This previous November, Cult of the Lamb devs promised followers a intercourse replace to the sport. They weren’t simply teasing: The aptly named free replace, Sins of the Flesh, arrives on Jan. 16 for Nintendo Swap, PC, PlayStation 4 and 4, and Xbox Sequence X gamers. It’s the most important replace for the sport but, including new quests and options.
This replace dives into taboos of all stripes, most notably giving cultists the choice to indulge within the horizontal tango. The Sins of the Flesh trailer exhibits a cultist within the nude, apart from an artfully positioned fig leaf, holding and spinning the titular lamb whereas laying on the rizz. Within the background, two different cultists run right into a tent collectively, which sways and strikes whereas we hear laughing from inside. The 2 emerge holding an egg with sinister trying eyeballs drawn on the surface.
“We used video games like Pokémon and The Sims relating to references,” Cult of the Lamb builders instructed Polygon final yr. Because of its option to lean extra Sims than DeviantArt, the sport did certainly hold its T (Teen) ranking.
And what’s that egg? Per a information launch, if two Followers “love one another very a lot,” they’ll discover an egg, nurture it for it to hatch, after which indoctrinate the offspring into the cult.
The Sins of the Flesh additionally consists of new cult administration choices and a brand new development system that lets cultists to take a sinful path, indulging in “gluttonous rituals, useless buildings and wrathful doctrines.” The replace provides a poop variant — niiiiiiice — referred to as shiny poop, which may yield fruitful crops, and a brand new tier for the Janitor Station and the Storage Buildings. A brand new Tailor constructing additionally signifies that Followers can put on outfits; there are 23 totally different kinds to select from.
The sport’s dungeon crawling roguelite components additionally get an improve within the type of a brand new weapon referred to as Blunderbuss. “When loaded, it fires large harm in shut quarters to convey a brand new fight playstyle on your crusades,” per the discharge. It’s also possible to cost it for sniping assaults.
There you’ve got it! The Cult of the Lamb devs delivered a large replace for its 3.5 million gamers. The “flock continues to swell” — the studio’s phrases.
