Hello again! It’s me, Tyrone Rodriguez, janitor at Nicalis, Inc. and producer on
Legend of Raven (coming to
PS4 and
PS Vita) as well as The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (coming to PS4 and PS Vita on November 4th!), which I’ll be talking about today.
If you’re not familiar with The Binding of Isaac, it combines
elements of The Legend of Zelda and Smash TV with the roguelike genre.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth literally features hundreds of items,
weapons and power-ups all wrapped-up in an arcade-like experience. The
game is designed by this guy:
And he said, “it’ll be awesome to finally give console players a
chance to experience the weirdest thing I’ve ever made.” I’ve been
working with him for two years and have to agree.
OK, so let’s get
into it.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth features over 500 hours of gameplay
(not marketing fluff, it’ll take you at least this long to unlock all
the secrets in the game). Each run will be different because the
enemies, rooms, levels and drops are all randomly generated. Every time
you beat the game or die and start a new game it’ll be all-new and
fresh.
Along the way you’re going to find over 450 items/weapons/power-ups and general pick-ups that affect Isaac in various ways.
BOSSES, ENEMIES and more BOSSES
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth features over 50 bosses, including a
whole bunch of new ones as well as retunes on previous bosses. What
we’ve done with the bosses is give them more variety and create boss
behaviors versus patterns. What that means is that although bosses will
behave a certain way, we’ve added a layer of complexity that will make
them more fun to fight and kill!
WEAPONS and COMBOS
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has a unique weapon combo system. When
you pick up a weapon upgrade, then another and another, it’s not
unlikely that the various attributes of those weapons will merge and
modify to create a new (hopefully) better weapon.
Have a look below:
Anyone who’s played the classic vertical shooter Raiden may be
familiar with this kind of weapon. In The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth,
your weapons will stack. To get this fancy homing laser you need to find
Technology, which is the laser and then also find Spoon Bender. The
latter weapon lets certain others defy the laws of physics and home in
on multiple enemies. AWESOME.
And here’s Ludovic with Brimstone:
If you’re old enough to enlist in the military, then you may want to
watch this. Be warned, it’s not for everywhere and probably not work-safe. You have been warned!
By the way, I’m here for you! I’m open to questions, suggestions and
general feedback; let me know if you’d like to see more posts related to
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth here and we’ll break away more of the
mystery.
Got questions? Hit me up via the comments below.