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Gonna be 100% honest here, I was not terribly interested in the original BOI, and I was torn about the news about its sequel being confirmed and on its way.

Fast forward a couple of months (and a few Northernlion BOI runs), and here I am writing a review about a sequel to a game I was not too familiar with. Putting it simple, I should have played the original game more. I legitimately like BOI:R.

Now for those of you who have made it this far into the review, let me break down what I personally think of eacha spect of the game. Starting off, we have the story at hand. Upon booting up the game, I was treated to a pixelated version of the original opening cutscene of BOI, essentially making it clear to me that BOI:R is more of a remake of the original game, rather than a sequel, which I don't mind. The same can be said about the rest of the game's story, which, again, is no problem to me. I'm here to play a rogue-like, not spend 40 hours trying to follow some kind of worthwhile re-imagining of the bible with only an hour's worth of gameplay. Moving on.

The graphical style of the game is vastly different from the original, both with the UI, and the game itself. The UI, instead of being a top-bar Legend of Zelda-style status menu, has been overhauled to show you your map, bombs, keys, health, etc. as a minimally-intrusive overlay, which I think works a lot better than the original UI style. The game, itself, has taken on a more pixelated version of the original game's art style, which I'm a bit torn about, but I can just turn the Filter Option on if it ever starts bothering me. Regardless of whether or not I use the filter, the lighting and particle effects will not change, and given how amazing they look (like, no joke), I honestly do not mind that at all.

Onto the gameplay, which I don't have too much to say about (he lied). The controls are basically the same, just with- OH MY GOD, NO MOUSE SUPPORT. INSTANT DISLIK- no. Honestly, I really like using the WASD and Arrow keys in BOI in general. The idea is to use them in perfect unison to "guide" your shots, especially around obstacles that prevent you from getting a clear, safe shot against an enemy that could easily wreck your crap. I personally think that adding mouse controls to the game would just take away that skillset-building process that added to the game's fun. What I do like about BOI:R over its original coutnerpart, is the various items, characters, rooms, and item combinations that have been added. Seriously, it's things like ORBITING BRIMSTONE LASERS that make the game more enjoyable. On top of the new content, you also have various challenges that you can unlock that let you play through the entire game under unique circumstances (Because there weren't enough life-stealing doors to begin with). Overall, I'd say it's a worthwhile improvement over the original game.

So to sum it all up, rather than call BOI:R a carbon-copy of the original game, I invite anyone who has read this far to give this game a try, just to see what they've done to improve the overall experience of getting killed by a drop of blood that came from a hulking huge mass of flesh, all because you're re-living a story from the Bible. The only thing I've had issues with, thus far, are occasional crashes. I've also read reviews from people who can't even boot the game up, but I'm confident that that will quickly be fixed. Otherwise, on that note, I'm gonna go murder everything in sight with Azazel.

So after playing this game on a much more powerful rig, I will say, despite all of the flaws, if you're interested in games that are as glitchy as the day is long, then this game's well worth a single dollar. You might want to load this onto a decently powerful rig, though.

I went into Warframe thinking it'd just be another ORION: Dino Horde.

It's alright.