![]() Rituals and doctrines are where the fun really begins. ![]() Sermons, rituals and doctrines will have to be implemented daily to ensure that followers stay loyal and don’t plan any mutinies. Lamb will have to maintain a high level of cult belief and feed the members of the flock daily. Duties must be carried out on behalf of or requested of your flock, but some may need your control as a leader. As a leader you will need to look after your flock, or perhaps torture them. No really, you can make your followers eat shit and die if you are having a bad day. Some may become more faithful if they fall unwell. Some followers may be harder to level up for example, or have less belief in you to begin with. Each follower will bring with it its own personality of positive and negative traits that will have an impact on how your cult operates. It sounds like I am making this sound so far like a shallow premise but that’s misleading as Cult of the Lambs management simulator has depth. When they arrive, you are to indoctrinate them and they are yours to play with as you wish. As a Cult leader you will need to obtain a following, and Lamb can do this by rescuing followers or even buying them off of NPC’s who have captured them. Let’s begin in the land of your own cult, the moment before we drink any kool-aid. Guiding you as the player through combat, follower collection and basic rules of becoming Jim Jones. This acts as the tutorial and is thorough in purpose. Along the way, you’ll meet Ratau, a guide who can help you escape the lands of the Old Faith. Using roll to dodge will temporarily immunise you from danger, whilst hitting is the hack and slash that players have come to love in rogue-likes. The mechanics of combat are simple, hit and roll. When slicing through foes, the DualSense and haptic feedback are joyous, reacting to every swing of your sword. Combat is immediately satisfying as you look to escape the very place of your demise. As the story progresses you learn more about ‘The One Who Waits’ and what you’ve signed up for.Ĭult of the Lamb divides its time equally between rogue-like dungeon crawler and management cult simulator. Lamb is gifted with the Red Crown and is now able to fight his way out of the dungeons that once acted as its sacrificial alter. Of course you accept this deal, as not accepting this deal is the equivalent of just shutting off your console. He asks you to start a cult in his name and live to tell a tale for another day. Whilst sacrificed into the afterlife, Lamb comes face to face with ‘The One Who Waits’, the dissented Bishop in question offering Lamb a deal of a lifetime. Sacrificing you, this ensures a dissented bishop below is condemned to eternal captivity, preserving the ‘Old Faith’ as they know it. Lamb stands before four powerful evil bishops about to succumb to being… well…. ![]() The story for Cult of The Lamb starts pretty simply and isn’t complicated to follow. ![]()
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