Introduction 引言
Binding of Isaac does not follow the normal format of a story. We are not given a clear narrative and the game has many endings which to the average player might seem completely random and confusing. However to get any sense of story, you have to put the pieces together yourself. Beware, there are spoilers in this analysis.
【以撒的结合】并不遵循一般故事的叙事方法。它并没给我们一个清晰的解释,游戏的多个结局在多数玩家看来也几乎是随机而莫名的。为了理解故事,你必须自己拼凑线索。因此,这篇分析也可能存在谬误。
On the surface it may look like an average comedic indie game. Many of the elements in the game such as shooting poop for items, a boss that urinates himself and shooting tears as weapons are indeed hilarious as they are intended to be. But Binding of Isaac does have a serious side to the story past its black humor.
从表面上看,它可能像是个普通的搞笑独立游戏。游戏里的许多元素着实如作者所设计的一般荒谬至极,比如射烂大便来获取道具;尿自己一脸的BOSS;射出眼泪来攻击。不过【以撒的结合】在这黑色幽默之下,也有它严肃的一面。
Right from the name you can tell the main themes of the game is religion. The Binding of Isaac is a biblical story in which God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith. This ties into the game, as the narrator for the first portion of the game tells us how Isaac's mother hears a "voice from God" to sacrifice her son in the same way. However we are shown later on when we beat the game the first time, that Isaac's mother trying to kill him and being stopped by God is simply a story he made up in his drawings because in the next scene we see his mother still alive through his door.
从名字你可以看出,这游戏的主题是宗教。【以撒的结合】是一个圣经故事。故事里上帝命令亚伯拉罕牺牲自己的儿子以表忠心。这跟游戏剧情也有关联。游戏开局的旁白给我们讲述了以撒的妈妈如何听到“上帝的声音”,让她以同样的方式献上自己的儿子。不过不久后,当我们第一次打败妈腿的时候,我们却发现,“以撒的妈妈想杀他,却被上帝阻止”的情节是以撒在画中虚拟的。因为下一个场景我们就看到门的那边,他的妈妈仍然活着。
So we are left on a cliffhanger, not knowing whether Isaac's mom is actually going to kill him or not. But the story for the first part of the game shows that Isaac has a very low opinion of her. He dislikes, possibly even hates his mother and fears her.
所以故事又有了新的悬念,我们并不知道以撒的妈妈是不是真的要杀了他。但是故事的第一部分显示,以撒一点都不喜欢他妈妈。他讨厌,甚至说是恨并害怕她。
So is this all there is to it? A game where you play as isaac and fight his mom in his imaginary world? Well we will get to that ahead.
于是这就是全部了吗?这是个玩家扮演以撒,在他想象的世界里与他妈妈战斗的游戏?我们在下文继续分析。
Depression and Abuse 压抑与欺侮
Isaac in many scenes often has a cheerful expression and often behaves in whacky or comedic ways. But we are shown constantly through the game Isaac curled up into a ball remembering traumatic moments from his life. Even one of his main weapons in the game is tears of sadness.
许多场景里的以撒经常带着笑脸,举止怪诞而搞笑。不过我们在游戏一直看到以撒缩成一团,回忆他人生中的一些悲剧时刻的样子。就连他的主要武器之一也是伤心的泪水。
The image below shows isaac being rejected by a girl he likes:
下面的图片是以撒被他喜欢的姑娘拒绝
The next image shows Isaac being Isaac excidedly opening a present only to find poop inside. Which might explain why in his imaginary world, Isaac uses his tears to destroy every poop he finds:
下一张是以撒兴奋地打开礼物盒却发现里面是一坨大便。这大概解释了为什么在他的假想世界里,以撒用眼泪来摧毁任何一坨他能找到的便便。
Lastly, the following image shows isaac being given a wig with girls hair by his mom, another reason why Isaac might dislike his mother and possibly hints that mom wanted isaac to be a girl when she gave birth to him, not a boy. This might explain why isaac is mistreated:
最后一张是以撒的妈妈送了他一顶女式假发,又一个以撒可能讨厌他妈妈的理由。这也很可能暗示他妈妈想生的是个女儿,而不是以撒,一个男孩儿。这也是以撒被虐待的可能原因。