NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT? A game that puts the 'cult' into 'cutlet'
EXPECT TO PAY $25
DEVELOPER Massive Monster
PUBLISHER Devolver Digital
REVIEWED ON GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 8 GB RAM
MULTIPLAYER No LINK cultofthelamb.com
At first, it looks like this is going to be a remarkably short game. Things start with you, as a cowering little lamb, being led to your death as a sacrifice. Within ten minutes however, you’ve already exacted violent revenge on your would-be murderers and pledged your adorable allegiance to the mysterious being that returned you to the land of the living. You start a cult of your own; a cult where all the members are super-cute creatures.
This is Animal Crossing if Tom Nook craved power instead of money. The first half of the game involves growing, caring for, and – of course – indoctrinating your cult. You’ll need to take care of the basics before getting too ambitious, though. Your adorable little cultists need food to eat, places to sleep, and somewhere to poop. Don’t give them that last one, and they’ll just do it wherever they feel like it in the field you’re developing. Well, they are animals, after all.
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