The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

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  1. GeorgeWillDoIt
    Apr 8, 2021
    10
    This DLC was worth the wait. The sprite changes look amazing, the new HUD is much smoother, and while I haven't unlocked the new characters yet, from what I've seen from the original Antibirth mod, they are very unique and can allow you to have fun and make new overpowered combos. I can't really comment on the new challenges because I do not play the challenges. But this is a very goodThis DLC was worth the wait. The sprite changes look amazing, the new HUD is much smoother, and while I haven't unlocked the new characters yet, from what I've seen from the original Antibirth mod, they are very unique and can allow you to have fun and make new overpowered combos. I can't really comment on the new challenges because I do not play the challenges. But this is a very good DLC. If you love Isaac, get this DLC asap.… Expand
  2. LuckStrawberry
    Apr 11, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A fantastic swan song for an amazing game.

    Been playing since the flash version and to see it grow over the years has been a pleasure. With the final DLC it's never been better. At least 2 more end bosses ( that are fun and add to the story perfectly), 34 characters, new and amended items and trinkets, challenges and the long awaiting and extremely fun Co-op makes this DLC well worth the money.

    I don't know if there are any more secrets to find as I have only just scratched the surface but it wouldn't surprise me.

    Great work Ed and the team!    … Expand
  3. jacoz
    Apr 19, 2021
    10
    Wonderful addition to one of my favourite games. New levels, monsters and bosses are tough but I don't mind, it puts more challange to the gameplay. People complain that it is too hard, but the runs are totally doable most of the times, even with weakest characters. Especially if you unluck some of new items, learn how to use them and how to create synergies properly. Playing since theWonderful addition to one of my favourite games. New levels, monsters and bosses are tough but I don't mind, it puts more challange to the gameplay. People complain that it is too hard, but the runs are totally doable most of the times, even with weakest characters. Especially if you unluck some of new items, learn how to use them and how to create synergies properly. Playing since the release, currently I have more than 100h in DLC and there's still many hours and unlocks ahead of me. The amount of content is amazing. Repentance should be an example how DLC for the game should look.… Expand
  4. sadjellyfish
    Apr 5, 2021
    10
    "Its a bullet hell, alright?"

    This is the definitive version of Isaac. Yes, if you have to buy it "from scratch", its kind of expensive (like those overgraphicized AAA-Games which fell more "empty"), but thats wat Steam Sales and bundles are for. Besides, it contains new animations, levels and mecanics alongside mirror characters. That takes time and money to make. The well-crafted    "Its a bullet hell, alright?"

    This is the definitive version of Isaac. Yes, if you have to buy it "from scratch", its kind of expensive (like those overgraphicized AAA-Games which fell more "empty"), but thats wat Steam Sales and bundles are for.

    Besides, it contains new animations, levels and mecanics alongside mirror characters. That takes time and money to make.

    The well-crafted ending gives the whole story more depth. Good new tunes as well.

    And its a game that ACTUALLY touches on topics relevant to real life today.

    Play it if you can take a little beating. Getting 100% is hard as it should be. The game cant just be broken every 5th run and it takes some amount of skill and luck (like original roguelikes always required) to 100% it.
    Its also fun if you dont try hard and are more of a casual player. Its well worth the price and you always have something new to discover every run (if you pay attention).

    10/10!!    … Expand
  5. RZX22D9
    Nov 12, 2021
    7
    I really love Isaac, I do. But I'm kinda mixed when it comes to this DLC.
    Recently they've added far too many unfair, run-ending rooms with nothing but spikes and turrets (some of them both shielded and in motion) inside. I may simply be unlucky, but I am encountering them far too frequently as of late, and, to be honest, I believe that such rooms should not exist in this game to begin    I really love Isaac, I do. But I'm kinda mixed when it comes to this DLC.
    Recently they've added far too many unfair, run-ending rooms with nothing but spikes and turrets (some of them both shielded and in motion) inside. I may simply be unlucky, but I am encountering them far too frequently as of late, and, to be honest, I believe that such rooms should not exist in this game to begin with. I have nothing against the general increase in difficulty that Repentance offers, far from it. Most of the changes that this DLC introduces are actually quite appropriate, and they make the overall experience more balanced and gratifying. I even agree with some of the most controversial nerfs, and I appreciate the balance changes to items that previously were not worth taking at all. But I think that these new maze-like room layouts with lots of spikes and turrets are a step too far. Some of my recent runs (even the powerful ones) ended prematurely because of these rooms. It's a very cheap way of artificially increasing the game's difficulty to a point in which it no longer feels fun. Some of the balancing decisions are also questionable - like the recent removal of the usefulness of the donation machine. I guess I love this DLC and hate it at the same time.    … Expand
  6. Sploodge
    Apr 5, 2021
    9
    A dlc that has made the game much harder, along with adding a huge amount of content. Beforehand hard mode caused minimal changes, and now changes a large amount of aspects to increase the difficulty.
    It can be a rough transition but the improved spritework, new mechanics and the incredibly high quality of the new content is well worth it.
  7. Level_Headed
    Apr 26, 2021
    10
    Okay, this is not only a review for the game but a response to all of the ones.
    Yes the game is harder, yes they took away some broken combos, yes characters are needed. Guy's, its a rougelite. It's gonna be hard. I personally like the difficulty jump. It's like I'm playing a new game.
    With that outta the way, this is worth waiting 3 years for. Dozens of items, bosses, and new endings?    Okay, this is not only a review for the game but a response to all of the ones.
    Yes the game is harder, yes they took away some broken combos, yes characters are needed. Guy's, its a rougelite. It's gonna be hard. I personally like the difficulty jump. It's like I'm playing a new game.
    With that outta the way, this is worth waiting 3 years for. Dozens of items, bosses, and new endings? I'm in heaven. Also, this game unironically is keeping me from killing myself, and as my favorite game it holds a dear place in my heart.    … Expand
  8. Tromble
    Jun 30, 2021
    10
    This is the single most expansive and high quality expansion I have ever played.
  9. UltimateRich
    Apr 9, 2021
    1
    I consider myself to be an Isaac super fan. I've been playing since day 1 that Rebirth released, and have put in approximately 1700 hrs into the game across PC, PS4 and Vita. I've achieved 1000000% (full completion) on PS4 and continue to play regularly. I was very excited about this expansion and stayed up to play it the night it came out. Now 10 days later I've put 40hrs into the gameI consider myself to be an Isaac super fan. I've been playing since day 1 that Rebirth released, and have put in approximately 1700 hrs into the game across PC, PS4 and Vita. I've achieved 1000000% (full completion) on PS4 and continue to play regularly. I was very excited about this expansion and stayed up to play it the night it came out. Now 10 days later I've put 40hrs into the game and I've only won 2 out of about 50 runs. To put this into perspective on Afterbirth+ my win percentage was approximately 80%, and now it's dropped to 4%. This is an unreasonable difficulty increase. The enemies shoot faster and further, many items have been nerfed, and the item pool is further diluted with bad items. I like the design of the new bosses, there are many cool additions, and the amount of content is staggering, but none of this matters if the spirit and fun of the game has been drained. I no longer enjoy playing my favorite game of all time.
    Maybe you're now expected to reroll your run until you get a powerful item, but that's not how I play. I loved the randomness, and overcoming adversity, and if I lost, it felt like I just got a string of bad luck. Now, the game feels like it wants you to fail and it's being malicious. I'm going to go back to playing Afterbirth+ and in no way would I recommend getting this expansion.    … Expand
  10. ils
    Apr 23, 2021
    1
    It's everything you liked about Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+, but made worse!

    I love a lot of the additions to the enemy/boss pool and the graphical improvements are nice. Everything else inside this expansion makes the game worse.

    Afterbirth+ is the definitive version of Isaac. Repentance is the Robocop 3 of this series - let's all pretend it didn't exist.
  11. dblmo
    Apr 16, 2021
    0
    It's not fun anymore. I spent 1900+ hours on rebirth to afterbirth+. Item nerfs were unnecessary
  12. NRGesus
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
    The game really ruined the Binding of Isaac. All items that used to be strong were nerfed into the ground, and all terrible items have been only slightly buffed.

    In conclusion, all items suck now and you just die. You'll be lucky if you get more than 5DMG in a run.
  13. DrkAsDeath
    Apr 15, 2021
    0
    An extremely disappointing dlc to a great game. Imagine a fun game but they took out everything that max it good and made it mediocre. Who thought of some of these things?? Nerfing all the fun items so that everything is bland and making some of the items that was bad just ok. Is really disappointing. It just waters down the game to a bland experience with no. OMG BRIMSTONE WITH SPOONAn extremely disappointing dlc to a great game. Imagine a fun game but they took out everything that max it good and made it mediocre. Who thought of some of these things?? Nerfing all the fun items so that everything is bland and making some of the items that was bad just ok. Is really disappointing. It just waters down the game to a bland experience with no. OMG BRIMSTONE WITH SPOON BENDER AND TRIPPLESHOT. It’s just now. O thank god. An item that gives me health. Cause health is very rare now. Nerfs- you can’t play demon judgments twice. Brimstone nerf. Book of belial nerf. Shop nerf. Nerf nerf nerf nerf nerf. Buffs to bad items- idk I haven’t noticed a difference. Or lived long enough to find any Difficulty increase- I don’t play Isaac for a competitive Multiplayer perfectly balanced no fun time. I play it to get away from my problems. Now I can’t even play Isaac without some garbage hitting me and then eventually killing me. When there’s nothing I can do to avoid it. The only thing I can do is pray that I get a stream of good items. Which is as rare as my heart condition. So thank you For letting us wait for a trash dlc Ed. Nice Job. Just go play ab+… Expand
  14. worldwarnone
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. DLC really... sucks.
    Like it's got all of this cool **** and the artstyle looks nice, but if it makes it a way worse game would you really be up with it? There's literally a challenge where your whole screen goes to **** and you're supposed to beat it. What the hell? Who thought this was a good idea? You've seriously ****** up, Ed.    … Expand
  15. Matthewx86
    May 20, 2021
    4
    Game is now too hard and brutal (also in Normal difficulty), only for tryharder. Waste of money.
  16. JustOnhere
    Jul 1, 2021
    10
    Great game! Great expansion!
    Do not be turned away by people
    Calling it a bad game just because items had to be nerfed to balance the game. The game is hard! It always has been hard! This just bumps of the difficulty a little bit! I’m still having just as much as I did when I first played issac rebirth in my 3ds! This game is good! Fun and the new music, plus hundreds of new items, and    Great game! Great expansion!
    Do not be turned away by people
    Calling it a bad game just because items had to be nerfed to balance the game. The game is hard! It always has been hard! This just bumps of the difficulty a little bit! I’m still having just as much as I did when I first played issac rebirth in my 3ds!
    This game is good! Fun and the new music, plus hundreds of new items, and combos! With new characters to play as, and 4 player co-op! This game is a must have for any issac fan! If you’re complaining about the game being to hard, get good, this is a brutal game and it always has been, but that’s part of the fun!    … Expand
  17. Lukrejshyn
    Jun 15, 2022
    8
    Very solid DLC adding loads and loads of content and marking the end of DLCs for TBOI. The DLC not only spices up gameplay variety but also finishes the story of Isaac and brings it's tale to the end. Altough it is kind of a mean move to block behind the paywall an ending that for the majority is considered the "true ending" TBOI doesn't have a "structural" story so it is up to one'sVery solid DLC adding loads and loads of content and marking the end of DLCs for TBOI. The DLC not only spices up gameplay variety but also finishes the story of Isaac and brings it's tale to the end. Altough it is kind of a mean move to block behind the paywall an ending that for the majority is considered the "true ending" TBOI doesn't have a "structural" story so it is up to one's interpretation what is real and what's not. At last my only gripe with the DLC is changing some core enemies and making them harder for no reason. A lot of people would say to simply get better at the game but I nonetheless consider that these changes were pointless especially with a lot of major items getting their power turned down and therefore also making the game harder. This is a flaw in design in my opinion but it doesn't change that much in terms of DLC itself.… Expand
  18. Estro
    May 29, 2021
    10
    the game is much harder than before and it feels like it's really the final form of Isaac, it's nice to see many synergies get added, a lot of artwork/mechanic reworks, overall a great expansion!
  19. mc_jof
    May 21, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's like a whole new game. Not only did they absolutely make a banger soundtrack, they made a whole new path to the normal route you take every single time! And the addition of a conclusion with Dogma, The Beast and the final ending was great! And the fact they fit 17+ characters into one update is amazing. And the resprites are all very well done! I wish Lazarus was resprited, though, but it's a must have!… Expand
  20. Jexbin
    May 23, 2021
    9
    Encore un DLC incontournable!
    Les nouvelles runs, les nouveaux objets, la nouvelle ambiance sonore et les reworks améliorent grandement la qualité et la diversité du jeu. Je le conseil pour tout les fans de The Binding of Isaac! Il y a ma fois quelques bugs mineurs mais je compte sur les prochains patch pour régler ça!
  21. Pingwin666
    May 23, 2021
    9
    Better, harder, longer. All the reworks, all the new characters (well, almost), new items, rooms, stuff to do was well worth the wait. It's harder, but it's finally not "break the game or restart" anymore. Once You get used to the new stuff and formula, You will not want to go back. Or You can just bomb the rating and go crying in the corner. Granted, there are still bugs and things toBetter, harder, longer. All the reworks, all the new characters (well, almost), new items, rooms, stuff to do was well worth the wait. It's harder, but it's finally not "break the game or restart" anymore. Once You get used to the new stuff and formula, You will not want to go back. Or You can just bomb the rating and go crying in the corner. Granted, there are still bugs and things to come, hence i can't give it a perfect score, but if the DLC makes you fall in love in the game You've been playing since it originally begun (Yes, i have played since flash isaac), You know You did a good job.… Expand
  22. NaxiithoxxD
    May 23, 2021
    10
    Para muchas de las malas críticas es por la gran cantidad de nerfeos que existen a distintos tipos de cosas, pero supongo que para ellos sería el nerfeo a muchas sinergias que había en el juego, para mí punto de vista eso le da al jugador mas horas de juego en el sentido de descubrir más tipos de sinergias
  23. Blade355
    May 23, 2021
    10
    Yes the game is harder but way more fun. Play normal mode,get good,learn attack patterns,then head to hard mode. It has bugs and glitches but that is the charm of it. This game with the previous versions allowed me to enjoy it over 500 hours on pc and just passed 200 mark on switch. Cant wait to get it on switch and enjoy it on the go as well.
  24. crimson_corb
    May 24, 2021
    10
    it's so fun and challenging nice balance and way too many items to try so many builds and do something new every run
  25. LeFlatBear
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    I ADORE almost EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
    This is how you do DLC.

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  26. MotherSlayer21
    Mar 19, 2022
    9
    One of the best game DLCs I played, a lot of fun, quite challenging, lots of added content and the tainted characters add some pretty nice twists to the game. Overall I'd say it's more than worth the money.
  27. evlglswolf
    Jul 24, 2023
    8
    With balances that make the game as hard as its flash roots while being more fair (but still unfair!) This evolved game takes new heights and has the new best ending in the franchise. But 100%ers might see some rather downright cruel tasks.
  28. TomKing13
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
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  29. bazazna
    Jul 4, 2022
    10
    its pretty good. i like how much lore was added and the items are cool. overall good

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  1. TheSixthAxis
    Apr 27, 2021
    80
    The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is an incredible achievement that goes beyond just being a DLC expansion. This is another load of thread connecting yet more pieces to the potential of the already brilliant base game. With all of these plates spinning, it's impossible to know how well a run is going to go at any given time, but it remains incredibly fun trying to figure that out.
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  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Apr 15, 2021
    95
    Repentance is a must have expansion that sublimates the base game to make it the greatest Rogue-lite of its generation.
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  3. GameSkinny
    Apr 13, 2021
    80
    Repentance doesn't add anything particularly game-altering to the formula; it's not going to win you over if you don't like this style of roguelike. What it does do, however, is add huge amounts of content to the already massive base game (and other DLCS) that is The Binding of Isaac. On top of that, there's some even more hardcore endgame content, including a series of new, game-breaking characters to unlock. Not bad for $15.
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