Afterbirth and Afterbirth+: Are they worth it?

[JONATHAN]

I'm really getting into Isaac, and I'm considering buying at least Afterbirth because of the summer sale. Is Afterbirth+ really worth it, or do you recommend that I just stick to Afterbirth or the base game? If anyone is willing to give me their opinions on either DLC in their current state, and if it is worth it to buy them, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)

[kone]

Afterbirth is nice. It has some design flaws regarding progression and introducing more challenging content, but is overall generally good. Worth it mostly if you like item interactions and want more of it while also wanting more things to do and see.

Afterbirth+ fixes, smooths out many of the design flaws of Afterbirth, while being its own beast entirely. It adds slightly less content, but overwhelmingly fixes bugs, tweaks item interactions to be better and adds much more quality of life changes that make it hard to go back to the base game. It has some of the most interesting content and secrets in the game, which is extra fun. I prefer this version.

Surprisingly, jumping into Afterbirth can be a little difficult because it takes some adjustment, but going into Afterbirth+ feels smoother and more polished when it took the time to fix glaring issues with Afterbirth. The two DLC together are definitely worth it.

[JONATHAN]

Originally posted by kitten exterminator:

Afterbirth+ fixes, smooths out many of the design flaws of Afterbirth, while being its own beast entirely. It adds slightly less content, but overwhelmingly fixes bugs, tweaks item interactions to be better and adds much more quality of life changes that make it hard to go back to the base game. It has some of the most interesting content and secrets in the game, which is extra fun. I prefer this version.

I've heard a lot of negative things about Afterbirth+. Are these just there from when it was still new and that the issues are mostly fixed by now?

Thanks for the insight.

[Spockus]

Originally posted by Actually Grandma:

Originally posted by kitten exterminator:

Afterbirth+ fixes, smooths out many of the design flaws of Afterbirth, while being its own beast entirely. It adds slightly less content, but overwhelmingly fixes bugs, tweaks item interactions to be better and adds much more quality of life changes that make it hard to go back to the base game. It has some of the most interesting content and secrets in the game, which is extra fun. I prefer this version.

I've heard a lot of negative things about Afterbirth+. Are these just there from when it was still new and that the issues are mostly fixed by now?

Thanks for the insight.

Those reviews were from people who bought the DLC when it first came out (it was quite buggy but it got patched pretty fast), gave up on it, and then never changed their review after all the bugs got fixed...

EDIT: If you look at the dates of the negative reviews you'll see most of them are from around the same time period.

[JONATHAN]

Thanks! I'm considering getting both DLCs.

[Spockus]

Originally posted by Actually Grandma:

Thanks! I'm considering getting both DLCs.

Get rebirth + both DLCs or no balls...

[Thx4tehMammaries]

I bought the base game a week ago, then got the DLCs a couple days ago. They add so much more of everything; items (and more importantly, how they synergize), rooms, enemies, better HUD with more info... but its not so different that you feel like you're relearning stuff. It's the same game, just more of it.

If you're enjoying Rebirth, see yourself playing alot more of it, and can afford the DLCs, go for it.

[CHAO]

Just got the full bundle yesterday, beat Mom and Heart with blood and tears, so hard

[Antorius]

There is a tonne of content in base game + Afterbirth alone. I'll be picking up Afterbirth+ in future for sure, but probably not until I've finished a bunch of the challenges etc.

[Spockus]

Originally posted by Antorius:

There is a tonne of content in base game + Afterbirth alone. I'll be picking up Afterbirth+ in future for sure, but probably not until I've finished a bunch of the challenges etc.

I'd reccomend getting AB+ as soon as you unlock "the hidden chapter", not going to spoil anything more...