Cult of the Lamb is Devilishly Fun

Believe in the Lamb. Bow to the Lamb. Die for the Lamb.
Review copy provided by Devolver Digital.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Premise
01:39 - Art and Music
03:28 - Starting Your Cult
04:12 - Enter the Dungeon
05:40 - Your Followers
08:02 - Dungeon Depths
10:04 - The Religion of You
11:42 - Extra Stuff
13:06 - Simulation Synergy
14:30 - Criticism
16:31 - Conclusion
17:52 - the one true belief
i guess you could say that you're pulling the wool over your followers eyes. get it. cult of the lamb. lambs have wool. anyway it's very late when i'm uploading this.
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[@nexivy]

You only realize what you have done when you name your cult something stupid and it flashes in bold letters as you return from a crusade.

[@Local_Lad]

And remember: you don’t have to be worse than actual cults. You simply CAN be worse than actual cults.

[@Jumpy-Dragon]

Something I love about the game's art direction is that it didn't take the easy or lazy route to make the game dark or sinister by making everything gory to contrast the cute style, which would've just made it edgy and probably fairly cringey to look back on years later. Instead it uses atmosphere and keeps a consistent art style, even with the monsters or the thing that you're serving. It's the same art style, just a different direction (I think I'm using those words right, I'm not very good at words)

[@pin9326]

I named my cult "Utopia" and honestly I'm very content with it cause it's both a good and bad meaning

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Everyone is happy! Should they be? Well, why don't we think on that another time, 'cause everyone's too happy to risk bringing them down with that.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

"Utopia" and "Dystopia" Mean the same thing. Ones the idea, the other is the implementation 😂

[@PowerPakGames]

All music in the video is from Cult of the Lamb. Thanks again to Devolver Digital for the review copy. More reviews still to come, including some I've been working on for ages now. No more distractions.

[@nik021298]

2:28 It reminds me of Midsommar. With the cult being all wholesome, happy-go-lucky, and supportive among each other while doing pretty messed up things.

[@Desgax]

When playing the demo the artstyle and especially the music is what drew me in

[@Jm-ki4su]

i absolutley love it when a game comes with the full package, because the words "roadmap" hold so much more impact

[@Trinket_Master]

"Cult of The Prey" is what I named mine, felt fitting yet ominous

[@codysingleton6262]

I agree with the problem of leveling up quickly. I have only beaten 2 bishops and yet I already have all my doctrines AND all the village upgrades. Heck I almost have all the fleeces. I have a good time picking into the game in every nook and cranny but I feel like the leveling should've been slowed back a bit. I also wish the bishops punished you WAY more than what they do in game. Maybe effect the weather more and make your camp suffer. It feels like it needs a few small changes to make it greater than it already is.

[@user-ol1ep1yf8g]

5:24 Something that I like from Fuga: Melodies of steel. The idea that you can choose the difficulty based on the route you will be traversing.

[@RatchetSly]

I'm a year late to this video, but I agree, I love this game. The systems interlock nicely, River Boy's soundtrack is fantastic, the art style is lovely, and some of the writing is surprisingly interesting. Spoilers for one of the main antagonists ahead: Bishop Shamura fascinates me. Their domain is War and Knowledge, they are the Bishops' future-seer, and they're notably remorseful about their role in the backstory. Their mind is scattered thanks to a deep head injury that's cursed to never heal, leading them to enter fugue states where they repeat predictions, explanations and warnings, and Shamura's fully aware in their lucid moments that they're getting increasingly disconnected from reality, losing grasp on what's in the present and visions of the future. They *know* the Lamb will succeed in killing them, and is more using their remaining time to explain things than threaten or cower like their fellow Bishops. The One Who Waits, after you kill Shamura and his gloating is done, ends up feeling the same remorse over it that Shamura did for sealing him away, because unsurprisingly, War and Death were very close for a long time.

[@LevityRhodes]

The game was short, i beat it in about 20 hours, however, I was not bored for a single second of it. As you said, I stayed up till 4am two nights in a row, wasting my weekend off on this game. I have dropped sixty dollar games after 5 hours before because they just aren't fun. Cult of the Lamb is the perfect opposite of that. Sure, it's very short, but you literally cannot put it down when you're playing. Remember to eat and drink some water, set some alarms, because this game makes time utterly disappear.

[@thatguymatt5816]

It’s so sad that 20 hours is “short” now. I will always prefer a “short” 20 hours that I love, than a bloated 80+ hours that loses me after the first 10

[@Sevallisk]

I remember seeing this on steam before it was released (about 4-5 months ago) and thought it would be fun to play so I wishlisted it and it's nice to see that (for once) I was correct about a game

[@Shaathurray]

I kept descenters around for a bit until i couldnt wducate them. At which point they were properly sacrificed. The elderly were ascended, unless descenters. Anyone who died was pur into a compost pile to help with crops. Seems to work pretty well.

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

So this is the Dark Cloud of indie games

[@legoman81020]

It's disturbing funny and fun. My very first play session lasted 11 and a half hours. I had Soo much fun.

[@stardust-kyun]

Super quality as always man! Love it :)

[@user-ol1ep1yf8g]

I appreciate your work Mister.

[@jjenb9106]

The game looks incredible and the video was really good. Great job!

[@Barely_Here]

Ive thoroughly enjoyed the game so far and i cant wait to see what the rest of the game has, as well as what they add. Maybe a harder new game plus that gives you more cosmetic options for your base or something.

[@zsombo12]

it would be soooo cool to have one of ur friends as followers or cochosen ones

[@TheSorrowOfTheReaper]

wow, looks like something worth checking out

[@Toksyuryel]

What are your thoughts on the Relics of the Old Faith update?

[@QandEri]

I can’t wait to play this

[@organchaos1039]

I named my cult “The Coven of Sin” and I tried my best to make it a hedonistic haven! :D

[@PerpetualDaydreamer]

6:16 Hey, I resemble that remark. :b The game's style is gorgeous and the gameplay seems interesting. Thanks for giving us a thorough look!

[@renriff7939]

Good video

[@user-ol1ep1yf8g]

I think they took notes from Hades or at least the development mindset of Supergiant Games.

[@Usual_User]

13:03 holy shit, i did not expect Fallout new vegas reference)

[@SlashCrash_Studios]

6:19 your sins are forgiven. Part of the Key, Part of the Blade.

[@envycollar]

so true bestie

[@shadow_shine3578]

My computer runs badly, which means dungions are easier to best because my lag acts like invincibility frames, but awful for camp because I can barely make food or fish

[@user-ol1ep1yf8g]

Enjoy! 🐐😈

[@dasraffnix9471]

It looks like some hardcore hades fans discovered don't starve and decided it was time to mix the two.

[@juan25amarillo]

As a big NFT guy the NFT part of the video had me laughing 😂😂😂 Great video btw! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@geisterwolf397]

NFT'S are a scam

[@juan25amarillo]

@@geisterwolf397 not all of them, some are actually trying to build crypto companies. But yes many scams in the NFT space since it’s very early and unregulated but it won’t always be like this.

[@bobatesomemayo]

Game is unrealistic when does the ATF raid

[@RatchetSly]

[Behind the Bastards theme plays]

[@masterzoroark6664]

The one who UNCLOGS!! THE MESSIAH OF DOOKIE!!

[@dingusdingus6662]

hm

[@WesleyLutz3D]

This game was going to be an instant-buy until I played the demo. Nice to see that there's actually a lot going on at the camp, because I took it off my wishlist after playing the demo and finding just another hack-and-slash roguelike

[@seanv42]

You literally missed half the game. The strength of the game isn't in it's rogue like mechanics, it's in the exquisite interplay between the base building and rogue like. Every aspect of play blends the two together. Upgrades are perfectly placed so your discovering new tech at perfect times. The bones from your crusades fuels your rituals, vital for your cult. The demo ends after your first death. It's weaving between the two games that makes it special.

[@LazyBuddyBan]

so isaac but not garbage?

[@blueflamegd1022]

Isaac is one of the best games out there in my opion but apart from that it takes some of the Isaac dungeon ideas into a more creative mixture, I still wouldn't recommend due to no replay value

[@wassheit7563]

This game kind of felt like a "jack of all trades, master of none", which really didn't feel fun to me. I'd rather play rimworld with the ideology DLC and mods for the "developping a cult" aspect and there's plenty more roguelikes/topdown hack'n slash games that scratch the same itch for combat but better, more polished and with more content. Overall, missed potential at best and gimmicky at worse.

[@fabisayshi]

Too bad this game played like shit on console, which was disappointing since Isaac, hades, and enter the gungeon are all prefect.