The Binding of Isaac RUINED Video Games For Me...

[@Mushr00m97]

My favorite thing about the game, is it gets harder as you get better. I know that sounds like a "no duh," kind of statement, but beating Mom once was such a crazy feeling. Then you go and play again and the game just keeps expanding and adding new items and strategies, making it feel new every single time.

[@ZackLillipad]

I completely agree! The difficulty perfectly scales with you as you get better at the game. I think that’s part of what keeps it so replayable!

[@gferrol118]

Isaac is one of those games where you play it for ages, get tired of it, then come back in a couple of months and get addicted all over again. Once you're in, there's no getting out

[@FaceEaterTim]

yeah, im just like that with Pikmin as well lol

[@MrPicunYT]

This has been my life cycle since I got actually hooked to it around 2018

[@Paltic]

For me that game is terraria I suddenly get hooked into it then quit it for a month or so

[@catmaksimus]

Team Fortress 2, Terraria, Minecraft, Stardew Valley can relate to this addiction, not gonna lie. You never truly "quit" them, you only take really long breaks.

[@Peeingstickymilk]

@@catmaksimusman I wish I could get into terraria! Idk if I just don’t “get it” yet or if it’s not my type of game but people really hype it and it does look like a game I would enjoy

[@junetime_panic]

Isaac and his Isaac lived alone in a small Isaac on an Isaac.

[@TheDebsterss]

i always randomly reference this mod, thank you for saying this

[@junetime_panic]

@@TheDebsterss It has entered my mind only once and has never left Your son Isaac is still Isaac.

[@scritoph3368]

Isaac was Isaac, and they were both Isaac.

[@darrellcovello7917]

I'm pretty sure Isaac Binds something, idk I wasn't paying attention

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

we love you isaac

[@tnta-a6300]

Omygaw its another matt

[@manfurysinmybrain3800]

Bro is trying to comment on every eye sack video

[@Poopen-Farten]

omg its matt ballsack

[@the7screw]

:)

[@mcyum6815]

Matty clappy

[@papasbravaaaa]

people laugh when I say this game saved me, even therapists. but I mean it, I was ready to give up on life after years of trial and (mostly) error. I tried everything, therapy, exercise, adopting a dog you name it, none made me happy. but for some reason, a game about a pixelated crying kid clicked for me, made me smile and appreciate life again. I proudly wear my godhead tattoo and I dont see the "wasted time" some people talk about. I lost a decade of my life in the darkness, I refound my will to live sometime in the 2.5k hours Ive played, its a crushing victory over depression to me. F you, Edmund

[@Rain1]

Dude, those are some gamer hours right there. I'm only at 1,100 myself. Nice.

[@sleatery8067]

Feel you man. Hope everything's keep getting better *hug*

[@GMAN-l9p]

crazy how even such a small thing can change someones life

[@Tommi1981]

I also played this alot during dark times. What does the godhead tat mean? Jesus Christ saved me. He opened my eyes to reality. I wanted to die. Because of my sin. Accept no substitute. There's only one. You and Jesus. Always been. Thank you Father. Did you know that Matrix means mother/womb? The enemy of Samus Aran on Metroid is mother brain also.

[@Glubnub]

@@Tommi1981 this reeks of chatgpt.

[@jeffdraws]

as for an isaac player who has a total of 1,055 hours (actual amount of gameplay on my switch), everything mentioned in this video is so true in so many ways. This game is really REALLY addictive, fun, and amazing to experience whenever I hop on this game. I remembered first playing isaac back around december 2020 when my older brother had the game himself to which he asked me if i wanted to give it a try. Had no idea what any of the items did, had no idea where the secret rooms could be or trouble finding tinted rocks, anything like that. The more i played it, the more stuff i knew in the game like what items do, how this item affects this item, synergies, trinkets, techniques you could do to make your run better or broken, and a WHOLE lot of other stuff just by the run the game generates for you. As well as unlocking secrets, unlocking even one secret gives you more desire to continue playing the game, unlocking more secrets, never getting bored of it. Ending from here, Isaac will always be considered as my most favorite and comforting game to play everyday.

[@Rain1]

Are you me? It's practically the same thing for me except I knew about the game but never bit the bullet because buying tboi and all expansions cost almost as much as a AAA game. (It's definitely worth more than a AAA game that's for sure.) Eventually it went on sale and I bought the whole thing. Even though I had seen people play it here and there on twitch I was really bad and did not know what to do except for to beat bosses. Here I am at 1,100 hours with some mods installed and I still drop a run, here and there, even with dead God lol. I wish there was another game like this with this much replayability

[@oscarjames3777]

Huh! Nice to see I'm not the only one feeling other rougelikes are not as good by comparison

[@arturliviu]

Enter the gungeon is second place for me, funny thing is, that game is inspired by isaac

[@joaobatistadasnevesneto175]

Try slay the spire

[@taiyo_10]

True

[@Vardox12]

I got into gungeon recently and have like 15 hours in it. So I guess the problem in the video didn't apply to me. Though I have the "this game is so fun" feeling with most games I've just started to play. But I'm a person who tends to main one game for a few months. Worth noting that I'm very close to dead god, so I might just be sick of isaac, and gungeon feels like a breath of fresh air to me. I think I played like 3 roguelites in my life.

[@taiyo_10]

@@Vardox12 not as good as issac

[@lifted71blazer]

I would recommend Slay the Spire if other roguelites like Gungeon or Hades didn't feel very good. In StS every choice feels like it matters and even if you get super destroyed by rng you can look back retroactively and see seemingly minor decisons is what killed you and that adds a lot of depth to the game that most other roguelikes don't have imo

[@ZackLillipad]

I've been meaning to check out Slay The Spire, I should give it a shot

[@skyebirb]

As someone who's earned Dead God, StS is pretty good. It's not "Isaac good" and it's a turn-based deckbuilder so it is very much a different game, but it still gives you the "maybe I could have avoided this" feeling every time you die and it's taken 200 hours of my life so far, I would recommend it

[@aaron_exe6449]

i do need to play more of slay the spire i've tried playing hades but i kind of did not like it

[@clobzz]

slay the spire is fire, the only problem is it kinda lacks content, but each run is generally different enough that it doesnt matter too much

[@FeriCollector-we6ky]

@@aaron_exe6449 I played hades for a bit and I died on the first couple areas for a while then randomly got SUPER far and it felt crazy

[@thesoldierfurret8234]

I feel kinda the same about this. I refunded the game after killing Mom, thought about the game to try again, suddenly get hooked on it and all of a sudden I have 400 hours in around 8 months and soon done with the game. Great video btw.

[@thedarter]

I made the fatal mistake of picking Isaac to be the first roguelike I ever got invested in. This was in late 2019, so I wasn't starved for options either, and now very few other roguelikes even get 50 hours out of me. I almost wish I hadn't started with Isaac. Almost.

[@LudovicoPetroleumScallywagVII]

I honestly feel the same way. Accidentally started at the peak, at which point it is all downhill. Granted, TBoI might not be THE best, but that’s the concept.

[@lunyxappocalypse7071]

Nethack games, like Fear & Hunger (If your into gorey games) are pretty cool.

[@Rain1]

Oof. I started with enter the gungeon. It was great and I loved it. Then I started playing The binding of Isaac Now when I open EtG I would rather be opening tboi

Omg same, slay the spire 70 h, hades 50 h, dead cells 100 h, rogue legacy 1 and 2 50 h, enter the gungeon 8 h, etc etc. But isaac 1000 h, and still going

[@Rain1]

TBOI reigns supreme

[@nneykobar_hali]

Undertale, baldur's gate 3, red dead redemption 2( ruined skyrim i was playing at the time) ,don't starve(solo) , hollow knight , deltarune , king's bounty(all of the first game), team fortress 2(my first and last multiplayer shooter. I guess , thats my list. At least all i could remember.

[@hashtag3073]

my superpower in flash isaac was that my computer wasn't strong enough to run it which made the enemies slow down

[@ZackLillipad]

LOL

[@infeinfe]

For me, isaac did for a while ruin games, but then modding ruined isaac because I added too much stuff, but when I didn't play modded I felt the game was too plain. In the end I now don't play much, and instead enjoy other games lol. If I did get back into it I know it would consume me again though, now the only time I play is for a streak challenge that I keep failing

[@ZackLillipad]

I actually try very hard to not download too many mods for this reason. I only have item descriptions, boss health bars, and the pog face one. Anything else seems like too much

[@infeinfe]

@@ZackLillipad Pretty sure at one point I had like 120+ mods on, with only few being turned off. It's fun to get some mods, but only when one gets really bored of the game imo

[@innerophstudios4013]

This sounds like me and Terraria

[@zareptil5441]

@@ZackLillipad i personally only use QOL and cosmetic mods. i feel like the game is so full of content and content mods would absolutely bloat it. im 500 hrs in and not even halfway there through the achievements lol

[@Vardox12]

​@@innerophstudios4013Same. I no-lifed terraria for half a year straight then quit. At first I liked doing vanilla runs, even beating the game on master mode (what a badly designed difficulty) with each class. Then downloaded calamity and like 10 QoL mods. Vanilla just didn't feel the same. Mods make the game feel more like a boss rush and less like a sandbox game with elements combat and adventure. And now Terraria really bores me, I really don't want to play it. But maybe that's because I nolifed it too much.

[@syntowin5504]

Issac and Osu! Fill very similar roles in gaming for me. The tagline of Osu's community is "You are here forever" and it couldnt be more true. These are games with nearly infinite replay value and as someone with a collective 2000+ hours in all versions of Issac among all platforms, it makes sense these games are our baseline for what makes a good gaming experience.

[@justnastas]

Isaac and Hollow Knight made me realize I'll never look at other games the same ever again. The only game that I like nearly as much is rougue legacy but come one I still find myself coming back to our favorite crying naked boy

[@averykoi]

it took me 3 whole MONTHS to 100% isaac and it felt so good. to slowly understand the lore, the bosses, the good items, the bad items and everytime i’d get a new item, i had new characters and different gimmicks to adapt and evolve. isaac, to me, proves that quantity and quality could walk together. sure, some items are trash, some are supposed to be trash, some have the same use (hp ups), some do basically the same thing, but that’s the fun of isaac! there’s so much thing to the point that, when a new run starts, you’re not grinding for some op item, you’re taking different items and strategizing to your content (and the boss you want to kill). after 3 months of grinding, sometimes, when 100 percenting other games, i miss a game that was difficult everytime i attempted it. (anyways this is why i love isaac)

[@Tired_Tortilla]

do you mean like repentance or flash because i dont think you slept once if your talking about repentance

[@cherrunous7387]

I'm like a year in and I only have 69% of the achievements in repentance damn

[@StolenFantasy]

damn that's really fast actually

[@manutosis598]

I used to have that with ultrakill, then i discovered tboi, then re-discovered ultrakill, ultrakill fixes everything

[@handlebar4520]

Another thing to consider is the binding of isaac's modding scene, which has to be one of THE BIGGEST, well supported and easy to impliment in videogaming (at least on pc), which is what really got me back into isaac. Want to spice up the progression loop of isaac? Here's just casually +200 hours of new floors, enemies items and characters that you can seemlessly add onto your game, for free. Like the gameplay of isaac but don't quite jive with some of the artisitc choices? hundreds of easyily accessible and very well made, unique sprite reskins and soundfiles to customize the binding of isaac to your tastes. Just got into isaac but feel a little overwhelmed with all game mechanics and items? Front page of the steam workshop is an ingame item descriptor that seamlessly scales with modding support. You really like the core design of the bionding of isaac but don't know why edmun mcmuffin made some of the stupidest game design choices you've ever seen? Hundreds of overhaul and quality of life mods that significantly reduce burnout that you can swap on and off with a click of a button for different characters. Oh and did I mention, you get all of this, for free. No battlepass, no subscription fee, no ingame cosmetics, no triple A studio bullshit, just good game design. The game might stop getting updates from edmund but the modding community is going to keep this game alive for a decade at least, unless edmund makes something like the binding of isaac 2, but like that will ever happen, right?

[@DrMold13]

I know how it feels, I played Portal 2 for like 10 times or even more I like to play Isaac and play it a lot, but at least it has unique runs, not like Portal games

[@Toumsters]

I only have 250 hours over 8 months, but I think Isaac is one of two games thats hooked me as much as it. The other was Town of Salem, a few years ago during lockdown, where I probably had over 500, but it was social deduction and the player base started to die out with ToS2 and just generally over time. There's just so many possibilities with it, and you can never get the same run twice - plus with every character being so different, its really fun to just sit down and play for however long I need to after a stressful day or just simply enjoy and try to break, or just focus on trying to finish a run with someone like tainted lost - its so different than anything else that it has singlehandedly made me want to play just about only roguelikes. I still play some of the same stuff i used to, like your typical survival games or FPS games, but it is just about the only game thats made me crave it alone. Something about the mix of singleplayer, great music (especially some modded tracks, antibirth+ my beloved), simple yet always fresh gameplay, its somethin you can literally never find again. I've also tried RoR2 and Gungeon and while both amazing games that I've enjoyed what time I've spent in them, they always just aren't what I'm looking for, and I always just go back to Isaac. I've fallen in love with this game and I've been putting a lot of time into it recently compared to my usual lack of playing anything, and right now I'm trying to get as far as possible on the basement seed, rn I'm on Basement 155 - even being able to do dumb stuff like that is something you dont really find anywhere else. I'm glad someone else could put it into words, because I sure as hell cant

[@nneykobar_hali]

There are same types of movies and books. Read and see them , and everything will lose its meaning in comperasen.

[@Xoct232]

I could say something similar. Every time i’m at work i think of all the cool games i could play or other things to do, only to be free and go for another run on my dead god save

[@Poobins567]

9/10 game. I have never wanted to bash my face in 49 times ever, felt like a god, and then be Sisyphus again, more than this game has.

[@nandsn7075]

Hell yeah dude, I relate so much to this video. I started playing the Flash version on steam in 2012, and now 12 years, over 1000 hours and 3 Isaac themed tattoos later, I still play it more than any other video game. Just nothing gets even close to the Dopamine levels of Isaac and it just never, ever gets boring. Currently on my way to complete my third dead god save file. Geniuenly believe I will play it at the retirement home one day.

[@burymeintulips]

i just wanna say, isaac did not have me immediately hooked either. i bought the flash version on sale a few years ago not realizing rebirth was an updated version of it. i played it until i beat mom which was about 2 hours. i then got rebirth, and still wasn't hooked. doing the same thing, beating mom's foot in about 2 hours. not until now in december and finally being convinced to get the dlc for this game did i get completely hooked. i've played 120 hours in the past 2 weeks, and unlocking things, doing runs is so fun. the one main thing i like about this game in comparison to other roguelikes is that there is always a goal for each run. there's so many unlockables you're not just doing runs just to do em

[@Sapinho_Gameplays]

I got addicted to Isaac too, but I only played Flash with the Wrath of the Lamb version and repentance because I never got a chance to have rebirth, afterbirth, afterbirth+ until now, but my addiction didn't ruin videogames for me, and it actually made me a very huge fan of roguelikes!

[@Mrleo291]

cool video and I agree with most of your points but taking hearts instead charged key twice frustrated me! you could have rerolled those 4 pedastels in the door room to get mr mee, sharp key or dads key to unlock mega stan! Bit yeah, great video. I feel your love for this game!

[@UnknownGDuser]

2k hour isaac player, i dont know how you got inside of my mind but the SAME EXACT THING happened to me, the first time i played i just thought “Huh, i guess this is fun.” But after finishing my first run, i stopped. Next day, i played again and i ended up quitting, thinking it was boring. 7 months later, i started to play again, and i was hooked.

[@cookies_and_mustard6414]

I 100% agree with you. This game feels pretty personal to me. Isaac was my first ever rougelike. I’ve seen brief glimpses of it throughout my younger years and something about it always intrigued me. I’m pretty sure it was the artstyle, cutesy looking characters that are also kind of morbid. I don’t remember when exactly, but it was sometime after the Afterbirth + expansion that I soon found myself watching countless videos on the game. I eventually bought it and fell in love with the game. I was patiently waiting for Repentance to release, and that dlc cemented Isaac as my favourite game. I’ve spent over 540 hours on the game and I see Isaac as a comfort game as well. I can just forget about my stresses and have a relaxing time with the game. Once I started installing mods, they made me love the game even more! Some notable mods to me being Fiend Folio, Revelations, and Fall From Grace. Any other rougelike I look at feels like it is missing something, or just isn’t that appealing to me. I think Isaac did this to me, like I’ve unconsciously used it as a standard for other rougelikes. I still love the game deeply, it has inspired me to become more creative and comforted me in times of need. Great video!

[@bedrock-mines3590]

as a 500 hour having TBOI enjpyer i can agree but it doesn’t ruin my perception of everything else like risk of rain 2 is cool af but then sgain TBOI is also fun as fuck specially going for achievement hunting, i would have completed the first dead god file a while ago if i didn’t get bugged where ALL my marks disappeared, the unlocks were still there but it didn’t look right to me so i had to restart and BOY restarting a file is a pain in the ass but then again the dopamine i get from finding a sacred heart or a polyphemus and hearing that specialist dance is just peek dopamine ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN RIG FOR THEM. 1000/10 game with endless replay ability and a god like sound track with mods making the experience ten times more better cheers m8

[@Peeingstickymilk]

Funny this was the game that made start playing video games again. I haven’t really played games since I was a kid and was randomly introduced to Isaac by these two guys that were really into it. They asked if I wanted to play and I was all like “so what you just go around shooting things or something” then after a really good run it clicked for me and I realized how much depth there was and I was hooked. I didn’t have any modern console or pc so I got it on my phone. I just kept getting more into to it so I bought a switch. Then I wanted to play with mods so I bought a steam deck. All for just this game! I figured now that I have these consoles I should get some other games but none have come close to the sheer joy of this game.

[@ploxyzero]

How you feel about Isaac is how I feel about Risk of Rain 2 haha Although I do have about 100 hrs in Isaac as well. I just got Slay the Spire recently and it's also quite addicting 👀 Balatro too, but to a lesser degree

[@monkaWGiga]

Risk of Rain 2 is just so much fun. Can't wait for Seekers of the Storm

[@21Shells]

I think playing a game you enjoy too much can stop you from getting comfortable playing new games as well. When you play other games, it often takes a little while for you to adjust and start finding it really fun. When you know a game in and out, it starts to not necessarily be as fun as playing an entirely new game, but is still fun enough continuing to experience it that many just don’t feel the need to move on. This was my experience with The Binding of Isaac, and other games like Minecraft. I feel like a lot of the time i’ve spent playing both of those games were both incredibly fun, but also partially wasted. Now im realising I actually enjoy a lot of games that I never understood the appeal of like a lot of RPGs.

[@T3NZ0.]

My experience with Isaac has been pretty much the same. Started playing the Flash version back in like 2012 with friends (one run each), and we sucked (partially because we were like 10 years old), so reaching Mom for the first time was an unforgettable experience. I forgot about its existence untill 2016, when I could finally buy a laptop for myself, sadly it was shit, so the only few games I could really play were Geometry Dash, Don't Starve and Isaac. In 2019 I could finally afford a better PC, and I forgot about Isaac again, untill 2021 when Repentance came out, and just like you, I spent most Zoom calls playing instead of actually listening to the teacher (that costed me my first semester of college, but it was worth it).

[@shadowdeku6926]

Isaac also took many attempts to hook me, and over numerous years. Once it did, I played it all the time for a year or two. Since then, I've introduced it to my nephews, and they'll still ask me to do a few runs with them when I see them, but I don't play it on my own anymore. I'd ultimately rather have truly new gaming experiences instead. But still, to get a few hundred hours of playtime out of me is a massive accomplishment, and I'm certain it'll be a game I'll return to for a long time. I'm kind of glad that it wasn't released when I was growing up, I probably would have never done anything else, and wouldn't have done all of the exploration of gaming and genres that I did at that time through to my young adulthood.

[@cactusleaf36]

God, what a video. I honestly couldn’t relate more; flash Isaac is what introduced me to Roguelikes as a whole and was one of the very first PC games I’ve played. I remember struggling a lot with beating Mom. Then 6 years ago (I was 12 at the time and didn’t know better), I played a version of Afterbirth+ that I unfortunately pirated… but even though I never understood anything, the game was really fun. I never understood Apollyon, but he was my favorite for some reason. This was also the same time I started making videos on KZbin. For a while, I kind of just forgot about the game, and eventually deleted the pirated copies out of guilt. It wasn’t until 2023 that I found Rebirth in my girlfriend’s Steam library, and so I played some of it. It was good, but not the greatest experience; so she suggested I play Antibirth. I would be lying if I said it wasn’t my favorite take on Isaac ever. Sure, the new characters were a pain in the ass to play as, but having an entire alt path was just so nice. Then, after a while of playing Antibirth, I saved up enough money to get Repentance. I’ve been more than obsessed with the game since; it’s the most fun I’ve had in any Roguelike, and as you said, it’s hard for me to get into anything else. Now, I’m making my own Roguelike that is not only massively inspired by The Binding of Isaac (and D&D), but will include Edmund in the credits. So, TL;DR: I grew up playing Isaac, and would gladly sell my soul to repay Edmund for making it👍

[@zendakongaming5159]

I have not had this with games. Cause I grew up with flash games. So the nowadays equivalent is like indie games. But something I struggle with is getting a show to satisfy me because shows like teen titans avatar the last airbender and movies like lord of the rings makes it hard for me to find a truly satisfying movie or show.

[@steafyheaster1335]

edmund mcmillen you little

[@PruneauYT]

100% agree. 6672h here, still playing the Daily challenge as a way to relax after work too. Haven't missed except when travelling. Just a lovely game my brain connects with.

[@r8teful]

What are your thoughts about Balatro

[@ednaoverboard1052]

I'm a little ashamed every time someone asks what games I play and i reply with 'oh i mostly just play Isaac since 2016' - very relatable

[@ZackLillipad]

Nothing to be ashamed of! When people ask my favorite game I always say Isaac. Even though most don’t know what it is, anyone who does know gives us an instant connection

[@zenithyoda]

I am thankful to @NorthernLion and @Sinvicta for getting me into Isaac

[@doodlespiral7110]

my autistic ass not paying attention because I'm distracted by the gameplay: 😃 (Great video, by the way!)

[@walrusesarecute1]

I got out of that isaac loop for nearly 2 years, but repentance has been drawing me back in slowly, I had nearly 2700 hours in it, I had a serious problem I think.

[@lukechampi]

started playing flash Isaac at 12 and I'm about to turn 24 in a couple days, still on my way to completing repentance. Isaac's been my favorite series for 13 years, what a glorious game

[@mrisbadateverything1511]

I know that a ton of the comments are recommending a bunch of other popular and really good indie/rougelite(like) games already but if you want a game that has similar body horror, replayability, charm, and challenge as Isaac, watch the trailer for Brutal Orchestra, if doesn’t look like it’s for you, so be it. However if it does, just go play it, it’s something you won’t forget.

[@ZackLillipad]

There definitely have been a lot of recommendations, but this one is a first. I’ve been pretty into turn based RPGs recently so this game might be a perfect fit… I’m gonna check it out soon!

[@geileskind64]

I always loved isaac but i used to have a phase with it and then drop it…until last year in september. I don't know what happened but i started playing it again with a couple of mods and then from 57 hours that i previously had on the PC version it turned into a half a year 500 hours thing of me doing dead god. The game had such a strong chokehold on me from September 23 to February 24 like no game before.

[@TotallyNotRaven342]

The second when you were talking about dopamine, the second you walked into the room and Sacred Heart was there I IMMEDIATELY pogged irl, the actual isaac effect

[@superduperdrew12345]

Have you ever played a game where you were not only intimidated but felt outright dread to see how much content there is? The way repentance kept expanding and expanding only to the introduce the tainted variants made it really feel unending. A game with a similar feeling is B3313. You start with a small hub and a few levels, but it gets to the point of taking one path from the hub, then another path at a fork, then another, then after 10 minutes you find another hub world with like 6 worlds to explore. And the worst part was that I wanted to see all of it.

[@lil_toucan_]

my roguelike addiction list: - Revita - Death must die - Halls of torment - Hades (1 and 2) - Slay the spire - Nuclear throne - Wizard of legend (just the 1st) - Isaac

[@GreatGoldenchip]

I understand how you feel. Celeste ruined all other platformer games for me.

[@taylataco7157]

I love this game so much. I have 919 hours in this game and I am currently trying to fill in my completion marks for tainted lost. Its insane how different each game feels. Surprinsgly, I haven't modded the game apart from seeing my stats but nothing else. I wanted to ask has anyone completed the ultra hard challenge??

[@snakevenoum6395]

song at beginning?

[@gumbarius]

Isaac being my first rogue like ever made me dislike rogue likes where you have limited item/equipment slots and items don't stack/synergize into crazy builds

[@DarkSparkYT]

For me, it was Hollowknight. The masterclass, perfected art style and detail in every bit opened a world up to me for all other games that the way things look or the cleverness and creativity of the design was a curse playing older games and games that weren’t as great as Hollowknight.

[@jacobhopkins9380]

I honestly loved the past where you said Issac was your comfort game, mine is fear and hunger.

[@monkeeeeyt]

Tboi only ruined me to thinking if i complete all saves at 100% i'll get an easter egg (I've gotten 2/3 100% noise save files on pizza tower)

[@notvaks]

i dont understand isaac, im playing it few minutes and i get bored, help

[@DOOM_glazer]

Isaac is my fourth m9st played game next to dbd, rust and gta 5 and unlike those 3 isaac is the only game i dont regret playing

[@highbrednxtus]

s/o game theory for getting me to check it out, with such a dark and obscure story I had to check it out. Once they added local Co op, my friend suggested we check it out and since I already had it we started playing blind and got hooked. #1 favorite game and I never thought that would happen 😅

[@coolbreeze0369]

The experience you’re talking about in the beginning is what halo 1-reach did for me as a kid 🥲. I just recently got into TBOI and it’s already starting to feel like that all over again :D

[@Duncantheone]

I still love it deeply but I still find joy from other games

[@Duncantheone]

Such as grounded or just straight couch clash games like smash bros and cake bash my top 2 in that genre but in general I play Issac almost every it is by far my favorite game in the entire world

[@ЛъчезарИванов-ю3м]

The worst 30€ spent on steam

[@NekoEko]

Really liked watching wrath of the lamb so i got rebirth on launch and played like a week and then stopped since i was so bad. Came back a lonth later for just a few rounds. One year later i played again for a few days and stopped again. Just in February this year i started playing again and realised that im either not as bad as i thought or i just got better at video games in general and now im trying my first dead god file (Curse jacob and esau though)

[@cneko15]

I stg, it legitimately felt like a perfect summation of my love for and experience with TBOI. I didn't know so many others rely on, enjoy, and revel in this game as much as i do. 😅 Thank you for taking the time to explain and share what makes this game so great!🥰

[@Gregariousness1]

I’ve only just unlocked the negative and this is the only game that can be so infuriating to lose but keeps me playing it for the satisfaction that is making progress

[@Youonly_dieonce]

As someone who recently unlocked dead god, it's worth it (also watch more isaac youtube for tips that's how I learned)

[@Gregariousness1]

@@Youonly_dieonce hey! I've beaten Isaac, Hush, The Lamb, Mega Satan, and Delirium now, and man are some of the later bosses super satisfying to pull off. I'll definitely keep playing this game

[@Youonly_dieonce]

@@Gregariousness1 Good luck and I know you’ll have a lot of fun gamer :D

[@azazeltheundyingdamienkali5700]

The Binding of Isaac is a game of thrilling highs and crushing lows. You haven't felt shame and despair until you've choked on Ultra Greedier, or gotten screwed at the Dark Room because you got your ass whooped by three Dark Ones at once. But, you also haven't felt the kind of happiness and accomplishment you get from beating Hush or Delirium for the first time. I can imagine that I'll be playing Isaac for a very long time, and I can't wait to get my third Hush victory and finally unlock the Repentance path.

[@diananer]

Isaac fans on their way to ruin their life over a bad run (Dead sea scrolls in the first and only angel room)

[@twachl8039]

Any tips on how to get started with isaac? I played it a couple of hours but all the items, hidden room and "secrets" are just so overwhelming.

[@ZackLillipad]

It is definitely very overwhelming. My tip would just be to pick one thing to focus on at a time. For example, focus on beating a certain boss, unlocking a character, or doing a challenge, etc. A lot of other things will get unlocked along the way as you do that and the game will really start to open up.

[@redcomet918]

Yeah, this game is absolutely addictive. I have a similar story with it, playing Flash because it was all my college laptop could handle, then Rebirth on 3DS but I never quite understood how to progress and have goals, I just played it because it felt fun but then I dropped it for a while. When Repentance came out I watched a few youtubers/streamers playing it to see what's the new DLC like and I went back fully into it, now knowing what goals to strive for and getting good at it. 1600 hours in on Rep. alone, I just hope it doesn't stop being fun now that I'm close to 3rd dead god file, lol

[@Pr0dLive]

This is a great explanation for a feeling that I have about roguelikes. I have 100%'d Rebirth four times now and I can't find a game that gives me the same gameplay/vibe that Isaac does. I get frustrated looking through Steam and Google trying to find an "Isaac-like" rather than a roguelike and that doesn't seem to exist yet..... If anyone in the comments has found an "Isaac-like" please let me know Im dying for another!

[@Tired_Tortilla]

about playing other rouges you should definitely stick with risk of rain 2 one of the main draws of the game as apposed to isaac is how items stack and how the games difficulty can be brutal after you get to playing the game on its eclipse gamemode where each time you beat it the game gets harder as new difficulty modifiers are thrown it to the point where beating it once is a major accomplishment

[@vetvicka_7204]

6:00 its crazy before covid I had like 60 hours on isaac, was sort of a happy childhood memory for me, when covid started this play time 10x and I became fullblown addicted to Isaac, still aint able to complete it 100%

[@Rain1]

Funny what you said about playing other roguelike games before The binding of Isaac and you would have loved them. Literally that's what happened with me with enter the gungeon. Dude I loved that game so much and thought to myself that it was the best roguelike. Then I played The binding of Isaac and now when I open enter the gungeon I would just rather be opening The binding of Isaac. It's crazy.

[@jharris1288]

Isaac has grown to become my favorite game ever too. I started it when Rebirth came out on the 3DS and WiiU and been playing ever since. Love it.

[@0celot8]

Huh, maybe I should try the game again. I played this, even beating it, and just did not have fun. It felt like rng was a bigger factor than my skill, unlike games such as hades and dead cells.

[@ZackLillipad]

Isaac does have a lot of RNG in terms of certain items appearing. But at a high enough skill level, any boss can be defeated with any item really (if that makes sense). I think giving it another chance could help, Isaac definitely takes a lot of patience early on!

[@0celot8]

@@ZackLillipad alright maybe ill give it another try.

[@valinypse]

1:40 as soon as you said "Xbox Arcade" I knew you'll refer to those three games. I imagine you saw Indie Game: The Movie. That era was gold indeed.

[@ZackLillipad]

Yuppppp. Making this video put me in the mood to watch indie game the movie again

[@randomlol-ya3063]

I think a REALLY good game is Noita Try that

[@randomlol-ya3063]

Almost done with the video Bro, you MUST try Noita

[@jmiranda11stu]

Totally agree with ya on that. Noita def scratched that same itch that isaac did with that sense of the more game knowledge you have, the better your chances of succeeding. So much to unpack in that game as well lol.

[@onelazynoob15]

You should try Balatro

[@mmkanashiro]

i have the original version of the game and i have a question in the first hours of gameplay i don't really feel the progression felling from unlocking new itens and characters, all my runs feel the same, does it change later in the game or in the rebirth? if it changes in the rebirth i could buy next sale but if it feels the same every run i get bored

[@ZackLillipad]

Yeah getting Rebirth will help with that, there is a LOT more content. But also Isaac does take a lot of patience in the beginning

[@xBinyWolf]

To me it was Dishonored. Once i played it nothing even came close not even the second one(still mastahpiece). That spark was reignited with sekiro that is one of the few games that once i finished it i just clicked on NG+ twice. Frostpunk and Ghostrunner went really close.

[@themelancholia]

Darkest Dungeon exists, so I have no reason to play Isaac.

[@Firensid]

6:31 Oh… so you’re a newbie… 😂 Loved this love letter to the best game ever!

[@bingoviini]

This is *THE* roguelike There are many great ones, but I doubt nothing can ever beat Isaac. It just has so much content, replayability, shits and giggles, secrets, unique synergies, complete horse shit, and actual shit.

[@Kris-9022]

Try noita

[@Vetrical]

Yeah, it was Ghostrunner for me

[@tcstarz5377]

What kind of mods are you running to show you what items you have and what they do for you ?

[@ZackLillipad]

“External Item Descriptions”

[@tcstarz5377]

@@ZackLillipad thanks

[@jmiranda11stu]

Totally felt that "comfort game" section. You can come back to it at anytime really and just go with it. I won't play for a while and then it'll just snatch me back in its clutches with no sign of letting go 😂

[@Rain1]

I have the same problem as you with finding another game with this much replayability. And I've only been playing it since December 2021, clocking in at around 1100 hours now. Obviously multiplayer PVP games will have a high level of replayability, but I'm talking about single player games. Enter the gungeon is fun but it just doesn't do it the same way The binding of Isaac does. After 200 hours of EtG I was like yeah I'm good. I even went back and tried to play it today and I just wanted to play Isaac instead. Hades was fun but had even less replayability than etg I probably need to give dead cells another try because back when I played it, it had just released so it wasn't loaded with content like it is now. I've been thinking about playing darkest dungeon again. I don't think I really gave it a long enough try. It was fun but man it was punishing. I've tried playing stuff like skul, Dungreed, and revita but it just doesn't feel the same. It feels like some generic rogue-like.

[@Rain1]

Here I am at over 1,000 hours with a good number of mods installed and I still drop a run here and there because I still have fun playing it

[@Sleepless_Kings]

and all that before even talking about the modding community, truly a love letter to a lovely game

[@javi.6272]

Oh man, I thought I was the only madman that feel the same thing feeling another roguelikes like Enter The Gungeon, Nuclear Throne or even 30XX. It's crazy the amount of content that TBOI has that any other game can compare to it. 🐢

[@Blurrythere]

The game that saved me from just leaving this world in the past 3 years. Isaac we definitely love you

[@ferntin4479]

For a new comer to the game should i just get Repentance? Is that the full version?

[@ZackLillipad]

You’ll need to buy the base games and all the DLCs to get the complete experience. If you’re on Steam they make it really easy - there is a bundle called “The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Complete Bundle”. Buy that and you’ll be good to go!

[@jonathanlange5769]

I didn't have the problem with video games, but I had a time of 1 year after the first season of One Punch Man were every other anime bored me.

[@rediculousman]

Deus ex game of the year 1999. I remember when it first came out. It was mind blowingly good! Even today I'll still fire it up and play it. Graphics are dated, but the story is insane! Hands down the best deus ex. All you gen z's. If you want to try something different, give it a go. There are mods to modernise it a bit, but it doesn't make much difference. The game play is actually that good! But yeah... Isaac is sick too!

[@chadster225]

Your experience is very similar to my own with this game. It's definitely a comfort game, played it since flash prob about 800 hours total. Sometimes I take breaks but can always get hooked on it again. Love listening to podcasts and KZbin whilst playing

[@chrisrobson5101]

I bought rebirth yesterday, 30+ runs later and I’m nowhere near finishing a run!!! 😂😂 Furthest I got was the fourth section 😅

[@samba1one531]

That delirium ending, though :(

[@dylanwrigley6081]

After only a few weeks ive already developed the Issac addiction, and unlocked forgotten, really proud of that