It’s hard to be afraid of the encroaching Necromorph menace when you’re practically invincible and have enough ammo to do your best Rambo impersonation every time a writhing mass of tentacles bursts out of the nearest crevice. I’ll concede that some of this blame might lie at my feet because I wasn’t constantly buying new guns, but I had maximum health and high armour by the halfway point of the game, and for almost the entire game I was carting around an industrial-sized bin bag full of ammunition and health packs. No, the game unbalanced this enough without them. Which probably explains why I stuck to my guns (pun absolutely intended) from about the halfway point on. Of course, only having the two weapon slots (even if they roughly equate to four, thanks to the altfire) does also mean that you might be a bit more reticent to swap weapons out once you have a decent set, particularly when you factor in that ammo is universal so you’re never forced to swap because you’re running low on something. So that’s a neat touch, not least because it’s one that turns Isaac’s engineering prowess into something that actually has an impact on gameplay.

Each frame lets you attach two tools, so – to take both of those examples – if you want an assault rifle with an underslung flamethrower, it’s probably possible. Want a flamethrower? Then you’ll want to swap out the military engine for something flammable.

As an example, a two-handed military engine with a standard tip is an assault rifle, but replace the tip and it’s a shotgun.

Pick a one-handed or two-handed frame, select what sort of thing it should fire, and then select a tip. For instance: you’re now only able to carry two weapons at a time, but you can create them from scratch. The other Big New Things – primarily weapon-crafting and side-quests – impact the game a lot more, in both positive and negative ways.

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