Introducing...
So, I don't know if you know this, but i'm a pretty huge fan of The Binding of Isaac series. Between the two games, i've probably put in at least 200-300 hours. Unfortunately, I've kind of noticed a decline in the amount of time I play these games, but i'm always going back to them and it just feels amazing to play them whenever I have the time. I'm trying to get back into playing them again, more specifically
Rebirth. So what i'm going to do alongside getting back into them, is I will be doing a weekly run through this journal. Basically, every week, i'll be doing a run or two of
Rebirth and i'll talk about the highlights, whether or not I won, and how far I got, etc etc. It'll basically be as if i'm reviewing myself playing the game. I wanted to do this because it just seems like a fun thing to do and I don't really see any reason not to do it.
Hopefully in the near future, I will be attempting to doing videos on these weekly runs so that you don't just have to read what went down. For now though, i'll just be taking in game screenshots and those will be used more for the highlights of the runs that take place. This doesn't necessarily mean I won't be playing more than once a week, i'm going to be playing more regularly like I used to, but i'll be choosing a day each week that will be the "weekly run" day in which I will highlight the run or runs that took place that day.
To start things off, I will be talking about a run I had last night that I was so unfortunate to have lost it. And as we go along, i'm thinking i'll be doing the weekly runs on Friday nights, and will probably do the highlight post in this journal on that night, or the following morning.
Anyway, here's the description of my run last night (please keep in mind, I will be using words found within the game, and I won't be doing my best to define the words I use, if you play the game, you'll understand, and if you don't, just look it up on the wiki):
Overview of run taken place on 7/21/2015
Character of choice:
Eden
End result:
Loss at Isaac fight at the end of the Cathedral floor
Highlights / items worth mentioning:
After beating the second floor, I became Guppy which allowed me to sweep the next couple floors with taking nearly no damage. Unfortunately, my health was at an uncomfortable low with having only 1/2 a red heart with no soul hearts backing it up. This caused me to be a lot more cautious with my decisions with going into curse rooms / playing blood banks. Fortunately, before fighting one of the later game bosses, I picked up 2 black hearts and a soul heart, and this allowed me to play with more comfort up until the Cathedral, which as you read, I died. I ran into Bob's Brain which I had to make a tough decision because although I like the item, I had to let it go because my health was the main concern. Had I taken it, I would've seen a much earlier death than I had received.
Things I could have done differently
Around the 3rd floor and beyond, I was taking stupid damage, and wasn't taking advantage of the fact that the shops had soul hearts and bombs which would have allowed me to break open tinted rocks to get more soul hearts. I think my mind realized that since I had high damage with the guppy transformation, my health didn't matter. I would have had a much better outcome and would have made it to the chest had I been smarter and made sure my health was not a concern. Unfortunately, as my playing style is a bit rusty at the moment, i'm noticing that my gameplay isn't really reflective of the hours i've put into the game. Obviously with more practice, i'll be able to do much better.
Overall, it was a good run, and luck was on my side. Unfortunately it did turn out to be a loss. Hoping to have a better run next time.