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Losing My Religion
Chris Kavan - wrote on 11/17/2013
I took a chance on this as I do not consider myself a fan of the roguelike games that are completely random and usually unforgiving. But I loved the demented style and Zelda-like look of Binding of Isaac and when the game went on super-awesome Steam sale, I couldn't pass it up. Lucky for me - as Isaac has that old-school feel coupled with the art style of someone clearly a bit left of center with a dose of sticking it to the ultra-orthodox school of thinking.
Presentation: Isaac was originally a flash game, so the graphics are not exactly next-gen here. Yet I think it serves this type of game well. Character and enemy models aren't that far apart - in fact, many enemies could be considered version of the main character who didn't last as long. But even with this limited palette, there …
