Rod Humble's ambitious new strategy game Cults & Daggers is available on Steam now, and there's good news for the former Linden Lab CEO who left the company to start his new studio: Valve is now also featuring the game, too. (And good thing, because indie games on the service tend to get lost in the maelstrom of content on Steam otherwise.) Sort of Age of Empires but with religious sects instead of nations, I interviewed Rod about the game last month, who told me how he hopes it provokes people to think about religion:
"This is a game about the religions that did not make it and the people who devoutly believed in them. It takes a view point that individuals make a difference in the trajectory of a belief. My hope is that people of faith and non believers will both enjoy it, there is nothing in here which is likely to offend anyone, but some I hope to provoke thought."
This is ambition on a grand scale. Still not convinced? Watch this playthrough video from Rod himself, who gets deep into the Cults & Dagger details despite a nagging cough:
Can't wait to buy the Desura version!
Posted by: Ezra | Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 06:09 PM
Worst interface ever, painful to play. Not recommended.
Posted by: Kamamura | Friday, February 20, 2015 at 09:27 AM