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Ferroque posted:Can someone explain a little more to me about Nintendo's publishing rules like these here? Binding of Isaac is a game heavily steeped in religious stuff while making that same stuff grotesque and Nintendo still maintains a bit of their olden draconian tendencies to removing all references to religion in NES games. A game like Isaac is probably several lines crossed too many for them to publish.
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:Binding of Isaac is a game heavily steeped in religious stuff while making that same stuff grotesque and Nintendo still maintains a bit of their olden draconian tendencies to removing all references to religion in NES games. A game like Isaac is probably several lines crossed too many for them to publish. Your explanation is much better than mine; you really live up to your username.
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Jan 14, 2014 02:43
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Rashomon posted:What are they? Explosive Diarrhea Pill can be found again The Habit only gives the amount of recharge you would get for clearing a room upon being hit, instead of giving 3 points of item recharge flat. The Polaroid only drops from Mom if a Devil Room spawns after the fight. Mutant Spider has been added to the list of "Unique" items, meaning that it will be less common. The Mask + Heart enemy now has reduced health. The two in bold are the ones I don't like. I get why the habit was nerfed (it is pretty broken) but it'd just make it less fun for me. And the Polaroid thing is just annoying. I also understand the Polaroid thing. The Chest was supposed to be more rare and hard to get to, but it's also more fun. Although I have no problem going to Sheol every now and then seeing as the Satan fight is probably the best boss fight in the game, for me. Tychtrip fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Jan 14, 2014 |
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Jan 14, 2014 08:10
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Tychtrip posted:Explosive Diarrhea Pill can be found again Man, playing with the Polaroid change just sounds awful and annoying. If that's supposed to be a "fix" as well, it may find its way into Rebirth which I would not like at all. The Habit change though is kind of understandable because the half-bar charge was at the root of the game's only real infinite health combination, I'd miss it but I can understand why it'd go. Ah man, now I'm just getting worried about what else they think needs to be "fixed" to go into Rebirth. They already saw fit to "fix" the art style which I really do not like nor do I agree with any of their rationales for doing so which is already setting off alarm bells in my head. Don't George Lucas this poo poo, dammit! 
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Jan 14, 2014 18:23
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The art style change was nigh-inevitable. The flash vector art is a big part of why the game can run like rear end even on a good rig when there's too much stuff on screen. (I agree though...I really liked the style and I'm still lukewarm on Rebirth because I'm a big goony goon who hates change)
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Jan 14, 2014 18:28
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jivjov posted:The art style change was nigh-inevitable. The flash vector art is a big part of why the game can run like rear end even on a good rig when there's too much stuff on screen. (I agree though...I really liked the style and I'm still lukewarm on Rebirth because I'm a big goony goon who hates change) I'm more confused than anything, because Ed keeps harping on how much he hates the game's art style but it doesn't seem to be too different from what we've seen of Mewgenics??
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Jan 14, 2014 19:10
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jivjov posted:The flash vector art is a big part of why the game can run like rear end even on a good rig when there's too much stuff on screen. I think this is more just Flash itself rather than the art style. Super Meat Boy has the artstyle and doesn't run poorly, okay well that's a lie, it does run poorly just not in the same way that Isaac does. Buncha games in the Basement Collection also carry this art style of his which is undeniably distinctive without noticeably making GBS threads up performance.
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Jan 14, 2014 19:15
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Zombies' Downfall posted:One thing about WotL making the game harder is that unless I'm mistaken it also added angel rooms, which are a pretty straightforward boost, since the items in them are free (unlike devil runs) and mostly quite useful. A boost, but one that will disproportionately appear to better players.
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Jan 14, 2014 19:17
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:Man, playing with the Polaroid change just sounds awful and annoying. If that's supposed to be a "fix" as well, it may find its way into Rebirth which I would not like at all. Well Rebirth is also going to have a area beyond Sheol to mirror the Chest. So there'll be some reason to choose between which path you want to take.
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Skaw posted:Well Rebirth is also going to have a area beyond Sheol to mirror the Chest. So there'll be some reason to choose between which path you want to take. I also heard the Polaroid might not be required for the Chest anymore, which makes sense because locking endgame content to a single (albeit often useful) inventory item kinda sucked.
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Jan 14, 2014 19:59
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'Majesty' is being floor 1 with Judas, passing by a locked gold chest, having to abandon FOUR blue rocks because of no bombs, getting a keydrop in the very last room, busting open the chest, and getting four bombs.
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Jan 15, 2014 00:07
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Black August posted:'Majesty' is being floor 1 with Judas, passing by a locked gold chest, having to abandon FOUR blue rocks because of no bombs, getting a keydrop in the very last room, busting open the chest, and getting four bombs. And using this method to pick up half a heart upon taking damage to claim some sweet, sweet curse room items (usually not)  Click for source (/r/bindingofisaac)
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Jan 15, 2014 00:47
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Tychtrip posted:And using this method to pick up half a heart upon taking damage to claim some sweet, sweet curse room items (usually not) I watched the gif a few loops, and it makes less sense. I guess it's from a cheat engine? Or else how did that heart spawn in the starting room. Which also has no other exit besides the curse room.
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Jan 15, 2014 01:01
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IUG posted:I watched the gif a few loops, and it makes less sense. I guess it's from a cheat engine? Or else how did that heart spawn in the starting room. Which also has no other exit besides the curse room. I'm assuming someone just set it up to make the gif showing how to do it. Starting the game over and over until you get a Judas floor one curse room and a heart would take a while.
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Jan 15, 2014 01:03
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MrL_JaKiri posted:A boost, but one that will disproportionately appear to better players. Also a boost that requires you to pass up devil room items. Sometimes that's not a big deal (oh, parasite and sister maggy? yeah, I'm not giving up hearts for those) but when the devil has good items like Spirit of the Night or Brimstone, it's gonna be a tough choice. If you DO try to go for angel rooms, there's no guarantee that you'll get one and when you do you might find that whatever's in there wasn't really worth it. Having said that, it's the only way to get Sacred Heart and most of the angel room items are at least fairly good. I used to hate Scapular and considered it a waste of an angel room, but now that I know how it can be cheesed I think it's all right.
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Jan 15, 2014 07:43
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IUG posted:I watched the gif a few loops, and it makes less sense. I guess it's from a cheat engine? Or else how did that heart spawn in the starting room. Which also has no other exit besides the curse room. Yeah, it's just to demonstrate the method. It's not the best tip, really.
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Jan 15, 2014 08:18
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Dumb question, but I just got into the base game and need Wrath of the Lamb - is it part of Rebirth? Is it worth waiting?
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Jan 15, 2014 08:22
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Son of Isaac posted:Dumb question, but I just got into the base game and need Wrath of the Lamb - is it part of Rebirth? Is it worth waiting? Wrath of the Lamb is the expansion for original Isaac. Rebirth will include everything from base Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb. You could wait, but Rebirth won't be out until late this year at the earliest.
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Jan 15, 2014 08:51
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Just note that Wrath of the Lamb is meant for experienced players. And once you get it, you can't normally downgrade to the base game. There are 3rd party tools available that let you choose if you want to play with the expansion whenever you start the game, though.
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Jan 15, 2014 09:21
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Edmund just posted a sample of the new track that will play in the "basement" of Rebirth. http://edmundm.com/post/73561597635/the-1st-peek-into-whats-easily-becoming-the It's not being done by Danny B, but the two guys that are doing Mewgenics.
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Jan 17, 2014 01:45
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20ozMonkey posted:Edmund just posted a sample of the new track that will play in the "basement" of Rebirth. Hm, it's a very different feel from the original. It still sounds great, but I really liked the ominous feel of the originals.
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Jan 17, 2014 02:32
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Shaezerus posted:I'm more confused than anything, because Ed keeps harping on how much he hates the game's art style but it doesn't seem to be too different from what we've seen of Mewgenics??
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Jan 17, 2014 05:59
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So how do I get Ultra Pride to spawn? I somehow ended up with needing Isaac-Chest and "The left hand" achievement needed for Platinum God (No Idea how I managed that, too much judas?  ) and I never encountered an Ultra pride, or at least it didn't count for the achievement.
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Zedd posted:So how do I get Ultra Pride to spawn? I somehow ended up with needing Isaac-Chest and "The left hand" achievement needed for Platinum God (No Idea how I managed that, too much judas? Easy, just be in a situation where the worst that could happen would be encountering Ultra Pride. In all seriousness, it's a random chance, I think the game must first roll to spawn Pride in a room then roll a second time to turn Pride into Ultra Pride (but not Super Pride) , so you won't see him very often.
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20ozMonkey posted:It's not being done by Danny B  This does not please me. Zedd posted:So how do I get Ultra Pride to spawn? I somehow ended up with needing Isaac-Chest and "The left hand" achievement needed for Platinum God (No Idea how I managed that, too much judas? Like Petiso said it's random chance. However, I dunno if it's just me or what (the wiki doesn't say, so I'm assuming it's just me) but I run into Ultra Pride a lot when playing as Cain. Maybe the Lucky Foot effects the Ultra Pride roll somehow?
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20ozMonkey posted:Edmund just posted a sample of the new track that will play in the "basement" of Rebirth.  I kind of want to get all the 'chieves before Rebirth-I've played the game a bunch(triple digit hours on steam), but even with every ending accomplished and somewhere around 400 games I apparently am missing a number of secrets.  I think some of them I missed due to early bugginess, especially with the wonky trinket unlocks for beating the game as different characters, but I'm not sure. I guess I may just cram in a bunch more time and see if I can stumble across whatever I don't have. LazyMaybe fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Jan 18, 2014 |
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Petiso posted:Easy, just be in a situation where the worst that could happen would be encountering Ultra Pride. 
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IronicDongz posted:Also I never liked the ugly smooth flash-vector look at all so I'm really looking forward to the graphics changes, as well! Just play the game on low quality settings with a low resolution. I have to do that to get the game to run on my pc, and it has the same effect.
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Jan 18, 2014 23:13
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:I think this is more just Flash itself rather than the art style. It's actually all Ed's fault. Lemme find you a quote from someone who apparently understands it http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/14/binding-of-isaac-rebirth-more-than-50-done/#comment-1432161 posted:Binding of Isaac hit the mother lode of bad performance.
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Ed tweeted: Epic fetus + Mutant spider http://imgur.com/QDeaqim
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That's cool. The lamest thing about the super strong items is they don't combine with lots of tear effects.
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Pixeltendo posted:Ed tweeted: Epic fetus + Mutant spider cool effect, still hate the art style/ 
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Pixeltendo posted:Ed tweeted: Epic fetus + Mutant spider I wasn't a fan of the art style when the first few pictures of it came out, but it looks really good in motion.
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JoshVanValkenburg posted:cool effect, still hate the art style/ Apparently what you see in this screenshot is still an early alpha, later versions will be much more illustrative. We'll see though.
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I'm loving the look of this - reminds me of 16 bit games of my childhood. Ed mentioned outdoor environments and swaying grass in the new artwork, it'd be amazing if the game was a major leap forward with regards to environments like 8-bit Zelda was when it graduated to the Super NES. I'll definitely be picking up a PS Vita specifically for this game when it's released.
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Man if they could make it have a big overworld and have different dungeons and poo poo like Zelda and still have it be randomly generated, the game would probably consume me entirely.
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Jibo posted:Man if they could make it have a big overworld and have different dungeons and poo poo like Zelda and still have it be randomly generated, the game would probably consume me entirely. Doesn't work in context. Something like Super Castlevania IV's world map might be in the cards, though.
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Cephalocidal posted:Doesn't work in context. Something like Super Castlevania IV's world map might be in the cards, though. In the Tarot cards?? Question for anyone familiar with SpiderMod - I'm watching some NorthernLion runs and he does some with a Universal Item Pool (Devil Room items showing up in shops, etc). I was poking around with the SpiderMod settings but can't figure out how to set up a Universal Item Pool - anyone been able to do this with success?
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Start the game. Random. Judas. Bad run, kill it by floor two. Random again, Isaac, D6 run yawn. Get to Basement 2, nothing special so far, Mr. Mega and a goddamn meat cube. Decide to go into a curse room after I lose 2 soul hearts and 2 normal hearts to a goddamn bunch of lovely flies. Run in, two chests, troll bomb. Hit the other chest, bam, Devil Room. Guppy's Head and Guppy's Paw. Take both, down to 1 heart. Reroll. Becomes Guppy's Tail and Dead Guppy. Cat Mode, Floor 2, one heart, 9 lives. LET'S ROCK. EDIT: Caves 1. Got a huge key problem thanks to the tail, right? Reroll my item room. Skeleton Key. Black August fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Mental Midget posted:In the Tarot cards?? Download this. Boot up Spidermod, start a run, and go to Internals>Item Pools Editor. Load from file and load up the file.
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