Review for 1.0.8

Fantastic game that is sadly in need of some bug fixes and QoL improvements (even basic important ones that Isaac had, such as being able to close the game and continue runs later). The music is great, the visuals are very charming and very well done and the gameplay is fun and rather addicting.

I personally had no big issues with bugs and/or softlocks, nor did thr game crash at all, but there's definitely some odd shit that shouldn't have happened such as enemy "counters" getting triggered when they shouldn't and the rewards room forcing me to replace my spells because the skip button didn't work. Considering what others have had issues with though, it's hard to recommend the gane in its current state, but I had few issues myself. Sadly, there were some issues dueing development that hurt the game. A content and bug-fixing/QoL update is being worked on, though.

I also didn't find the content particularly lacking, specially considering that all trinkets and spells in this game are decent compared to how much nearly useless shit Isaac had. It feels comparable to the original BoI release in this sense, which is understandable and anybody who expected Rebirth/Afterbirth amounts of content is honestly a fucking idiot.

The game also is a pretty nice addition to the BoI story but not a particularly necessary part of it. I liked what story there is a lot though. At least, so far, as I have only actually gotten the normal ending from beating the final stage once. And you know how it is eith these games, no doubt there's more to see yet.

So yeah, all in all, a fantastic game that's brought down by bugs/QoL issues to me, and more content wouldn't hurt either even though I feel it's not particularly lacking. As I said though, that's being worked on, so I hope it all plats out well because this game has 11/10 potential to me.

Reviewed on Dec 09, 2020


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