History Awesome / TheBindingOfIsaac

* After clearing the alternate Antibirth path, by going through the Strange Door, you get access to '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SptPSpNRkE DOGMA]]''' and '''[[https://youtu.be/0SptPSpNRkE?t=96 THE BEAST]]''', the '''FINAL''' [[TrueFinalBoss true final boss]] [[note]]You have to beat Hush 3 times just to access the alternate route, as opposed to beating the three new bosses found on normal floors in ''Antibirth'', so it's harder to access than Delirium[[/note]].

* Near its release, Edmund was teasing fans with the number "34", even leaving hidden links that relate to the number. At release, it was revealed that the significance of the number was quite substantial, to say the least. That's because the DLC didn't just add the 2 characters from Antibirth, but also added an alternate form for each character, including the aforementioned 2. Each one comes with an entirely unique mechanic that essentially makes them different characters compared to the counterparts. Not only that, but they also have their own completion marks AND unlocks. As such, the actual character count becomes ''34''. Talk about LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

* A bit of a meta example, but on its release day, ''Rebirth'' topped Steam's sales charts, surpassing ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare''. To make that even more awesome, Steam's sales charts are based off of gross revenue. Considering ''Rebirth'' is only one fourth of ''Advanced Warfare''[='=]s price...

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* The sheer amount of content. First, the Halloween free update. Then the ''Wrath of the Lamb'' expansion, which was two-thirds of the original game.
** Then ''[[UpdatedRerelease Rebirth]]'' raised the item count to +340 from the original's 100 or so of. And as of this writing, there's a ''Rebirth'' expansion in the works that will '''[[UpToEleven double the amount of content]]'''.
** The expansion, ''Afterbirth'', provides a special meta example in how it doesn't supplant Mega Satan as the TrueFinalBoss, making this the first major update or expansion that does not add a new TrueFinalBoss and defy precedent. Instead, we get a BonusBoss and an alternate mode with its own FinalBoss.
** And now with ''Repentance'' featuring all the Afterbirth+ and almost all [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaacAntibirth Antibirth]] content, we will get all the content of '''Antibirth''' and '''Afterbirth+''' in one game, and lots of Antibirth items, plus some entirely new stuff and items. By the time ''Repentance'' comes out we will likely have '''over 600''' official items in Issac. [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426300/The_Binding_of_Isaac_Repentance The official Steam page]] confirms it to be '''''700+'''''.
* Former Nintendo of America head of indie relations, Dan Adelman, was thanked by the developers as the reason for ''Rebirth'' seeing release on the Nintendo [=eShop=] after the game's initial rejection in 2012. Adelman himself once stated that one of his regrets from his days at Nintendo was being forced to reject ''Binding of Isaac''[='=]s initial 3DS release, due to Nintendo's [=eShop=] content guidelines still being outdated and restrictive at the time. Thanks to some reforms Adelman was able to work out at Nintendo prior to leaving and starting his own company, ''Binding of Isaac'' was, at long last, able to see release on Nintendo platforms in 2015 in the form of the ''Rebirth'' version.
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--->'''[[LetsPlay/TearOfGrace Brett Tear]]''': Okay, good luck to you-- ''(Hush's Blue Baby form is killed instantly, leading to the true form emerging almost immediately.)'' did he even have a frame of life? Did he even have a ''frame''--? ''(Hush then dies in one hit, accompanied by a gunshot.)'' OH MY GOD, HE DIED INSTANTLY. I HAVE NEVER, ''EVER'', SEEN THAT HAPPEN. I'VE SEEN HIM MELT... I'VE SEEN HIM ''CHUNK''... I HAVE ''NOT'' SEEN THE HEALTH BAR JUST DECIDE TO ''NOT TURN UP TO WORK TODAY.'' [[PrecisionFStrike HOLY SHIT!]]

--->'''[[LetsPlay/TearOfGrace Brett Tear]]''': Okay, good luck to you-- did he even have a frame of life? Did he even have a ''frame''--? ''(Hush dies in one hit, accompanied by a gunshot.)'' OH MY GOD, HE DIED INSTANTLY. I HAVE NEVER, ''EVER'', SEEN THAT HAPPEN. I'VE SEEN HIM MELT... I'VE SEEN HIM ''CHUNK''... I HAVE ''NOT'' SEEN THE HEALTH BAR JUST DECIDE TO ''NOT TURN UP TO WORK TODAY.'' [[PrecisionFStrike HOLY SHIT!]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m27hLcTpITQ&t=11m15s If you wanted to see]] [[OneHitKill Hush be deleted,]] '''''BEHOLD'''''.
--->'''[[LetsPlay/TearOfGrace Brett]]''': Okay, good luck to you-- did he even have a frame of life? Did he even have a ''frame''--? (Hush dies in one hit, accompanied by a gunshot.) OH MY GOD, HE DIED INSTANTLY! I HAVE NEVER, ''EVER'', SEEN THAT HAPPEN! I'VE SEEN HIM MELT! I'VE SEEN HIM ''CHUNK''! I HAVE NOT SEEN THE HEALTH BAR JUST DECIDE TO ''NOT TO TURN UP TO WORK TODAY!'' [[PrecisionFStrike HOLY SHIT!]]

--->'''Brett''': Okay, good luck to you-- did he even have a frame of life? Did he even have a ''frame''--? (Hush dies in one hit, accompanied by a gunshot) OH MY GOD, HE DIED INSTANTLY! I HAVE NEVER, ''EVER'', SEEN THAT HAPPEN! I'VE SEEN HIM MELT! I'VE SEEN HIM ''CHUNK''! I HAVE NOT SEEN THE HEALTH BAR JUST DECIDE TO ''NOT TO TURN UP TO WORK TODAY!'' [[PrecisionFStrike HOLY SHIT!]]

** When discounting Antibirth content, the new content is as so: 80 new items ,234 new achievements, 43 new trinkets, about 46 new enemies, about 15 new bosses, about '''45 new tracks''', not including the tracks unique to Antibirth for the alternative path floors, alternate path boss music, the music for the final boss of Corpse, and the planetarium track(which means there '''might''' be new floors) , about 9 new challenges.
* After clearing the alternate Antibirth path, by going through the Strange Door, you get access to '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SptPSpNRkE DOGMA]]''' and '''[[https://youtu.be/0SptPSpNRkE?t=96 THE BEAST]]''', the '''FINAL''' [[TrueFinalBoss true final boss]] [[note]]You have to beat Hush 3 times just to access the alternate route, as opposed to beating the three new bosses found on normal floors in ''Antibirth'', so its harder to access than Delirium.[[/note]].
** Furthermore, the symbolism of the two fights; After finding Dad's Note, you realize it's an item that lets you go back through the levels... and go one step further up, back into Isaac's house to fight Dogma; the personification of the evangelical broadcasting that drove his mother insane when she was at her most emotionally vulnerable, meaning that Isaac isn't just fighting for his life anymore. He's full of ''righteous fury'' at what this drivel has done to him and his family. After beating it, it reforms into a Holy Cross that bestows him with the power to fight The Beast, the master of the real, far ''larger'' Harbingers. In other words, using the kernels of good he's found within the Christian belief as he's seen it to fight off the end of his world as he knew it.

%%* I have to give Isaac himself some credit. He (With some help of course) made all of these stories. All of these stories that have a beginning, middle and end. Complex ones with monsters and such. Whether it ends happily or not. Sure [[NightmareFuel the things he creates are not suitable for his age]] but he's also quite young at the time and to add on to this, Isaac can now rest easy telling his stories to God himself after [[EarnYourHappyEnding he finally realizes he was never at fault for his parent's madness. After all of the pain he went through and even in spite of Ed stating that Isaac died, Isaac still can do what he wanted to do: Tell the stories he and his father made up.]]

** And now with ''Repentance'' featuring all the Afterbirth+ and almost all [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaacAntibirth Antibirth]] content, we will get all the content of '''Antibirth''' and '''Afterbirth+''' in one game, and lots of Antibirth items, plus some entirely new stuff and items. By the time ''Repentance'' comes out we will likely have '''over 600''' official items in Issac. [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426300/The_Binding_of_Isaac_Repentance The official Steam page]] confirms it to be 700+.

* After clearing the alternate Antibirth path, by doing ANOTHER set of puzzles, you get access to '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SptPSpNRkE DOGMA]]''' and '''[[https://youtu.be/0SptPSpNRkE?t=96 THE BEAST]]''', the '''FINAL''' [[TrueFinalBoss true final boss]] [[note]]You have to beat Hush 3 times just to access the alternate route, as opposed to beating the three new bosses found on normal floors in ''Antibirth'', so its harder to access than Delirium.[[/note]].

* Former Nintendo of America head of indie relations, Dan Adelman, was thanked by the developers as the reason for ''Rebirth'' seeing release on the Nintendo eShop after the game's initial rejection in 2012. Adelman himself once stated that one of his regrets from his days at Nintendo was being forced to reject ''Binding of Isaac''[='=]s initial 3DS release, due to Nintendo's eShop content guidelines still being outdated and restrictive at the time. Thanks to some reforms Adelman was able to work out at Nintendo prior to leaving and starting his own company, ''Binding of Isaac'' was, at long last, able to see release on Nintendo platforms in 2015 in the form of the ''Rebirth'' version.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xYWTRHsAU This holy and amazingly well done fanvid. It's so beautifully animated, you will cry tears yourself from it.]]

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/mj0xv9/the_binding_of_isaac_repentance_delete_this/ Finishing the final challenge of Isaac in 15 seconds]]. For context, the DELETE THIS challenge has you start with [[VideoGameRandomizer TMTRAINER]]. The random item had the effect of transforming all fires into ''the chest at the end of the game''.

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* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/mj0xv9/the_binding_of_isaac_repentance_delete_this/ Finishing the final challenge of Isaac in 15 seconds]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Literature/TheBible And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.]]'']]

** And now with ''Repentance'' featuring all the Afterbirth+ and [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaacAntibirth Antibirth]] content, we will get all the content of '''Antibirth''' and '''Afterbirth+''' in one game, and lots of Antibirth items, plus some entirely new stuff and items. By the time ''Repentance'' comes out we will likely have '''over 600''' official items in Issac. [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426300/The_Binding_of_Isaac_Repentance The official Steam page]] confirms it to be 700+.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Literature/TheBible And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea.]]'']]

* Death Certificate, the

** Furthermore, the symbolism of the two fights; After finding Dad's Note, you realize it's an item that lets you go back through the levels... and go one step further up, back into Isaac's house to fight Dogma; the personification of the evangelical broadcasting that drove his mother insane when she was at her most emotionally-vulnerable, meaning that Isaac isn't just fighting for his life anymore. He's full of ''righteous fury'' at what this drivel has done to him and his family. After beating it, it reforms into a Holy Cross that bestows him with the power to fight The Beast, the master of the real, far ''larger'' Harbingers. In other words, using the kernels of good he's found within the Christian belief as he's seen it to fight off the end of his world as he knew it.

* The very fact that, thanks to Repentance, this game managed to get a happy ending is awesome in of itself. It wasn't just a DyingDream, it was just Isaac creating his own bedtime story that the father was telling. The father also gets one for being completely calm [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior about Isaac's twisted and dark story]] and instead offering to tell him a story with a happy ending. Also doubles as a huge [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heart-melting moment]].

* And after waiting for 10 years, enduring all the NintendoHard trials and tribulations, beating all the bosses with all 34 characters, collecting all 716 items, doing all 44 challenges, and repeating it on 2 other save files, is there a more beautiful sight than [[spoiler: seeing [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fif2scv.png a triptych depicting an infinity symbol formed by Isaac and various monsters]]]]? Spoiler alert: [[spoiler: there really, really isn't]].

* I have to give Isaac himself some credit. He (With some help of course) made all of these stories. All of these stories that have a beginning, middle and end. Complex ones with monsters and such. Whether it ends happily or not. Sure [[NightmareFuel the things he creates are not suitable for his age]] but he's also quite young at the time and to add on to this, Isaac can now rest easy telling his stories to God himself after [[EarnYourHappyEnding he finally realizes he was never at fault for his parent's madness. After all of the pain he went through and even in spite of Ed stating that Isaac died, Isaac still can do what he wanted to do: Tell the stories he and his father made up.]]