[Smiling Spectre]

Originally Posted by twillight

1) NONE knows what the items do, as they are all just random shapeless blobs, and there are a multitude of 'em.

Wrong. Unlike conventional roguelike, all your items, with one exception, does the same thing each time. This exception is pills - you need to ignore them or gamble, of course. Of course, _you_, as player, don't know what all this items does initially, and presumably it's enticed you to learn it all by experience. It works for me. It seems, it doesn't work for you. Sorry.

2) portal. You know? fokin' force of nature thing. Spanws infinite number of enemies. Can't get in melee range because of the spawns. Many times can't hit from range 'cause passage is blocked. Some rotating whirlwind-from-above icon.

Huh. Seems, it's latest addition. I extensively played first part, and moderately - second. Didn't play DLCs at all, because I was quite tired of the game already at the time. There wasn't any portals before. %) Ok, I'll look forward to see it.

3) There are no blue hearts. There are only red, grey, and black hearts, black and grey being the exact same as far as I can tell.

Matter of perception. I percept your grey as metallic blue. Same thing, of course.

As I said, they are different in matter of it's removing. Grey are simply shields. Black are explosive shields that hurts enemies each time they broke.

4) Azazel actualy has ZERO (red) hearts, and 3 unregeneratable hearts. That-1 is misleading to the merrit you can start the game. Not much else though of course.

I believe, it's really -1 (didn't pay attention though). In matter that first time when you'll add extra hearts, it will be zero for first one, and +1 heart only when you'll get +2. Wild guess though.

5) ye. I usualy did this method:
- look for chest
- grumbled, because have no key, and chest-room's door is locked
- look for boss' room
- die because some stupid mob, and because the item from the chest ruined my already weak attacking skills

Um, there are several types of chests: only gold requires keys, all others are not.

6) fires and dung have 1 coin with like 1:10 chance. I'd need 55+ coins in one run to unlock a character, and 15-25 per level to buy stuff in the shop. I usualy die on lvl 3-4 with 3-15 coins.

Actually, there are three types of coins, for 1, 5 and 10 gold per coin. While last ones are quite rare, +5 was fairly common for me.

7) this pile of shit is NOT a game. It is a half-assed product of a shithead, whose only distinction from people like katheleen kennedy that he/they don't call their customers racist-sexist trash.

As for me, it's quite standard roguelike game, with simpler and more transparent rule than usual though. I used to games where _everything_ you find is random.

I believe, you perceive it wrong. This game intended to entice exploring and research. This sort of games (roguelikes, I mean) assumes that you like diversity, like to explore new things and receive new knowledge. And like to experiment too. If you are not, well, you always can have Wiki open and consult it with every found item - or not play, if it's not fun for you.

If you still want to give this game it's chance, I can add another advice not clearly mentioned: experiment. Blow up everything suspicious, from shopkeepers to unusual stones. There are also secret rooms here and there, discovered by some items or blowing at the possible exit. Check special rooms and unusual traps (sacrifice room come in the mind, with spikes in the center and nothing more). It's expected to die a lot initially, until you learn the rules - and it's expected to be fairly easy then. Well, at least initially.

QUESTION: why none discusses Isaac's twin? Or was it a simple sibling?

As first game shown, there are _a lot_ of possible siblings. Of course, all maze looks like Hell reference, but I imagine that all human-like abominations in cellars are mutated siblings - or Isaac incarnations from previous worlds. And one or several (I forgot friendly siblings too. Seems, Isaac was far from the first affected child of this infernal Mom.