Friday, October 12, 2012

The Binding of Isaac (Wrath of the Lamb) is better than Super Meat Boy

I found out why The Binding of Isaac (TWoTL) felt repetive: it was because I was playing it tooooo muuuch.

And now to the main topic. Why's  The BoI (TWoTL) better than Super Meat Boy?

Simple: The Binding of Isaac gives you a lot more interesting stuff to see and do. There are thousands of combinations of items (and looks for your naked Bible children); there are many different bosses (which ones will you fight this round? Who knows?); there's even a more interesting story (for an arcade-style computer game, that is).

Super Meat Boy, meanwhile, has this for its story: rescue your girlfriend. And many of the levels feature, basically, the same exact stuff, just arranged differently.

This isn't to say that SMB isn't worth 15 dollars. But having said that, there's no need to finish the game because once you've played enough of it, you've played enough of it; there's really nothing more to see. And based on my experience I'm not even sure if it gets more challenging near the end, if that's what you're into.

The Binding of Isaac (with The Wrath of the Lamb DLC), on the otherhand, is nine dollars.