Just like the messiah, George Michaels, one said: you gotta have faith, f-faith, f-faith. The town building is a very important element of the game because perks you obtain here are directly related to your dungeon crawling – such as unlocking more powerful weapons/spells and increasing your starting health. I was very happy with the majority of traits I selected, but in hindsight there are a couple of choices that I should have selected the other option. You are locked into the Traits you select through this process and no longer have the option to obtain the alternate trait. Throughout your town building you will be provided with two options for Doctrines that you can bring to your followers.
Providing the game with some replayability is the Doctrine system. Clauneck will offer you the choice of two Tarot cards, which provide various perks and bonuses for your current dungeon run. The mysterious Clauneck is probably the most helpful assistant, which is great because they are also the one you will see the most often. In addition to the followers that can be saved, you may come across some other NPCs that will aid you on your quest. Other than swinging your weapon and casting your one spell, the only other action that you can take is the always required and overpowered dodge-roll move that provides a short period of immunity to attacks while the roll is being completed. To move to the next room all enemies need to be defeated, and at the end of the dungeon a boss will appear. Each time you enter a dungeon the rooms, enemies (known as Heretics), weapons and treasures are randomly generated. Occasionally, some alternative options may appear through the dungeons, but you can only ever have one weapon and spell equipped at a time (and can’t carry extras). At the entrance of the dungeon you will be provided with one weapon and one spell. The roguelike portion of the game is nothing particularly new or ground-breaking for the genre. You get to name your Town! I went with “Ewegenics”. These followers also need a place to live, so the game is split between roguelike dungeon crawling and a dark twist on Animal Crossing-style town management. Little Lamb isn’t strong enough alone and needs to recruit many followers from the ever changing dungeons of the Bishops’ realms and build up their loyalty to the cause. It is a simple story, but it progresses through some difficult choices as to how you manage your followers, leading to a final decision that will alter your destiny. The Lamb is given the power to fight back against the four Bishops through the mysterious Red Crown, with the goal of defeating them to release the mutton saviour The One Who Waits. Rather than dying though, the lamb is saved by a mysterious being known only as The One Who Waits. We are introduced to our unnamed ovine protagonist as they are being sacrificed to the four Bishops of the Old Faith. StoryĪs with most games in the roguelike genre (Hades excepted), the plot of Cult of the Lamb isn’t super deep. Devolver seem to know their way around roguelike titles having overseen Enter/Exit the Gungeon and Loop Hero (among others). This time they bring us a fancy new roguelike crossed with town sim concoction called Cult of the Lamb, developed by the team at Massive Monster (located in my home city of Melbourne, Australia). One such publisher providing the indie game smorgasbord is Devolver Digital, who have an excellent track record in recent years providing us with smash hits like Fall Guys, Death’s Door, and Inscryption. Stray, Olli Olli World, Tunic, and Sifu have all been huge successes and we still have a third of the year left to go.
The year 2022 has provided indie game lovers with some good eating. Have Devolver uncovered a masterpiece yet again, or is this game just a bit too diffi-Cult to get into? Find out in our Cult of the Lamb Review.
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