The Binding of Isaac is the latest downloadable title from Edmund McMillen – one of the two men responsible for last year’s brutal platforming death simulator Super Meat Boy – and plays like an interesting combination of the original The Legend of Zelda, Smash TV and some kind of severely messed up fever dream. After being locked in his room by his crazed murderous zealot of a mother and escaping through a hidden trapdoor, Isaac must explore the randomly generated Zelda-style dungeon maps beneath his bedroom whilst trying to survive the twisted apparitions that lurk in the depths.
The online multiplayer beta for The Binding of Isaac is offline until further notice after someone data-mined the latest build.
Nathan Lynch for SG: "On the 10th anniversary of The Binding of Isaac's release, I look back on what the game has meant to my life."
Happy 10th Birthday Isaac! The Binding of Isaac really is one heck of a rabbit hole of a game, and even more of a time sink.
At the end of Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, ABG's editors open up about their own experiences, and look back at the Video Game industry's sordid past, and the advances made in recent years in tackling this most sensitive of subjects
