I had a mostly fun time with this game. The creativity is flowing at a really impressive level in this game. In turn, it does a lot to kinda hide some of the flaws in Cult of the Lamb.

It's a game where you play as a lamb that's been charged with the task of running and growing a cult. If you're not intrigued by this idea off the bat, you don't like fun. All of this is done pretty damn well. The art and the music are both the biggest standouts. I could go on about both of these for a while but I digress to keep this shorter.

Once you start playing the game though, some of the flaws start to seep out. First, I had a good amount of technical issues playing the game, even this late after release. Random frame rate drops were a pretty big problem that popped up a few times. Also had a fun bug where my cult members just, stopped moving and doing anything. These issues were usually solved by restarting the game, so it wasn't game breaking but it did happen a few times and were a pretty annoying thing to deal with. This issue did hurt my experience with it but of course not everyone will run into this so it's hard to knock the game completely.

The core gameplay itself isn't too bad but as far as game progression and the game play loop evolving, the game doesn't really do much to add to the core mechanics. The gameplay loop was definitely something I was starting to tire of by the end of it, with many of the chores feeling a bit too much like a chore. This issue was felt on both sides of the gameplay for me as well, with both the city building and general fighting not doing too much to evolve in ways that felt new and interesting.

There were also a few other nit picks, like placing buildings/items in your city was not the easiest experience, I would constantly be trying to place things and not being able to move appropriately to get there. If I needed to move diagonally, the game would move it up and down or back and forth but I would have to fight it to do it exactly.

The positives though far outweigh the few minor hiccups this game possesses. This game is well worth a recommendation for the bizarre creativity alone.

Reviewed on Mar 03, 2023


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