I've been playing The Binding of Isaac since 2012, just after the Wrath of the Lamb update to the original game. Following this game through all its iterations has been at times frustrating, but there were always aspects that kept me coming back. I stopped playing quite so much as I developed a love for other roguelikes, and I hadn't touched it in over a year by the time Repentance came out.

Let me be clear: Repentance an incredible way to cap one of the most important games in my life.

Repentance is brutally hard, and it revived my love for Binding of Isaac in a way that I didn't think was possible after the distaste I had for Afterbirth+. The music is amazing, the new characters are unique, and the small facelifts to animation remind me of the charms the original Flash game had. There is enough content in this DLC that I could frankly call this a new game in the series, and it's going to keep me occupied for years to come. This is the definitive version Binding of Isaac.

Reviewed on Apr 21, 2021


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