if you got lucky with items. I hope you enjoy Isaac

[@will2998]

42:30 "The coin donation machine doesn't work this time" It's because YOU BLEW IT UP, CARL!

[@josephkatz1982]

Watching you play was so fun and hilarious. Brings me back to when I just started. You definitely did much better than I did. I'm a pseudo pro now and play almost everyday, so much to unlock. I hope you keep playing and have fun! 🎉❤

[@steveh6612]

Can't wait to watch. The laboratory is calling so after work, winding down with a Carl video is what I look forward too

[@zucchini5056]

So many people getting into Isaac and i'm so happy for that

[@ky7501]

I don’t know if Carl knows the true scope of this game. It is deceptively gigantic and takes hundreds of hours to 100%

[@skylofter6840]

try thousands lets be fair it took me 2.7k hours to unlock triple dead god

[@balja2533]

3.4k hours here

[@ky7501]

For triple dead god yea thousands. It took me around 400 to get 1 dead god save and honestly that’s good enough of a 100% for me

[@balja2533]

@@ky7501 I took a pause after I had a "Omega-run", about 1 year ago. 😂

[@WackyToaster]

Just about 650 hours for dead god and not a second of it was I bored.

[@DRaggin1106]

Omg yess I have been watching a certain streamer (Northernlion). For years. And at the same time Carl with smm1 and 2. And now he is playing this. I am in heaven love this. Please do more

[@theoyoshiura]

I'm so glad Carl is playing isaac! One of my favourite games!

[@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin]

Modern Isaac is certainly an interesting game to play blind for the first time, looking forward to this!

[@AewingGRG]

I love this, hoping this will become a series!

[@MRxdarkregretx]

Ive watched carl for years, loving all the mario troll videos, but for me who has thousands of hours in isaac with carl playing is awesome to see and yet an undescribable feeling of "come on man" while watching a fresh isaac player.

[@domisepic7]

I really hope you continue this, its a game ive sunk thousands of hours in, 100%ing all 3 files, i dont expect anywhere near the same from you, but itd be enjoyable to see a long playthrough

[@ConformistOwl]

I'm glad to see a play-through that's actually going in blind; so many others make a few videos and then either read comments or stream it and chat tells them everything they possibly could.

[@Bobbias]

Calculating exact jump length... That hurt to watch.

[@Last_Person]

As someone who knows this game in and out from watching pros watching a fresh perspective on the game is so whimsical. Like learning about the friendly spiders from the egg tears was such a smile inducing moment

[@circclegd6710]

Holy frick you've dove into something so deep I actually have no words for it Carl, like this game is 1k+ hours type long, wow okay this is going to be a journey (if you plan on maxxing out even just one save file) Also I love chat just smile spamming anytime something remotely interesting happens

[@DoomA165]

Never been more happy to see a new player trying this game out. Here's to hoping you play more of it.

[@Scarthcaroth]

Looking forward to more of this. I really liked the Noita experience of Carl figuring out stuff and going through the game. And on one hand Isaac probably fits really well there but I'm also afraid he'll never figure out what some items do because a lot of them are super unintuitive or have hidden effects you'd never be able to notice on your own.

[@amaze3727]

Carl please consider adding Spelunky 2 into your bucket list of games to try! It's a very difficult rouglite

[@grashoppah]

This might be the most content packed game of all time! I’ve been playing since the flash version and racked up a few thousand hours, 100%ed ever xpack except the last one. They added so much stuff it was insane, basically doubled the game in size. Still love Isaac but I rarely play anymore. So fun to see anyone’s first playthrough of it, even though it hurts my brain a little :) Hope Carl plays this more. Thanks for the content

[@arandomperson12345]

Never seen your videos before but this was so refreshing! Please keep playing! Isaac is legendary for a reason!

[@ckakar5355]

PLEASE make this a regular. It's so fun seeing you expierence this!

[@jacobtherrien7246]

im very excited that you're playing my favorite game!! i know you're going to enjoy the hell out of it i promise :) can't wait for more!

[@chloyster0]

This was great. Isaac is one if my all time favorites. No roguelike has matched the pure chaos and synergy of items as isaac has. So so so hope you keep playing!

[@beetlebum007]

"Don't collect the projectile.." is easily my favorite quote of this playthrough. 😂

[@Bobbias]

Oh, this is going to be fun. And painful. It's been a very long time since I've watched anyone new to Isaac play.

[@honorthegilbert]

soapy oatmeal has been doing daily isaac uploads as a new player for a few months now. I also like babbit who's done like 15 vids? but only uploads like once a week

[@Bobbias]

@honorthegilbert thanks for the heads up, I may check them out.

[@Bobbias]

@@honorthegilbert does soapy oatmeal continue editing his videos like the first one? I am NOT a fan of randomly cutting out footage.

[@jonathann2717]

Lets gooooo. I used to watch tf out of your mario maker videos. Ive gotten alot older obviously and Isaac is a comfort game and the only sort of video game I watch anymore. This is such a cool video.

[@oyunoynayanbiri]

OMG! I used to watch your mario maker content constantly, but I stopped many years ago. Seeing you play this game is great, your analytical playstyle is a perfect fit for it.

[@eliasmsv3156]

You lucky bastard getting to play this blindly for the first time. The chat was surprisingly good at staying away from backseating. Good video

[@kylerivera3470]

My personal recommendation on challenges is to play normal runs for now and to try the challenges once you feels like you need something a bit fresh. Depending on how thoroughly you want to finish, you will be doing a LOT of normal runs, so you'll really want to ration out the fancy stuff.

[@Travar1410]

One of the best games ever made. Much love Carl ❤️

[@Jisatsu]

omg i love this game so much, so glad to see carl playing it

[@MrBibotot]

Id LOVE to see more of this. Isaac is such a fun game when you delve into in more and more

[@entity4143]

Thank God I was able to find someone who new to the binding of isaac community I'm definitely adding this to my play list.

[@frost9681]

First time viewer, would love to see you play more. Also, I just wanted to say the community seems pretty cool given they didn't spoil stuff for you (from what I've watched so far) and were happy to just let you learn on your own. That's important to this game I think

[@MastatmastaT]

This is one of my favorite games of all time, literally I started out online gaming watching northernlion back in the day. Seeing someone play it for the first time is a joyous things.

[@KringusKrang]

The way you play games is absolutely amazing to watch, so interesting

[@ClutchSalt]

Super excited to see you play more of isaac, its so much fun and your already cracked. Fun fact, today is the 10th anniversary of isaac, and later this month there will be a multiplayer update.

[@Nr2reaper]

As chat was saying allot, you finished what could be considering the tutorial. Keep going this was an awesome watch! Seeing you learn as you test is the best part! The ending page is a good hint if you actually finished game or not!

[@solid2542]

Carl is once again giving me a good excuse to learn about a series I've been too afraid and confused about by giving an unspoiled beginner's perspective on it.

[@v-tres]

Great gamer intuition! I hope you will keep playing this game, it's my all time favourite

[@hiroplus8750]

This. This is the game . Please keep playing I haven’t even started watching yet

[@RPG_Hacker]

As someone who has played Binding of Isaac to hell and back, this was both one of the funniest and one of the most painful playthroughs I've ever seen, haha! That jump practice portion was peak entertainment! I hope once Carl has played Isaac for a while, he'll go back to watching this video so that he, too, can witness all the stuff he missed or drew incorrect conclusions on. All of them are very understandable, of course. They make perfect sense for a new player experiencing the game with untainted eyes - but as the experienced player who is just a distant observer, unable to interact at all, they can be incredibly painful, as we're sitting there, powerless, praying that Carl will figure it out on its own without any hints.

[@duckyboiytreal]

This is by far my favorite CarlPlayin42 video, please keep playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@conman8451]

this is awesome, i love seeing people play games i love without any knowledge going in!

[@conman8451]

bw the pit stuff was so funny i was trying not to laugh cuz it is completely reasonable that u thought u would fall

[@mork6668]

I hope you keep playing, there's so ,so much to discover!!

[@SaruWaza]

As a +1000h player, it's always refreshing and exciting seeing new players discover this amazing game. I hope you play it again!

[@alkki4294]

i love watching you play games i have sunk hundreds of hours into for example terraria and the binding of isaac

[@maatesquivel1099]

YESSS !!! I always wanted to see you play this awesome game. Thx c:

[@jikelink9175]

Holy shit, you have to play more of this 😮 I'm always looking for blind playthrough of Isaac and now one of my favorite youtuber is playing it 🥳

[@Acroanidd]

My fav Mario player decides to play my favorite game of all time. This is sure to be good!

[@navinrjohnson33]

I can NOT believe you're playing this. Dude, so many unlockables, combinations of items, bosses, paths, transformations. I just started the video, I watch you all the time, if you continue in this game, and got good at it, it could consume you. You might wanna think about walking away now. There's still hope for you. Edit: In all seriousness, I'm impressed with how quickly you're so far picking up the mechanics of this game, including a lot of the intricacies. It's the scientist in you, it'll serve you well, it can also ruin a run. I can't tell you how many times I've ruined a perfectly good run by picking up an item I had no business picking up, "just to see what happens". I can't resist sometimes.

[@luisestrada5233]

I loved the part when he tried to take the coins beyond the pits doing 200 IQ calculations for the jumps and then he got SO happy when he got them not knowing the pits were harmless 😭

[@milor63]

1:38:00 his Curse of the Tower really rerolled into itself there is no freaking way YOU CAN'T ESCAPE

[@imadeyoureadthisonpurpose9425]

dude i used to play flash isaac in my middle school computer lab with all my boys and it took us weeks to beat the mother fight due to the lag 😭 this is so nostalgic and everything looks so much better now. i hope you enjoy the game as much as i do

[@NickSmith-wj8eo]

Nice to see Carl coming out of his MarioMakerBox and playing so many new games! It’s like seeing an Amish being brought to the technology world for the first time! Love ya Carl 😂🎉

[@roryhadley3811]

oh my God my second favorite game of all time! (second to Bloodborne) never thought you'd play this one but I'm so happy, love you Carl!

[@neomothdev2]

at 55:50 i notice the chat getting confused at something carl didnt notice, so if you arent carl read below: there's a timer that happens on every room until the doors open on their own to prevent getting softlocked, there are situations in which a room might literally become impossible so they put in a timer like this to prevent softlocks like that, its annoying and the room isnt marked as cleared when leaving so if you re-enter the room you'll have to wait again but yea its just softlock prevention

[@jbcosta6998]

Love your energy ! Good gameplay thanks !

[@TerraWispr]

On the 10th anniversary of Rebirth as well, couldnt be more perfect timing

[@teemuaho4807]

no way it's been that long 😭

[@taruninja]

Carl trying to run from the friendly flies.....oh man that was gold, im hurting from laughing.

[@gaminninja3778]

Carl please bring us more Isaac content. This game is so good.

[@dishwasher1527]

Bro... What are you doing? Uploading 2 of my favorite games back to back. I have hundreds of hours in this game and LOVE watching people learn. Hope to see more in the future. Starting the video now. Good Luck!

[@pablothewinner1]

this was really nice, thank you carl

[@MawileLover]

I've never heard of you or seen you before, but I'm unbelievably stoked for this series. I watched hundreds of episodes of Northernlion discovering this game, but he played it when it first came out. Seeing the new player experience with all the new content and shiny updates is really interesting. Also, you're a heckin GAMER what the heck!! You're so smart at puzzling things out, and so good at learning enemy attacks! I'm not sure what games you played, but you mentioned the Witness and Hollow Knight, so I'm guessing that's where some of the skill comes from? I might check out those series next if they're on here 👀 Tl;dr, I'm a massive fan starting now!

[@HelperMajor]

I don't comment on videos often, but I really felt like saying this: I'm loving your new game choices of Stardew Valley and TBOI (just like how I loved your Minecraft and Terraria playthroughs). I truly hope you will enjoy them both and will get a LOT of playtime and videos out of them, as different as they may be. I agree with your other comment here that the art style is... unfortunate, as I am of the same opinion (I dislike grimdark and disgusting visuals), but it does say something that despite the exterior doing its darnedest, I came to love the interior. Plus it doesn't hurt that the game provides such banger statements/thoughts as "Woo, I got cancer!".

[@lydia8226]

As a long time isaac player it feels so weird to hear someone call the controls and shooting weird. They're so normal to me I forget they aren't standard. Also the bit with how to jump and the coins was hilarious

[@RuzPav]

As a person with 600+ hours on Isaac, it fills me with incredible joy seeing this man playing for the first time. Usually those "first time playing isaac" videos are full of confusion, no thinking or learning and just painful to watch.

[@Clarina_the_mega_floof]

you have yourself a new subscribber! I look forward to watching your journey

[@daniellemurnett2534]

I can't even begin to imagine playing this game without External Item Descriptions... I get that Carl likes it when the game doesn't tell you things but Isaac tells you *_nothing._* What does an item do? Something or other. Why do deals with the devil appear? Reasons. What's the best way to find secret rooms? There is one, yes. Either way it's a blast watching the journey, and so painful when Carl makes obvious misplays he has no way of identifying, 10/10 want more