7 Video Games That Let You Fight The Developers

7. Ultra Pride - The Binding Of Isaac

They say that pride comes before a fall, and I think it's safe to say that we all fell pretty hard for The Binding Of Isaac when it dropped in 2011. It was clear that Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl were a creative team to be reckoned with as the title dripped with so much passion that it was making the carpet go all soggy.

Around the same time, the pair agreed to take part in a documentary called "Indie Game: The Movie" which detailed the trials and many, many tribulations the pair went through to get Super Meat Boy to market. And while it was clear the pair loved what they were doing, it was also abundant that their excessive work cycle and perfectionist attitudes were also becoming a detriment to their mental and physical wellbeing.

The pair have gone on record before to state that Pride was true "their sin", and that they would be unable to move on from issues that arose in development until they were solved, leading to delays and more late nights.

Therefore, as a sort of homage to their own pain, McMillen placed a mini-boss called "Ultra Pride" which is based on their own suffering. McMillen is the larger body and Florian is the floating wisp that battles with him.

It's almost like witnessing an exorcism take place when battling the pair, which can spawn randomly in place of the regular Pride mini-boss, as it's their worst qualities and fears given life for the player to do away with.

Further adding to battle, if you killed McMillen before Florian, there's a 50% chance it'll drop the Left-Hand item, a reference to the creator's left-handed writing preference.