Little things in Cult of the Lamb that made me actually pause and feel... something (spoilers)
1. Going from having a good chat with Sozo to watching him begin to shake and shudder, only to come back one day to check on him and find him dead. I wasn’t spoiled on him dying/being overtaken by the mushrooms, and so when I found his body, and saw that everyone had left him, I had to just... sit for a minute and stare at it in silence. That was my friend. And he’s dead now.
2. I was going for 100% completion and so I had to get all the follower forms. The last one I was missing was Monster. So I went and found Rakshasa, who is only ever helpful and friendly and has never been unkind, beat up on his snail wife while he screamed and begged for me to stop, and then beat him in a fight, leaving him eternally traumatized, rocking back and forth. After it was all said and done with, I genuinely felt like a bad person.
3. Giving up Ratau to the Wolf for the last talisman piece. I didn’t even think about what I was doing when it first happened, and it was over so quickly that I was barely able to process what I’d just done. I sat there at Midas’ cave for the longest time, then went to the lonely shack and found... his letters. Yeah, that hurt. It wasn’t worth it at all.
Wow! What a cute and fun game! Who could have ever imagined a game about cults in the woods could ever be dark and upsetting :)
