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Originally Posted by mashxx
yeah, I'm having hard time pushing for 100% for the first time ever, I completed most upper half unlocks for tainted characters but having hard time continuing as I get annoyed more easily. Feels more tedious now. I think I don't have anything unlocked for T. Jacob for example. The only character with easy game breaking mechanics is T. Cain but I haven't played him in a long time and again just unlocked the upper half... feels so tedious and not fun.
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Originally Posted by Inso0
I also went 100% on every iteration of Isaac up until Repentance which felt like a big part of the fun-factor had been removed.
I wasn't even one of those people who would actively try to break every run, but the simple fact that I knew getting double Steam Sales or a Blank Card/Jera was possible kept me at least hopeful on every run and grinding away.
"Tedious" nails it, imo.
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Originally Posted by DisRuptive1
You're supposed to only play him twice, 2 hours in Greed mode and 4 hours on Hard (hopefully nailing the 50/50 with Mega Satan). You craft the R key and finish the run by killing the Beast.
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Originally Posted by necro
yeah pretty much this, i am a completionist only when it comes to isaac but i wont be im pretty sure for this last one, i can do it with everyone but i really hate jacob and esau and just cant used to playing them.
was a good run while it lasted
Well, a few weeks ago I was sick and I started having fun again slowly grinding the completion marks. I started playing characters in order this time. Tainted Lost was by far the hardest but I worked on him also in order so I had to tackle him around middle of the pack. Tainted Cain as somebody mentioned is not that bad - it requires actually less work than other characters - it's just different playstyle so it's not as bad as I thought it is. November 2021 changes to Tainted Jacob and Tainted Lazarus made also these characters really strong and fun.
I take my initial criticism back. I think Isaac was often flawed in some way on release and patched up over the months to a game it's supposed to be. You're supposed to play this game over years though, otherwise you'll burn yourself out.
And yeah, implementation of Tainted Characters that's some masterwork in game design imo. They doubled size of the game by a gimmick but by introducing really interesting characters and playstyles.
I'm happy I won't touch Isaac again though.
Mark as favourite and uninstall.