Build bedding for each newly indoctrinated member, build sights of worship to allow your flock to pray and generate Divine Inspiration, build farms to grow crops, and continue to upgrade and expand through a tech tree. Managing hunger, faith, and sickness will be a priority as you try and keep your flock satisfied. It’s as if your Animal Crossing village was flung into an alternate, ungodly dimension.Īs you play the game the day will constantly progress and your followers’ needs will shift. Watching your homestead grow with structures and followers who walk around gathering resources, praying, and chatting amongst one another is dreadfully endearing. You can name your followers which can help you grow an attachment, but be careful, as these characters can dissent against you, die of old age, be sacrificed to increase your power, and ultimately face various untimely ends. New followers will be recruited as you play, and each is represented by an animal or otherwordly critter. Your homestead is where you’ll spend a good portion of your time, watching as your flock grows and diligently works to build your cult from humble beginnings to something extraordinary.
The audio design keeps up more than amicably as well, with every dark action punctuated by an appropriate sound effect, and atmospheric-yet-catchy music setting the mood for every combat sequence and action on screen.Ĭult of the Lamb’s gameplay borrows from many points of inspiration but brings them all together in a way that feels uniquely different. Just as captivating from your first indoctrination until the moment credits roll, Cult of the Lamb’s visual design and well-defined theme gives it so much personality. Unwavering in its cultist depictions, the game excels at creating its own dark-yet-endearing vibe and refuses to back down from that portrayal. Cute meets evil is the general aesthetic choice, with adorable woodland critters frequently being sacrificed, imprisoned, or harvested for meat. 2D setpieces make up the game’s characters and environmental design, like a satanic Paper Mario. Immediately striking is Cult of the Lamb’s visuals and stylistic flair. As the lamb, you’ll build up your own following as a cult leader, develop your township with new buildings of worship and amenities, and venture off into the land of the false prophets where you’ll bring death to the four Heretics who first attempted to slay you. The last of its kind, the lamb’s fate is reversed as they become a vessel for The One Who Waits, a death-like figure who uses the lamb to bring the reign of the false prophets to an end. Go forth young Lamb, for the Heretics of this world must be brought to an end.Ĭult of the Lamb kicks off with our lamb protagonist saved from the grips of death by a powerful force. Half roguelike and half colony sim, Cult of the Lamb is a unique blend of gameplay genres that works to create an addictive gameplay loop whilst adhering strictly to its thematic choices.
Cult of the Lamb tasks players with building up their flock, indoctrinating new followers, and taking control of their destiny as they fight back against fate with dark rituals and ungodly sacraments. From sacrificial lamb to all-powerful conduit of a chained being known only as ‘The One Who Waits’.
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