Hey, all, I really need to update that OT huh? Have been out of the mobile gaming loop for a while and haven't been buying or playing much either
But I did buy Cultist Simulator. It's a fantastic port, although I do hope it gets the Dancer DLC in the future
If you enjoyed Fallen London, Sunless Sea, A Dark Room, Sorcery and 80 Days, then Cultist Simulator is probably ridiculously up your alley. While its presentation is that of a card game, I think it's better to think of it as an abstracted text adventure. The square icons are your verbs (ie the text adventure equivalent of Walk, Read, Talk, Look, etc) and the cards are your items, resources, and so on
It's certainly a confusing game, but one that encourages and rewards experimentation. There's so much depth and possibility, more freedom than a text adventure, while being more focused due to the card-based design.
As much as I love Fallen London, Cultist Simulator is the ultimate Lovecraftian game. It delves into truly otherworldly and eldritch horrors, places, concepts, and lets you wield them to your own ascension...or destruction. The text is more pithy than Fallen London but packs so much imagination-sparking details into concise prose. I can't think of any other game with these kind of themes that explores them so passionately and goes to the wonderfully weird places that Cultist Simulator does
As a port, it feels perfect for mobile. Combing from PC, the touch interface is very natural
