August 2022

Microsoft has detailed the line-up of Xbox titles it's bringing to Gamescom in a couple of weeks, including Obsidian exclusive Pentiment, Age of Empires 4, Flight Sim and Grounded.

As a reminder, Microsoft is one of the few companies committed to Gamescom this year - and the only platform holder. Both Sony and Nintendo are sitting out the show's big in-person return, alongside Activision Blizzard and Take-Two.

Ubisoft, Bandai Namco and Embracer are among those also in attendance, though Assassin's Creed fans are expecting all of Ubisoft's big reveals to actually take place online, via a special event due in September.

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The big summer finale to Pokémon Go's season of Go Fest events has been detailed in full.

Due to take place on Saturday 27th August, this full-day event will cap off the game's introduction of Ultra Beasts and (hopefully) see its hunky Professor Willow return after being left dramatically MIA.

The event has plenty for those playing free, or extras for those with a ticket. These premium bits are also included as part of the earlier Global Go Fest weekend back in June - so if you played that, you're covered.

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The latest round of Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles DLC is live, and adds a new character to the playable roster. As previously announced, the next character pack unlocks Nezuko Kamado in her Advanced Demon Form. Sega's also got a free add-on for all players, adding Group Match mode to online play.

The new Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles DLC is headed by Nezuko Kamado (Advanced Demon Form). She's the second of seven planned character additions, following Tengen Uzui in July 2022. Nezuko is Tanjiro's younger sister, and was transformed into a demon. Her Advanced Demon Form shows her when she's fully awakened to her demonic nature. Rather than the more childlike form she retains most times, Advanced Demon Form Nezuko has the height and bodily proportions of an adult. She's also got the strength of a high-level demon, growing a single horn on her forehead and sporting a vine-like pattern on her limbs and torso. In the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga and anime series, she first adopted her Advanced Demon Form during the Entertainment District story arc. She transformed as she battled the demon Daki alongside her brother.

The Hinokami Chronicles DLC also brings with it a free update adding Group Matches to the game's online mode. Using Group Matches, up to eight players can gather in a single lobby to fight each other. Two players will fight, while the others spectate. Public rooms, room hosting, and rooms with friends can be set up.

Platform: Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Release: September 9, 2022
Rating: Everyone 10+

To this point, Splatoon 3 has drip-fed players with new information about new weapons, music, and even a special Switch OLED model and Pro Controller themed after the highly anticipated family-friendly shooter. However, now that Splatoon 3 is the next major release on the Switch's release calendar, Nintendo officially opened the flood gates this morning with a wealth of information through a special Nintendo Direct all about the ink-covered shooter. 

After weeks of videos individually showcasing Gotham Knights’ Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl, it’s Jason Todd’s turn in the spotlight. A new trailer shows off Red Hood’s brutal, more supernatural approach to battling the Court of Owls.

The in-engine footage showed off the former Robin’s deadly competency with firearms as well his Lazarus Pit-induced powers, such as his spectral leaping ability. We also get a look at a unique cosmetic skin featuring a horned helmet that gives off serious Darth Maul vibes. 

We'll see how the Bat family manages on its own when Gotham Knights swoops in on October 25 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Cult of the Lamb is a whimsical blend of roguelike hack-and-slash action management simulation as you establish and grow a cult to them more powerful in battle. This Cult of the Lamb controls guide will ensure that you’re all up-to-speed on the basics, so you can conquer the false prophets of the land and build a loyal following in the ominous stranger’s name.

All Cult of the Lamb PC Controls

• Move Forward – Up Directional Key
• Move Left – Left Directional Key
• Move Right – Right Directional Key
• Move Back – Back Directional Key
• Attack – C
• Dodge Roll – Shift
• Release Curse – Z
• Interact – X
• Meditate – Z
• Return to Cult – Q
• Track Quest – T
• Pause – Esc
• View Menu – Tab
• Accept – X
• Cancel – Q
• Cook – C

All Gamepad Controls for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch

As the game is available on PlayStation, Xbox and Switch, we’ve noted them in this order below.

Cult of the Lamb is pretty much what you’d get if Stardew Valley and Hades had a baby, as it combines the best farm sim and roguelike elements from each respective game and makes for a Heket of a good time. The overall goal of the game is to defeat the four Bishops that have chained up your god, The One Who Waits, in chains. Here is everything you need to know about how to defeat the Heket boss fight in Cult of the Lamb, the second main boss in the game.

Before you go about trying to fight Heket, we recommend you go for Leshy first. Not only is this Bishop’s dungeon shorter, but it’ll also show you the ropes on how to collect tarot cards, choose paths, and collect resources in a much more forgiving environment.

How to Unlock Anura

In order to get to Heket, you’ll need to unlock their domain, Anura. To do this, you’ll have to have at least six followers unlocked and alive at your camp.

Once you have six cultists, all you have to do to unlock Anura is go to its door and press A or X, and then a ritual will be performed, unlocking the door. After you unlock the door, you’ll need to follow the paths until the circle right above the door is full. You’ll encounter plenty of events and mini-bosses along the way, but once it is filled up, you’ll be able to fight Heket.

Cult of the Lamb is an interesting hybrid of farm sim and roguelike, as you’ll go on Crusades to defeat enemies in order to grow your flock and gain more power. The end goal of it all is to defeat the four Bishops that are keeping The One Who Waits in chains. Here is everything you need to know about how to defeat the Leshy boss fight in Cult of the Lamb, AKA the first big boss.

How to Unlock Darkwood

To get to Leshy, you’ll need to progress through their domain, known as the Darkwood. This area can be found at the top of the farm, and is unlocked once you have one follower.

To unlock the Darkwood, press A or X, and then a ritual will be performed, unlocking the door. After you unlock the door, you’ll need to follow the paths until the circle right above the door is full. You’ll encounter plenty of events and minibosses along the way, but once it is filled up, you’ll be able to fight Leshy.

Want to know how to play Knucklebones in Cult of the Lamb? Well, look no further because here’s a guide to help you understand the rules of this dice-based game and a few tips on how to win the match.

How to Play Knucklebones

Cult of the Lamb’s Knucklebones is a gambling minigame that you can only play at Ratau’s shack (Lonely Shack from the portal). This activity is also a quick way to earn some coins for your cult to improve your animalistic domain.

When it’s just you and your followers up against the world, every little bit counts, and that is the same case for your resources. Only by amassing the right stuff can you hope to proceed further with your cause, and for any aspiring leader hoping to have a healthy supply of resources to tap on, knowing where to get them is essential. Here’s all you’ll need to know on how to get bones in Cult of the Lamb.

Getting Bones in Cult of the Lamb

To add more bones to your resource collection in Cult of the Lamb, you must head out on crusades. This will bring you face to face with various enemies that stand in your way.

It is never good to be in debt, and when you have received the help of an ominous being, the best bet you have of survival is to pay your dues as soon as possible. In Cult of the Lamb, that means ensuring that a loyal following of worshippers is consistently growing while having a compound that meets their needs. If you are wondering just how to move, edit, and destroy buildings in Cult of the Lamb, let us guide you.

Moving, Editing, and Destroying Buildings in Cult of the Lamb

There will definitely be times in Cult of the Lamb that you would want to change things up after placing a building or item. In order to do so, jump into the build section of the farm (the hammer on a signpost icon).

Once here, you can press either Square, X, or C to go into Editing Mode.

While there’s definetly plenty of farming and relationship building to be done revolving around your cult in Cult of the Lamb, a big part of the game is going off on Crusades and fighting against enemies. Of those enemies, there’s no bigger challenge than the four Bishops that rule over the land, each of which you must kill to free the One Who Waits. Here is everything you need to know about how to defeat the Kallamar boss fight in Cult of the Lamb.

Before you go about trying to fight Kallamar in Cult of the Lamb, we recommend you go for Leshy and Heket first. Not only are these Bishop’s dungeons shorter, but they will also show allow you to build up experiences and resources to improve your weapons, curses, and abilities, which you’re definitely going to need for this one.

How to Unlock Anchordeep

In order to get to Heket, you’ll need to unlock their domain, Anchordeep, a location populated by various different cultists and fish monsters. To do this, you’ll have to have at least nine followers unlocked and alive at your camp.

Once you have nine cultists, all you have to do to unlock Anchordep is go to its door and press A or X, and then a ritual will be performed, unlocking the door. After you unlock the door, you’ll need to follow the paths until the circle right above the door is full. You’ll encounter plenty of events and mini-bosses along the way, but once it is filled up, you’ll be able to fight Kallamar.

Wondering how to get wood in the Cult of the Lamb? Well, you’ve come to the right place as we’ve explained everything about farming lumber in the game. So without any further delay, let’s dive deep into the details.

How to Farm Lumber in the Cult of The Lamb

Lumber, also known as wood, is one of the most important resources in Cult of the Lamb, especially early on, as it’s used in just about everything. Most of the time, you’ll need to build a cooking fire that will allow you to prepare meals for your followers.

As the title gives away, the main facet of Cult of the Lamb is starting a cult. Seeing as cults are tricky and require followers, keeping them happy and loyal is pretty important. We mean this purely for the game, as we’re definitely not trying to get into the cult business. With that in mind, here’s how to increase follower loyalty in Cult of the Lamb.

How to Give Blessings in Cult of the Lamb

One of the simplest ways to increase loyalty with all followers in Cult of the Lamb is that once a day, each of them can be interacted with and given a blessing. To do this, all you have to do is interact with your follower and go down to the hand sign to bless them. This is also a great way to keep track of your followers as their numbers grow.

A new gameplay overview trailer for the upcoming Saints Row reboot has dropped that gives a really detailed look at what all you will be facing when it comes to taking over Santo Ileso. Just like the previous games, you will be able to purchase shops to expand the Saint’s influence throughout the city.

You can find all of this in the trailer below. Buckle up, because it is certainly a wild ride.

First, you’ve got the several factions that you will be facing off with. Seeing as this is a Saints Row game, it’s not even slightly a surprise that one of the factions, The Idols, dress up like they are at an EDM concert. The fact that some of them wear helmets like they are in Daft Punk is just the cherry on top.

Of course, no game like Saints Row is complete without a police presence. Turns out The Marshalls privatized the local police force and have more than enough “defense technology” to pose a legitimate threat.

Cult of the Lamb on PC

When Cult of the Lamb was first announced, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by this roguelike’s macabre idea of building your own cult adorn with cute anthropomorphic followers. Little did I know that beneath this dark and adorable surface lies arguably the most intricate and enthralling game of 2022.

Cult of the Lamb puts players in the shoes of a possessed lamb that has been sentenced to death by the four Bishops that rule his land. While killed at the beginning of the game, this nameless protagonist is saved from death by a god-like stranger named “The One Who Waits.”

In order to repay the debt, they must create a cult of loyal followers in The One Who Waits’ name, cultivate power, and defeat the Bishops who put it in chains. Gameplay-wise, Cult of the Lamb is pretty much the demonic love child of Hades and Stardew Valley.

Crusades are the rougelike element of the game, as you’ll go out into five randomly generated worlds in order to fight rival cultists, gather resources, and collect perks and weapons that’ll help get you stronger. The village is where farming comes in, as you’re tasked with indoctrinating innocent creatures you meet while on Crusades.

Take care of your followers well enough and upgrade the area with more helpful resources, and you’ll be rewarded with unimaginable power. At first, I honestly didn’t think that these elements would work together, but boy, was I wrong.

Cult of the Lamb, a rogue-like action-adventure game, puts you in the shoes of a sheep who embark on a quest to explore and discover the secrets of four mysterious regions. At some point in the game, you’ll need to return to the cult while on the Crusade. If you’re wondering how to do that, then we’ve got you covered.

Return to the Cult While on Crusade in Cult of The Lamb

There are a couple of ways to return to the cult while on Crusade. The first is by completing subsections of the dungeon for the first time. After defeating each mini-boss, you can teleport back to the cult when you unlock a new section on the door by standing on the demonic circle and holding X for Playsation and A for Xbox.

Having a devoted following is a good thing when you are trying to run a cult, and having a variety of followers makes things more interesting visually. In Cult of the Lamb, sheer numbers can be enhanced by distinct looks, and if you are seeking ways to unlock more Follower forms in Cult of the Lamb, you are in the right place.

Unlocking Follower Forms in Cult of the Lamb

You’ll unlock Follower forms in Cult of the Lamb in a number of different ways naturally, as they’re often given as prize drops for defeating enemies while on a crusade. This is especially so when defeating mini and main bosses.

Starting something is always hard, and when it is a cult we are talking about, the more hands you have, the better. That is most definitely true in Cult of the Lamb, as spreading the word of the one true cult can be a hard task to accomplish. However, you can always join hands with partners to lighten your load. For those wondering if you can get married in Cult of the Lamb, read on.

How to Get Marry Followers in Cult of the Lamb

You most certainly can get bonded in matrimony in the world of Cult of the Lamb, but there are certain requirements to hit first. In order to proceed to this stage, you must unlock and follow the Law and Order section of the Doctrines.

Marvel’s Spider-Man on PC

Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man was undeniably one of the best game releases of 2018. Like so many other Sony exclusive titles, Marvel’s Spider-Man featured that familiar polished sheen of a well-designed open-world and a solid story to get lost in. Honestly, there’s little else Insomniac could do to make an already great game even better, and while that holds true for the PC port, that certainly doesn’t stop it from being a damn fine experience.

Marvel’s Spider-Man finally webshoots its way to PCs this month, and if Sony’s past PC ports are any indication, players can probably expect this one to be more than playable as well. After spending some time with a pre-release version of the game, I can safely say that, yes, Spider-Man looks and runs excellently on PC, and it’s a great chance to jump into the game if you missed it on PS4.

Right off the bat, the main thing that caught my eye was full ultrawide support. As a fairly recent ultrawide convert, I’ve been absolutely aghast at the number of games out there that just don’t support the 21:9 ratio –I’m looking at you, Elden Ring– or don’t have full support for it, often coming with weird drawbacks or little niggles that keep it from looking as perfect as it could be. Spider-Man’s PC port comes packed with support for a whole range of resolutions, and even goes up to 48:9 for triple monitor setups.

That’s a little too extreme for me, but being able to play Spider-Man on an ultrawide display feels like night and day, compared to my first playthrough on PS4 back in 2018. Especially in an open-world game like this where you spend most of your time swinging across the Manhattan skyline, every frame looks cinematic and just downright beautiful.

When you are up against a challenge, it is always good to be prepared and have every advantage possible. For those looking to succeed in Cult of the Lamb, being equipped with the right outfits or fleeces will be vital in your quest to convert more followers and keep the non-believers at bay. Here’s everything you’ll need to know about changing outfits and fleeces in Cult of the Lamb.

Changing Outfits and Fleeces in Cult of the Lamb

The process of changing your outfit or fleece in Cult of the Lamb is simple. Head to the Temple, and in the ‘Crown’ section, you can choose to purchase new fleeces and choose which you want to equip at any given time.

Developed by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital, Cult of the Lamb is a cute and creepy strategy experience that sees players managing their very own religious sect. When you’re out and about laying waste to all those doubting Thomas out there, you may be pondering how to heal and gain more health for your loyal flock of followers. In this guide, we’ll explain how to do just that. So, without further delay, let’s get started.

It’s important to note that any time you return from a Crusade, you’ll gain health back fully instantly. This happens regardless of when you die, escape, or are successful.

How to Heal and Gain More Health in Cult of the Lamb

While you’re out crusading, health is in pretty short supply. When you start Cult of the Lamb, you’ll only have three Hearts of health. In order to heal while you’re on a crusade, you’ll need to pick up Hearts. The thing is, there are a variety of different Hearts you can pick up, including Diseased Hearts, Temporary Hearts, and Regular Hearts.

Cult of the Lamb Commandment Stone Fragments are an important item that you’ll need in order to successfully grow in strength to take on the False Prophets lurking in the Lands of the Old Faith, and raise a powerful cult in the name of the ominous stranger that saved you. Thing is, it isn’t entirely clear how you can get these fragments and what you can use them for when you’ve got enough to make a whole Commandment Stone.

How to Get Cult of the Lamb Commandment Stone Fragments

Commandment Stone Fragments can be obtained in a couple of different ways in Cult of the Lamb, either by finding them in the ‘Lands of the Old Faith,’ or by increasing a follower’s loyalty.

You’ll get your first one in a room in the Lands of the Old Faith when you meet a character called Haro with three Commandment Stone Fragments in front of them.

Cult of the Lamb Heretic Hearts are one of the many resources or upgrade materials you’ll definitely want to make use of in order to make your little lamb self even stronger when you embark on Crusades. The problem is, you may be wondering just how you get them, or what they can be used for. But fear not, loyal followers of the lamb! We’re here to advise you on everything you need to know about Heretic Hearts in Cult of the Lamb.

How to Get Cult of the Lamb Heretic Hearts

Heretic Hearts can only be obtained by defeating each of the four main bosses found lurking behind the different doors of ‘The Land of False Prophets’ in Cult of the Lamb. These bosses are:

• Leshy
• Heket
• Kallamar
• Shamura

After defeating each of these, you’ll be given a bunch of gold and other resources, as well as one Heretic Heart.

Cult of the Lamb Devotion is a very important resource if you’re going to grow your Cult into an all-powerful, all-giving following to support you on your quest to smite the False Prophets of the Lands of the Old Faith. As such, chances are you’re wondering how to earn Devotion fast in Cult of the Lamb, and you may also be wondering how to use Divine Inspiration, which it unlocks. In this guide, we’ll reveal all you need to know about the stuff.

How to Get Cult of the Lamb Devotion

Devotion is earned in a few different ways in Cult of the Lamb. The main way you’ll get it is by having your cultists pray to the Shrine in the middle of your camp.

To have a cultist pray to the Shrine, walk over and interact with them, then choose the ‘Work’ option and then select ‘Worship.’ After doing this, they will stand close to the Shrine, and a small wheel will appear above their head.

You don’t need to be a Splatoon aficionado to be able to recognise good. Mr. Coco, an enormous wife-beater-wearing crab-like who runs a shoe shop, is purest goodness. That’s just solid good. The store is called Crush Station, and that makes no sense on any level. Perfection.

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Sony announcing its plan to release first-party games on PC was a shock to the system. Not because the idea of seeing a God of War on Steam was strange—that phenomenon had already happened—but because of the company’s desire to really push publishing efforts on the platform, ramping up from a few high-profile games…

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Nintendo opened the floodgates today and unleashed a torrent of info about its upcoming party shooter, Splatoon 3. In addition to revealing 12 new maps, a Wednesday Direct also showcased new weapons, personal lockers, and shops galore. Splatfests are also confirmed, with three idols at the helm this time around. It…

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Today, in a ploddingly paced live stream, Nintendo revealed tons of details about Splatoon 3. Over the course of 30 minutes, Nintendo detailed the maps, modes, and menu minutia coming to the forthcoming multiplayer shooter. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s cool and all. I’m just here for the new hosts: a trio called Deep Cut.

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They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but when the book in question has been written by Deadly Premonition creator Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro and is entitled "Dear Ambivalence: The Mustachioed One, The Witches, And The Suspended Body", you can be absolutely sure I'll be adding it to my enormous 'to be read' pile as soon as I've finished typing. First published in Japan last year, Swery took to Twitter yesterday to announce its English translation by Dan Luffey is now available digitally. You might want to sit down for the synopsis, though. It sounds wild.

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Some of the early trailers for Forspoken, a Squeenix action-adventure/RPG epic coming in January, suggested portentious world-saving stuff. This is a different vibe to a clip shared on Forspoken's offical Twitter this week, which featured main character Frey Holland doing a "Yup, that's me!" kind of elevator pitch for the game. A lot of people on the birdsite took an instant, vehement dislike to Frey's dialogue, and were just as instantly sure who to blame for the peachy keen quiplashing, even if by proxy. Yes, Joss Whedon strikes again.

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You know when a game instantly charms the socks off you the moment you first clap eyes on it? Point and click puzzler Lost In Play is one of those games for me. Its vibrant cartoon visuals immediately caught my attention when I first sampled its Steam Next Fest demo earlier in the year, and I'm happy to report that the full game, out today, is just as captivating as it was back then.

It tells the tale of Toto and Gal, a pair of rambunctious siblings who end up far from home after getting lost inside a fantasy world of their own imagining. If they don't find a way back before nightfall, though, they'll be stuck there forever. A classic kids adventure story, in other words, but one that really relishes in its own sense of playfulness. Over the course of their four-odd hour adventure, they'll meet monster fighting frogs in a dark forest, board game-playing seagulls on the high seas, orc mechanics in a vast desert and even a heavy-metal loving sheep on a floating island in the sky as they make their way home to their messy childhood bedroom. It all makes for some memorable puzzling backdrops, but be warned: if you're planning to play this with little ones, then you'll definitely need a puzzle savvy adult in the mix, as some of its brainteasers aren't quite as child-friendly as you might expect.

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The embargo for the highly anticipated Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered lifted today and you may be wondering where the Digital Foundry coverage is - we received the game a while back along with most other outlets. Well, the truth is that developer Nixxes is still hard at work with the game, patches are still incoming (the latest arriving a few hours ago) and we're intent on delivering coverage that accurately reflects the state of the game you'll be playing on day oneas best as we can manage. Right now, the port is looking exceptionally impressive in many regards but to briefly sum up, it plays brilliant on higher-end PCs, it also works very nicely on Steam Deck, but we've experienced some problems with low to mid-range GPUs. In fact, the very latest update to the game seeks to address those very issues - with some success.

Taking a more global look at the conversion though, there's much to commend Nixxes' efforts. The game supports all aspects ratios we could test, from the 16:9 of most modern screens to the 21:9 and 32:9 ultra-wide variants, the 16:10 of Steam Deck and even 4:3 for those interested in an old-school CRT experience. On top of this, there's adjustable field of view support too.

A fan-made Half-Life 2 VR mod nearly eight years in the making will finally be getting a public release next month in the form of an open beta.

Eurogamer first reported on the Source VR Mod Team's Half-Life 2: VR mod in 2017, but that version was actually an extension of an earlier mod released for Razer Hydra back in 2013. Some time after the new version's announcement, the project appeared to stall - it entered "its own kind of development hell and was all but abandoned", according to the team's website - but it re-emerged in 2021 and is slowly approaching the finish line.

Half-Life 2: VR - one of several attempts to bring Valve's seminal shooter sequel to virtual reality headsets - promises a range of features, including room scale VR, the ability to manipulate items and weapons directly with your hands, full locomotion, a weapon selection menu inspired by Valve's Half-Life: Alyx, and tweaked vehicle rides intended to help reduce motion sickness.

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Xbox cloud streaming options advertised for Elden Ring and Grand Theft Auto 5 were a "bug", Microsoft has told Eurogamer.

Last night, fans spotted games such as Soul Hackers 2, GTA5 and Elden Ring were listed with an option to play via cloud streaming. Some speculated this was being rolled out now, in advance of a Gamescom announcement later this month.

But Microsoft has now said that the games' listings - which also flagged them as being part of Xbox Game Pass - were bugged, and that the issue has now been fixed.

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PlayStation has announced the games coming to its PS Plus subscription service on 16th August.

Last month the company set out a plan to add eight Yakuza games to the service this year - that begins this month with Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 on PS Plus for Premium and Extra subscribers. That's on top of Yakuza: Like A Dragon that's already been added to Essential.

Also coming for Premium and Extra subscribers are Dead by Daylight, Bugsnax, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

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Technological constraints meant that the original Monkey Island game saw 25 percent of its dialogue text cut before it was released.

Talking to Sony Santa Monica's Alanah Pearce, writer Tim Schafer revealed that The Secret of Monkey Island was originally too long and had to get some heavy editing.

"We were writing on Monkey Island, and we were told 'you guys, we can't go on six floppies. We have to go on five. We have too much text,'" Schafer recalled before remarking how strange that sort of thing is to imagine now.

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To me, the best moments of a city-building game are always the beginnings, when there's nothing but potential ahead of you. Things are manageable, the world is unspoiled, the pace is slow. To me, that's idyllic. And if ever a game understood that, it's Farthest Frontier.

It's a game about a group of working class people fed up with being shat on by the rich, in the big city where they live, so they strike out for the literal farthest frontier to make it on their own. It's that fantasy. The era is the birth of the Industrial Revolution, maybe - it's not explicitly clear. And that's how it begins: a dozen people and a caravan and an endless wilderness around them to tame.

What I love about what comes next is how unhurriedly it happens, and how small-scale it continues to be. Farthest Frontier is not about going from dozens to thousands, from village to sprawling metropolis, and that zooming out you then feel as the person in charge. It's about staying small and staying close to the people you're caring for. It's probably wrong to call it a city-builder at all but rather a town-builder, because even many hours in, from what I've read, settlements are still only a few hundred people big (apparently the game struggles performance-wise past that, but it is Early Access).

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