Binding of Isaac Rebirth new playable character revealed: Eden

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HadesGigas

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http://bindingofisaac.com/post/86958618769/spoiler-alert-you-unlocked-eden

SPOILER ALERT! You Unlocked Eden!
SPOILER ALERT!
i know its kinda logical that you will be seeing spoilers on a dev blog.. but i thought id put spoiler alert on this one simply due to the fact that some people might not want to know about one of the new playable characters in isaac..
anyway, meet Eden.
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Eden will be the one and only character ill be officially spoiling on the dev blog and one of a few new playable characters you will be unlocking in rebirth.
im spoiling Eden, because they have been spoiled in the past. Eden is the fabled “mystery man” ive talked about in interviews before i had a fully realized idea of what they would become… see Eden isnt a man, nor are they a woman.. they just are.
Eden is a completely randomly generated playable character.
the most requested thing in isaac was the ability to play with a character with random starting items, and it was something i always wanted to do.. so here is how Eden works.
once you unlock Eden, you will have to earn “mom kill points” to play as them (this makes it so you can just randomly reroll into a build you want and makes Eden more of a risk to play with)
when you start the game as Eden, everything is randomized accordingly.
-all stats are randomized evenly (including hp) making sure not to ever set any stat so low that they becomes unplayable.
-the player is given 1 random pickup item (coin, bomb, key, pill or card)
-the player is given 2 starting items at random from the current pool of unlocked items in the game (avoiding 2 usable items)
-the player is given 1 of many of Edens white hair styles.. and the game starts.
like all characters in the game Eden will unlock a full set of items that pertain to their play style when you defeat any of the set “final bosses”.
Eden is badass… i think everyone will love/hate using them, and the rewards for completing the game with Eden are so worth the effort.
and that brings this weeks post to a close, a simple but epic reveal… till next time!
 
JJD said:
If you don't have it grab the remake when it's out. It's a great game.
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Or grab the original because of the pre-order loyalty discount on Steam for Rebirth.

Q:Are you taking preorders? and if i own isaac do i get a discount!??
A: not yet, but yes. when preorders start up, till its release we will be taking preorders and if you own isaac you will also get a very sizable loyalty discount. i cant say how much it will be just yet, but it should make owning the original very worth it.
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Get your hair in the game:

@EdmundMcMillenn Edmund McMillen 11:38 PM
also for those who checked my rebirth post, if you have some MUST HAVE hair styles for Eden mock em up & tweet them @ me & @tyronerodriguez
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@EdmundMcMillenn Edmund McMillen 11:39 PM
truth be told.. im not too hip on hairstyles gender neutral ones are ideal, but honestly all hair styles are pretty gender neutral...
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@EdmundMcMillenn Edmund McMillen 11:40 PM
also they all need to be WHITE! (check your privilege!) Eden only has white hair styles...
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@EdmundMcMillennEdmund McMillen 11:42 PM
also dont tweet names of hairstyles at us! mock em up! i wanna see what they look like.. im not as hip as you!
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Any word on if they are altering the game so that it's more forgiving with a controller? I've downloaded the original on Steam and played it a lot on my keyboard. Once I figured out how to get a DS3 working, I tried it (assuming it would be better than a keyboard), but it was actually harder. On a controller, you don't have the ability to cycle through movement presses as fast as on a keyboard which really seemed to make it difficult for me.
 
ThisOne said:
Any word on if they are altering the game so that it's more forgiving with a controller? I've downloaded the original on Steam and played it a lot on my keyboard. Once I figured out how to get a DS3 working, I tried it (assuming it would be better than a keyboard), but it was actually harder. On a controller, you don't have the ability to cycle through movement presses as fast as on a keyboard which really seemed to make it difficult for me.
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im pretty sure I read it was just going to be a simple remapping for the controls to the controller (and that it will have native controller support on PC).... not really sure what you mean by it needing to be more forgiving or what you mean by movement presses though (as in hitting directions? if so... hitting left and right on an analog stick/dpad is only very very slightly lower than pressing A then D... the game isn't a bullet hell you don't need perfect timing on everything)... I've played through and beat the game plenty of times on my controller with the game and find it much easier to play then with the keyboard. (but of course results may vary)
 
Jharp said:
It's a goddamn crime I can't play this on my 3DS
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kami_sama said:
Nicalis posted a screen of the game in 3d, so I think there's hope with it coming for 3ds. I would buy it in a heathbeat.
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HadesGigas said:
It's up to Nintendo, they have not wanted it thus far.
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Semantic Continuum said:
I wonder if the game's themes aren't a bit to extreme for that. SMB might have had a pass but this one is another caliber of gross !
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The current Nintendo policies aren't allowing it, because the game is "too religious", which is a shame, if you ask me.

However, Edmund said, that the game will come for sure on the 3DS, if Nintendo changes that policy.
 
Everything I see of this game makes me want it more. Love BOI so this is instantly getting bought for me. Have been waiting so long to get back into the game, going to save it all for when this is out on Steam.
 
Awesome news.

I wonder about those "mom kill points", it seems like it will mean you have a limited number of tries as Eden and when they run out you need to do a mom clear to get more.

once you unlock Eden, you will have to earn “mom kill points” to play as them (this makes it so you can just randomly reroll into a build you want and makes Eden more of a risk to play with)
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I think he meant to say "can't" here. Makes the character interesting for sure. Otherwise just start game, restart if you don't get good items.
 
Just a guess here, but I'm assuming mom kill points will be like in the first game where you need to kill her x amount of times in order to unlock new content. That wording is very strange though.
 
Novocaine said:
Just a guess here, but I'm assuming mom kill points will be like in the first game where you need to kill her x amount of times in order to unlock new content. That wording is very strange though.
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You have to spend a point to play as Eden, so you can't just effortlessly play as her over and over until you get a favorable roll.
 
Wasn't this supposed to come out on PS4 like a month ago?

I never got into the PC version because I didn't feel like jumping through the necessary hoops to make a controller work with it.
 
That dev blog had done its job of selling the game to me years ago!

They just need to release it now. do it. It's taking forevveeeeerrrrrrr.
 
http://bindingofisaac.com/post/87661256114/taste-the-sodden-hollow

Taste the Sodden Hollow!
So ive mentioned in the past how music in rebirth would have more depth than the previous soundtrack, i wanted it to complement the living environments and also adapt to what was happening in game.. well the latter is something we are currently playing around with, i call adaptive layering.

here’s a good example of it using the 1st spoiled track “Diptera Sonata”, the 1st 50 seconds shows the track as youd normally hear it, the 2nd half shows an adaptive layer that comes in when there are lots of enemies on screen with you, usually in larger or extra large rooms.

the layering aspects havent been mastered yet so excuse any odd volume issues with them.

ive avoided posting the new caves track because i wanted the game to be in a near final state visually so you can all fully appreciate how well the track complements the visuals of the game. i told matthias i wanted the track to bleed with damp echoey haunted goodness… and this is what he made.
I give you “Sodden Hollow”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=praLLgVrYFE

its probably best to listen to that while looking at a gif of the caves in almost all its dark damp glory… (technically there is a curse of darkness in effect, so the caves wont be that dark, but it looked so good…)
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its still missing puddles, mushrooms, rocks and other debris.. but you get the idea. the caves will also feature a more bluish tint and feature a few non enemy critters (tiny ones) scurrying around.
THIS is the game i wanted to make 3 years ago :) … but sadly didnt think enough people would care to make it worth anyones time… so much more to come.
im also loving the lighting…. oh so much.
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what do you want to see / hear next week hmmmm?
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