Video game: play as a rebellious sheep in the pleasant "Cult of the Lamb"

According to the prophecy, the four deities who rule the world will be overthrown by a… sheep.

Junior of their concern?

Certainly not.

Taking the threat seriously, they ordered the extermination of all the sheep in the kingdom, one by one.

Miscalculation: the ultimate sacrificed beast is brought back to earth by a fifth god, "He who waits", exiled brother of the other four.

In "Cult of The Lamb", developed by the independent British-Australian studio Massive Monster, you therefore embody the last representative of your race, this unique lamb determined to become the spokesperson for your savior and to clean up the house. 'Local Olympus.

Cult followers produce resources and unlock options.

In this title with graphics that are childish, joyful and a little creepy, and which can be enjoyed on the joystick, your character - let's call it Aries - therefore begins by founding a church in honor of "The one who waits" and by recruit followers among other animals.

Like a pasture guru, you therefore preach the good word to your Panurge sheep, but you must also take care of them.

You have to cook to feed them, make them sleeping bags so that they can rest, and build a pillory to imprison those who prove to be refractory to your good word... At the start of the game, you even find yourself picking up the droppings of your flock – to wonder who, in this sect, is at the service of whom! – to prevent diseases from spreading.

In exchange, like a herd that must be sheared,

A game of management then action

Because, under its white fleece, the cute lamb hides the ferocity of a very bad wolf.

Regularly, you take the direction of the territories where reside the four gods who wanted to send you to graze in hell.

The game then becomes a nervous "rogue-like", where you have to empty each room of its occupants to move on to the next.

As with the construction part, the game relies on simplicity to achieve efficiency.

Aries has only one attack, the speed and power of which depend on the weapon of the moment (axe, dagger, etc.), a devastating power (a fireball, a blow from a tentacle, etc.) and a handy roll to dodge enemies.

It's little but enough to have fun.

Very sturdy, a real Olympic lamb, your hero twirls around and easily knocks out bats, spiders,

Your lamb faces enemies to defeat the Gods.

At the end of the road, Aries will have to defeat a boss: a creature more hideous and bigger than the others.

Or, if he returns several times in the same area, one of the four persecuting Gods, on which he can then bring down his blows and his guru's wrath.

If you ever die, don't worry, "He Who Waits" sends you back to resume your crusade.

Your hero thus connects the phases.

Thus, after each time of construction, where he finds himself with his flock as within a family, Aries goes to break God in a war of the Homeric sheep.

Unpretentious, quite short, the game is fun, especially the fights.

He should delight players with his hero, who is anything but sweet as a lamb.

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