0 commentsĬult of the Lamb was reviewed on the PC platform with a code provided by the publisher.The Lamb is, as the name suggests, an anthropomorphic lamb with a pair of horns and a red fleece (although it can be changed to one of another color).
Cult of the Lamb expertly balances a number of different mechanics, themes, and gameplay styles to create a fiendishly good time, making this game a hauntingly fun escape.
The blend of gameplay styles also addresses some of the criticisms of both the roguelike genre and the farm management genres – runs are deliberately shorter so players can spend more time at the homestead, but the homestead isn't so much of a resource sink that players will feel they need to spend all their time cleaning up their camp instead of killing enemy cultists. The cute art style and comparisons to Hades and Animal Crossing: New Horizons will draw potential players in, but the game truly stands alone as its own experience with an intriguing story, a haunting score, and a world that grows more and more alive the longer you stay in it. The cute art style takes the edge off of the game's dark themes but at the same time enhances the horror when the Lamb's followers are used as unwilling pawns or as willing sacrifices to dark entities.Ĭult of the Lamb has the potential to be one of the next big indie hits. It's a game that acknowledges the power of religion while simultaneously criticizing it by using satire to show the strengths and dangers of blind faith. The farm management mechanics are a much needed change of pace from the fast paced roguelike combat bringing a reprieve from the dark themes of chained gods and betrayal. It'd be easy to call Cult of the Lamb a game of contrasting ideas and mechanics that work well together, but I feel that it finds complementary ideas and mechanics that pare well together. Players also have a variety of rituals they can use to keep their followers happy, ranging from taking followers as spouses to brainwashing followers using mushrooms to ritually sacrificing followers to gain new powers. If the cult's faith grows too low, dissent with start to ferment, which will require either forcible re-education to stamp out dissenters or a good ol' fashioned murder to silence doubters permanently. Followers will also deliver random quests, which range from collecting supplies from a specific area to pranking another follower by feeding them a bowl of poop. There's a lot of work that goes into keeping your Cult happy – daily Sermons must be delivered, meals must be made, and vomit and poop need to be cleaned up lest disease run rampant. Players will also have the option to switch out their weapons and curses randomly during the runs, with a benefit of the new weapons having a higher level and therefore a higher default strength.
The Lamb will also randomly find Tarot cards that provide extra buffs, such as increasing attack speeds or temporarily increasing their life during that run. The Lamb has two main resources during his Crusades – melee weapons with different strengths and attack speeds, and Curses that usually provide some sort of ranged attack but require Fervour dropped from enemies to recharge. Time in Cult of the Lamb is split evenly between Crusades and cult management. The obviously dark themes are balanced somewhat by the adorable art style of the game, with the wide-eyed Lamb leading his following in ritual chanting before suddenly levitating and presiding over a dark ritual where ichor flows from their blank eyes. By maintaining their cult's faith and tending to their earthly needs, the Lamb not only gains more power but also learns more about the strange entity they serve. Powered by their new god, the Lamb has to build a flock of loyal cultists while striking out on Crusades against the four bishops of the Old Faith, the religion that eradicated his kind and imprisoned The One Who Waits. Developed by Massive Monster, Cult of the Lamb is a "cult simulator" game in which players take control of a Lamb who is reborn as the prophet for an entity known only as The One Who Waits.
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