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[QUOTE=Psychopath12;46702812]When the game first came out I wasted far too much time trying to do a flawless Sheol/Cathedral before realizing that there was no associated achievement. Save the man some of his time so he can focus on the bigger prize.[/QUOTE] Nah, I was just doing it for fun. Thanks for telling me though, I guess I won't make an actual effort for a flawless run.

I've been blazing through all of the remaining unlocks with the following strategy: 1. Restart until you get a basement as the first level. Cellar I is a waste of time. 2. Always go for boss rush, even if you already beat it with that character. The extra two items are worth it 3. Once you find the item room, stop exploring and go for the boss. Don't bother fully exploring floors 4. Always do curse rooms unless you have less than 3 hearts (same for devil deals if the item is really good) 5. Only do challenge rooms if you run out of keys 6. Only do secret rooms if you get an item that reveals them (spelunker hat, x-ray vision, etc.) 7. Only do stores if you have at least 15 cents 8. Bomb as many tinted rocks as possible I generally die really quickly and restart or make it really far. More fun than spending a long time on each floor hoping for good drops only to die anyway.

4 seems flawed, as i denied a devil deal today and the next floor i got the sacred heart from an angel, and then the trinity shield on the floor after that.

Well I don't take devil deals if the items are shitty, which is actually pretty often. So you still get angel room with this strategy.

Jesus fucking christ why do I always get the hard floors and the bullshit enemies when playing as blue baby. I just wanna unlock de d6 game, come on.

the lost is absolute torture. idk what happened, i breezed through lamb and blue baby, but i've been absolutely stuck on attempting boss rush for almost a WEEK. it's like I'm trapped in fucking isaac limbo. I've had 8 attempts get SO close, and my latest attempt I died to the miniature fallen that instantly went to a brimstone attack and caught me off guard. god i just want this shit to be done aaaaaaaaaaaa

[QUOTE=postal;46706629]the lost is absolute torture. idk what happened, i breezed through lamb and blue baby, but i've been absolutely stuck on attempting boss rush for almost a WEEK. it's like I'm trapped in fucking isaac limbo. I've had 8 attempts get SO close, and my latest attempt I died to the miniature fallen that instantly went to a brimstone attack and caught me off guard. god i just want this shit to be done aaaaaaaaaaaa[/QUOTE] If you feel like being a cheating asshole, just alt+f4 every time you die as the lost. You'll respawn at the last point you saved.

[QUOTE=Roshbitnak;46706686]If you feel like being a cheating asshole, just alt+f4 every time you die as the lost. You'll respawn at the last point you saved.[/QUOTE] yeah but I beat all the other lost requirements fair and square, it'd just be lame to cheap out on the last one. Even though it's really tempting when stupid shit happens, like how just now i lost a good run due to a chub on depths shooting OVER a spike barricade and hitting me... [editline]13th December 2014[/editline] also i just tested that right now to see what would happen and it doesn't give me the option to continue.

[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;46705242]hello I'm lil haunt and my business is not attacking anything[/QUOTE] Yeah, it seems like a lot of the "chase" type minions (Lil' Haunt, Dead Bird, Meat Boy, etc) don't have all that large an aggro radius.

[QUOTE=ironman17;46706891]Yeah, it seems like a lot of the "chase" type minions (Lil' Haunt, Dead Bird, Meat Boy, etc) don't have all that large an aggro radius.[/QUOTE] Relevant [img]http://i.imgur.com/8nFJ4Tu.png[/img]

[QUOTE=postal;46706867]yeah but I beat all the other lost requirements fair and square, it'd just be lame to cheap out on the last one. Even though it's really tempting when stupid shit happens, like how just now i lost a good run due to a chub on depths shooting OVER a spike barricade and hitting me... [editline]13th December 2014[/editline] also i just tested that right now to see what would happen and it doesn't give me the option to continue.[/QUOTE] you have to do it [b]during[/b] the death animation. so after you take the hit of damage, but before the "dear diary, today i died" screen shows up.

Today was a good day, beat Isaac and Satan for my first time.

Well, I beat Satan as Judas. Or more accurately, a Judas that had turned into Guppy, having gotten all manner of devil deals and insane boosts with an aura of flies that melted even Satan himself. Or, more accurately, the game crashed when I touched the chest after killing Satan, though I got the Steam achievement for killing him. Here's hoping that the game remembers that I did.

i have a bad habit of resetting immediately after dying this leads to a lot of grief after dying with dead cat or collar as the lost

[QUOTE=Eonart;46708069]Oh my god Brimstone + Ipecac + Guppy is some broken shit. Now I have Golden God![/QUOTE] Ipecac? IIRC Ipecac and Brimstone gives you poison laser only rather than massive damage boost of first game. Polyphemus and Brim is where it's at.

[QUOTE=postal;46706629]the lost is absolute torture. idk what happened, i breezed through lamb and blue baby, but i've been absolutely stuck on attempting boss rush for almost a WEEK. it's like I'm trapped in fucking isaac limbo. I've had 8 attempts get SO close, and my latest attempt I died to the miniature fallen that instantly went to a brimstone attack and caught me off guard. god i just want this shit to be done aaaaaaaaaaaa[/QUOTE] Last time I was rolling a quad knife poliphemus lost and I died by the only red turd the turd queen managed to shit out that run. I was against death and war, what is it, second to last? yeah. I made it the run after tho.

Kamikaze and Pyromaniac make for a hilarious combination. Add in the wafer and two of the damage-triggered protection items and... My first go at hard mode and boss rush, Isaac and Blue Baby were ridiculously easy.

unlocking the lost & playing as him really doesnt seem like its worth the huge grind to beat the game w/o taking damage just seems annoying

Does pulse worm have an actual effect other than just the visual pulsing?

[QUOTE=Repulsion;46710514]Does pulse worm have an actual effect other than just the visual pulsing?[/QUOTE] [b]edit:[/b] nevermind, it's purely visual.

Oh GOD. If you get monstro's lung, DO NOT pick up the inner eye or quad shot. It takes like 10 seconds to charge every time, and you don't shoot any more tears out. I've managed to make it to the dark room, but I'm ending my run at 1:20:00 because of how slow it is.

Apparently the boss rush room disappears if you don't [i]enter it[/i] before the 20 minute mark. Fucking bullshit.

[QUOTE=LilRobot;46710531][b]edit:[/b] nevermind, it's purely visual.[/QUOTE] No the damage DOES fluctuate with Pulse Worm.

[QUOTE=Eonart;46710822]Beat Boss Rush, Satan and Dark Room with Magdalene all in one go, thanks to Gnawed Leaf and Gemini. That was actually shorter than I expected, lasting 1 hour and 10 minutes instead of the 2 hours I was expecting. [editline]15th December 2014[/editline] I even got Dead Boy from that. Just wish I could change windows without the game pausing.[/QUOTE] It's good to keep a book handy in case you get gnawed leaf in a run.

Almost there! [img]http://vinh.peniscorp.com/2014-12-14_22-07-53.png[/img] The charge bar doesn't work yet but I think I have everything I need to make it work now. :v: Still not sure where to put the coins/bombs/keys counter for the second player though.

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;46712285]Almost there! [img]http://vinh.peniscorp.com/2014-12-14_22-07-53.png[/img] The charge bar doesn't work yet but I think I have everything I need to make it work now. :v:[/QUOTE] This is completely amazing [QUOTE=_Kilburn;46712285]Still not sure where to put the coins/bombs/keys counter for the second player though.[/QUOTE] Maybe under the map?

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;46712285]Almost there! [img]http://vinh.peniscorp.com/2014-12-14_22-07-53.png[/img] The charge bar doesn't work yet but I think I have everything I need to make it work now. :v: Still not sure where to put the coins/bombs/keys counter for the second player though.[/QUOTE] Maybe put another set of numbers a space away from the existing counter?

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;46712285]Almost there! -snip- The charge bar doesn't work yet but I think I have everything I need to make it work now. :v: Still not sure where to put the coins/bombs/keys counter for the second player though.[/QUOTE] couldn't you slip it between the hearts and the map?

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;46712285]Almost there! [img]http://vinh.peniscorp.com/2014-12-14_22-07-53.png[/img] The charge bar doesn't work yet but I think I have everything I need to make it work now. :v: Still not sure where to put the coins/bombs/keys counter for the second player though.[/QUOTE] What about in the lower right-hand corner?

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;46712285]Almost there! [img]http://vinh.peniscorp.com/2014-12-14_22-07-53.png[/img] The charge bar doesn't work yet but I think I have everything I need to make it work now. :v: Still not sure where to put the coins/bombs/keys counter for the second player though.[/QUOTE] Is anything being done regarding the camera for oversized rooms? After playing co-op with my friend I want to gouge his eyes out when he drags me into something I'm trying to avoid.