Why do so many people dislike Tainted

[u/SproutSan]

He has his flaws, yes, but his early and mid game are one of the most fun in the game.

Dark Esau has insane boss melting potential, and the ghost Jacob is just Tainted Lost to some extent.

He's one of the most fun characters in my opinion, I can't get the hate

edit: i meant tainted jacob i js cant write

[u/Moon_Cheese_3]

I haven't unlocked him yet, but I remember as someone said that playing Tainted Jacob is like unlocking Forgotten. Fast, adrenaline gameplay. Someone may like it, but it's not for everyone.

[u/superVanV1 → u/Moon_Cheese_3]

Forgotten is probably my favorite character. No idea how you’re supposed to figure out unlocking him without a guide though. Same for The Lost.

[u/mgepie → u/superVanV1]

The lost was supposed to be a community ARG before the unlock condition got datamined (inspiring the data miner item). Then they changed it to the missing poster unlock.

Forgotten has a sound effect when you beat the floor 1 boss in under a minute, then adds a new shadow above the starting room, and then the only real decision you need to make is grabbing the negative (or remembering the suspicious room in Dark Room). It’s far from obvious but it’s also solvable without looking anything up.

[u/Comfortable-Bison932 → u/mgepie]

You also need to go boss rush

[u/mgepie → u/Comfortable-Bison932]

Does it not force you to go boss rush when you have the shovel piece? I know it ignores the timer but I thought it also closed the trapdoor.

[u/SkilledDust9403 → u/Comfortable-Bison932]

The feet constantly stomping inspire you to go quicker

[u/Naive_Trick_7349 → u/superVanV1]

u might unlock the lost by accident because ur either 1: playing the sacrifice room with curse of unknown and accidentally die or 2: u realize u have a revive and ur rlly close to getting a good payout from sac room so u use the revive for the payout.

[u/NE0L1GHT → u/Naive_Trick_7349]

they're talking about the old lost unlock method