Cultist Simulator

어디까지나 주관적인 평가긴 한데, 텍스트 분량 ㅈㄴ 많은 주제에 턴제가 아니라 타임어택이 걸린 게임이라는 게 너무 치명적으로 힘듦...

The game is an opium buying simulator, 50% of the time I was actually trying to be a cultist and the other 50% was just buying opium so my guy wouldnt kill himself. Its a constant struggle against not losing everything via dread.

I've had this game for so long and put so many hours in it and yet never wrote a review so here it is. It's not a game for everyone, and the learning curve is steep. I have introduced others to it, and they all loved it as much as I did, but only one of those actually beat it like me. The others, years later, are still trying to figure it out when coming back to it. The mechanics of the game could be resumed in a single sentence. There is only one interaction. You put cards on verbs. BUT, it comes with exponential possibilities. You have to figure out what does what, and playing it kinda feels like you were trying to experiment with occult and alchemy and learn it on your own. It is rewarding when you figure out mechanics, but figuring them out is only the beginning, combining and planning for something greater is when this game becomes the most exciting. Even after years and over 400 hours in the game on Steam (I must specify, since I also bought the mobile version and have actually MORE hours on it), I feel unable to uninstall it. I still have less than 50% of achievements to go due to all of the variant endings. I feel everytime I play it, I can plan for a new objective, a new ending, and build a narrative to reach it. Every time will take me weeks to get through it with on and off game play, but it will always give me pleasure. This game is like no other. If you love it, you will look for more like it and with be met with the harsh reality that it is unique. Some games are similar, but never exactly what you are looking for. Even the actual sequel to it is a different kind of game (with its own charms). Some people argue that it is not even a card game, but the reality is that it's in a genre of its own and needed to be in a starter category, and from that category, you discover the game and learn it is much more than you expected, and discovering this is actually the main appeal of the game.

Oh what I would give to play this game for the first time again and experience its mysteries. I recommend this game to everyone I can, even though it might not be their type of game, because I didn’t know it was my type of game. The writing is incredible, there is so much feeling stuffed inside every line from a description of some trash to a book describing how to summon monsters. Every word grips my imagination and yanks me into this world. The gameplay really sells the feeling of trying to juggle so many things at once, and with no tutorials, reading and experimenting are your friends, just like how some up and coming cultist would do. For anyone playing for the first time I would recommend going in blind but if you get stuck, try asking someone who has played it before for a hint instead of looking up a guide. I first found this game on iOS in high school (it was apparently my senior year when this game out, though I feel like I played it all throughout high school) and I had absolutely no idea what this game was. I didn’t beat it for years but all along I could catch the glimpses of what existed between the cracks in its world, and I kept coming back to try again. Years later I installed the game on vacation and got so much further than ever before, I really should have put it down and done more but I just couldn’t. That was when I found that they had recently released a second game, so I was excited to come back to my PC and play it. Since then this world has only dragged me deeper into it.

You will descend into madness both in game and in front of your computer. This is a journey full of fascination and dread in so many more ways than one. It's a great game, I recommend you buy it. I do not recommend you play it.

游戏框架可以，本来可以是个好游戏。但内容较少显得比较空，操作重复