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Cultist Simulator is absolutely a genius game. And it is absolutely not for everyone, it appeals to a very specific audience. And no, it's not one of those ironic simulator games about building Kool-Aid tanks. If I had to quickly summarize: It's a game about maintaining a balancing act, spinning a dozen plates while taking risks and experimenting to further your goal of supernatural ascension, with the ever-looming presence of catastrophic failure in the back of your mind. I can easily identify all the aspects that would make someone hate this game with a passion. Obscured mechanics, ticking timers, and especially the lack of clarity.  Most first-time runs of Cultist Simulator will be confusing and end abruptly by dying of overwhelming dread or by going mad within 30 minutes. And that's by design. It hands the player a few cards, some action tiles, and says: Do you want to run a cult? Want to know how? Well, combine some cards and figure it out yourself. Good luck. Of cours...

Hey, it's me. I've been absent since... February?! Yeah, the plan for lots of reviews has gone down the toilet. You know the story. Seen it a thousand times before when it comes to online projects. IRL stuff and college took priority, and I had barely any energy left to write, or at least not enough to reach the quality standard I want. But now I'm on break and the Steam Next Fest is going on, so I took the chance to write about it. For those unfamiliar Next Fest is a week-long event with thousands of game demos to try out. So I wanted to list a few of the ones that caught my eye. Starting with... /// Agent 64: Spies Never Die Developer: Replicant D6 Self Published This one is a clear homage to the classic N64 Golden Eye, with the aiming system and everything. While familiar with it, I got no nostalgia for the N64 era, so even less for Golden Eye itself, but I had a fun time with the demo. /// Anger Foot Developer: Free Lives Publisher: Devolver Digital Anger foot is about ...