Lords of the Fallen (2014)

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  1. PenetratorGod
    Sep 1, 2023
    0
    Probably the most mediocre Dark Souls copy you'll ever see. It's horrible that years later they're making a new game that's just as mediocre.
  2. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    3
    What a lazy game. Couldn't even beat it so bad it is. Lazy bosses with lazy movesets an even the boss themes are recicled. Jeezz, really hope they make it right with that 2023 reboot! It would be the very first time I play a CI Games' game and don't found it is bad.
  3. Shtern
    Dec 10, 2022
    2
    Не прикаких обстоятельствах не покупайте эту игру, это худшее вложение средств, у игры были проблемы когда она вышла ещё в далеком 2014 и как я понял с того момента ничего не поменялось, я не знаю как её делали, что в неё просто не возможно играть и получать удовольствие.
    1. Сначала есть проблема с вертикальной синхронизацией, те у кого нет мониторов которые её поддерживают, будет    Не прикаких обстоятельствах не покупайте эту игру, это худшее вложение средств, у игры были проблемы когда она вышла ещё в далеком 2014 и как я понял с того момента ничего не поменялось, я не знаю как её делали, что в неё просто не возможно играть и получать удовольствие.
    1. Сначала есть проблема с вертикальной синхронизацией, те у кого нет мониторов которые её поддерживают, будет играться не очень, так как если её включить то у вас постоянные просадки FPS, а если выключить и нет G-Sync или Free-Sync монитора, то будут разрывы жесткие при развороте камеры
    2. Сам геймплей, если не пройти игру за 1 день, вам он надоест, скучный и привязан к классу который вы выбираете. Урон в этой игре работает не понятно как, точно так же как и руны, много чего в игре нельзя открыть, просто потому что нельзя, а почему объяснений нет. Игра не интуитивна, это клон Dark Souls но который если и пытается быть лучше чем он, то в горении жопы с оптимизации и геймплея они именно топ 1.
    3. Вылеты, я писал выше про то, что если вы не пройдете за 1 присет игру, вам может надоесть через время, так вот, с первого раза не получиться, как и со второго :) спасибо разрабам, я не знаю какие танцы с бубном нужно проводить что бы вас не выкидывало, честно моя система:
    Ryzen 5 5600
    RTX 3060
    16GB RAM
    SSD
    но видать они не могут справиться с игрой 2014 года, что бы не залагать и не выкинуть меня на Босс файте или просто когда я бегу или бью мусорного моба.
    К графике претензий у меня нет, она очень хороша и мне понравилась, но к сожалению на одной графике игра не крутиться.
    Сюжетная составляющая очень размытая и сумбурная, хоть игра и пытаться с него но из-за плохого экспирианса от самого геймплея и плохой оптимизации понять его не получилось и нет желания дальше пробовать запускать, потому что знаешь что тебя выкенет.    … Expand
  4. VladimirChuma
    Jan 1, 2022
    1
    Game constantly crashes, freezes, sound disappears, overall very buggy, at least on Xbox series X. The biggest problem is that at the end of the fight with the Beast, right before I kill it, the game crashes. It happened to me 3 time so far and I can't proceed. If it was not for all the bugs, it would have been a good, solid 7/10 game.
  5. knockz1988
    Jul 26, 2021
    0
    **** piece of **** game, **** worst game ib the whole **** world game is hit and **** sucks.. **** stupid .... **** LORDS OF THE FALLEN>>>> delete all game in the world
  6. dotrem
    May 21, 2021
    1
    So freaking bad controls. You literally play a drunk middle aged office worker who move like a zombi after 12 hrs long workday.
  7. Khornez
    Oct 13, 2020
    2
    An extremely slow and clumsy mess of a game that has some slightly nice ideas but fails in spectacular fashion to execute them. I see plenty of people excusing the game because the studio is polish or because it's small... as if that changes the gameplay. They could have skimmed in graphic quality and the like and focus on a better mechanic, which is what a videogame is for after all.An extremely slow and clumsy mess of a game that has some slightly nice ideas but fails in spectacular fashion to execute them. I see plenty of people excusing the game because the studio is polish or because it's small... as if that changes the gameplay. They could have skimmed in graphic quality and the like and focus on a better mechanic, which is what a videogame is for after all.

    The biggest flaw has been stated multiple times, the movements being extremely slow and frustrating, which initially they might have decided was to give weight to the weapons but funnily enough at some point it makes the weapons look weightless and it's the character the one who has some arthritis or something: no, devs, a heavy weapon doesn't move steadily slow, it might move slow at first and can be hard to stop it's movement, but if it's slow during the entire swing, then it's the character holding it at that speed.

    But besides that massive annoyance, there are some other quality of life things that games understood long before this like:
    ·who thought it's a great idea to make the switch consumables and use consumables on the same key, have they heard of a directional pad? ever?
    ·when you lock on a target you are unable to run and all you can do then is roll, good luck handling that
    ·option to disable autoplay audio on the scrolls
    ·option to disable slowmotion animations (also, seriously, did you think the game needed to be Slower?)
    ·running attacks (not talking about the leap heavy attack)

    All in all this feels more like a cashgrab that only gets a modest score from people desperate to defend the company for whatever reason or those who heard it's compared to Dark Souls and try to "stick it to those snobs".

    As for characters, story and all that... yeah, not even worth mentioning.    … Expand
  8. HauMauKhau
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    One of the worse game I have ever played.WASTE of money,WASTE of time.Funny story,funny mechanics,funny animation,funny everything except for it aint fun.
  9. ofash
    Apr 7, 2020
    3
    welp I had so much fun in the game for like 34 of it but on the last quarter game decided to yeet on my pc and crash none stop. especially after I got to the last area of the game. I got RTX2060 and i7 9750 which should eat games like this from 2014 for breakfast.

    If the game wasn't **** on my pc like that I might have given it a higher score but I just can't recommend it to anyone.    welp I had so much fun in the game for like 34 of it but on the last quarter game decided to yeet on my pc and crash none stop. especially after I got to the last area of the game. I got RTX2060 and i7 9750 which should eat games like this from 2014 for breakfast.

    If the game wasn't **** on my pc like that I might have given it a higher score but I just can't recommend it to anyone. Game might me be good on XBOX or PS4 but know this, it might ruin your experience if you're playing on a pc. A for effort though.    … Expand
  10. Pedro_Batista91
    Mar 28, 2020
    3
    O sistema de combate desse jogo é simplesmente horrível, se inspiraram no Dark Souls, mas falta qualidade no principal que é exatamente o combate e os comandos. Sem contar que é um jogo extremamente bugado, pois há jogos com gráficos mais bonitos e polidos que rodam a 60fps. Esse aqui nem isso.

    Só compre se tiver no máximo 5 reais, acho q na real não vale nem em promo, pois além do    O sistema de combate desse jogo é simplesmente horrível, se inspiraram no Dark Souls, mas falta qualidade no principal que é exatamente o combate e os comandos. Sem contar que é um jogo extremamente bugado, pois há jogos com gráficos mais bonitos e polidos que rodam a 60fps. Esse aqui nem isso.

    Só compre se tiver no máximo 5 reais, acho q na real não vale nem em promo, pois além do combate ser ruim que é o foco principal em jogos 'SoulsLike', a otimização é extremamente porca.

    Esse jogo simplesmente não tem condições, é uma bosta. Foram os 8,39 mais mal gastos da minha vida.    … Expand
  11. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    4
    This game is bad. It tries to be a souls like but its not even a souls like. Controls are stupid and combat is idiotic. Bosses are a joke, some are unfair some are too easy and some of them just dont work.
  12. Kenjiro
    Dec 10, 2018
    3
    The game have pretty graphics and this is it. All the rest is from mediocre to bad. Character is moving very slow, only fast rolls are useful, but even this do not prevent from taking damage or stun. Against some enemies you have only slight chance to get up from knocking down in tight corner. Game is not balances at all. Beginning is very hard for non-DS players when you have to die manyThe game have pretty graphics and this is it. All the rest is from mediocre to bad. Character is moving very slow, only fast rolls are useful, but even this do not prevent from taking damage or stun. Against some enemies you have only slight chance to get up from knocking down in tight corner. Game is not balances at all. Beginning is very hard for non-DS players when you have to die many times instead of real learning with progress how to play, and ending is so easy with multiple enemies on one/two hits.

    But all of this could be overcome, but backtracking is worst of all. Main quest send Harkyn multiple times to the same places with only stronger enemies (respawn every location change) and locations are dull and boring.

    I bought game on GOG sale for a few dollars and it was not worth the money. Do not buy, do not play, there are multiple better games.    … Expand
  13. Moki
    Nov 6, 2018
    4
    Visually not a bad game. Really bad port, controls are horrible, should have just left it as a console game, just a waste of time. Do NOT play this on a pc.
  14. asdfasdf12456
    Jun 9, 2017
    4
    Controls are **** Harkyn refuses to move faster every time when he finished a simple move. Swinging a sword is like swinging a hammer, so I have to use light weapon to finish the game because swinging a heavy/medium weapon takes way too long to finish the animation, so I will always get hit and still can’t hit the enemy. Rolling is useless, because you still get hit even you timed itControls are **** Harkyn refuses to move faster every time when he finished a simple move. Swinging a sword is like swinging a hammer, so I have to use light weapon to finish the game because swinging a heavy/medium weapon takes way too long to finish the animation, so I will always get hit and still can’t hit the enemy. Rolling is useless, because you still get hit even you timed it right. Blocking with a shield is useless too. Even if I have half of my energy left, I still get stunned when an enemy attacks me twice in a roll, so I have to use shield charge every time whenever I encounter a fast enemy.

    Bosses are easier than the regular enemy. If I run in the wrong way in a corridor and there are two or more enemies, I will get stuck and die. Any regular enemy can stun and kick me to the sky. However, bosses attacks are slower than the regular enemies, their attacks won’t hit me twice most of the time so I have time to heal when I get hit but regular enemy can’t because they will stun lock me to death. Also, why is the game limited to new game++?    … Expand
  15. SaintMSent
    May 22, 2017
    4
    Epic fail, worst Dark Souls parody ever. I don't know why would you play this game ever. Total disaster, only one good aspect is graphics. Don't recommend to anyone.
  16. MadclownJack
    May 6, 2017
    4
    The Good: The UI and some of the weapons and armor are well designed. The animation is fluid, the graphics are somewhat satisfactory, the music is also nice.

    The Bad: Everything else. The Battle system is horrible and inconsistent. The weapons look nice but their usefulness is questionable. The enemies are badly balanced and share a lot of the visual features among themselves. The    The Good: The UI and some of the weapons and armor are well designed. The animation is fluid, the graphics are somewhat satisfactory, the music is also nice.

    The Bad: Everything else. The Battle system is horrible and inconsistent. The weapons look nice but their usefulness is questionable. The enemies are badly balanced and share a lot of the visual features among themselves. The optimization seems nonexistent, as in every time there is an enemy around you you will experience drops in frame rate. The levels are all similar in design, and that design is sadly the same old boring dark shiny rubble of a castle. In a few words: It appears the developers were so angry that Dark Souls exists, they sabotaged what could've been a good game in an effort to distinguish their game as an original while at the same time trying to make it more of a Dark Souls game than Dark Souls. It's been a waste of time, at least for me. There's no sense of accomplishment like in DS. And to those that defend it, saying it shouldn't be compared to DS, i say "If it walks and talks like an awful Dark Souls clone, then it's an awful Dark Souls clone". And that's just sad.    … Expand
  17. LifeHistory
    Apr 6, 2017
    0
    I played 4 chapters and could not take it any more. This game is pure **** period. Very boring and bad combat dark souls try hard wanna be and it is the worst optimized game I've tried on PC. The Graphics are so damn bad and the level design is so stupid. I though it may get better but it only got worse and worse. I can't believe that there are people here who gave it a 10 or even an 8I played 4 chapters and could not take it any more. This game is pure **** period. Very boring and bad combat dark souls try hard wanna be and it is the worst optimized game I've tried on PC. The Graphics are so damn bad and the level design is so stupid. I though it may get better but it only got worse and worse. I can't believe that there are people here who gave it a 10 or even an 8 LOL.... since the game itself is very bad and with this pure **** optimization there is no way anyone should touch this garbage. It is very simple why play this when you can play dark souls again and again.. Hell I would rather play cod than this .… Expand
  18. Hack
    Aug 27, 2016
    4
    Well I don't know what to say, it feels like a bootleg Dark Souls and they didn't even do a good job of copying it.

    Pros: Visuals Voice work Cons: Performance Clunky combat Switching locked on targets is extremely cumbersome Lock on often targets enemies miles away instead of the one next to you The camera constantly loses focus of the target The hit boxes are wildly    Well I don't know what to say, it feels like a bootleg Dark Souls and they didn't even do a good job of copying it.

    Pros:

    Visuals
    Voice work

    Cons:

    Performance
    Clunky combat
    Switching locked on targets is extremely cumbersome
    Lock on often targets enemies miles away instead of the one next to you
    The camera constantly loses focus of the target
    The hit boxes are wildly inaccurate, you literally get hit when you're nowhere near the ability
    Boring bosses that are made long by giving them tons of HP
    Last boss is just awful and still buggy 2 years after release

    I really don't recommend this, I bought it for £4 and still feel like it was a waste of money.    … Expand
  19. Dragonaut
    Jul 28, 2015
    1
    Bad game, just terrible. Way too slow and way too hard. Returned to store after 4 hours of playing, couldn't beat the first boss. Tried so many times but had to give up in the end. There is no tutorial, doesn't explain how to use magic or use a potion. 1 point for nice visual effects.
  20. afskafn
    Jul 23, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. at first it looked amazing but after about the first boss battle it began to lag and the games difficulty began to rise tremendously.the boss killed me in one hit the the heavy solders were faster then the rouge i was playing.i am not a fan but that's just my opinion of the game but i do not recommend buying it if it is not cheap.… Expand
  21. Smackk
    Jan 23, 2015
    1
    I have bought over 100 games in the past 12 months and this game is the worst one. The game is infuriatingly hard and the controls are the most clunky and slow Ive ever seen in a AAA title. The only thing this game has going for it is the nice graphics. Unless you want a game that looks pretty skip this. Id rather watch the grass grow than play this game ever again. Just horrible Ill giveI have bought over 100 games in the past 12 months and this game is the worst one. The game is infuriatingly hard and the controls are the most clunky and slow Ive ever seen in a AAA title. The only thing this game has going for it is the nice graphics. Unless you want a game that looks pretty skip this. Id rather watch the grass grow than play this game ever again. Just horrible Ill give it a 1 instead of a 0 because it looks pretty good.… Expand
  22. lantan
    Dec 27, 2014
    1
    Totally crap, game is starting between devils , you dont know anything about game, any strategy or anything else, just they want you to roll and roll and roll and roll and roll and hit, of course if you are lucky, if you like to roll , this game is the best but watch out most of blade swings wont touch you but will make damage you. Totally crap
  23. Rel_Slo
    Dec 27, 2014
    4
    At a glance Lords of the Fallen looks just like the game to fill that Dark Souls shaped void in your heart, however first hand experience will reveal that this game feels overwhelmingly uninspired. Everything from the environments and enemies to your own character, nothing seems to have much personality. The only thing that makes this game 'Dark Souls-esque' is the combat, which isAt a glance Lords of the Fallen looks just like the game to fill that Dark Souls shaped void in your heart, however first hand experience will reveal that this game feels overwhelmingly uninspired. Everything from the environments and enemies to your own character, nothing seems to have much personality. The only thing that makes this game 'Dark Souls-esque' is the combat, which is balanced and unforgiving enough, but feels quite sluggish at times which can make fights monotonous. The game is indeed pretty, but it's not quite enough to make up for the fact that after a while all the drab hallways and dilapidated courtyards begin to look the same. The experience overall was sub-par, I don't recommend.… Expand
  24. rwebb
    Dec 5, 2014
    2
    (Comments are as of version 1.3, Dec 5 2014.) The use of Dark Souls/Demon Souls mechanics and atmosphere as inspiration is very welcome, but Lord of the Fallen's performance problems and incessant crashing on PC destroy any merits the game has. The risk/reward design that pushes you to go as long as possible before saving by incrementing the XP rewards is in direct opposition to potential(Comments are as of version 1.3, Dec 5 2014.) The use of Dark Souls/Demon Souls mechanics and atmosphere as inspiration is very welcome, but Lord of the Fallen's performance problems and incessant crashing on PC destroy any merits the game has. The risk/reward design that pushes you to go as long as possible before saving by incrementing the XP rewards is in direct opposition to potential crashes at any moment. After about 7 hours into the game, I had probably accumulated about 2-3 hours of actual play time with 4-5 hours of backtracking and replaying over and over after crashes. I gave up on the XP chaining and would just scamper for a save point at any chance just to salvage as much XP before the inevitable crash loss.

    Eventually I hit a point in the game where just walking down a mandatory path would hang and crash ('LordsOfTheFallen.exe has stopped working'), repeatedly, preventing any further progress. I give up.    … Expand
  25. Blackcompany
    Dec 2, 2014
    2
    Lords of the Fallen dreams big. It so badly wants to be Dark Souls. To be part of - and maybe even to - that legacy.

    It fails. Utterly, completely and thoroughly fails. Visually the game is stunning. This is both the beginning and the end of Lords's success. Even with a core i7 4770 with 8GB RAM and a 770ti 2GB the game struggles in places. These struggles are minor however and do    Lords of the Fallen dreams big. It so badly wants to be Dark Souls. To be part of - and maybe even to - that legacy.

    It fails. Utterly, completely and thoroughly fails.

    Visually the game is stunning. This is both the beginning and the end of Lords's success. Even with a core i7 4770 with 8GB RAM and a 770ti 2GB the game struggles in places. These struggles are minor however and do not subtract from the visual splendor of this dark world.

    Unfortunately, literally everything else does.

    By now the DRM is old news. Its processor intense and might be involved in crashing games. And with Steam a necessary part of the purchase, one is forced to wonder why additional DRM was needed. (Hint: It wasn't).

    Of course, even DRM could perhaps be overlooked, were Lords a good game. Its not. Combat - the entire focus - is poorly implemented. Weapons swing so slowly many of them are outright worthless. Even some one handed weapons swing with the same speed as Ultra Greatswords from Dark Souls. Most two handed weapons are so slow as to be unplayable. The only exception early: Weapons that cost additional money as part of the DLC.

    Enemies only serve highlight these problems. They recover far too quickly from both staggering and attacking. They auto-align with the player in mid-swing when attacking, rotating on some invisible axis to make kiting worthless. Bosses are simply gimmick-laden damage sponges, requiring far, far more hits than any foe from the Souls games save, perhaps, Smelter Demon, and they tend toward summoning minions to cheapen these frustrating fights even further.

    Lords of the Fallen wanted so badly to be compared to Dark Souls. And it will be. For as long as gamers talk about the Souls franchise, Lords of the Fallen will exist as a counterpoint. An example of how the formula can go wrong. An example...of how NOT to make a Souls game.    … Expand
  26. jetlag4321
    Nov 29, 2014
    0
    The combat is insanely slow. It has the combat speed of one of those old, incredibly boring iPhone RPGs you play for 20-30 minutes before deleting it because of required in game purchasing to advance the story. I want my money back.
  27. proGamer0007
    Nov 27, 2014
    0
    Devs are not knowing what they do. This game is totally unfinished bullshi..! Wait for a fixed version and an 80% off sale on steam. Do not pay the full price for this crap. Do not pay the full price for this crap. Do not pay the full price for this crap.
  28. blblblblbl1
    Nov 27, 2014
    0
    Does not run more than 10 mins on my PC. 16GB Ram, Nvidia Geforce 760. Buggy as hell! Avoid it - till its fixed. If this ever happens... 'cause it seems that the developers have no clue what they are doing.
  29. prodenied
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I dont have words for say the bad bad bad game , this is the worst game of the year, the game fights movements is totally poor, i lose money buying this crap.
  30. fortigas
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    This game is my worst buy with AC Unity, i waste my money buying this piece of shxxxt, really bad game, mechanic and dynamic, poor, nice graphics but only these, suggestion, dont waste u money with this bullshxxxt
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#40 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Dec 15, 2014
    83
    Lords of the Fallen may be a simplified, easier version of Souls games, but is it necessarily a bad thing? Being an overpowered iron mountain at the end game, well, it is actually quite satisfying for a change. [Dec 2014]
  2. CD-Action
    Dec 13, 2014
    90
    I was flabbergasted by what two largely unknown studios managed to achieve. Lords of the Fallen is not just a creative take on the formula introduced by From Software, but also a game that can rival the greatest recent RPGs and looks like Monica Bellucci and Sophie Marceau from their best years. [Dec 2014, p.40]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 3, 2014
    80
    Straightforward copycat of "Souls" games achieved a success because it can reach players the Japanese series could not because it was too difficult. The game is still challenging but you won't be desperate from playing it. [Issue#247]
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