Cult of the Lamb

This game was absolutely adorable and super fun to play. The music was delightful, the art and animation were unique and beautiful, and all the mechanics felt highly intuitive. The story is not that deep, but it's not the main focus of the game. I enjoyed the base building and management portion more than the rogue-lite combat in the crusades. I spent a lot of time moving things around, making my systems more efficient, and making room for everything I wanted to build. The game is all about managing your cult, recruiting and indoctrinating followers, exploring dungeons to get rewards, beating the big bad guys, and keeping your cultists happy. You get to do many "culty" things like sacrificing followers, turning them into demons to bring them with you into dungeons, performing rituals, and brainwashing them. The contrast between the adorable art style and making your followers become cannibals or other similar things is hilarious. I got attached to so many of my followers, only to realize they could die for several reasons. It broke my heart to see some of them go, but FRET NOT! Necromancy is also a thing here, hehe. You will unlock mechanics that allow you to keep your followers alive longer, but you'll see quite a few die before that happens. Once you finish the game for the first time, you unlock a new entity and the 'postgame' begins. Once you finish the postgame, you can still go into the dungeons to unlock achievements and collectibles, as well as to explore and have fun. I only got one DLC and it was purely cosmetic, most of them are. I don't think it was necessary tho; the base game comes with a lot of customization options already. They recently released a new DLC with more story and mechanics, so you'll have even more content to go through if you like the game. I played with both a controller and the keyboard, since some things were easier to do with the K&M (like fishing or building/decorating), while fighting felt better with the controller. If you like the vibes you get when you see it, you'll probably really like the game.