At 3am UK time on Wednesday morning, my iPhone buzzed furiously as news spread that The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth [$14.99] had finally launched on the App Store. After what seemed like months of drama, anticipation and hype on our forums, such a sudden and unexplained release felt particularly fitting for The Binding of Isaac's turbulent development cycle, but thankfully it's now out and, according to our five star review, a rather excellent port to boot. Many people have also left glowing reviews for The Binding of Isaac on our forum thread, however the most frequently asked questions amongst gamers in our community have been how the port shapes up to the PC, 3DS, and PS Vita interactions of the title. While a small minority have taken issue with the perceived lack of precision with the controls, most TouchArcade forum members have been greatly impressed by how The Binding of Isaac has transitioned to mobile devices.
To kick off the positive reception to The Binding of Isaac, forum stalwart Metalcasket was glowing in his praise for the performance of the game on his iPhone SE. He describes the controls as 'buttery smooth', and despite the obvious lack of screen space for the portrait mode on Apple's smallest device, sums up the port as a '10/10 effort'. Luckystrikeguy shares similar sentiments, and claims he hasn't encountered any crashes, and that on his iPhone 6 the game runs 'flawlessly'. Controls are 'about as good as anyone can expect for touch controls' and, in comp...