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The Binding of Isaac’s huge new expansion, Afterbirth, is coming to PC on October 30, with a console release to follow. That’s according to the game’s creator, Edmund McMillen, who also claims the DLC adds “100+ hours” of gameplay.
Highlights include a “new way to play,” called Greed Mode, a new ending, and a daily challenge mode.
The add-on isn’t currently available for pre-order, but once it is, McMillen says customers who take up the option will receive a “considerable price reduction”.
The full list of Afterbirth’s features can be found below, courtesy of an official blog post.
- Greed Mode: a whole new game mode with a heavy focus on risk/reward that is a completely new way to play featuring new endings and a final boss.
- Expanded main game: a new final area has been added to the main game along with another new final boss and ending.
- Daily Runs: compete for highscore / best time on the leader boards in these daily seeded runs.
- 10 totally new and awesome challenges
- 1000+ new rooms, as well as new tiny rooms, closets and giant arching hallways.
- a totally new playable character, Lilith, mother of demons.
- 120 new items! not counting tons of new pickups, chests, pills, bombs, cards etc. taking the item count up beyond 525!
- 4 new alternate chapters with new chapter specific enemy types, visual themes, and surprises.
- a new seed code combo page, as well as a butt ton of new seed codes that mod the game.
- a greatly expanded soundtrack!
- new room types like, trap rooms, double treasure rooms, and ultra rare closets!
- a greatly expanded and updated hud system
- tons of new secret transformations
- 8 new bosses
- 25+ new enemies
- updated item combo system
- far too many new achievements
- 20 million new co-op babies
Source: bindingofisaac.com
