REVIEW / Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth (PC)

There’s nothing demure or conscious about Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth, it could be a bit cutesy, however don’t let that idiot you. This tower protection sport is filled with nonstop motion and a few surprisingly creepy chicken monsters. The primary side of a sport that piques my curiosity is the visible design, and the principle display screen alone instantly caught my consideration after I launched Cult of the Elizabeth. I used to be a bit anxious that it was going to be a knock-off model of Don’t Starve, one among my favourite video games of all time, because the artwork type and music intently resemble that wilderness survival sport. This concern disappeared, nonetheless, after only a few minutes of gameplay and I shortly realized there are parts on this weird world that make it distinctive.

Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth is designed for each solo and co-op modes as Amelia and her classmates should discover a approach to escape this nightmare. I believe solo mode is a bit missing on account of the period of time required to assemble assets to improve towers. Usually, I get pleasure from digging for rocks or chopping down timber as a psychological break from preventing enemies however on this case, it took an absurdly very long time to gather and construct and I struggled to correctly defend my base.  To be honest, fight isn’t my sturdy go well with however even in straightforward mode I nonetheless ended up getting demolished by the avian minions and my sidekick was ineffective. I felt like I needed to micromanage him to make sure we had sufficient provides however that’s the very last thing I need to do in a sport. I’ve sufficient to handle in actual life, whether or not it’s at work or at dwelling!

Regardless of the problems I had with accumulating assets, the remainder of the gameplay was stable. Fight mechanics work nicely, easy and easy, however accuracy issues. You possibly can’t hearth random photographs at enemies and count on them to drop like flies. You want some finesse and good timing to knock out these monsters and hold them at bay so that they don’t destroy towers or weaken you or your helper. Taking the time to strategize the place to position towers as assets start to deplete additionally makes a distinction, particularly as extra monsters materialize. Their assaults are predictable and never all that difficult however when an enormous mob of turkeys dressed like Tudor monarchs march in direction of your camp, issues decide up velocity actually quick.  

Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth is a type of situations the place we’ve got a PC title that comes with a advice for controller play. On this case, although, I didn’t have bother utilizing my keyboard, so it’s not crucial like in different titles. Maybe keyboard performance turns into tougher as the sport progresses and new challenges are launched, however I’ll must report again on that. 

Total, I’m impressed with Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth and all it presently presents. It nonetheless feels a bit primary however I hope the builders plan to broaden on the story and enhance a number of the mechanics to make this sport really feel a bit extra dynamic. There’s quite a lot of potential for replay-ability with a number of tweaks. The prologue is presently free on Steam and value testing when you’re searching for a style of this quirky journey.