The game play setting is quiet varied, with each level (eight in all) featuring randomly generated dungeons and enemies and over a hundred power up items and points. The game provides a thought provoking viewpoint into Isaac's emotional state during the various loading points, showing the boy curled up in a ball crying and his thoughts are depicted visually, showing his fear of his own death and upset at his mother's perceived rejection of him. Finally, in a grim reenactment of the Book of Genesis narrative of Abraham and Isaac, the mother hears a divine call to sacrifice the boy with a butchers knife. In response to the heavenly instruction, the mother removes Isaac's toys, games consoles and eventually his clothes, before locking him in his room to ensure further protection from the evil in the world.
It is during a particularly fiery televangelist broadcast that Isaac's mother receives what she assumes is a divine call to save her son from the sin that is besetting and corrupting him. Six year old Isaac amuses himself by playing with his toys and drawing pictures, while his mother watches televangelist programs.
The game is set in the isolated house of a religiously devout single mother and her son Isaac, who generally keep to themselves. Its presentation is similar to the classic "Legend of Zelda" However, its narrative and story line exploring religious and child abuse themes give "The Binding of Isaac" a unique and dark meta narrative which games generally avoid. This 2011 action role playing game is a top down 2D dungeon crawler game, in which players explore the dungeons in Isaac's basement.
Emotionally wrenching 2D dungeon crawler rework of the Biblical narrative.
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