

Rebirth is being made by the VVVVVVV guys and is in a very early staged programming wise.I think if the Indie Game: The Movie people keep interviewing and releasing indie game videos the universe would be a little bit better for it.Īwesome new Northern Lion with Edmund McMillen about The Binding of Isaac and its upcoming sequel Rebirth. It surprised me to learn that the game only took 3 months start to finish. I really appreciate Edmund's honesty and his though process that went into making this really compelling game. It's a really great 30 minute doc short on why Edmund decided to make the game and it getting huge in the YouTube Let's Play community. The folks that made Indie Game: The Movie have released this excerpt from the special edition focusing on Edmund and The Binding of Issac. Not really sure from the video how the game plays but it looks like fun and if it's anything like the base game, it's difficult, dark and features lots of poop and tears. Four Souls is a neat looking group card game where funding it at $25 gets you the base game and upping your pledge gets you more. The games like The Binding of Isaac that we’ve put together below focuses on other quirky adventures where roguelike and randomised elements are at the heart of the experience.Edmund McMillen is one half of the old Team Meat that made Super Meat Boy and he's recently gone off to work with new teams on projects such as The Binding of Isaac Rebirth, The End is Nigh and now with his brand new Kickstarter project The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls. With all of these elements being randomised The Binding of Isaac offers unlimited replay value as you face endless combinations of strange dungeons. Between the start of the level and the eventual boss monster players will face various monsters, find items, unlock special treasure rooms, visit shopkeepers and unlock power ups. At the end of each floor players will have to face a boss monster in order to advance down into the next dangerous level.

Playing in a similar manner to a top-down dungeon crawler players control unlockable characters through randomised dungeon levels that offer you a number of mechanics to upgrade your power level.

Jumping into a trap door in an attempt to escape from their mother who seeks to cleanse Isaac of evil by killing him you'll be challenged by a strange randomised game world. Released in 2011 to incredible success The Binding of Isaac follows your adventure as Isaac with an adventure that is based on the biblical story of the same name along with a number of dark adult themes. Our assorted list of games like The Binding of Isaac features other deeply satisfying adventures that combine RPG, rougelike mechanics and plenty of randomisation.
