Cults in video games have a protracted, proud custom of attending to go full wackadoo. Mostly, they’re a very nice machine to lean on, particularly in a sport the place you need to fill the world with collectibles and audio logs and also you want some narrative to construct that house. Also, they’re fairly straightforward in that, when you don’t give a flip about collectibles, you may usually parse that cults are evil and cultists need to die. I may have learned a few things about that the hard way this year. That stated, Far Cry 5 releases this week and focuses on a cult in America that makes use of faith and being fairly crap folks generally to take over a complete state. In preparation, we glance again at a few of the wackier cults to be featured in video games’ proud lineage of brainwashing.
1. Unitology (Dead Space)
I’ve written at size about Unitology as a result of it shocks me how apparent video games can get when roasting an actual world “religion” that’s lower than mainstream, however how hardly ever video games have gone after an even bigger faith in the identical manner. Ostensibly, Far Cry 5 is likely one of the few to take this on immediately, and we’ll see how they deal with it. Unitology is predicated on a bunch of Earthfolk who discover an alien artifact and develop into satisfied that it’ll result in peace within the galaxy by merging our DNA with alien DNA. It seems that’s precisely what it does, however Unitologists by no means appear to note the puzzle-of-flesh draw back right here. The Dead Space spin-off comics, books, and animated movies dig into Unitology to such depth that I totally imagine you might apply it as a faith. It’s weird cultwork however world-class world constructing.
2. The Order (Silent Hill)
Matriarchal sects positive get a nasty look from their work on this city. Women run this doomsday cult and infrequently power different girls into birthing monsters, whereas demons appear to assist or damage the cult at their whims, there’s loads of rustbelt small-town financial nervousness to make this related in fashionable contexts. Also there’s a connection to pyramids… you recognize, this one is difficult.
3. The Echidna Empire (Sonic Adventure)
I’m unsure I can let you know the plot of any of Sonic’s Adventures, however there’s an historical civilization of echidnas, who worship a large inexperienced rock on a floating island temple to accommodate each the Master Emerald and their civilization. Sure, I imply, that’s regular. The Emerald picks its personal messiah and travels into the long run however nobody concerned will get informed all the story, so it’s kinda hit and miss whether or not any of this will get resolved? Anyway: echidnas are cool as hell.
4. Children Of The Firehawk (Borderlands 2)
There’s a suicide cult that’s led by Incinerator Clayton. You’re tasked with burning a couple of disbelievers into ash after which bringing the ash again to show that you just did the job — as if anybody can inform one pile of ash other than one other pile of ash. Quite a lot of followers start to go worshiping Lilith as a god, you wind up serving to them meet premature ends.
5. The Saturnine (BioShock)
Whoof. This underground metropolis is already populated by a cult, so to make a cult that’s a cult the opposite cult fears however inside the cult: that’s road cred. Named for the Roman god of Saturn, the group wears makes constituted of timber and their plasmids of selection are primarily based in human blood. They search enlightenment however possibly a pineapple below the ocean is the unsuitable place to start out that journey.
Bonus Entry: Epsilon Group (GTA V)
Would identical to so as to add that I took the time to rubber-band a controller to cross the desert for a Scientology group (and actually, to get an achievement.) This one indoctrinated me by my mere participation, and you recognize, that’s price a hat-tip. Praise cash! Kifflom!
Bonus Bonus Entry: Whatever it’s (Outlast 2)
I couldn’t make it via the primary stage. I assume this was superb.
What are your favourite gaming cults? Or.. I dunno, favourite is the unsuitable phrase? Who makes the perfect argument for why you need to be part of up with their trigger? Which cult is the worst/scariest to you?
