Lords of the Fallen

If you enjoy jank, and getting 4v1 gangbanged by the same 4 enemy types and had a fond memory of Dark Souls or Elden Ring and want to play a game that reminds you why those games are great then play this game. It pales in comparison to those games, but it's serviceable but sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many "AHAHAH GOTCHA!!" moments. Walk into door. 2 flame dogs on both sides. OOOO we made a sneaky mimic that will change places, ahahah gotcha. Ooooweee, we had 3 guys spawn behind you in this hallway, aren't we sneaky?

Honestly one of the best Souls-Like games of all time. The combat is fluid and has enough variety to stay fresh throughout. The enemy variety however is sorely lacking past the 60% mark. It feels as if you are playing "get ganked by a man and his dog simulator". The story is just as confusing but enthralling as the Souls Series and the bosses are amazing about 90% of the time. The other 10% is pure jank hell. They remain varied and enjoyable and none feel as if they overstay their welcome. Overall an incredibly fun game with a few minor issues.

visually stunning, with good combat but way too easy and occasionally buggy. thoroughly enjoyed regardless.

At its best, Lords of the Fallen is aggressively mediocre and bland. At its worst, it a crap cashgrab on what soulslike offers (let's be real, its this. Just like the first game was). It takes everything it can from the successes in the genre and makes them boring or stupid. It really feels like as if the devs just made a bulleted list of keywords of what people like to see in games without a care in the world of how to implement them. Deflecting in Sekiro led to excellent combat flow and its iteration in Lies of P better fits a soulslike; too bad Lords wants you to be stunned on deflect too. Getting a dedicated jump button in Elden Ring was sick; too bad the jump is garbage in Lords and the button itself is tied to all other context dependent action (e.g., in a rush and want to climb a ladder? Too bad you're jumping now!). So on and so forth. The only standout feature is the dual world system, but it's lame. You think there's gonna be some kind of sick dual world navigation shenanigans like in Metroid Prime 2 or something. But what really happens is you're just in the Umbral the entire time. There's no real reason to be in Axiom other than to make runbacks easier because Umbral has all the items and platforms to navigate. Even then, because of the platform issue, the runback benefit might not even apply! So the devs put all this effort for a dual world system, only to have the players use 1 of them if they want to make any meaningful progress in the game. Brilliant. The cherry on top of all these poor implementations is the bugginess of it all. I often experience collision issues or the game not recognizing certain cues like the soulflay not working on the environment (i.e., getting progression blocked because the game can't game). I initially thought "must be me". Lo and Behold, exit and restart the game and the progression issues get fixed at that moment. I won't say this is a constant issue, but it happens frequently enough and in the worst places to create doubt as to what the game even wants. Is their a trick to this buffed enemy, or did the buffing parasite fail to load a body this time? Do I need to kill something to get this corpse loot, or did soulflay break again? IS THIS A LADDER A LADDER OR DID THE GAME FORGET HOW TO MOUNT LADDERS AGAIN. WHO KNOWS?!! This crap happening in the tutorial area is the most baffling thing and inexcusable. Playing the game of "is this a new mechanic, or is the game crapping out again" is no fun. By extension, playing this game in general is no fun. Too bad my mental illness compels me to get the most out of my money. EDIT: Just finished the radiant ending and here's the worst part: the game offers nothing worth seeing or doing. Nothing cool to be in awe at, nothing engaging to appreciate as an "addition to the genre", nothing. According to the boss rematch list, I'm missing 1 "actual" boss which I'm assuming is is on another ending route but I highly doubt 1 boss fight will redeem this game. So on top of everything else I said, the game is boring.

三星最多了，首先就是一款单机游戏想打成就需要全程挂加速器，而且不挂加速器没法用眼珠换影界残渣，boss魂兑换的武器装备根本攒不够。 再就是这个影界设计，讲真的完全可以把阳间删掉，到天空之桥后我就基本全程开影界探图了，阳间100%会漏一大堆东西 地图设计的确实比较好，从小地图里的各种捷径绕回篝火，一个篝火通行2-4条路到大地图之间互相的串联算是学到宫崎老贼的真传了，但是为什么boss打完之后连换皮都不换一下直接出现在我后面的流程上当精英怪了？整个影界特有的怪就那么几种，无限刷的僵尸，飞蛾，死神 希望第二部能舍得多投入点，最起码别把boss直接放在后面当精英怪

Итак, пройдя 5 часов пыток в этом куске, так называемого кала.. Могу сказать, что игру придумал сын ****, игра *****. Кооп реализован отвратно, если другой человек не купит игру, а скачает версию для друга, то это пытка. Оптимизация вроде есть, но частые фризы даже на мощном ПК. Геймплей в игре отвратный, два раза нажать пробел для переката - это пытка клавиши на клавиатуре. А боссы - это отдельное.. Ощущение есть, что у боссов хитбоксы высраны. В общем и целом - игра залупы.

Coop is super buggy, plaiying it in 2026.