Should I get afterbirth?

[rock]

I just got rebirth and I have played a few hours of it and am enjoying it so far. However I'm now thinking of getting afterbirth should I just get familiar first with the base game (cause I am really bad at it -25 streak) and complete most of it first or add more content?

[buypolar pop]

Nahh, if you like it then get it. It just adds to the overall experience. Cheers m8

[Tato]

Personally, I'd advise you to wait until you've achieved "Golden God" (you'll know) since Afterbirth does make things harder.

[Spockus]

Originally posted by MaIoRio:

Personally, I'd advise you to wait until you've achieved "Golden God" (you'll know) since Afterbirth does make things harder.

Afterbirth also adds more powerful items, though. So it kinda balances out imo.

[Somebody [⇄]]

You should only buy afterbirth (and/or afterbirth+) if you want to mod the game

[Mark]

Afterbirth and Afterbirth+ are great additions to the game, personally me and my friends but the bundle, it's greatly recommended

[Spockus]

Originally posted by Mark:

Afterbirth and Afterbirth+ are great additions to the game, personally me and my friends but the bundle, it's greatly recommended

Yeah I got all 3 of them at the start, was fun :D

[rock]

Originally posted by MaIoRio:

Personally, I'd advise you to wait until you've achieved "Golden God" (you'll know) since Afterbirth does make things harder.

does it make the game signifcantly harder or just a tad bit more?

[kone]

Originally posted by BeetleBomb:

does it make the game signifcantly harder or just a tad bit more?

Afterbirth adds alt chapters and trickier bosses immediately. It can be challenging in that way.
Afterbirth+ fixes that and is much more friendly about progression. Feels like a reinvented Rebirth.

[Acolyte]

Originally posted by Spockus:

Originally posted by MaIoRio:

Personally, I'd advise you to wait until you've achieved "Golden God" (you'll know) since Afterbirth does make things harder.

Afterbirth also adds more powerful items, though. So it kinda balances out imo.

yeh. i play the nintendo switch edition with afterbirth + and its pretty great, and im pretty sure they got a load of new items. their bosses are 10/10 too. i mean, wait until you see The Hush! that thing is by far one of the best bosses. but apparently delirium (afterbirth + only) is crap, idk why, because on a good run i can easily kill him and there arn't any sudden deaths, but i hear its bad (technically you are fighting every boss on your run, but their power is amplified and they attack and change faster the more you damage delirium).

over all, id say the afterbirth definitly changed the game, but i really dk, because im the guy who got handed afterbirth + from the start :/ i never tried rebirth, but looking at it, it has a pretty noticable load of stuff missing from afterbirth

it even adds in a new boss for the 3rd gameplay option: greed. (idk if you have it in rebirth, but im pointing out everything that surely will be added if you get the dlc)

it adds in some crazy items too. the Box of friends, apparently doubling your buddies, glass cannon (one shot almost anything or at least do a big amount of damage to bosses but it works vice versa), friendly ball (LITERALY POKEMON but you catch your enemies (not bosses but there is a mod for that XD)), mega blast (GIANT BRIMSTONE but its an item that needs charge, and is obtained pretty hard.) and there are a bunch of items in the dlc + too.

i'd really buy it to upgrade from the normal, but the way i hear it, buying the dlc + isn't much of a biggie, even though with the dlc + you get about double the amount of new items or something along the lines

[Acolyte]

srry if any of my suggestions are bad, since i only got given afterbirth + as my first binding of isaac on switch, and since then i've never been able to take it from rebirth and see if upgrading is worth :/

[rock]

Thanks for your comments everyone. I am definitely interested in getting the extra DLCs but I think I will get them on the next steam sale. I'm pretty sure rebirth will keep me occupied till then!

[YeahI'veGotTime]

I'm glad that you decided to get the dlc's, they are amazing imo. The dlc's will make the game "harder," but I don't really think that it is, I think that there's just more to the game. You get more enemy types and they can potentially do more damage, but just like the base game, you just need to learn the patterns from experience and it's basically the base game at that point with 2x content. I have a suggestion for you though to help with learning all the new items, external item descriptions mod and just pair that with the boi wiki, it helps find out great synergies or if the item might break your build (for greatness or death.) I hope that you enjoy the runs to come and that it goes on sale soon. (the game is all about knowledge of how to act and react, it gets easier once you learn more about everything and debug can be lots of fun for learning how items work together for you or even just to mess around and feel like a god every now and then...)

[Acolyte]

Originally posted by The Dragon Loli:

I'm glad that you decided to get the dlc's, they are amazing imo. The dlc's will make the game "harder," but I don't really think that it is, I think that there's just more to the game. You get more enemy types and they can potentially do more damage, but just like the base game, you just need to learn the patterns from experience and it's basically the base game at that point with 2x content. I have a suggestion for you though to help with learning all the new items, external item descriptions mod and just pair that with the boi wiki, it helps find out great synergies or if the item might break your build (for greatness or death.) I hope that you enjoy the runs to come and that it goes on sale soon. (the game is all about knowledge of how to act and react, it gets easier once you learn more about everything and debug can be lots of fun for learning how items work together for you or even just to mess around and feel like a god every now and then...)

fk im depressed that the switch version has no debug console...

:/ the closest thing to that is infinite basements. once you get that sorta op item called 'delirious' and infinite battery charges, you will soon have an army of bosses XD

also, in case anyone still ponders to get the dlc, i just realised the delirium boss as well as his most iconic item is just dlc and does not need the dlc +. Delirious (unlocked after beating the boss delirium once) has a long charge like the mega blast, but instead of blasting, it summons a white 'delirious' version of A BOSS. this includes THE HUSH, the game's hardest boss. it includes any boss in the GAME except from delirium itself (i think... though i've tested enough to know he isn't coming). there is even bugged kind of boss spawns for MOM and mega satan, and certainly moms heart.

(true story) one time, and this was the second time i got 'delirious', i was fighting the hush (of course, the game's new hardest boss, as i hear) and i used delirious on the exact stage and ANOTHER HUSH SPAWNED.
do ya know HOW COOL it is to have the game's hardest boss face ITSELF in a one-on-one fight? i didn't get to see the results though... ;-; i accidently left the run, despawning the other hush. but I DID GET A SCREENSHOT AND IT WAS AMAZING :D (srry nintendo switch only so i couldn't get it here ;-;)

[rock]

Originally posted by The Dragon Loli:

I'm glad that you decided to get the dlc's, they are amazing imo. The dlc's will make the game "harder," but I don't really think that it is, I think that there's just more to the game. You get more enemy types and they can potentially do more damage, but just like the base game, you just need to learn the patterns from experience and it's basically the base game at that point with 2x content. I have a suggestion for you though to help with learning all the new items, external item descriptions mod and just pair that with the boi wiki, it helps find out great synergies or if the item might break your build (for greatness or death.) I hope that you enjoy the runs to come and that it goes on sale soon. (the game is all about knowledge of how to act and react, it gets easier once you learn more about everything and debug can be lots of fun for learning how items work together for you or even just to mess around and feel like a god every now and then...)

Thanks for the tip! you are right the game gets easier when the more you play. i got my streak from -25 to 1 now!

[Acolyte]

Originally posted by BeetleBomb:

Originally posted by The Dragon Loli:

I'm glad that you decided to get the dlc's, they are amazing imo. The dlc's will make the game "harder," but I don't really think that it is, I think that there's just more to the game. You get more enemy types and they can potentially do more damage, but just like the base game, you just need to learn the patterns from experience and it's basically the base game at that point with 2x content. I have a suggestion for you though to help with learning all the new items, external item descriptions mod and just pair that with the boi wiki, it helps find out great synergies or if the item might break your build (for greatness or death.) I hope that you enjoy the runs to come and that it goes on sale soon. (the game is all about knowledge of how to act and react, it gets easier once you learn more about everything and debug can be lots of fun for learning how items work together for you or even just to mess around and feel like a god every now and then...)

Thanks for the tip! you are right the game gets easier when the more you play. i got my streak from -25 to 1 now!

:O i never gone past 2 XD