as an isaac veteran, theres really no point in playing without all the DLC imo, the added content is just fun, and some of the items really make the game easier, especially the lost starting with holy mantle allowing you to take 1 hit each room really makes it easier to unlock everything
also, conquest can only show up on the womb so if you use the book of revelations on basement 2, mines 1 & 2 and depths 1, you should be able to easily get super meat boy, but the easiest way to do it is just to use lilith on greed mode after getting the cube of meat, again making the secret stupidly easy with the dlc
Hey yeah I know about the holy mantle I was able to find it luckily during some of my lost runs but you're right about it being easier with the dlc hence why I mentioned it being easier. I went without the dlc just because I knew vanilla isaac was considered harder so it was a bit of a challenge but you're right things like Greed mode are hella fun and I'm enjoying getting to play it now
I never knew that about conquest interesting wish I knew that before haha, yeah when I mentioned it being significantly easier in the dlc I was hinting towards the Lilith greed mode method
I’m currently working on dead god (100%). I have 483 out of 637 unlocks. I’m sitting at 350 hours currently. It’s a beautiful game that truly tests your mettle. I disagree with one thing in this video. That being that it is RNG based. Yes, it is random like any good roguelike. Yet, with enough time and skill, you can prevail with even the worst Eden run setup. I found myself thing one character was the most difficult. Then after a few hours, I’ve beaten it. That is always followed by another character that is even harder. Those characters compile into you come quite skilled at the game. 10/10 would attempt to 100% again.
Oh absolutely you are 100% correct when I said RNG based it was more so to let those without knowledge of the game know that it's not a skill thing as many hunters put themselves down in relation to "skill isssue" even if I don't believe in it myself. Perseverance and determination is the way to go like you heard in the video I was near 500 losses in a row until I got my first successful lost run. Nice progress on your end by the way you're smashing kt
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 Yeah, she is pretty good and fun to play. Isaac is my favorite, especially when you unlock the D6. I just have a skill issue and can’t unlock it.
I am currently going for the platinum in vanilla rebirth and the only thing left for me to do is to get lvl 4 super meat boy in one run, it's been a fucking nightmare, but i am going to do it eventually anyway cuz i love the game. Great video dude, cheers!
@@Muskwasis-t1l been doing isaac runs to get the book of rev for around a month now, the couple times i got lucky i got the bandage instead of the cube 🫠
Sadly potato peeler and lilith aren't in rebirth so theres no easy way out getting super bandage girl was annoying enough with those so I can understand how awful it could be in rebirth
Awesome video, sir! It was very insightful and it made me glad that I outlined my rules about platinums the way I did! This looks like a phenomenal game. I was not expecting the religious stuff to go further than echoing Genesis 22:1-19. I have never played a roguelike so I don't know if I'd start with a game like this since this seems to be way harder than an average roguelike. I'd probably start with Hades, Peglin, or Risk of Rain 2. My opinion on roguelikes is that they should just be enjoyed-games you turn on for an hour or two for a couple runs when you feel like it-instead of being a game where you go for the platinum, but remember, I am a casual trophy hunter, so I don't quite understand the mentality; and on that note... What drives you to platinum a game like this? I can understand going into it with high spirits and a smile, and I understand not wanting to give up (I heavily relate to that since I have literally nearly hospitalized myself several times because of my refusal to quit), but if it is effecting your mental health in real life and causing you to go down a dark path, is that not grounds for you to stop-or at the very least take a prolonged period of rest? The video itself was well made and clean. You presented yourself well, and kept the audience interested by inserting memes and changing your tone throughout. Your speech is clean and informed and it was just incredibly fun listening to you. The editing was well-done and was not overdone. Overall, it is a really great video. I am interested to see you and your videos grow and evolve. Anyways, I feel like I have rambled on for long enough, so I will leave you with two last things: 1. What makes trophy hunting so rewarding? So much so, that you are willing to bend over backwards for a digital trophy? This is not meant to be me patronizing, nor making fun of you-this is me curious about what makes diehard trophy hunters tick. 2. Congrats on that platinum, sir. You REALLY earned it and I am proud of you for not backing down if that means anything. P.S., thanks again for answering my question about the story in the Discord earlier today-I didn't actually think there was much of a story beyond a zealot mother willing to kill her son to appease her god.
Hey mate so first of all I would like to say thank you for the feedback and kind words that you have to offer it means a lot considering I am still quite new to all of this. Now then to answer some of your questions and queries. So you are right Roguelikes and any games for that matter should always be enjoyed first before any thoughts of Platinums are even thought about and its a practice that I religiously follow with anything that I play. If you are looking for a good place to start I would recommend Hades, absolutely loved that game and cannot wait for the second game to eventually come to PlayStation. Isaac was a rare situation for me, typically I don't push myself this hard to get the Platinum and as the video and title suggests I had fully accepted that this wasn't a Platinum that I would get, but when I managed to get my first successful The Lost run it gave me a burst of energy, adrenaline and motivation to see if I could take it further and well we both know the result. However generally I would try to avoid feeling like this about a game, I did have a MASSIVE break from this game after the unfortunate incident mentioned later in the video. For me trophy hunting is rewarding as it drives me personally to not only complete the game but 100% it and give the game its full appreciation, there are games that I will never platinum however but I will still play them. Some of your questions I may address in a future video as its definitely something that could lead to a good discussion.
As a person who’s been playing since wrath of the lamb, play the dlcs. Get some of the unlocks. Hold the restart button, use your resources, but be smart about it. Saving an emperor card for next floor to immediately go to boss to secure a deal chance, stuff like that. Unlocks like glitched crown, options, soul stones,holy mantle, godhead, the runes, are ESSENTIAL and basically run winners. The game get exponentially easier the more you learn and play. Also always play on hard
(P.s. this is meant for people watching this thinking they maybe wanna get into the binding of Isaac. I definitely recommend it. Been one of my fav games since around 2011)
11:33 another thing about luck is that it increases the chance of your tear effects, so lets say you have sinus infection, having a high luck stat will increase the chances of you shooting out more boogers instead of regular tears.
Honestly bro if you dont care about completion percentage I would just go for it on PS you never know you may just surprise yourself like I did, I genuinely never thought I would get the plat
To be fair most roguelikes are known to be hard. Its just a more niche genre and what seperates most from the Big difficulty number is the mental amount of savescumming you can do to rig runs and the fact plenty dont have guides. I personally hate it because it goes against the design of a roguelike and its randomness but thats what trophy hunters do. Curse of the dead gods 10/10 without savescum same with Void Bastards, hell even dead cells or slay the spire(allthough their difficulty is adequately set if you dont abuse savestates). Guess thats why no one talks about them. If you want some advice for the DLC trophies I know a guy or two👀. Anyway enough nerding out, glad to see you back
Yeah well you know me I don't use the practice myself I challenge games genuinely and vanilla as you will have heard me comment in the video. They are definitely difficult games and take a lot of patience to get through them never mind the platinums
Hey, I don't know if you know this or if you just forgot to mention this in the video, but Lazarus actually has a mechanic that you didn't mention that differentiates him from base Isaac, wich is that if he dies, he comes back to life with higher speed, range, luck and a 1.2x dmg multiplier, this is without the repentance dlc, with dlc, he can die every floor once, but dying will take away 1 heart container, give him 1.4x dmg multiplier, more range and speed for the floor and 0.5 dmg up permanently, also the lost is sooooooooo much easier in repentance, thanks to him getting the active item eternal D6, wich allows him to reroll any item for the cost of 2 active item charges, and a possibility of 33% of deleting the item, they also added a trinket called perfection, which can be obtained in any run by not taking any dmg for 3 consecutive floors, it gives +10 luck and is destroyed if you take dmg, and since holy mantle dmg doesn't count as dmg, you can imagine that it is an amazing buff to the lost, also, he is definitely not the hardest character in repentance by far, a lot of people actually find him to be pretty fun and easy in comparison to some characters, let me give some examples, there is a character who's whole gimmick is that they are two characters, so you get, double dmg, double health and a double hitbox, you can imagine how frustrating playing them is, also, unless you go on certain routes or get certain items, technically you are going to get half the normal amount of items, did i mention that if one dies both die? Well, there you go. There is also a character that is constantly being chased by an invisible, all powerful flaming monster with the one goal of killing you, you can use him to your advantage since it deals MASSIVE dmg to anything that gets between him and the player, but if it touches you ONCE you are turned into the lost without holy mantle, and without the d6, so if you get touched by anything again you are toast, so if you play as this character you are forced to learn to take proposeful dmg as to avoid the monster, it can be fun considering that they are probably the most offensively powerful character, but the risk is so palpable that i honestly think that they are the hardest character by far, if you wanna see how bad it is you can watch the videos tainted jacob.exe 1 and 2 by lazy mattman, they are pretty well made and really show the gameplay and difficulty, especially the first one since by the time the second one came out, they were buffed to make it a lot easier, since before you could kill the monster, but if you did, everything in the room would die and you would turn into the lost, this was taken out since in a lot of the end of the runs you wouldn't be able to shoot without killing him, therefore killing you.
Yeah I forgot that lazarus revive so I made sure to show it on screen at least. Yeah I have heard a lot of the stuff about the dlc I am sure I will discover more and more as I continue playing, thanks for all the info I will keep some of this in mind when I start chasing the dlc trophies
Took me a bit over 400 hours to get dead god. Obviously if I knew what I was doing then it wouldn't have taken so long but man this game really packs the content.
I think you could pretty flexibly get through both the lost and the super meat boy if you played through the game enough to get R Key. Then, you get the run with School Bag and Book of Revelation and enough stages left and you can get all the horsemen. With the Lost, just learn enough to get through the first few stages after cycling through runs to get a powerful luck up item and you could use with Perfection as a trinket.
Oh yeah I did hear there were a lot of dlc add ons that helped with the lost and smb which I hinted at in the video, but I also know trophy hunters may get put off by their platinum being locked out by the dlc so wanted to spread that info out there
I have the platinum, got it in 2015 after the patch where they finally patched the buggy trophies. You have to learn the items to beat the game. Easy way to find items in the basement is to unlock them with a character then find it with azazel. The super meat boy & bandage girl, so basically, either get it naturally like i did with the book of revaltions early on. Or get monster manuel, sharp plug & a way to regenerate health like placenta, then keep using it until you get everything. Its boring, long & frustrating, but its a way. As for rebirth lost, get o.p asap. Or attain the knawed leaf & a orbital. Then just stand still.
After 600 hours, I managed to get Dead God!! I never thought I'd be able to do it, but I managed to! And then after that, I went back to the original Flash Isaac and got Eternal God, too, which was a lot less fun... But still, I impressed myself that I was able to get it!
Great video mate. As you know, I’ve been thinking about playing it. I might still go for it at some point but, again you know me, I’d need to get that 100% 🫣
I play the game on switch so no platinum for me but I am inching closer and closer to my first 100% with all dlc included, with my ultimate goal to do it at least 3 times total. It's brutal, but TBoI is my favorite game, period.
i have like 500 hours on it but didnt finish it because i kept using the debug console and then restarting cuz i felt like it didnt make sense to do it that way and i did that like 5 times so i lost all my progress, now i did it again hoping it will be the last time, atleast im doing progress pretty quickly
i've been trying to beat this with all DLCs, i've beat Hush (secret boss you unlock by beating Mom's Heart under 30 minutes, I don't think he exists in rebirth) a few days ago and am trying to best Isaac, I've got to his cathedral but no dice. And I've barely got anything with the other characters yet.
Part of the trick with Isaac is to try hug the corners or be close to them, helps massively when he goes for that room beams attack gives you enough time to dodge into corner
don't worry, man. I remembered when I thought I wouldn't be able to beat mom's heart, but now 89 hours, I'm able to beat most bosses besides Delirium consistently. (With some characters lol)
I am currently trying to unlock death certificate and I am so close to getting it but I am on tainted lost right now which is regular lost but way harder.
I got dead god earlier this year, I think the most helpful synergy for me with Tainted Lost was probably 4.5 volt and book of shadows. If your damage is high enough it makes the boss fights a breeze if you can survive the normal rooms. Best of luck!
Funny enough over on steam the dead god achievment is at 3.5%, so even if the game is super difficult quite a few people stick with it all the way through! I'm currently at 280/640 achievments after about 170 hours, so still quite a ways to go
One hardmode checkmark left on Tainted Blue Baby (The Beast) One hardmode checkmark left with Tainted Lazarus on Greedier mode (i hate Tainted Lazarus on Greedier mode, annoying af) And Tainted Forgotten need all hardmode checkmarks still And then i'm done :D
The game honestly isn't that hard. It's just time consuming and you need practice. I installed a mod that tells me what items are before I pick them up and it's a breeze. It's also always better to play it safe, and using strats like "sac room shuffle" after clearing a floor can make a dead run a god run. Going into a game like Isaac with the only objective being the platinum is a bit silly. Play and practice, then go for it.
Yeah I've heard that mods on the PC definitely help. I initially played this game for fun all those years ago when we got it for free. Honestly I just saw this as a good video idea for platinum hunters out there yo warn them about some things as not everyone in the community can push through a game like this. And your 100% correct a game should never be just about the platinum it's a subject I intend to cover in a future video
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 that's extremely fair. I love the game on PC, I'm actually thinking of doing my 100% run on my ps5 so I can get the platinum. It'll take a bit, but I'll be ready 😅
@Muskwasis-t1l I actually never struggled with that 😅 You get tonnes of coins in greed mode and some games you can donate over 100. I think it only took me like 13 games to do it
I’m at almost 1000hrs and only 68/80 trophies for the platinum and I’ve reached a point where my desire to even play the game anymore let alone continue on trying for more marks and achievements is nearing its end I can feel it just draining my soul and wasting all my free time. It’s not a fun or fair difficulty in most runs/situations. I would also argue that J&E are far worse to play and control than the lost and that unlocking the forgotten is also far more annoying and frustrating than unlocking the lost.
Oh you are 100% right about the twins I heard how much of a nightmare they can be you must be playing the ps5 version then where all the dlc is required for the platinum. Don't let it consume you take breaks if you need to for the sake of your mental health and sanity
I played this for 7 years, and got the platinum. And the worst part is the final secret/item i needed was Super Meat Boy, yeah i all got all the fucking marks as lost before i got a full super meat boy
Hey umm, I noticed you didn't talk about the dlc characters (at least as far as I am into the video) it feels like that should be a MASSIVE MASSIVE piece of info as to getting this game 100%ed
Haha yeah this video was specifically looking at the Vanilla Platinum side of things as so many people put the game down when they find out the dlc locks out the plat.
glad I'm not the only one that fucking hates the horsemen because of meat boy and bandage girl here's a story if anyone wants to read it. so here i am finally getting every item done with lost done with everything untill i notice that I was missing one check I looked it up on the wiki and it was super bandage and realized i had to do the horsemen (should be ez hell was able to get meat boy in about 3 hours so time to grind) i did it for 20 hours 20 HOURS praying i get book of revelations or even getting famine to spawn it was so bad i started doimg tatlles in my notpad on how many times i got horsemen 30 famine 17 pestilence 5 wars not a single death I gave up on rebirth and decided fuck it I'm going to install afterbirth just so I know Lilith can help with while i was doing a lilith run a pestilence spawn and he gave me a ball of bandages thanks to restock i just spamed box of friends till i finshed so yeah fuck the horsemen it was easier to do lost and keepee then it was to get bandage girl
@crimsonpurgatory93 Perhaps? That and application of previous experience, a guide, and a little cloud save scumming near the end to help with the Lost. . .😗🎶
Y’know on Pc (given that you use steam workshop mods) it can be a lot easier to get Dead God (The platinum for the newest DLC) sense there’s mods like External item description (mod that basically makes it so you don’t need to go to Platinum god and give you an explanation in to corner of the screen as to what an item does and if it overrides another item) along with Dead God helper mod which shows you what items you’ve not picked up yet- but yeah it’s still a P a i n, coming from a Triple dead god player
Damn that does sound incredibly useful, I haven't played on PC or tried any mods but if things like that exist it would help alot with knowledge. Good to know for anyone in the comments that does play on PC thanks for the insight mate
I don't think it is that hard. Complete 11 floors with each character twice with the negative/polaroid...beat Boss Rush with each character....beat all 20 Challenges and do all that on Hard Mode until you unlock all the collectibles. It's just a grind rather than super hard. I'm currently almost there after 300 hours and it's very enjoyable. I have no DLC.
Oh its definitely enjoyable and that is likely what's helping with you feeling the way you do I imagine those that don't enjoy it as much though may feel differently. It was mainly The Lost and SMB/BG that made it feel as hard for me
I think I just died a little inside and I can hear the distinct sound of someone screaming or crying .... odd. Haha on a serious note that legit scares me like to an insane degree
I havent looked through all the comments but idk a lot about rebirth but imagine getting infinitey percent which is gettign dead god on all 3 save files of repentance is a LOT worse than just the platinum but i do believe its not needef for it
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 personally I got the game like I wanna say 3 months ago and it's all over the place and I'm no were close to even halfway done with itand I have to do it 2 more times after this 😭
@crimsonpurgatory93 Yeah, I was mostly joking, but I def agree that the lost with holy mantle makes him more bearable to play. Tainted lost is a different story, lol.
Afterbirth plus is the easiest dlc also why do you play without visuals on stats. ez game if you have patience and skill because it doesn't just rely on rng
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 I probably have over a 1000 hours on playstation 4 just to have 100%'d the afterbirth+ dlc (not even including the 600 hours on steam). Just have to remember this is my favorite game of all time and I love it
imagine having fun in the video game and not trying to get 100% for a digital trophy that you can swing around saying that you have spent way too much on a game
Oh I know what you mean haha as the video suggests I genuinely didn't think I could get the platinum on this game I kinda just got lucky during the time I was editing etc. There are plenty of games I will refuse to go for the trophies in and just play to enjoy the game, I just saw a video opportunity to share some of my hellish experience with people. But you are right a game should be enjoyed first and foremost as a game.
isaac on consoles are way inferior to STEAM tboi. i got deadgod on 1 of my files and nearly deadgod on the other 2. qof mods such as eid made the game a lot more enjoyable for me
A friend made it for me, there was some AI elements from photoshop used for it just because the imagery out there for the game were mostly fanarts that we didn't want to use or the pixalised versions in the game
It's unfortunate you feel that way, the reason ai was used in this thumbnail is because my friend who helps me with the thumbnails said the existing material for characters weren't the best quality, and we wanted to avoid fan made versions due to potential copyright. They felt like we had no choice in this one to do a decent thumbnail apologies that it turned you off the vid
Ohhh lol my bad haha. Yeah for lovers of the game I fully agree with you but it was more a warning for trophy hunters, unfortunately a large amount of the community lacks patience.
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as an isaac veteran, theres really no point in playing without all the DLC imo, the added content is just fun, and some of the items really make the game easier, especially the lost starting with holy mantle allowing you to take 1 hit each room really makes it easier to unlock everything
also, conquest can only show up on the womb so if you use the book of revelations on basement 2, mines 1 & 2 and depths 1, you should be able to easily get super meat boy, but the easiest way to do it is just to use lilith on greed mode after getting the cube of meat, again making the secret stupidly easy with the dlc
There is person who play with out the dlcs?
@@Darryl9500 the guy that made the video??
Hey yeah I know about the holy mantle I was able to find it luckily during some of my lost runs but you're right about it being easier with the dlc hence why I mentioned it being easier. I went without the dlc just because I knew vanilla isaac was considered harder so it was a bit of a challenge but you're right things like Greed mode are hella fun and I'm enjoying getting to play it now
I never knew that about conquest interesting wish I knew that before haha, yeah when I mentioned it being significantly easier in the dlc I was hinting towards the Lilith greed mode method
I’m currently working on dead god (100%). I have 483 out of 637 unlocks. I’m sitting at 350 hours currently.
It’s a beautiful game that truly tests your mettle. I disagree with one thing in this video. That being that it is RNG based. Yes, it is random like any good roguelike. Yet, with enough time and skill, you can prevail with even the worst Eden run setup.
I found myself thing one character was the most difficult. Then after a few hours, I’ve beaten it. That is always followed by another character that is even harder. Those characters compile into you come quite skilled at the game.
10/10 would attempt to 100% again.
Oh absolutely you are 100% correct when I said RNG based it was more so to let those without knowledge of the game know that it's not a skill thing as many hunters put themselves down in relation to "skill isssue" even if I don't believe in it myself. Perseverance and determination is the way to go like you heard in the video I was near 500 losses in a row until I got my first successful lost run. Nice progress on your end by the way you're smashing kt
Love watching your honest gameplay. As an expert isaac player quite refreshing
Thank you I much appreciate that especially coming from a much more experienced and skilled player of the game
as an isaac fan, 10:07 hurt me to my core
Edit: 10:30 also made me flop on the floor, it's yum heart and not yum's heart.
jolly good video though
Apologies hard to not make mistakes with these things haha I am not the best at following scripts so I kinda messed up a few times
This is my hardest plat. And i’m gonna plat it again but this time with the dlc. Also GG man
Thank you mate and I take my hat off to you for stacking it
yeah i can’t afford repentance so im gonna go for rebirth plat first 😭
This was a great watch, I watched it all....subbed.
Thank you very much really glad you enjoyed the video
As a person who 100% the game in under a year I can say you get better at the game gradually
This is definitely a fact the more you play the better you eventually get
10:07 best d6 i have ever seen
Hahaha I know right sometimes I make mistakes especially in that game
This game looks like pure hell 🥵
Excellent video bro, loved every second 👊
It was indeed pure hell I still have nightmares when people mention the game. Glad you enjoyed the video bro
It’s still hella fun, with the character “Azazel” I got back-to-back wins (which isn’t common for someone my skill).
@@ieatbirdseaterofbirds Oh yeah Azazel is perhaps my favourite character to do runs with so I agree with you there mate
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 Yeah, she is pretty good and fun to play. Isaac is my favorite, especially when you unlock the D6. I just have a skill issue and can’t unlock it.
@@ieatbirdseaterofbirds No such thing my friend skill issue is a false narrative. You WILL unlock the item its just a matter of time
oh my gosh yes i love this game, thank you for doing this
You're very welcome glad you liked it, the game is alot of fun
33:56 my first lost completion mark is the beast which also happened to be the same run i unlocked tainted lost
Damn very nice man that's certainly very impressive
Ive been grinding lost and im only boss rush and greedier left to complete also beat hush delirium and mother today@crimsonpurgatory93
I am currently going for the platinum in vanilla rebirth and the only thing left for me to do is to get lvl 4 super meat boy in one run, it's been a fucking nightmare, but i am going to do it eventually anyway cuz i love the game. Great video dude, cheers!
Gg mate sounds like you are exactly where I was l, you'll do it in no time
Try too see if you get book of relevantions using it on a floor where horse can appear at the start
@@Muskwasis-t1l been doing isaac runs to get the book of rev for around a month now, the couple times i got lucky i got the bandage instead of the cube 🫠
Yeah this happened to me 9 times outta 10
Sadly potato peeler and lilith aren't in rebirth so theres no easy way out
getting super bandage girl was annoying enough with those so I can understand how awful it could be in rebirth
Big upd. I manage to get the platinum! Next will be deadgod!
Massive congrats mate very nicely done
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 thx, i got deagod already too)
It was super cool adventure
Awesome video, sir! It was very insightful and it made me glad that I outlined my rules about platinums the way I did! This looks like a phenomenal game. I was not expecting the religious stuff to go further than echoing Genesis 22:1-19.
I have never played a roguelike so I don't know if I'd start with a game like this since this seems to be way harder than an average roguelike. I'd probably start with Hades, Peglin, or Risk of Rain 2. My opinion on roguelikes is that they should just be enjoyed-games you turn on for an hour or two for a couple runs when you feel like it-instead of being a game where you go for the platinum, but remember, I am a casual trophy hunter, so I don't quite understand the mentality; and on that note...
What drives you to platinum a game like this? I can understand going into it with high spirits and a smile, and I understand not wanting to give up (I heavily relate to that since I have literally nearly hospitalized myself several times because of my refusal to quit), but if it is effecting your mental health in real life and causing you to go down a dark path, is that not grounds for you to stop-or at the very least take a prolonged period of rest?
The video itself was well made and clean. You presented yourself well, and kept the audience interested by inserting memes and changing your tone throughout. Your speech is clean and informed and it was just incredibly fun listening to you. The editing was well-done and was not overdone. Overall, it is a really great video. I am interested to see you and your videos grow and evolve.
Anyways, I feel like I have rambled on for long enough, so I will leave you with two last things:
1. What makes trophy hunting so rewarding? So much so, that you are willing to bend over backwards for a digital trophy? This is not meant to be me patronizing, nor making fun of you-this is me curious about what makes diehard trophy hunters tick.
2. Congrats on that platinum, sir. You REALLY earned it and I am proud of you for not backing down if that means anything.
P.S., thanks again for answering my question about the story in the Discord earlier today-I didn't actually think there was much of a story beyond a zealot mother willing to kill her son to appease her god.
Hey mate so first of all I would like to say thank you for the feedback and kind words that you have to offer it means a lot considering I am still quite new to all of this. Now then to answer some of your questions and queries.
So you are right Roguelikes and any games for that matter should always be enjoyed first before any thoughts of Platinums are even thought about and its a practice that I religiously follow with anything that I play. If you are looking for a good place to start I would recommend Hades, absolutely loved that game and cannot wait for the second game to eventually come to PlayStation.
Isaac was a rare situation for me, typically I don't push myself this hard to get the Platinum and as the video and title suggests I had fully accepted that this wasn't a Platinum that I would get, but when I managed to get my first successful The Lost run it gave me a burst of energy, adrenaline and motivation to see if I could take it further and well we both know the result. However generally I would try to avoid feeling like this about a game, I did have a MASSIVE break from this game after the unfortunate incident mentioned later in the video.
For me trophy hunting is rewarding as it drives me personally to not only complete the game but 100% it and give the game its full appreciation, there are games that I will never platinum however but I will still play them.
Some of your questions I may address in a future video as its definitely something that could lead to a good discussion.
"I have to challange the dlc" The final words of a sane man right there.
My only excuse for not having them installed was me not having the plat so yeah that hit me like a ton of bricks when I realised
Great Video, Makes me want to give the Platinum a go ha
Haha glad you enjoyed the video mate, if you do challenge it good luck it is truly a nightmare
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 I bet the combination of skill and RNG is what makes this look horrible haha
It's definitely a factor as I'm sure you heard hahs
As a person who’s been playing since wrath of the lamb, play the dlcs. Get some of the unlocks. Hold the restart button, use your resources, but be smart about it. Saving an emperor card for next floor to immediately go to boss to secure a deal chance, stuff like that. Unlocks like glitched crown, options, soul stones,holy mantle, godhead, the runes, are ESSENTIAL and basically run winners. The game get exponentially easier the more you learn and play. Also always play on hard
(P.s. this is meant for people watching this thinking they maybe wanna get into the binding of Isaac. I definitely recommend it. Been one of my fav games since around 2011)
11:33 another thing about luck is that it increases the chance of your tear effects, so lets say you have sinus infection, having a high luck stat will increase the chances of you shooting out more boogers instead of regular tears.
Very very true I forgot that point my bad still new to all this haha but yeah even more a reason why it's so important
Awesome video mate, loved it, I’m defs keen to check the game out, just maybe on the pc 😂😂😂
Honestly bro if you dont care about completion percentage I would just go for it on PS you never know you may just surprise yourself like I did, I genuinely never thought I would get the plat
To be fair most roguelikes are known to be hard. Its just a more niche genre and what seperates most from the Big difficulty number is the mental amount of savescumming you can do to rig runs and the fact plenty dont have guides. I personally hate it because it goes against the design of a roguelike and its randomness but thats what trophy hunters do. Curse of the dead gods 10/10 without savescum same with Void Bastards, hell even dead cells or slay the spire(allthough their difficulty is adequately set if you dont abuse savestates). Guess thats why no one talks about them.
If you want some advice for the DLC trophies I know a guy or two👀. Anyway enough nerding out, glad to see you back
Yeah well you know me I don't use the practice myself I challenge games genuinely and vanilla as you will have heard me comment in the video. They are definitely difficult games and take a lot of patience to get through them never mind the platinums
Completed my Dead God completion earlier this year. My all time favorite game!👍
Very nicely done great achievement
Hey Crimson! Awesome video!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hey Xen thanks glad you enjoyed it and thank you for checking it out 😃
Not a problem at all. ^^ Was fun to watch!@@CrimsonPurgatory93
Hey, I don't know if you know this or if you just forgot to mention this in the video, but Lazarus actually has a mechanic that you didn't mention that differentiates him from base Isaac, wich is that if he dies, he comes back to life with higher speed, range, luck and a 1.2x dmg multiplier, this is without the repentance dlc, with dlc, he can die every floor once, but dying will take away 1 heart container, give him 1.4x dmg multiplier, more range and speed for the floor and 0.5 dmg up permanently, also the lost is sooooooooo much easier in repentance, thanks to him getting the active item eternal D6, wich allows him to reroll any item for the cost of 2 active item charges, and a possibility of 33% of deleting the item, they also added a trinket called perfection, which can be obtained in any run by not taking any dmg for 3 consecutive floors, it gives +10 luck and is destroyed if you take dmg, and since holy mantle dmg doesn't count as dmg, you can imagine that it is an amazing buff to the lost, also, he is definitely not the hardest character in repentance by far, a lot of people actually find him to be pretty fun and easy in comparison to some characters, let me give some examples, there is a character who's whole gimmick is that they are two characters, so you get, double dmg, double health and a double hitbox, you can imagine how frustrating playing them is, also, unless you go on certain routes or get certain items, technically you are going to get half the normal amount of items, did i mention that if one dies both die? Well, there you go.
There is also a character that is constantly being chased by an invisible, all powerful flaming monster with the one goal of killing you, you can use him to your advantage since it deals MASSIVE dmg to anything that gets between him and the player, but if it touches you ONCE you are turned into the lost without holy mantle, and without the d6, so if you get touched by anything again you are toast, so if you play as this character you are forced to learn to take proposeful dmg as to avoid the monster, it can be fun considering that they are probably the most offensively powerful character, but the risk is so palpable that i honestly think that they are the hardest character by far, if you wanna see how bad it is you can watch the videos tainted jacob.exe 1 and 2 by lazy mattman, they are pretty well made and really show the gameplay and difficulty, especially the first one since by the time the second one came out, they were buffed to make it a lot easier, since before you could kill the monster, but if you did, everything in the room would die and you would turn into the lost, this was taken out since in a lot of the end of the runs you wouldn't be able to shoot without killing him, therefore killing you.
Yeah I forgot that lazarus revive so I made sure to show it on screen at least. Yeah I have heard a lot of the stuff about the dlc I am sure I will discover more and more as I continue playing, thanks for all the info I will keep some of this in mind when I start chasing the dlc trophies
Took me a bit over 400 hours to get dead god.
Obviously if I knew what I was doing then it wouldn't have taken so long but man this game really packs the content.
It really does so much content to explore it's crazy
The people with dead god on all 3 files:
Always impressive
Honestly keep going and id recommend just getting the DLCs they make the game more enjoyable
Oh I do intend to try go for the dlcs as the end of the video hinted towards
I'm gonna do it to myself
Nice! Best of luck you'll have to let us know how you did
Love the sounds of agony when it’s not me playing the game haha. So when can we expect live stream for the 100%.
No live stream lol but if I ever do 100% the game I will likely do a follow up video
I highly recommend getting all the DLC’s
I own them all will just be playing them one by one haha
I think you could pretty flexibly get through both the lost and the super meat boy if you played through the game enough to get R Key. Then, you get the run with School Bag and Book of Revelation and enough stages left and you can get all the horsemen. With the Lost, just learn enough to get through the first few stages after cycling through runs to get a powerful luck up item and you could use with Perfection as a trinket.
Oh yeah I did hear there were a lot of dlc add ons that helped with the lost and smb which I hinted at in the video, but I also know trophy hunters may get put off by their platinum being locked out by the dlc so wanted to spread that info out there
I have the platinum, got it in 2015 after the patch where they finally patched the buggy trophies. You have to learn the items to beat the game. Easy way to find items in the basement is to unlock them with a character then find it with azazel. The super meat boy & bandage girl, so basically, either get it naturally like i did with the book of revaltions early on. Or get monster manuel, sharp plug & a way to regenerate health like placenta, then keep using it until you get everything. Its boring, long & frustrating, but its a way. As for rebirth lost, get o.p asap. Or attain the knawed leaf & a orbital. Then just stand still.
Yeah seen that there a bunch of methods I eventually got lucky with book of rev
After 600 hours, I managed to get Dead God!! I never thought I'd be able to do it, but I managed to!
And then after that, I went back to the original Flash Isaac and got Eternal God, too, which was a lot less fun... But still, I impressed myself that I was able to get it!
Very nicely done mate great achievement
Bro suffered to make a super meat boy when he could have just installed repentance and used the potato pealer.
I knew that I could get it easy on greed mode but I wanted to try do the original version even if it was a struggle
fun fact : you need to 100% the game 3 TIMES to fully beat it (mostly)
I would believe that one lol
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 not kidding, its called infinity%
Great video mate. As you know, I’ve been thinking about playing it. I might still go for it at some point but, again you know me, I’d need to get that 100% 🫣
If you do go for it mate then best of luck definitely curious on what approach you will take, glad you enjoyed the video
I play the game on switch so no platinum for me but I am inching closer and closer to my first 100% with all dlc included, with my ultimate goal to do it at least 3 times total. It's brutal, but TBoI is my favorite game, period.
Very nice mate it's nice to see people on switch still going for the 100% even without the digital achievements available and GG on your progress
i have like 500 hours on it but didnt finish it because i kept using the debug console and then restarting cuz i felt like it didnt make sense to do it that way and i did that like 5 times so i lost all my progress, now i did it again hoping it will be the last time, atleast im doing progress pretty quickly
Sometimes it's like muscle memory you will get it again
i've been trying to beat this with all DLCs, i've beat Hush (secret boss you unlock by beating Mom's Heart under 30 minutes, I don't think he exists in rebirth) a few days ago and am trying to best Isaac, I've got to his cathedral but no dice. And I've barely got anything with the other characters yet.
Part of the trick with Isaac is to try hug the corners or be close to them, helps massively when he goes for that room beams attack gives you enough time to dodge into corner
don't worry, man. I remembered when I thought I wouldn't be able to beat mom's heart, but now 89 hours, I'm able to beat most bosses besides Delirium consistently. (With some characters lol)
Exactly practice makes perfect
I am currently trying to unlock death certificate and I am so close to getting it but I am on tainted lost right now which is regular lost but way harder.
I got dead god earlier this year, I think the most helpful synergy for me with Tainted Lost was probably 4.5 volt and book of shadows. If your damage is high enough it makes the boss fights a breeze if you can survive the normal rooms. Best of luck!
I have heard and seen nightmare stories about the tainted runs
Nice to see people working together and helping one another out
Funny enough over on steam the dead god achievment is at 3.5%, so even if the game is super difficult quite a few people stick with it all the way through! I'm currently at 280/640 achievments after about 170 hours, so still quite a ways to go
Yeah it's all about commitment and dedication, perseverance wins every time
Boss Rush in Rebirth is unlocked by beating Mom's Heart in 20 minutes not 15 minutes.
Ah my bad thanks for that
One hardmode checkmark left on Tainted Blue Baby (The Beast)
One hardmode checkmark left with Tainted Lazarus on Greedier mode (i hate Tainted Lazarus on Greedier mode, annoying af)
And Tainted Forgotten need all hardmode checkmarks still
And then i'm done :D
Very impressive I am sure you will smash it if not already done
The game honestly isn't that hard. It's just time consuming and you need practice. I installed a mod that tells me what items are before I pick them up and it's a breeze. It's also always better to play it safe, and using strats like "sac room shuffle" after clearing a floor can make a dead run a god run. Going into a game like Isaac with the only objective being the platinum is a bit silly. Play and practice, then go for it.
Yeah I've heard that mods on the PC definitely help. I initially played this game for fun all those years ago when we got it for free. Honestly I just saw this as a good video idea for platinum hunters out there yo warn them about some things as not everyone in the community can push through a game like this. And your 100% correct a game should never be just about the platinum it's a subject I intend to cover in a future video
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 that's extremely fair. I love the game on PC, I'm actually thinking of doing my 100% run on my ps5 so I can get the platinum. It'll take a bit, but I'll be ready 😅
Best of luck mate I am sure you will be able to pull it off
40% is unlocking every other characters achievements
60% is unlocking the keeper
@Muskwasis-t1l I actually never struggled with that 😅
You get tonnes of coins in greed mode and some games you can donate over 100. I think it only took me like 13 games to do it
I’m at almost 1000hrs and only 68/80 trophies for the platinum and I’ve reached a point where my desire to even play the game anymore let alone continue on trying for more marks and achievements is nearing its end I can feel it just draining my soul and wasting all my free time. It’s not a fun or fair difficulty in most runs/situations. I would also argue that J&E are far worse to play and control than the lost and that unlocking the forgotten is also far more annoying and frustrating than unlocking the lost.
Oh you are 100% right about the twins I heard how much of a nightmare they can be you must be playing the ps5 version then where all the dlc is required for the platinum. Don't let it consume you take breaks if you need to for the sake of your mental health and sanity
Compared to getting 1 million percent on Steam, this platinum trophy looks like a piece of piss.
SIGN ME UP FELLAS
Oh yeah absolutely anyone that has got the full game done this will be easier for
I'm going for my second Dead God, I want all 3
Very nice mate, I wish you the best of luck with that
One of the achievements are bugged for me, the 20 basic challenge is not unlocked but I did do all the challenges
Do you have any of the DLCs installed? If you do then unfortunately it's not a bug, I touch on it in the video that the dlc impacts the platinum.
I have to do ultra hard and all of the tainted challenges, well that won't be fun, but thank you for clearing this up
No problem mate
I played this for 7 years, and got the platinum. And the worst part is the final secret/item i needed was Super Meat Boy, yeah i all got all the fucking marks as lost before i got a full super meat boy
also i dont have any the DLCs bcs in Brazil they are too expensive, so yeah, i got the platinum in the base game
Seems you had exact same experience I did haha complete nightmare but at least you did it
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 a true hell, also nice video man
Thank you very much I really appreciate that
unpopular opinion: blue baby is 10x worse than the lost
That is a very fair opinion I did find their runs a bit challenging especially on thr hearts situation
Didn’t know if you knew this, but you can get super meat boy achievement by using Lilith on greed mode
Oh yeah I knew that was what I was hinting about in the video that it was made significantly easier in the dlc
BRO i played with you in death note killer within
Thank you for checking the channel out always fun meeting new peeps on games
Hey umm, I noticed you didn't talk about the dlc characters (at least as far as I am into the video)
it feels like that should be a MASSIVE MASSIVE piece of info as to getting this game 100%ed
nvm it was at the end where you did a cliffhanger
I NEED THAT DLC VIDEO NOW DANG IT
Haha yeah this video was specifically looking at the Vanilla Platinum side of things as so many people put the game down when they find out the dlc locks out the plat.
If I ever conquer the 100% I will for sure do a follow up video with what I have learned
As someone who got dead god 3 times i can say i got good rng
Gg mate that is really good going
glad I'm not the only one that fucking hates the horsemen because of meat boy and bandage girl here's a story if anyone wants to read it. so here i am finally getting every item done with lost done with everything untill i notice that I was missing one check I looked it up on the wiki and it was super bandage and realized i had to do the horsemen (should be ez hell was able to get meat boy in about 3 hours so time to grind) i did it for 20 hours 20 HOURS praying i get book of revelations or even getting famine to spawn it was so bad i started doimg tatlles in my notpad on how many times i got horsemen 30 famine 17 pestilence 5 wars not a single death I gave up on rebirth and decided fuck it I'm going to install afterbirth just so I know Lilith can help with while i was doing a lilith run a pestilence spawn and he gave me a ball of bandages thanks to restock i just spamed box of friends till i finshed so yeah fuck the horsemen it was easier to do lost and keepee then it was to get bandage girl
I'm sure we all have crazy horror stories about this game but that I'd definitely brutal that you went through it mate.
How do we tell him about t lost...
Oh ive heard and I died a little inside lol
to be honest, because of tlost damage multiplier and better items it's not that hard to play as them
Heh, recently platted Rebirth (no dlc; it was cheaper, and I heard it was easier to plat that way) in 2 months with 100 hrs play. 😗🎶
Dayum man that is nice especially without dlc you must got some really nice rng luck
@crimsonpurgatory93 Perhaps? That and application of previous experience, a guide, and a little cloud save scumming near the end to help with the Lost. . .😗🎶
Y’know on Pc (given that you use steam workshop mods) it can be a lot easier to get Dead God (The platinum for the newest DLC) sense there’s mods like External item description (mod that basically makes it so you don’t need to go to Platinum god and give you an explanation in to corner of the screen as to what an item does and if it overrides another item) along with Dead God helper mod which shows you what items you’ve not picked up yet- but yeah it’s still a
P a i n, coming from a Triple dead god player
Oh, also in the latest DLC ??? Has a tweak where devil deals change to be cheaper for him and only him
Damn that does sound incredibly useful, I haven't played on PC or tried any mods but if things like that exist it would help alot with knowledge. Good to know for anyone in the comments that does play on PC thanks for the insight mate
Interesting, I haven't looked into repentance yet as I heard it changes the way you will play the game fundamentally which was a concern
I don't think it is that hard. Complete 11 floors with each character twice with the negative/polaroid...beat Boss Rush with each character....beat all 20 Challenges and do all that on Hard Mode until you unlock all the collectibles. It's just a grind rather than super hard. I'm currently almost there after 300 hours and it's very enjoyable. I have no DLC.
Oh its definitely enjoyable and that is likely what's helping with you feeling the way you do I imagine those that don't enjoy it as much though may feel differently. It was mainly The Lost and SMB/BG that made it feel as hard for me
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 Yeah, I left The Lost out on purpose in my comment 😂
It still gives me nightmares
What about tainted lost ? He's fun I have a blank checkmark sheet with him and -160 runs 😂🎉
I think I just died a little inside and I can hear the distinct sound of someone screaming or crying .... odd.
Haha on a serious note that legit scares me like to an insane degree
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 sometimes I have nightmares about tainted lost runs. It keeps me up at night
I am dreading ever seeing that creature
I havent looked through all the comments but idk a lot about rebirth but imagine getting infinitey percent which is gettign dead god on all 3 save files of repentance is a LOT worse than just the platinum but i do believe its not needef for it
Oh yeah definitely it's much harder no doubt about that mate I dread going for it haha
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 personally I got the game like I wanna say 3 months ago and it's all over the place and I'm no were close to even halfway done with itand I have to do it 2 more times after this 😭
You got this mate
One trophy left for the plat( i’m not trophy hunter, just isaac fun)
Absolutely nothing wrong with that your showing your love for the game we welcome all around here
Speaking of the repentance dlc, jacob and esau was worse to play as compared to lost with holy mantle.
Oh I've heard about that horror story not looking forward to it at all
Dlc are made platinum easier, trust me. Afterbirth does the best job making lost easy and meatboy too.
Yeah it's annoying how easy they made it in Lilith greed runs
Yeah true it is hard, but isaac is so fun. My first dead god took me like 550ish hours started my second save aswell.
Oh definitely a lot of fun mate it's the main reason I kept it up
The Lost + Holy mantle = Easiest character in the game
Definitely easier but I wouldn't say easiest definitely depends on your build plus without the dlc your not guaranteed holy mantle
@crimsonpurgatory93 Yeah, I was mostly joking, but I def agree that the lost with holy mantle makes him more bearable to play. Tainted lost is a different story, lol.
Yeahhhhh dreading that one
If I can do it, everyone can do it. And I did it. So can you.
I did the plat hopefully one day I will 100% it
you really need the dlc because you are going to get unbelievably more angry so you might as well ge through more infuriating characters
Oh I have heard many horror stories I will be working on them
did bro forget that lazarus can revive?
Yeah I messed that one up when I was getting the video done my bad
I could multiple speedrunners come together and create 4player megamush%
It certainly wouldn't surprise me
Blue baby is one of the strongest characters in the game buddy
And the lost is easy in the dlc
Oh yeah I know about that one it was utterly frustrating to hear about that
I personally always found Azasel and Eve to be better but maybe just looking at it from different standpoints
this is prebuff quite literally no upside
imo platinum is really hard, but the game is not as hard
I would agree with that 100% mate
Afterbirth plus is the easiest dlc also why do you play without visuals on stats. ez game if you have patience and skill because it doesn't just rely on rng
The visual for stats wasn't added until the 2nd dlc pack unfortunately
that took me 5 years ;(((
It took me a very long time as well mate 667 hours sank into the game and that is just what playstation actually shows me
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 I probably have over a 1000 hours on playstation 4 just to have 100%'d the afterbirth+ dlc (not even including the 600 hours on steam). Just have to remember this is my favorite game of all time and I love it
Exactly mate as long as you are having fun that is the most important thing
never played this but i know not to platinum this one any time soon
It's definitely not for everyone but still a fun game either way
trust me its not as hard as you think once you get some practice in
imagine having fun in the video game and not trying to get 100% for a digital trophy that you can swing around saying that you have spent way too much on a game
Oh I know what you mean haha as the video suggests I genuinely didn't think I could get the platinum on this game I kinda just got lucky during the time I was editing etc. There are plenty of games I will refuse to go for the trophies in and just play to enjoy the game, I just saw a video opportunity to share some of my hellish experience with people. But you are right a game should be enjoyed first and foremost as a game.
@@CrimsonPurgatory93 go play something light like rayman origins or some other game to take a little break from 100% games and just enjoy yourself
I have quite a few games that I've been playing just for fun and chill times, I break up my gaming quite a bit.
to be fair in order to unlock all of the content in isaac you need to 100% it
isaac on consoles are way inferior to STEAM tboi. i got deadgod on 1 of my files and nearly deadgod on the other 2. qof mods such as eid made the game a lot more enjoyable for me
I've heard about the mod support on PC definitely makes things interesting from what I heard
You should platinum repentance now
If I ever get the 100% maybe haha
Why are you using ai
Because the images on the Isaac front are relatively low quality and want to avoid Fanarts for obvious reasons
What about official art, plus what's wrong with the quality of Isaac's pixel art
Nothing is majorly wrong with it but for thumbnail it wasn't the best, multiple experiments were used before final design.
The binding of isaac platnum sucks ASS i dont have it like i enjoy playing tboi BUT THE FUDGEING CHALLENGES LIKE WHY!!!!!!!!!@
The challenges can definitely be annoying but in time I am sure you will conquer them
Bro what is that thumbnail that better not be AI thievery
A friend made it for me, there was some AI elements from photoshop used for it just because the imagery out there for the game were mostly fanarts that we didn't want to use or the pixalised versions in the game
now do dead god :3
Hahaha I may look into the game who knows
AI generated thumbnail.
Opinion- rejected
It's unfortunate you feel that way, the reason ai was used in this thumbnail is because my friend who helps me with the thumbnails said the existing material for characters weren't the best quality, and we wanted to avoid fan made versions due to potential copyright. They felt like we had no choice in this one to do a decent thumbnail apologies that it turned you off the vid
Yes I hate ai 2 but you shouldn’t give any hate to the person
Skill issue
Haha well yeah it definitely was but hey I conquered it
isaac
Hearing that shouted over and over again in the game initially was traumatising haba
casual
I am only a casual when it comes to isaac you're not wrong there
bro ur on something?
What makes you say that exactly?
Not the way act or sound but what ur saying, getting 100% in this game should be participated not avoided
Ohhh lol my bad haha. Yeah for lovers of the game I fully agree with you but it was more a warning for trophy hunters, unfortunately a large amount of the community lacks patience.