I want to love this game so much, I have almost completed the game 100% and now I just feel miserable playing it.

This game is a revolutionary fun experience for the first 20-30 hours before it develops into an actual nightmare, anyone who loves to complete games and go for 100% just fight the urge and stop playing after the black stake difficulty, it is just mindless restarting to finally get a jackpot.

this games "difficulty" appears to be in an attempt to make the player feel as if they aren't breezing through the different stakes, but that just misses the entire point of the game.
becoming more knowledgeable is this games method of becoming "better", just like in most roguelikes, I can easily win every single run in The binding of isaac because I understand and have learnt game mechanics. after the black stake difficulty this game just revolves around becoming lucky, and increasing this needed luck ever more slightly. your "skill" now just increases your *odds* of winning, instead of making you win because you made smart decisions.

The developer has no clue as to how to balance the game whatsoever outside of just a "ruin a specific build and make you lose on the spot" mechanic in bosses instead of making the bosses seem "fair" or actually making them challenge your build. instead if they hit you, they basically instantly end your run, no questions asked. add to the fact that most of the time (99%) you will not be able to pivot your run because you already spent most your time building for a specific build. this basically forces you into 2 specific builds that rarely, if ever get countered in order to ensure you dont get unlucky and lose because the rng didn't roll in your favor.

the challenges were fun and actually made you approach the game in a different way instead of adding "difficulty" through sheer annoyance and having you just rely on luck more often than not.

the game is in a "better" state relative to what it was in the launch, but it's current system is still abhorrent.

the steam awards are holding me hostage, please send help

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