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

There’s nothing demure or aware about Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth, it might be just a little cutesy, however don’t let that idiot you. This tower protection recreation is filled with nonstop motion and a few surprisingly creepy chook monsters. The primary facet of a recreation that piques my curiosity is the visible design, and the principle display alone instantly caught my consideration after I launched Cult of the Elizabeth. I used to be just a little apprehensive that it was going to be a knock-off model of Don’t Starve, certainly one of my favourite video games of all time, for the reason that artwork model and music carefully resemble that wilderness survival recreation. This concern disappeared, nevertheless, after only a few minutes of gameplay and I rapidly 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 method to escape this nightmare. I feel solo mode is just a little missing on account of the period of time required to assemble assets to improve towers. Usually, I take pleasure in digging for rocks or chopping down timber as a psychological break from combating 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 robust swimsuit 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 recreation. 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 amassing assets, the remainder of the gameplay was stable. Fight mechanics work effectively, easy and easy, however accuracy issues. You may’t hearth random photographs at enemies and anticipate them to drop like flies. You want some finesse and good timing to knock out these monsters and hold them at bay in order that they don’t destroy towers or weaken you or your helper. Taking the time to strategize the place to put 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 the direction of your camp, issues choose up velocity actually quick.  

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

General, I’m impressed with Lesson Discovered: Cult of the Elizabeth and all it at the moment gives. It nonetheless feels just a little fundamental however I hope the builders plan to develop on the story and enhance a few of the mechanics to make this recreation really feel just a little extra dynamic. There’s numerous potential for replay-ability with just a few tweaks. The prologue is at the moment free on Steam and price testing for those who’re searching for a style of this quirky journey.