Comment on Despite encouraging min-maxxing, The Binding of Isaac is so bad at it
smeg@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Ever since time-sensitive elements were added to the game things that slow down your run became another risk to consider. Got loads of money to burn in the arcade? Well now you need to consider whether it’s worth skipping boss rush for!
catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
To be honest, I never consider Boss Rush for items alone. Unless you have a lot of speed AND high DPS you won’t make it in 20 minutes, and even if you’re strong enough you need to skip a lot of opportunities (secret, cursed and challenge rooms, at the very least) just to gain two items from treasure item pool which is… not great. Every time I enter Boss Rush I just look at the items and am like “ugh, okay. I’ll pick the least underwhelming one.”
Hush gives you more time and is more viable to do consistently but the fight itself is way too tough to justify the (pretty neat ngl) rewards of Hush’s floor. I don’t do Hush unless I’m after the unlock.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 week ago
I find that it’s your damage output that’s much more the indicator of whether it’s viable, I don’t think I’ve every considered movement speed as something worth prioritising!
catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
DPS is more important I’d say but high speed helps when you hit every deadend on your way through a comically large Caves 2.