Cult of the Lamb

Australian indie game Cult of the Lamb 'ticks every box'. It's releasing on Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox and P...

There are also some nasty meals and food requests from followers that had me laughing, but also felt a bit sick to the stomach. Oh, and it was also a great way to get a bit of extra coin in the game. When it comes to farming, you start off with the basics, unlocking different kinds of crops along the way. There are dozens of meals on the menu. The followers will help you grow your camp into a village by doing your every bidding. Roll, slash, and cast curses at your enemies until the room is clear. So be prepared to clean up some special kinds of mess. Along your journey, you'll find new resources, from farming seeds to lumber, gold and stone. You must start a cult and grow a following in its name. She hated the thought of sacrificing a cute, wide-eyed animal for evil gain. Your followers, once saved, can be named and have their appearance customised. Did you ever see Happy Tree Friends in the early 2000s?

Your gathered resources aside, managing your flock and the moral decisions made don't ever really seem to have an impact on your holy crusade. It really does, ...

Ultimately, I think Cult of the Lamb is a great example of flipping the power fantasy concept on its head, framing that thrilling pursuit of all-conquering omnipotence through the eyes of a once-hapless lamb is a stroke of genius. Cult of the Lamb has four distinct areas, each with its own theme, safeguarded by a pious bishop. Whether you’re putting the finishing touches on your temple, or declaring doctrines to help you further exploit the cult’s devotees, Cult of the Lamb’s upgrade paths and economies are all accessible and straightforward—though they’re all driven by maintaining the faith of your flock. Not only does Cult of the Lamb borrow its cutesy juxtaposition of sweet and savagery from The Binding of Isaac, much of its roguelike combat feels inspired by it too. It has an anthropomorphic animal lead and dynamite combat that, in a lot of ways, feels like an homage of sorts to a title of old. Massive Monster’s Cult of the Lamb has all the makings to emerge as the Death’s Door of this year.

Cult of the Lamb merges the best parts of a roguelike with all the charms of a real-time simulation game in a delightfully macabre ceremony you don't want ...

The bulk of its focus is instead on the acquisition and transfer of power--as well as how easy it is to lose it. All of these elements come together to solidify Cult of the Lamb as a standout title in both the roguelike and simulation genres, as well as a one-of-a-kind entry that exists in the middle of them. Despite how many pieces and systems there are in Cult of the Lamb, they come together in complete cohesion. Beyond the stretches of your compound are a few other special locations, with both a dice and fishing mini-game tucked away in them. For example, one of these categories is life and death, and poses queries about how you wish for your followers to view dying. Sure, you might be a violent, pseudo-dictator at the head of a budding theocracy, but you have a fair bit of control over how you treat the people who follow you. While Cult of the Lamb has a fair amount of options that make it more approachable, it is inherently a fast-paced and challenging game. While you might be on the top of the social hierarchy, let's just say it doesn't quite feel that way when you are serving your cultists meals and scooping up piles of bodily fluids. Cult of the Lamb couples two popular genres and smartly avoids their potential pitfalls while showcasing the best things they bring to the table. If you do find the game getting easier for you--or are feeling overly challenged and need a breather--you can change the difficulty back and forth at will. From this point, the game divides into two main sections: exploring dungeons and managing your cult, both of which are closely tied to one another. Nine times out of 10, being a lamb led to the slaughter is not the best position to find yourself in.

Cult Of The Lamb has you play as a sacrificial lamb turned cult leader, indebted to the god that saved them from death. Despite this, playing the game was ...

Cult of the Lamb is so inspired and enticing in the beginning, but it feels crushed under the weight of its own ambition. Luckily, at this point I had beaten enough side quests and gathered enough resources to buy and brute force my way to the final battle, but as of writing, my save is still broken in the postgame. Cult Of The Lamb starts to consider its own complexity, and like a robot seeing its own reflection, the results are pretty haywire. It became a repetitive slog to maintain a sense of peace, especially when I’d run out of reasons to do so, like the allure of new upgrades or the criteria of side quests. Cult Of The Lamb has you play as a sacrificial lamb turned cult leader, indebted to the god that saved them from death. At around three-quarters of the way through I noticed villagers starting to clump in areas and refusing to work. Cult Of The Lamb makes a fantastic first impression, and is a true chimera of inspiration that manages to squeeze multiple genres into one engaging gameplay loop. The day-to-day cult maintenance quickly becomes taxing once you’ve conquered even a third of the upgrade tree. It took me 61 days of cult management to find the credits, and the first half was a care-free thrill ride. Maverick dissidents like Bepis were also missed, but instead of a proper burial, their bones became the bread that fuelled the rest of the unit into hours of lumber harvesting and worship. Here there are four major dungeons that you have to fight through, each with access gated by the amount of followers you’ve collected. You play as a sacrificial lamb turned cult leader, indebted to the god that saved them from death.

Cult of the Lamb, developed by Melbourne-based studio Massive Monster, is a very special game, and an exquisite addition to any library.

Cult of the Lamb is cute, silly, and morbid, and it knows it. All in all, Cult of the Lamb is an enormous and enriching gameplay experience that has so much to do without feeling like you can’t do it all. However, similarly to the rest of the game, I got better and better at it. It also gives you more of a reason to search every nook and cranny of every room in these dungeons, which can then lead you to find the Tarot Cards in the game. The combat and dungeon crawling of Cult of the Lamb is simple yet effective. The combat aspect of Cult of the Lamb was surprisingly difficult, even on Normal mode. Cult of the Lamb can be stressful at first, but it gets you into the swing of managing a cult very quickly without overwhelming you. It’s also integral to growing your cult and progressing through the game. Cult of the Lamb is not afraid to play with gross concepts. The ability to name and customise your followers is one of the many things that makes Cult of the Lamb so special. I finished Cult of the Lamb in about 18 hours on Day 90. Of course, when you are presented with a game concept that sounds great, it’s just the beginning.

Reviews for Cult of the Lamb--a game that is equal parts adorable and disturbing--have gone live at a number of outlets. A combination of roguelike gameplay ...

Looking for the Cult of the Lamb release time? Here's when you can expect to play the cutesy cult-creating game on Steam for each of the different time ...

If you're eager to get a headstart on founding your furry cult, see our followers (opens in new tab), doctrines (opens in new tab), or our Cult of the Lamb tips (opens in new tab) guides. Here's the full list of times for when you can expect to play on Steam: "This is Animal Crossing if Tom Nook craved power instead of money" is what we called it in our Cult of the Lamb review (opens in new tab), and to be honest, that sounds pretty fun.

Each crusade begins and ends with a series of random rooms full of enemies, and you'll be able to pick a random weapon and magic curse at the start. In between ...

After defeating one, you can choose to return to your base or keep going with another randomly generated crusade back to back - or you can destroy one of the bishop’s statues to find a teleport pad to face them again. The more you unlock, the more you can swap between as you wait for one to refresh, and the more options you’ll have to remedy specific problems. Should you fall in battle, you’ll be resurrected back home but lose much of the items you gained, and your followers will lose faith. You can also equip different kinds of attire from quest rewards - but be prepared to play by some different rules to make them work in your favor. The highlight of your cult is definitely the Temple. It’s where you can lead your flock into and perform a variety of actions that can help you - both around the site, and while you’re off crusading. - As you progress further into the game, basic lumber and stone won’t be able to cut it - but you can build a Refinery to consecrate materials into better versions. Not only does it let you grow in power for Crusading, but it will also raise the faith of your followers, and increase their loyalty by a bit, too. - Soon into your cult building, you can learn how to build a Farm Plot. These are essential for keeping your loyalists fed, but you’ll need to find some seeds to start, then make sure each seed is planted and watered. The lifeblood of your Cult (whether you like it or not), Followers serve many purposes, but come with their own set of rules you’ll need to know if you want to get the most out of them. A level up will give you a burst of Devotion - but higher level Followers will also perform better at certain tasks you can assign them to. When you first begin in Cult of the Lamb, you won’t have much to work with, but things will only get bigger and more complex as you play. Cult of the Lamb is essentially a mix of two game genres that intertwine so that you’ll often be dividing your time equally between the two - and for good reason.

From combat strategies to learning how to manage your Followers, these tips will help you get started in Cult Of The Lamb.

Most of all, sacrificing Followers is essential, whether you're offering them to The One That Waits or giving them over to eldritch beings in exchange for boons. Many players (myself included) start Cult Of The Lamb thinking they're going to be a "good" cult leader. At minimum, you should find and speak with Clauneck on each map to get a free Tarot Card draw, and (later in the game) pay for an extra while you're there. While most extra rooms contain enemies or lesser treasures, you'll occasionally be blessed with better equipment or a free set of Tarot Cards. This won't happen every time, but it's just frequent enough to always make it worth your time to check. At the end of the day, there are only two ways to avoid damage in Cult Of The Lamb. The first is to simply kill your opponents before they strike. Try to do all of your Blessings before giving the day's Sermon, as any Followers that level up from your Blessing will provide more power during their Temple visit.

Most of this is fairly straight-forward. All you'll need to do is examine an empty farming plot with vegetable seeds in your inventory. This will open up a menu ...

Hopefully this helps you make the most of your Cult of the Lamb farming activities. This is done through the Divine Inspiration skill tree, which is integral to your Cult of the Lamb farming endeavors. This can lead to hunger among your Followers, a loss of Faith in your cult and even dissention if the starvation persists. Once you have the necessary Divine Inspiration points, all you need to do is interact with your hub area's central statue and then select the facilities you want to unlock. That's why we've constructed this Cult of the Lamb farming guide to walk you through everything you need to know about the gameplay mechanic. After that, you can interact with the plot two more times - once to water the plot and again to apply fertilizer to it if you have poop in your inventory.

Gameplay is split between roguelike dungeon-crawling and managing your flock and cult grounds. In each crusade through the procedurally generated dungeons, or ...

If you have a dark sense of humor, “Cult of the Lamb” might scratch that itch. You assign tasks to your followers to gather resources and maintain the property, similar to how you would with the Harvest Sprites in Harvest Moon games. Perform rituals using the bones from the desecrated bodies of your slain enemies to make your followers work faster or starve for days without losing faith. Slaying demons in the lands of the Old Faith feels like fighting on a slip and slide. A lack of variety in both level and enemy design makes its dungeon-crawling portions a slog. Four eldritch deities of something called the “Old Faith” order their followers to execute you, speaking cryptically about preventing a prophecy.

Our Cult of the Lamb guides will tell you what you need to know to succeed and win in this action roguelike dungeon crawler.

This map shows the route that you will take to get to the boss. Fortunately, you're not entirely stuck with what you have -- you may be able to pick up a new weapon in one of the rooms as a random event. Cult of the Lamb Starter Guide The One Who Waits will give you a short pep talk. Proceeding to the next room will reveal a locked door with a circle around it. Once you've made your selection, a large Chest will spawn and you'll gain a bunch of Coins. Interact with the statue and you'll open up the first portal to Darkwood. These only last for the duration of the run. Quicklinks: Cult of the Lamb Guides Once you're in the Cult, you'll notice that there are a lot of trees, rocks, and berry bushes around. You'll enter an area with five portals and a large stone statue in the middle. At first, you'll only have a single Follower and a handful of Buildings, but you'll soon expand your operation with some serious infrastructure.

If you fail to keep them fed and happy, or if you decline their sub-quests too much, or even simply neglect to clean up their poop, their faith will drop. Any ...

Weigh your options before deciding what you want to do, and don’t feel like you need to do what your followers ask of you every time. I mention this because many of your followers will ask you to do tasks for them to raise their loyalty to you. You need to upgrade as much as you can as fast as you can before focusing on making your cult look nice aesthetically. One of my biggest critiques with Cult of the Lamb ( you can read my review here) is that it features many cosmetic items for your cult compound but rarely gives you the time in the game’s opening hours to focus on them. It’s good fun to name your followers after people you know, pets, or characters from your favorite movie or show, and it’s just as easy to spend time designing them to be awesome. You’ll want to focus on getting proficient and comfortable with each because there’s a good chance you’ll reach the dungeon’s boss without your favorite weapon in hand. As someone who did this (blade for life), don’t. You will run through the game’s randomly-arranged dungeons many times in Cult of the Lamb, and the starting weapon and the random weapons you might find later in the dungeon will vary. I spent a small portion of my time in Cult of the Lamb ignoring gifts, and I regret it because gifts made cult life so much easier for me. You can perform many faith-building systems in Cult of the Lamb once a day – sermons, inspirations, and more – and you’ll want to get into the habit of ensuring you complete them each day. As such, be sure you have followers in the lumber yards and stone mines collecting these resources for you at all times. You can also preach sermons in your temple daily, which is essential to making your lamb stronger for their upcoming crusade runs through the game’s four main dungeons. Your followers’ faith in your cult drives everything in Cult of the Lamb. If you fail to keep them fed and happy, or if you decline their sub-quests too much, or even simply neglect to clean up their poop, their faith will drop.

IGN's Essential Tips and Tricks for Cult of the Lamb will help you become a legendary cult leader, including tips on how best to manage your Followers,

However, you can unlock a ritual to bring them back from the dead - whether they want to come back or not. - Sometimes you just gotta murder a Follower (if you choose this particular Doctrine). Whether you don’t want to deal with their dissension, old age, or just want to harvest some meat - know that other Followers tend to freak out. - Once you defeat the boss of a region, you can still refight them whenver you like. - Little bits of Faith go a long way to keep your Followers happy, especially early on when you don’t have too many options to raise it up when people start dissenting. - The chests you find when crusading can often hold blueprints or follower skins to add to your collection. You can still build, mine, or chop things yourself if you need to - just be wary of accidentally hosting an event in your Temple, as your Followers will get mad if they are woken up. You can also catch fireflies for a bit of Devotion. You can also find them in chests, and in random rooms. You should probably aim to clear a crusade in around 8-12 minutes, and make sure your followers are well fed and happy before leaving. If you use the Crown Ability to warp out, you'll only lose a small amount. Diseased Hearts are similar to Blue Hearts, but they'll also damage everyone on screen when you get hit - so be sure to get Tarot Cards or Crown Abilities that give you more! You can also break apart the training dummies where you get your first weapon for extra lumber.

There are five categories of Doctrines: Afterlife, Work & Worship, Possessions, Law & Order, and Sustenance. Each Category has a total of four choices to be ...

Completing this Quest will unlock a shop that allows you to buy rare Fish. Unlocks the Murder Followers action. Glory Through Toil, on the other hand, will give you a much bigger benefit by effectively doubling the amount of work your Followers can do. You'll always have a need for Devotion, and so the latter Ritual is much more useful. Your Followers will not work that day and gain +80 Faith. Trait Unlock Trait Unlock Unlocks the Natural Burial building. Trait Unlock Trait Unlock Trait Unlock Trait Unlock

Faith is indicated by the praying hands icon and your flock's Faith meter is located in the upper left corner of the display. If your Faith level drops too low, ...

Make sure to cook food and repair beds daily to ensure the needs of your followers are met. Occasionally, your followers will approach you to propose a quest. To bless a follower, interact with one of your followers and select the icon to make demands of them. If your Faith level drops too low, some of your followers may become dissenters, who will sow the seeds of doubt and gradually work to turn others against you. Being a successful cult leader in Cult of the Lamb ultimately comes down to maintaining the Faith of your followers. This guide will explain how to raise Faith in Cult of the Lamb and ensure that your flock remains loyal to you.

Cult Of The Lamb lets you customize your faith with twenty Doctrines chosen from a pool of forty. Which Rituals are best for you?

Pick Glory Through Toil even if you don't intend to use it frequently; it will help you get the resources you need for late-game buildings. The Brainwashing Ritual isn't that great to begin with, so choose Belief In Prohibitionism for a blanket efficiency boost and leave the mushrooms to Sozo. Choose Ritual Of Enlightenment to speed up your progress on the Divine Inspiration tree. Ritualistic Fight Pit lets you perform a ritual wherein two Followers fight to the death. Ritual Of The Harvest is more efficient overall, since it lets you sow and harvest large quantities of crops all at once. You could, however, rush this tier early in the game to get an outsize income from taxes while you're still in Darkwood or Anura. Ritual Of Resurrection allows the Lamb to bring a deceased Follower back from the dead. Try to delay your target just as everyone is going to bed for the evening. When a Doctrine is available to unlock, you can choose which category to upgrade, selecting one of the two Doctrines available at the next tier. Followers who do not approve of sacrifices will still cause a small Faith penalty, but the bonus outweighs this loss unless there are several Followers against the practice. The easiest way to get Commandment Stone fragments is to nurture the loyalty of your Followers. Frequent blessings and daily sermons will quickly cause them to level up, and each time they do you will be rewarded with some Devotion and a fragment. They primarily affect how your Followers will react when one of the Flock passes.

In Massive Monster's Cult of the Lamb, Curses can be your ace in the hole during tricky battles. They can nail enemies from a distance, stun them long ...

Hopefully this Cult of the Lamb Curses guide provides you with everything you need to know. In particular, the homing attacks and lobbed explosives are the best of the best. As for the rest, they're all perfectly viable options if they're all you can find. You won't be able to choose which Curse you start with, and the new Curses you find during runs will likewise be random. You can hold down the button to increase the attack's effectiveness and range. They can nail enemies from a distance, stun them long enough for you to create some space, or grant you invincibility so that you can bum-rush a threat and spam some attacks in their face.

When it comes to Cult of the Lamb's farming sim mechanics, knowing how to craft new structures quickly and efficiently is a must. You'll constantly need to ...

Hopefully this all makes your Cult of the Lamb crafting a little less hectic. This can be a boon for creating new buildings and upgrading old ones in the blink of an eye. You can then use the point on any available structure Blueprint, which can then be accessed at your Workbench to craft it. You can then go to the area where you placed the building and interact with the red diamonds there to create the structure. Bear in mind that you won't be able to craft a given item unless you have all the necessary crafting materials and funds in your possession, so make sure this is the case before attempting to make anything. These will drop Blueprints for new items on occasion and will usually unlock new decorations and paths for you to create.