It is simply the sound of our gracious sacrifice, offering thanks to the dark gods. It all looks like it’s coming together to make this a memorable, solid title.Īnd if you hear a goat bleating in the cold, dark air tonight, worry not, young follower. It’s great to see that it is not all combat, the story is solid, and there is a resource management aspect to the game to mix things up. And to see it finally so close to fruition is something for which we duly thank all dark gods and demons. Final ThoughtsĬult Of The Lamb is a title we have been looking forward to for a long time. The musical score gives momentum to the game, enhancing combat experiences and adding a lot to the atmosphere. The soundtrack has a hard-to-place Asian influence and is spooky and dark while also being quite light-hearted. Even when in combat arenas, you’ll be carefully cutting grass to take back to the colony to use for building your thatched cottages. This is because the resource gathering is functional and well integrated amongst the other game dynamics. Like the combat, chopping down trees or breaking down rocks feels enjoyable and meaningful. Which… I guess that is kind of the point of the game! It really feels like you’re building your own little cult. Choosing the color, species, and names of your followers, as well as their traits giving buffs and de-buffs, is surprisingly deep and fun. Plus, with more weapons and combos available as the game progresses, fighting will likely feel a lot more fresh as you charge forward into that demon-infested fray.īut if the combat lacks variety, the resource management certainly doesn’t. So fighting off lesser demons and bosses always feels satisfying, despite it being pretty basic overall. However, combat always feels about as tight and snappy as an indestructible elastic band. There is a simple attack, no block, and various special charged attacks. Gameplay is divided between combat and resource gathering to build your follower base.Ĭombat is pretty standard fare for a rogue-lite and within the demo seems pretty basic. Cult of the Lamb has a distinctive aesthetic and style in how it is presented, which adds a lot to the enjoyment. The 2D hand-drawn-on-paper visuals look gorgeous in this 3D world. This is an entertaining world to inhabit, and we can’t wait to delve deeper into this world on the game’s full release. Think Happy Tree Friends with a satanist theme, and you’re just about there. The world of Cult Of The Lamb is a beautifully crafted one, perfectly balancing the occultly macabre occult with the light-hearted and cute. Everything feels coherent, dark, and fun. Suffice to say that the story is clever, concise, creative, and a perfect backdrop to the gameplay. A beneficent demon? Who knows, Cult Of the Lamb is hardly a morally fibrous game, so let’s leave morals aside, shall we? A good god, for want of a more morally precise phrase.īecause it isn’t really a god, so much as a demon. The story goes that your character, a lowly little lamb, was prepared for sacrifice but offered their life back in the afterlife if they swear allegiance to a different god, fighting against all the others.
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