The Binding of Isaac: Repentance! (Episode 115: Locked)

[@ElephantWithAMonocle]

NL has been practicing for this challenge for years. Every time he 'forgot' a consumable or 'missed' a tinted rock, he was just preparing. Preparing for this exact moment.

[@lazysheetghost]

he really wasn't owned o_o

[@czarnikolaiiii1787]

This gave me the most anxiety out of any other video that NL has done.

[@PoppyTheSorcerer]

I haven't seen a streak this bad since the 2008 financial crisis.

[@thezombiefan777]

God man ever since I watched Nightmare before Christmas I’ve had this terrible urge to maniacally use my Boogie sack fleshlight while heavily sniffing a burlap sack I had stored under some loose dirt in the lawn. Ugh! I have to go, the Boogussy calls for me 😣😩

[@measlesplease1266]

You should see the covid financial crisis.

[@femdomsHMU]

@@thezombiefan777 bro?????

[@thezombiefan777]

@@femdomsHMU wanna *snort* _share?_

[@deltawolf1124]

@@thezombiefan777 I dislike you for making me read this with my own eyes, but the respect was earned nonetheless.

[@l4rry199]

NL you missed a penny at minute 15:56

[@goldenirie]

Not sure if a joke or literally don't know what the challenge is

[@l4rry199]

@Irie Butler thankfully its a joke. A Reference to NLs complaints about people backseat gaming and mentioning relatively useless missed things to be exact.

[@goldenirie]

@@l4rry199 gotcha my bad

[@NicolaeHolley]

Fwiw, Divine Intervention's shield can bounce beams back, or at least block them. Makes Monstro 2 and Adversary a lot easier, since you can double-tap when they telegraph.

[@malcolmw121]

Oh my gosh this changes everything thank you

[@Northernlion]

WHAT

[@NicolaeHolley]

@@Northernlion Yeah, I noticed it during boss rush, when I was spam-firing Chocolate Milk tears and thereby creating the shield every time it came off cooldown. Genuinely can't remember if it reflected or only blocked, but Monstro 2 beamed from across the map and it hit the shield instead of me. It can wear off before the beam ends, and then the beam will carry past it, but it gives you more time to dodge if nothing else.

[@alphax-shroom6781]

@@Northernlion Yep! It reflects in a yellow Beam. And you want to know the best part, It works on *ALL* beams far as i can tell. Technology shots, Angel beams, Dogmas Beam, The big Brim from Uber mom going to second phase, Mega satans Big brim and EVEN The beasts Giant laser after the fire attack! Only does a static 7 per tick so its not that powerful but cool as hell. Oh and if the beam goes longer than the shield is out you do still need to move out the way.

[@Rurike]

Theres gotta be like a moment of fear as you enter the chest as you have a brief moment to ponder "did I accidently pick something up and ruin this whole run?"

[@MrInnominate]

NL: Man, Placenta is gonna be amazing. Regen is gonna be so good here. Stem cell drops. Also NL: Nah, fam.

[@sikic996]

27:05 holy crap

[@1BlueYoshi]

I forgot that the Ace cards were unlocks tbh. I can’t believe the entire time he’s been on this save file he hasn’t had Ace of Spades or Diamonds available until him doing these challenges lol

[@petarbabic8881]

What are the ace card challenges? I haven’t heard of these secret challenges ever

[@1BlueYoshi]

@@petarbabic8881 The stuff he's doing in this video and the last non-Twitch Isaac video. Ace of Diamonds requires beating the Lamb in less than 20 minutes, and Ace of Spades requires beating the Lamb without picking up any hearts, bombs, or coins (keys are ok), like he's doing in this video. There are probably other challenges for Ace of Clubs and Hearts, but I don't remember them right now

[@damplamp]

@@1BlueYoshi i think those 2 are much easier or possibly even gotten from normal challenges

[@ricardocavaco1910]

I always forget golden consumables aree also unlocks lol

[@ricardocavaco1910]

@@1BlueYoshi I couldn't remember either but the wiki says for Ace of hearts, you need to complete a chapter(Basement I and II, Womb I and II, etc) with only a half-heart(can unlock with the lost too) Ace of Clubs is just get a 3 win streak.

[@jonwaxerino5699]

This is the most times NL has held R in his entire career

[@Arkouchie]

Weren't here for the OG Lost arc, huh?

[@EdsGurlMitsuki]

I think NL himself has forgotten he 100% completed 2 full save files before and this is the 3rd time he is doing all of these "secret" challenges. I wonder if it was blocked out of his mind after losing the 1st save file.

[@LaWFuLXD]

Seeing all those coins in that Dark Room scared the living hell out of me for the run.

[@moddedsoul677]

My god this had me holding my breath every time NL was too. Was truly indulged in the stress of the run

[@MicoDossun]

It's so weird that It's The Key has to be a lamb kill. I feel like now that there's four paths they gotta change all that strange stuff. Like why can reruns only be done if you fight the lamb why isn't there a way to do a rerun in all four paths?

[@greindes1579]

There is if you unlock reruns lol

[@butterchuckles9854]

Do four victory laps and you unlock the ability to rerun

[@MicoDossun]

I know rerun does it but that’s not the same challenge as victory laps. I guess I should’ve clarified that, that it’s weird how dark room is the path you have to take to be asked if you wanna do a victory lap. There should be like a trap door that spawns in the corner of the final boss rooms that’s for victory laps

[@saevin7th]

@@MicoDossun When it was implemented it was the harder of the full length paths and that's why it was picked, after that it just never got changed

[@MehYam2112]

I wouldn't be surprised if they've thought of this, but the backlog of feature requests was so big that they'd probably never get to it. Eg they wanted to update Delirium/Void for Repentance but ran out of time.

[@Mordiciatk]

Never have I ever been so stressed out watching an NL Isaac video.

[@miguel7888]

On the edge of my seat the whole time, great job!

[@MiguelMartinez-br1wm]

Tainted Lazarus greedier was just weight training so that when he's playing Azazel he can complete any arbitrary challenge he sets for himself

[@alexandergordon648]

My morning coffee has arrived

[@oh_banana]

Little banter drought this episode but NL truly played out of his mind and was as focused as he needed to be, respect

[@SinorySinner]

The fact it is 4:45am pst when I heard this on a Friday is crazy 2:45

[@randomrobinnnn2884]

This was hands down the most intense Isaac run I've ever seen

[@KurttheKrab]

that last floor had me STRESSED

[@MaximumSpice]

Insane that you almost got hit by that soul heart at the end of the run!

[@mestiarcanus]

I got really worried when the troll bomb was blowing up the rock in the Womb and you said HP as if you were going to snap pick it up. No matter, you did it king!

[@furkan123222]

Had a big smile after you finished the run! Well done

[@GoodSmile3]

9:54. You can also totally take items, but why you DO risk it?

[@gferrol118]

Its funny how even with not collecting health, coins or bombs, he still came really close to doing the lamb in 20 minutes

[@gferrol118]

The hardest part of this challenge is not impulsively picking stuff up

[@PedroMiguel-zv3fj]

12:22 doesn't that count as picking spirit hearts?

[@Bophametz]

Nope he didn't pick up a spirit heart, binky gave it to him

[@spencerlynds2450]

Methodical, surgical, a master of the arts

[@boomerrawlings]

I am not KZbin-anti twitch however this video slaps. Thanks NL

[@fafnirlord]

Have a great Saturday y'all!

[@gferrol118]

When I did this challenge there was one time where there was a coin right in front of the door. I was small enough to squeeze by but I would spawn on it if I went back. Luckily I didn't have to or I would have lost

[@ByteMe619]

at one point I forgot that he could collect keys and I gasped

[@ViIvaNunner]

crazy that this almost couldve been an ace of diamonds unlock

[@devinollis7219]

Hey there good morning everyone 🙂

[@CasualQuasar]

Good morning!

[@dylanbordman]

Mornin

[@serve1624]

Morning

[@flareflareon]

Morning

[@johnny8183]

Good afternoon from very sunny Ireland :)

[@3run3r]

My man was WIRED for this holy

[@ItsMe-or5tx]

That was tense. Great job!

[@Binaeroooo77]

this is heavy spelunky no-gold energy

[@darsh3037]

Only six more items to go, getting pogged out of my gourd here

[@yusefabuissa6685]

Damn, my mans in system two for a whole half hour

[@henrygabriel2527]

NL woke up and chose focus

[@Wizurdous]

would healing from like yum heart count as picking up hp?

[@NoShouldersCat]

Is the dead body for completing all post it notes or what? I’m so confused between that and Dead God

[@aurorabolearis1]

This was more tense than it sould be. Isn't life fascinating?

[@Haijinx]

Ace of Base has appears in the Basement

[@FreshMattizl]

Does NL still think Sac Dagger rotates faster, just because he got it once together with Guardian Angel?

[@headphone-octopus]

No, he probably read the Repentance patch notes that say "Most orbitals (aside from 15►Big Fan Big Fan and attack flies) have decreased collision size, rotate around Isaac more quickly, and deal less damage ticks per second." (V1.06.J787)

[@alfredoprato1209]

@@headphone-octopus i highly doubt he read patch notes. Chat probably told him

[@derekgaffney7344]

@@alfredoprato1209 He said he started reading the patch notes, saw how long they were, and stopped lol.

[@goldenirie]

It's absolutely because of the episode where he got guardian angel

[@evmichael8525]

why didn’t you just r until a good sac room

[@microvoided5770]

16:10 oh no

[@RalorPenwat]

Ngl, I thought he lost for a second when he picked up those cards

[@supersonik5644]

I wish I was Ryan Gary.

[@sariusmonk]

That was tense, especially with the title of the episode lol

[@bob3ironfist]

Wait had he not done It's The Key and ZIP! yet? Or was be doing them again? If he was, why? Thought it was all on the main save file.

[@jeroenbertelink8130]

He's on his third save file. He did it all before twice. His first save file got deleted somewhere.

[@maksymilianstachow6758]

What's the last unlock

[@kyupimayo479]

I think its the Rerun achievement (beating the lamb and going thru 4 victory laps)

[@kjam2109]

dead god

[@jackl8025]

@@kyupimayo479 he already did rerun on stream before recording this

[@Shnarfbird]

Nice job

[@nativechatter999]

professional gamer

[@lookingelsewhere]

Ah yes, episode 115

[@coolfool183]

Just watched a girlfriend reviews video about a Reddit denizen of internet weirdos. Don’t forget to drink water and touch grass, people

[@RoninCatholic]

You don't need to look up St. Patrick's Day every year because it's the same date every time. You _do_ need to look up Easter because the date changes from year to year, and within a range of about two months rather than a range of a single week like Thanksgiving.

[@matthewivancic4311]

I can leave a comment on this video... but I'm not gonna risk it

[@SliferSean]

NL sleep gang commenting on every episode day 651

[@zacharia4061]

to be fair nl you had a monstros lung double twins run as the lost that was a sure win...

[@nich3897]

Thus might be the stupidest challenge in the entire game. Why would you not just make it an actual challenge where only keys spawn??? The fact that your challenge can be ruined by a random consumable spawning is absurd, and another example of extremely bad game design from pre-repentance Isaac (along with Ultra Hard and Boos Armor, for the record)

[@Keaden1000]

Why didn't he just use the tainted cain strat? Does putting coins in the bag of holding screw up the challenge?

[@olive7155]

Because you play as tainted cain

[@Keaden1000]

@@olive7155 and? He did ok last run on here

[@neosovereign]

You do have to get into a secret room to do his OP cain strat. You obviously don't HAVE to do that, but he doesn't like playing the character at baseline.

[@lindisposed9802]

Didn’t expect morning energy to become mourning energy 😔

[@PhiIosophyGeek]

Algoritm

[@PapaBadDadcumsuckgod]

Im assuming tainted cain doesn't work for this, or he would definitely be the easiest

[@noxus7462]

Comment

[@noxus7462]

Reply

[@nunyabusiness7018]

Algorithm

[@kaysothisisit]

Couldn't you just play tainted Cain for this challenge?

[@Donovarkhallum]

Not funny

[@viovenus992]

Why would you ever do that

[@RaykoF]

Why not make this challenge a proper 'challenge' in which the forbidden drops are simply removed?..

[@superbabygyangye]

I hate it when he spoils things from VODs that are yet to be on KZbin..

[@Donovarkhallum]

Wahh

[@elastichedgehog6339]

If this is something worth complaining about for you, you're winning at life brother.

[@superbabygyangye]

@@elastichedgehog6339 ya im doing good thanks for noticing my guy!

[@pogusmaximus7162]

Watch the vods on twitch first then? It’s an actual non issue

[@derekgaffney7344]

@@pogusmaximus7162 Especially if you use your Prime Sub on him so you don't get any ads. 5 hours of uninterrupted (besides bathroom) NL is great.