well my mate bought me this indie game on steam called "the binding of isaac" which is a game made by the guys who did "super meat boy" and "glish" and as you can imagine, the game is BALLS HARD! it plays alot like a mix between zelda and Total carnage and it has some very dark content for a 2d game. but then again this is a "mondern day retelling" of the story of Issac and Jacob.

Story:

You play as the young child "Isaac" who lives with his mother alone in a small house on top of a hill. He likes to sit and play while his mom watches Christian eveangelical bullshit on the boob toob. One day his mom starts "hearing the voice of god" and literaly snaps! she takes away all his earthly posesions and strips him naked, locks him in his empty room and then is forced to try and kill him to please god. Isaac however being the resourceful nudist he is finds a trap door and with no idea on what's on the other end jumps in. and now he must escape the confines of the basement and escape the home.

Game play and Concept:

Now the goal of the game is to escape the basement and confront Isaac's mother. Through out the game you crawl your way through 5 caves and basements till you reach the final showdown with his mummy. The game handles like a twin stick top down shooter like old games like "Smash TV" or "Total Carnage" with a "Legend of Zelda" dungeon system. The game's difficulty can be very punishing for new comers but also randomly generates the game each run through and has HUNDREDS OF POWER UPS to collect thus making Replay value VERY HIGH!

The enemies are very gruesome and twisted to see from cancer ridden fly pod babies to headless zombie kids you must fight your way through the undead horde! A few interesting things i have found while doing my first play through of this game was your base weapon, mini bosses, Bosses and The King and Devil rooms.

when you start the game Isaac is already in tears......and there's your base weapon. YOU KILL ENEMIES WITH YOUR TEARS! and from what i can see it has good range so far. You are also able to upgrade them thorough random power-ups you find in the game.

Next up is sub bosses. through out your trials you will also fight some of "mother's" forelorne children who represent the 7 sins. and when you beat one you gain their power.

The bosses are a weird touch since they also seem to be highly mutated or decomposed children you have to fight. and Each one is VERY DIFFICULT! i havn't gotten very far into the game to deal with them but i will tell you they will test your skills!

and then there's the chance rooms aka the god and devil rooms! God rooms have to be unlocked via a key but once inside they give you a nice power up you can use to help buff damage, health or speed. The devil rooms on the other hand are allways open and offer 2 items. but you may only take one item. each one will give you a good buff but at a horrible price. such as armor but you loose heart containers perminately or you can't die but you only have 1 heart and get respawned by the last room you were in.

Music:

the music in the game sets the errie and unsetteling nature of this game and its a very nice touch, they also change up the theme to and 8bit version when you enter the arcade room which makes a nice touch :3

Over all thoughts:

Binding of Isaac overall is a fun, refreshing, dark, raunchy, and fun experiance which i would say is worth the 5 dollars on steam! if you have the lincon to spare i would definately download this game and give her a few runs. im sure you'll soon be tyring to compete with your friends and trying to see how far you've gotten and who was closer to killing "Mother".

Final rating
4 out of 5