Ingueferroque
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I'm so hyped for this, do we have a release date?
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Binding of Isaac Rebirth features fully customizable controls, 60fps, seeded runs
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peanutbutterlatte
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"Before Christmas" so before year's end really. Game goes into QA on Friday, when is that in the game process usually?
Ingueferroque
Banned
Cool, thanks. I'm fine with visual sacrifices for the Vita version, as long as cross-saves synchronize seamlessly.
OnionPowder
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Totally forgot this was going to be free on PS+. Didn't know if I wanted to double dip but now I don't have to
goldsoundz
Member
Binding of Isaac is one of my favorite and most played games ever. It seems like I've waited forever for Rebirth to release.
KainXVIII
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And they plan release it first on another platform, so much care for fans of original..
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Deleted member 125677
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Well, as it started out as a 3DS project, I don't know which version should be considered the port in this scenario, or how lazy that port might turn out to be.
It bothers me quite a bit that the game will not run at native resolution on Vita, but since I'm eager as fuck to play this on a handheld I'll be day 1 on it anyway
It bothers me quite a bit that the game will not run at native resolution on Vita, but since I'm eager as fuck to play this on a handheld I'll be day 1 on it anyway
Has this actually been confirmed? If so can you provide a source? I've been hearing about this timed exclusivity deal with Sony for some time now, but I can't seem to find any official word on the matter.
Night_Trekker
Member
So ready for this to come out. I stopped playing the original entirely when I heard about this version.
They have a contract with Sony and a hard release date. But that does not mean that they cant release on PC at the same time as PS
Edmund has said that the contract stipulates the PS4/Vita versions will launch prior to the PC.
Buried in Edmund's blog somewhere.
Piercedveil
Member
Actually forgot about this game. Gonna play the shit out of this. If it's really free on PS+, then I'll play it on Vita and probably buy it on PC as well since Edmund mentioned there would be a discount if you own the original.
Because Sony has paid some money at some point. Part of the agreement is probably don't talk about any other console versions. I mean they hardly talk about the PC version. It sounds like Sony might have even paid for the console versions themselves since they told them to ignore the ps3 and focus on the newer console.
Yep still waiting for psn version of meatboy from good guy microsoft. I think maybe you should be looking a little bit in Edmund's direction on this stuff.
Good Guy Sony.
It is.
I've noticed that Edmund barely mentions the PC version's existence.
It's quite frustrating considering there are millions of Isaac fans on PC who are essentially left in the dark.
Self_Destructive
Member
At first I felt that way, but I don't blame Edmund. These are the realities of signing contracts with console holders. I don't believe we are being left in the dark..and don't feel like Edmund thinks he is leaving us in the dark either. We know it's coming. Any information is information...doesn't matter what platform at this point. Yea, it sucks that BOI:R is coming to PS first...and obviously it depends on how much time there is between releases which will decide if I get mad or not, but a few weeks wont kill me. I have the original to play in the mean time
Most BOI runners hate the idea of seeds. Probably won't be used much competitively.
At first I felt that way, but I don't blame Edmund. These are the realities of signing contracts with console holders. I don't believe we are being left in the dark..and don't feel like Edmund thinks he is leaving us in the dark either. We know it's coming. Any information is information...doesn't matter what platform at this point. Yea, it sucks that BOI:R is coming to PS first...and obviously it depends on how much time there is between releases which will decide if I get mad or not, but a few weeks wont kill me. I have the original to play in the mean time
I made a joke about Meatboy's 360 exclusivity but the reality is that Edmund and co are pretty small so they don't have a ton of capital to pump into their games so I think these contracts help them get the game developed then they can worry about getting it to other places later. I think he is trying to give PC players something with the discount for owning the original. I would guess it's probably a month exclusive like a couple of their other games. As far as an XBO version who really knows there is probably at least a 6 month exclusivity thing going with Vlambeer's deals but it could be more if Sony paid for the development of the console version.
Self_Destructive
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Yep, I agree.
I know it sounds corny, but whatever Edmund needs to do to maximize sales for the game, I'm down with it, because, month late or not, I want Edmund to be able to keep doing the things he's doing for a long time.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
If it's any consolation to PC gamers, Europeans probably won't be seeing the game for a looong time.
YianGaruga
Banned
Since it'll be free on PS+ and so far EU and US PS4 games have been identical, I have hope that it'll be released simultaneously.
Unless it has been confirmed that it won't, which would suck.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Well I'm a pessimistic old fucker and Nicalis are awful. But hopefully yeah the PS+ contract has some stipulation about "Get your ass into gear".
YianGaruga
Banned
I just bought 1001 on PC and didn't care but I need Rebirth on Vita (and for free).
There's no room for pessimism here.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
I'm just looking at their track record! It's easily my most anticipated Vita title next to Hotline Miami 2 and Minecraft.
Visualante2
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I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Why?
Daily challenge like Spelunky would probably make this game a day one perch.
Oh
Edmund doesn't like leaderboards, so you probably won't see those, but there might be a daily seed. And if anything, reddit will have one.
HadesGigas
Member
Theres no score in Isaac, the only leaderboard you could do is speedrun. That would be way less fun than Spelunky's daily challenge.
The community mostly does a race format, and seeding is more of a speed running format. I mean there's currently programs that allow to use seeds in BOI already, and it's not really used in competition events.
I'm sure there will be competitions things here and there, but with the racing format it has some issues do to ghosting etc. Kinda less exciting for the spectator too.
A big number of them are asking edmund to add an option to toggle items on/off, so they can ban certain overpowered combinations. Right now they have to just ask racers not to pick up certain items (or they're allowed to reroll it), which isn't a very good solution.
Jonny Rizzo
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The Spoony Hou
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When I saw the title, I was hoping for a WiiU version. Oh well, Nintendo sucks.
TemplaerDude
Member
So pumped for this. Will play on my vita non stop. God this is gonna be awesome. Probably dropped at least 300 hours in the original and expansion. Gaaaaaaahhh I need this right now.
I hope well before then. There is a good chance the PC release lags behind the Sony versions as well.
Arrrgggh. Hopefully the wait isn't too long.
Crab Milk Mickey
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Competitive BoI racing is never very exciting to watch anyways because "LOL RANDOM CHANCE," be it good or bad. Nothing quite spells 'honest competition' like someone drawing Mask of Infamy and the tools said player has been given being suboptimal at dealing with that boss, to use a notorious example.
And if the boneheaded community is worried about ghosting, then it's easy to fix. Just utilize OBS' / Twitch's stream delay.
There's only this tease from Ed McMillen so far, dating back over a month ago:
With the release trailer being worked on this week, I hope it's sooner rather than later.
