
I don’t think I would have ever figured out that passive collectibles like the Acid Baby drops pills after every two rooms, or that the Tonsil trinket has a small chance to summon a familiar that can block enemy shots without looking it up. It's best to imagine both as two sides of the same coin that you can enjoy independent of one another.As helpful as this info is, Afterbirth+ still relies on external wiki sources if you want to get more detailed information on what items actually do. I will say that Antibirth actually has more content and changes the game more spectacularly than Afterbirth+, and is certainly worth playing in its' own right - however, I do feel Afterbirth+ has added things that thematically make sense, as in it fits into the lore of the game, whereas Antibirth (with things like mine levels, which really don't fit the game) does not do as well. One minor note - to compare this game to the fan-made expansion Antibirth. It's worth the money, and it's a fitting send-off for a fantastic game. All that said, Afterbirth+ will not change your mind if you were not a fan of the games before it, but you will love it if you are an existing fan - which given this is an expansion is just fine.

Due to not reading spoilers (and I'm doing my very best not to give any away here), reaching the culmination of the game for the first time was an experience to remember - one of the most creative and shocking encounters I've yet witnessed in a video game.

However, the further you go down the rabbit hole, the crazier things become, with new enemy patterns to learn, new items to work out and a whole new character with a very unique active item to master. Initially, it doesn't seem like much has changed, with the lower floors feeling like a minor expansion rather than anything meaningful.

Afterbirth+ manages to thematically build on the outstanding foundations laid for it by Rebirth and Afterbirth, with spellbinding and Afterbirth+ manages to thematically build on the outstanding foundations laid for it by Rebirth and Afterbirth, with spellbinding and horrifying new features dragging us back into the basement for hundreds of hours more.
