I'm a little disappointed that TBOI didn't stick in the heads of the giant bomb crew. It turned me on the Rougelike style of gameplay and had a incredible amount of content for its price. Enigmatic and strange as it was; I at least would have like to see an honorable mention.

Roguelikes are stupid.

I think Jeff's complaints about a lack of gamepad support and diagonal shooting sum up why I haven't played too much of this game or considered it in my top games of the year.

It's definitely my best soundtrack of 2011 even compared to Bastion, kinda sucks it didn't make it in that category, but I burned out on the actual game pretty fast.

@Enigma777: Stupidly fun :D

<3 The Binding of Isaac.

I think it's great if you like things that are crazy, disturbing and twisted.

I thought I was going to like this game more than I did and didn't play much at all. Since I'm a sucker for video game music I listen to the soundtrack every now and then but I just didn't play enough to get anywhere in the game. 

It will always have my love.

To each his own, I guess.

As someone who's put almost 40 hours into the game, I can say that it got as much recognition as it deserved, which was some.

It got a decent amount of love, at least compared to the games I've noticed not getting any goddamn love.

It's my GOTY.

It has some qualities I haven't found elsewhere:

• a crazy amount of powerups and features (like making a pact with the devil, with particular benefits each time, in exchange for your lives, which is an awesome idea for a videogame)
• a long longevity
• random generated dungeons
• customization
• deep and thought-provoking yet sparse story (for example the game gets its name of an biblical episode of the same name)

It got a decent amount of love, at least compared to the games I've noticed not getting any goddamn love.

@kingzetta:

El Shaddai and Radiant Historia.

@Video_Game_King said:

@kingzetta:

El Shaddai and Radiant Historia.

El Shaddai while it is pwetty, is also a monotonous and repetitive endevour I feel.

@Jeust:

As King, I rule that your statement is objectively wrong. (@kingzetta , don't think about contradicting me. You can only rule on zettas, which I guess means confirming whether Sho is right when he says something is "so zetta slow".)

@kingzetta:

El Shaddai and Radiant Historia.

@Jeust said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@kingzetta:

El Shaddai and Radiant Historia.

El Shaddai while it is pwetty, is also a monotonous and repetitive endevour I feel.

I didn't think so. I really enjoyed it.

@Jeust:

As King, I rule that your statement is objectively wrong. (@kingzetta , don't think about contradicting me. You can only rule on zettas, which I guess means confirming whether Sho is right when he says something is "so zetta slow".)

@kingzetta: LittleBigPlanet 2 not getting mentioned once seems like an oversight to me.

@kingzetta: LittleBigPlanet 2 not getting mentioned once seems like an oversight to me.

@kingzetta:

The one that insults El Shaddai.

@kingzetta said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@Jeust:

As King, I rule that your statement is objectively wrong. (@kingzetta , don't think about contradicting me. You can only rule on zettas, which I guess means confirming whether Sho is right when he says something is "so zetta slow".)

Which statement?

I think he feels you are a menace to his royal crown. Do I sense a coup in the making? :p

@Jeust said:

I think he feels you like a menace to his royal crown. Do I sense a coup? :p

Are you going to instigate one? Because I have just the music to dispel it.

@kingzetta:

The one that insults El Shaddai.

@kingzetta:

Have you, as a fellow King, forgotten what the word "preemptive" means? I am quite strategic like that.

@kingzetta:

Have you, as a fellow King, forgotten what the word "preemptive" means? I am quite strategic like that.

@kingzetta:

My words were only a preemptive strike in case you did not like it. Oh, and that little remark is an act of aggression against my glorious Kingdom. This counts as a declaration of war.

@Video_Game_King said:

@kingzetta:

My words were only a preemptive strike in case you did not like it. Oh, and that little remark is an act of aggression against my glorious Kingdom. This counts as a declaration of war.

Quick, let's invade the Moon!

@kingzetta said:

war is for the weak

Then you've obviously much experience with it.

@NekuCTR said:

It's definitely my best soundtrack of 2011 even compared to Bastion, kinda sucks it didn't make it in that category, but I burned out on the actual game pretty fast.

Are there particular tracks that you really liked? I ask because I didn't think anything on the soundtrack really stood out, nor did I think it was greater than the sum of its parts or anything. I found it disappointing. The tracks are appropriately dark, quiet "you're underground" music. Then the boss tracks were a little more interesting, but still sorta standard boss music. I remember several of them, but that has more to do with me having played the game for about 80 hours than it does with the music being memorable.

Comparatively, I really liked the vast majority of the tracks from Super Meat Boy, which I guess must've been Danny B giving 110%.

Latest Bombcast, Dave mentions that he's been playing it and really enjoying it. If there was one GB crew member who would support the game, he'd be the guy.

In regards to Jeff complaining about not being able to shoot diagonally and citing that as the main reason to not play the game, I think that's a bit unfair. You can easily use momentum to shoot diagonally, and after playing a bit and getting a hang of the motion, it isn't too hard to get decent precision out of it.

@Jeust:

As King, I rule that your statement is objectively wrong. (@kingzetta , don't think about contradicting me. You can only rule on zettas, which I guess means confirming whether Sho is right when he says something is "so zetta slow".)

Initially I bought it to get another Steam game/coupon/coal when it was less than a buck and I wasn't that interested in the game itself. Surprisingly enough It turned out to be great, but I can see why some people wouldn't like it... it's frustrating at times, because most of it depends on luck (well, let's say a lot).

In regards to Jeff complaining about not being able to shoot diagonally and citing that as the main reason to not play the game, I think that's a bit unfair. You can easily use momentum to shoot diagonally, and after playing a bit and getting a hang of the motion, it isn't too hard to get decent precision out of it.

I just didn't enjoy it enough, though it was pretty fun.

@TheDudeOfGaming:

You say those things as though I am not planned for such an event. Although my people have no reason to revolt, I am always prepared for just such an occasion. (I can't tell you how, as I am not one to spoil surprises.)

The game's a blast. I start it up from time to time, 10 hours in, still plenty to see and to do.

its not roguelike! ie not turn based. its more like an arcade shooter

its not roguelike! ie not turn based. its more like an arcade shooter