Game is hard and random items, with a lot of them doing jackshit on their own, means you're getting screwed more often than not. But, then you get that one run where the stars align and your brain blasts, you finally get a level 4 item on Basement 2, slaughter everything with zero issue riding that pure adrenaline dopamine wave just to crash into the brick wall of despair when Bloat arrives.

Each character has their own little gimmick that makes them either a breeze to play through or pure cock and ball torture. Some bosses and rooms are extreme levels of bullshit, but there is literally so much in this game that they become few and far between.

The replayability is off the charts because it really taps into your Gamer brain and makes you think, "If I had just one more item, or been a little more careful I think I could have got it done". Then you realize it's now 12:00 AM and your win streak went from -7 to 1, but at least it's 1.

I only have the worst characters in the game left to do things with and it's quite the struggle, but having access to all the items from the other characters makes it less like cutting my eyes with paper.

I recommend getting all of the DLCs, but I'd play them individually since Repentance alone adds a sheer amount of content that could be very overwhelming. Been playing since Afterbirth so the additional content being added later is how I played it anyways. That being said, the amount of content is massive for a DLC and that's fantastic.

Delirium can kick rocks though. I'm not inviting him to anything ever.

Edit: Used to be a 4.5 star rating, but I stopped doing halfsies.