2 weeks Ago By Nic Reuben
Beloved roguelike traumatic-childhood-em-up The Binding Of Issac: Rebirth turned 10 yesterday, and it’s half off on Steam to celebrate. What’s more, maker Edmund McMillen has announced that the foretold online co-op update is due on the 18th of this month, alongside a “considerable” balance update. Consider me considering the considerability of said considerable update! “Isaac online will feature a full online co-op mode (with completion markers) alongside a considerable balance update that heavily focuses on buffing items you guys believe are lackluster/bad,” Ximbled McMillen .
The game has had local mate mode for a while now, but BinHeads have been anticipating this online update since McMillen said it was coming “soon” last year . “[Y]ou will be able to play with random matches or friends” - four of them - confirmed executive producer Tyrone Rodriguez at the time . Also confirmed were tracked winstreaks, the ability to load up specific seeds, and one item per player for boss rooms and treasure chests.
McMillen’s Xeet also features a load of concept art, boss designs, and storyboards, so worth having a looksie if you’re a real BumHead. “TBOI takes over people's lives, despite being a short and entirely beatable game, because every new combination of random enemies and random items manages to feel like a brand new adventure, infinitely more important than any you've had so far,” wrote Alec Meer (RPS in peace) back in 2014. McMillen is currently working on Mewgenics - a game I’ve been waiting for since it was announced over a decade ago.
The last we saw of the turn-based strategy feline fuse ‘em up was this here shaky cam footage last year. The creator has previously described the game as "like a bunch of things, but not like anything else. It really feels like Final Fantasy Tactics meets Pokémon meets some sort of D&D-type adventure game, with an Animal Crossing hub".
Stop. You had me at cats..
