Lords of the Fallen

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  1. anthplays
    Mar 8, 2015
    9
    Very underrated. This is a beautiful game with fantastic, challenging gameplay. The combat is great, and it has a nice learning curve. Do not overlook this game, it is a gem.
  2. GreenMachineG
    Jan 25, 2016
    6
    Do you want to play a game like Dark Souls where it is nearly impossible to beat, or even progress from location to location, and have it be done with a very slow-moving character, with less quality overall? Play Lords of the Fallen.

    5.0/10
  3. KayVen17
    Jan 5, 2019
    6
    Deutsche Review - Kritik Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. RegelnDeutsche Review - Kritik Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden? Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Punkte: 62/100    … Expand
  4. vitucovigo
    Mar 22, 2017
    5
    I buyed this game cheap for my PS4 because i'm a big fan of souls series and this game was really similar: dogde system, bosses on each area, combat system is pretty much the same but slower, etc. But I found a game with good graphics but REALLY boring to me. The combat is slow and boring, the bosses are not that original, you can't customize your character... I don't know... This game hasI buyed this game cheap for my PS4 because i'm a big fan of souls series and this game was really similar: dogde system, bosses on each area, combat system is pretty much the same but slower, etc. But I found a game with good graphics but REALLY boring to me. The combat is slow and boring, the bosses are not that original, you can't customize your character... I don't know... This game has no challenging difficulty, it has artificial difficulty... Don't buy it expecting a similar Souls-borne game.… Expand
  5. bregolasdunedan
    Nov 5, 2017
    10
    This game is sick, totally awesome!! I don't know what people are talking about it being trash. Those people are **** stupid. I really like it and the bosses are ridiculously hard.
  6. LagJ
    Mar 24, 2017
    1
    Picked it for free on PS Plus. Played it for one hour while thinking about Dark Souls. Put it down and went for a glorious new run of Dark Souls instead.
    Lords of the Fallen is like someone tried to clone DS but the experiment gave a horribly disfigured creature with lame limbs and eyes where they shouldn't be which was abandoned in the darkest recess of the biolab. But hey, it got me    Picked it for free on PS Plus. Played it for one hour while thinking about Dark Souls. Put it down and went for a glorious new run of Dark Souls instead.
    Lords of the Fallen is like someone tried to clone DS but the experiment gave a horribly disfigured creature with lame limbs and eyes where they shouldn't be which was abandoned in the darkest recess of the biolab. But hey, it got me playing Dark Souls again, that's worth a point.    … Expand
  7. Ashtos
    Sep 25, 2016
    1
    Lords of the Fallen is what you would get if you let a petulant child play the Souls series, then ask them to make their own game as part of the franchise. A horribly hybridization of other games wrapped in an abused Dark Souls package, this game is a disgusting mess. And that's not even counting the awful bugs it had on launch.

    Clearly built as a "me too" genre game on the heels of the    Lords of the Fallen is what you would get if you let a petulant child play the Souls series, then ask them to make their own game as part of the franchise. A horribly hybridization of other games wrapped in an abused Dark Souls package, this game is a disgusting mess. And that's not even counting the awful bugs it had on launch.

    Clearly built as a "me too" genre game on the heels of the Souls series, Lords of the Failure reeks of generic designs and gameplay. The combat is laughable when it's not borish, the story feels painfully close to an attempt to meld Souls with Gears of War (creating an awful and confusing mess in the end), and the graphics, while very well done, are dull and feel like the designs have been lifted from better games and movies. And graphical fidelity alone will never save a game

    It attempts to mimic the Souls series so much so that it reaches the uncanny valley on that alone, making the entire gameplay process feel similar enough to be creepy. Though it does meander from the Dark Souls formula to try and become its own style, it does so in an awful and frustrating direction; if you've played the souls series, and enjoyed that gameplay, Lords of the Fallen will not deliver more of the same. If anything, it will leave you more disappointed than ever with its slow controls, awkward combat, over-the-top dramatic moves and opponents (The first "boss" you fight in the game at one point literally spins across the room like a dancer, flipping its great-sword around and around like an awkward LARPer), and lackluster story.

    What brief glimpses you get of the plot is intriguing, but far too shallow to sustain interest The player is thrown into the role of some criminal named Harkyn. Immediately this removes a good deal of immersion from the game as you are now bearing witness to someone elses story rather than taking a part in your own. And though you have dialogue options, they don't provide any sort of branching story line or even personal changes to "Harkyn," regardless of your intentions. You are forever stuck as the gruff angry ex-con with a big sword and chip on his shoulder.

    The end result is a clunky, crashy, cranky, crooked game that wishes it could be something great, but tries far too hard to be something worse in the process. The only good price is free, and then it's an abuse of HDD space. I can only surmise that once again, several people padded the score for this steaming pile of software. It gets a one simply because they patched most of the nonsense stability issues, but is still barely worth the effort.    … Expand
  8. diehard-gamer
    Dec 29, 2014
    6
    Very DarkSouls like. Graphics are very nice. Controls are smooth. Combat moves are very timing/sequence sensitive and unforgiving. There is a token story, limited dialogue and a small 'world' to walk through - but its played out largely as a strainght line wak through set peice combats. Saves are at set points only and a mistake (or real wold distraction) in between save points willlVery DarkSouls like. Graphics are very nice. Controls are smooth. Combat moves are very timing/sequence sensitive and unforgiving. There is a token story, limited dialogue and a small 'world' to walk through - but its played out largely as a strainght line wak through set peice combats. Saves are at set points only and a mistake (or real wold distraction) in between save points willl send you back to the last. If you like DarkSouls you'll probably like this.… Expand
  9. B2BigAl
    May 29, 2017
    6
    Dark Souls without the charm, precision, or rewarding difficulty. It's a pretty game, but that's about it. The story and gameplay are hollow and lifeless. There's some potential here, so I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel if they can build off what they've learned, but it needs some serious work to compete with the DS series.
  10. bonsai
    Nov 29, 2019
    5
    This is a Dark Souls wannabe lacking the execution that you can find in the Dark Souls serie.
    Laggy inputs and overall not so great game.
    Just play Dark Souls.
    5/10
  11. Juras
    Mar 14, 2017
    4
    I was fascinated after first artwork reveal, to finnaly get average game, or even worse. Boring design (Blizzard's WoW/Diablo 3 level), practically whole game is in one location (everything looks similiar), poor mechanics (many glitches, invisible walls, bad hitboxes, freezes), no character editor, no challenge. Only graphics was good but at cost of smooth fps (final boss fight with magicI was fascinated after first artwork reveal, to finnaly get average game, or even worse. Boring design (Blizzard's WoW/Diablo 3 level), practically whole game is in one location (everything looks similiar), poor mechanics (many glitches, invisible walls, bad hitboxes, freezes), no character editor, no challenge. Only graphics was good but at cost of smooth fps (final boss fight with magic was terrible slowdown).… Expand
  12. houyi111
    Oct 13, 2016
    7
    overall a decent game for me. it is much slower than dark souls but still enjoyable. I tried str build which was quite op, tried agi build with two handed daggers, fun, fast and tons of dps, tried a pure faith build and can confirm it was op as well. the bosses and enemies are decent. the major drawbacks are 1) glitches, bugs and crushes!! the game crushed 6 or 7 times on ps4 for my threeoverall a decent game for me. it is much slower than dark souls but still enjoyable. I tried str build which was quite op, tried agi build with two handed daggers, fun, fast and tons of dps, tried a pure faith build and can confirm it was op as well. the bosses and enemies are decent. the major drawbacks are 1) glitches, bugs and crushes!! the game crushed 6 or 7 times on ps4 for my three playthrough, very annoying since the game encourage you to not save the game. 2) level design is confusing and poor in general, only 4-5 major maps with similar rooms and enemy types... but overall, it has some new ideas and most the combat are fun in its own way.. dont expect dark souls level combat but enjoy the game as what it is. this game is not 10/10, but it is not garbage.… Expand
  13. MerodeTalks
    May 28, 2016
    4
    Gameplay:
    This game is a twist on Dark Souls. There's not much new and what is new is boring and I didn't enjoy much. For example - magical glove that is basically distance weapon that works in three modes as for example gun or grenade launcher. It was unnecessary and except for testing it a few times I haven't used it since. As a test I tried kiting one boss to death with it and    Gameplay:
    This game is a twist on Dark Souls. There's not much new and what is new is boring and I didn't enjoy much. For example - magical glove that is basically distance weapon that works in three modes as for example gun or grenade launcher. It was unnecessary and except for testing it a few times I haven't used it since. As a test I tried kiting one boss to death with it and succeeded after some 20 minutes.

    There are several types of enemies you meet. Some of them are more difficult to kill than bosses. I don't mean that they're hard, just some bosses are too easy. In general, you beat most of bosses on first or second attempt once you've figured out their mechanics. The enemies you meet towards the end of game are a little uninspired but that has rather to do with the story. I'll just say that I never knew you could sprint so well in full plate armor.

    Graphics:
    The game looks really well. Visuals, locations and settings are very appealing and interesting. Unfortunately there's a lot of backtracking. Initial satisfaction with presentation is diminished once you've realised you've seen whole place and than you simply backtrack to new bosses. There are also issues with performance and although I haven't tested it with any tools, you can feel drops in FPS and in places there's constant drop in FPS.

    Sounds and soundtrack:
    This is the strongest part of the game - soundtrack is brilliant. Music, ambients and sound effects are fitting and well made. I wish there was more because tracks repeat too often and by the time you've finished game you may get a little sick with a few tracks that repeat most.

    Story and characters:
    It's pathetic. I've guessed who's going to be the end boss nearly from the get go. Story is almost non-existent and what little we get is unsatisfactory. Characters are bland, boring and stereotypical. Some of them I don't know why where put into the game (because their impact is non-existent). Some of these characters' actions are hard to understand but I won't get into details (certain woman and certain huge monster). That's much to say considering this game has no more than 10 characters total of which maybe 3 say more than one sentence.

    Final notice:
    The game was a tad unstable. I have played it in late 2015 so long after it was released and patched. During my playthrough I had about 3-4 crashes. It's a tad annoying considering this game's difficulty.

    Overall I'd say this game could be described in one word - mediocre. It excels only in sounds department. I have finished it but I'd lie if I said I haven't forced myself a little to do this.

    If you have nothing else to play and you can get it for no more than 15$, it's worth it.    … Expand
  14. Realisti
    Sep 30, 2016
    3
    Everybody keeps comparing this to DS. Whatever. Maybe it pretends to be something similar like DS? Still whatever. They claim that winning the fights is about timing and crap like that. Yeah, that might be true in some sort of way if you have Parkinson's. The only struggle so far I played were the controls and repetitive game play. You get sort of normal enemies that you have to figure outEverybody keeps comparing this to DS. Whatever. Maybe it pretends to be something similar like DS? Still whatever. They claim that winning the fights is about timing and crap like that. Yeah, that might be true in some sort of way if you have Parkinson's. The only struggle so far I played were the controls and repetitive game play. You get sort of normal enemies that you have to figure out how you beat them and then the stupid boss fights that are simple as hell but the only reason you get killed in them over and over again is the horrible controls that sometimes make your camera bounce around, target the right enemy etc.. If you want to get frustrated, play this game.… Expand
  15. pongkrit03
    Sep 19, 2016
    6
    "Playable" is what I would describe this game. I have finished the game 2 days ago. My friend, however, quit at the half of the game. Here is what I would say to the game.

    Compared with games that released in the same year, for example Dark Souls 2, This game did very good on graphic. However, the other aspects are needed to be improved. Gameplay is a clone from soul series but not as    "Playable" is what I would describe this game. I have finished the game 2 days ago. My friend, however, quit at the half of the game. Here is what I would say to the game.

    Compared with games that released in the same year, for example Dark Souls 2, This game did very good on graphic. However, the other aspects are needed to be improved. Gameplay is a clone from soul series but not as good as original. UI is terrible. Button layout is terrible. Also you are not allow to save game manually. You have to save at checkpoint, or save when you leave area, this feels awkward for a game in 2014. Game mechanic is very slow and clunky but still playable after you play for a while. Difficult is little below Darksouls but I do not mind that. Balance is not good. In late part of the game, after I got good great sword + best rune + best amulet, I could one shot most of enemies in the game, except boss and enemies in last location (required 2 swings). I felt satisfied but at the same time, felt cheap. I like the story of this game even though it is not as great as other RPG games that heavily based on story like Witcher 3 or Dragon Age. This game still did better than Dark Souls in term of story. It is much easy to understand what we are doing and why. The map design in this game is very confused, like a maze. I don't like that and Crash happened to me once.

    Lastly, NO MULTIPLAYER, give big minus scorees to the game.

    In sum, if you never played this kind of game before, I would recommend Dark Souls 3 and Bloodbonre since they are newer, have faster paced and can COOP PVP. You can also play Dark Souls 2 afterward. If you already finished all those three, then you can select Lords of the fallen to kill your time while waiting for NIOH. That is it for this game !    … Expand
  16. Mattcha
    Sep 11, 2016
    2
    Tries way too hard to be Dark Souls and fails miserably. literally every mechanic is ripped directly from the Souls series, but implemented so badly, s*** even the control layout is identical! It feels like a slow clunky mess...What is the deal with all these 10's??
  17. szszsz
    Dec 19, 2014
    7
    i was really excited when first heard about LOTF, i was reading/watching every new info bout it and it was the first game i bought after i got ps4 ;), but in the end im little dissapointed (prolly too much hype and a lot of demand that couldnt be met yet), so im leaving my review here for CI Games (as i know they really are into improvements and will look for a community opinions) so theyi was really excited when first heard about LOTF, i was reading/watching every new info bout it and it was the first game i bought after i got ps4 ;), but in the end im little dissapointed (prolly too much hype and a lot of demand that couldnt be met yet), so im leaving my review here for CI Games (as i know they really are into improvements and will look for a community opinions) so they could make LOTF 2 the way it should be made
    pros and cons from the perspective of dks fan

    pros:
    -graphics
    -weapon and armor feeling, especially heavy
    -fully copied dks mechanics (no need to change its perfection)
    -challenge portals
    -boss phases (with quite different movesets and openings)
    -loads of stuff hidden around, including the 'leave the main area and explore sideways' possibilities
    -subtle improvements (keeping exp instead of leveling/saving gives you a bonus multiplier, lost exp gives you a temporarly buff in cost of loosing that exp)

    cons:
    -glitches and unstable fps - totally unacceptable on the ps4 (!!!!!), it cost the game at least 1 point in 1-10 scale, cause its uber frustrating
    -RNG - fix it guys, see how dks does that, fighting a particular enemy in LOTF can be super easy or almost impossible, depending on RNG, i fought the second boss (guardian ?) couple of times and he was just spamming his AOE with no break, making it impossible to even look for an opening, and the last time ive fought him 80% of his attacks were leaving openings (ridiculous difference, huh ?), its not a fair game like dks, you need to be helluva lucky during a speed run (and the game was meant to be a speedrun base)
    -cheesy way of hardening enemies - putting an enemy with a huge shield with little openings (which forces you to change your weapon, cause you wont hit in that half a second with a heavy one) is just boring and slowing the game, its not how its supposed to challenge you
    -no stun lock (?), srsly guys if i hit even a huge guy with a combo of huge hammer heavy attacks it should at least break his attack, and most of the time i hit the big guy hard and half a sec later he hits me back like it was nothing - totally broken mechanics, again - see how dks did that
    -skirmisher's rng - they walk around me in a circles, neither attacking nor defending - somebody screw these guys hard, especially that when they start attacking they are a really well done enemy
    -dialogs and npc - really bad, if you put a dialog options at least let them continue so they would feel as an actual conversation leading somewhere, not just click everything and maybe it will work out, also main character gesticulate too much, its a bad ass convict, not a gold chained cheap rapper ;)

    neutral:
    -let people choose the difficulty level - i guess most of the dks fans would start this game on ng+ if it was possible, as the ng is much easier then dks
    -a multiplayer, like a normal match-making arena pvp would be nice and kept the game alive for a longer period of time
    -lack of group fights, i guess CI Games wanted to make every fight more intimate, 1on1 style, but raging through like 5-15 weak enemies would also give some fun, it rips the game of crowd-control which is very important in dks in comparison

    as you could see most of the cons could have been fixed with a good update patch, no idea why it havent been done yet

    my overall opinion would is 6,5/10 and 7,5/10 (if glitches and frame drops fixed), leaving 7/10 in between

    buy this game, support the devs, encourage them to make a real dks competition :)    … Expand
  18. MetaRogue
    May 22, 2021
    7
    With the overall success and appeal of Dark Souls, subsequent flattery through imitation was inevitable. Lords of the Fallen is the manifestation of said flattery and imitation, though it has one trait that distinguishes it from FromSoftwares' modern classic - it's not as difficult as the game that inspired it. This, however, is a double edged sword that works for and against LOTF,With the overall success and appeal of Dark Souls, subsequent flattery through imitation was inevitable. Lords of the Fallen is the manifestation of said flattery and imitation, though it has one trait that distinguishes it from FromSoftwares' modern classic - it's not as difficult as the game that inspired it. This, however, is a double edged sword that works for and against LOTF, sometimes equally and at other times more so against it.

    Starting with LOTF's narrative, you take the role of Harkyn, a criminal with an amalgam of sins tattooed across his face. Harkyn has been freed from prison to fight the Rhogar - demonic warriors from another realm who are attacking a monastery and threaten to invade the rest of the world (or something - that bit is a little vague and not really properly explained). Character-wise, Harkyn isn't very interesting or charismatic, and the rest of the cast fare no better. The story isn't only forgettable, but also strangely absent, as there are no strong defining moments at any point throughout the roughly 12 to 15 hour playthrough - you simply go through corridor after corridor looking for the next boss to defeat to advance the plot.

    Combat and overall movement ranges between acceptable and sluggish, feeling unrefined when compared to Dark Souls. As much as I relished the easier difficulty, I noticed some issues with LOTF - early on the difficulty scaling of some enemies felt unbalanced. The Commander boss fight in particular felt badly designed. On the subject of boss fights, LOTF's boss fights range from underwhelming to just simply unfair at times because of certain unique attacks they possess, but also because of Harkyn's speed and reliance on melee combat. Wearing a full set of heavy armour makes Harkyn's dodge rolls insultingly glacial, a thing which frustrated me greatly.

    Some design elements make great additions to the Souls formula. For one thing, you can bank accumulated experience points to generate Skill Points or Magic Points and resting at a 'bonfire' crystal DOESN'T respawn defeated enemies - only when Harkyn is defeated do enemies respawn. In terms of art style and aesthetic, LOTF feels like a combination of Dark Souls, Dragon Age, Darksiders and Diablo.

    Lords of the Fallen should have been an obvious win-win - a Dark Souls game for beginners. The result is a game that tries new things to be more accessible and forgiving, but at the same time feels lesser because of it. Ultimately, Lords of the Fallen can't escape the 'Dark' (Souls) shadow of its inspirations.    … Expand
  19. JackKasket
    Sep 8, 2016
    7
    OK game, not great, just OK. If you haven't played any of the 'Souls games, play them. If you have beat all the 'Souls games, this will just feel like a downgrade.

    Get it for free while you can, but for the love of god, don't spend any amount of money on it.
  20. Vzhik
    Oct 14, 2017
    7
    Не пойму почему ругали. Хорошая, качественная игра. Самостоятельный мир, красивая графика, интересные локи. Уж не знаю почему, но копии дарк соулс не чувствуется. Очень все самостоятельное.
    Единственное - предпоследнего босса сам не смог найти, пришлось на ютуб лезть (чего я не люблю), а так все очень хорошо и логично играется. Вполне такое годное путешествие.    Не пойму почему ругали. Хорошая, качественная игра. Самостоятельный мир, красивая графика, интересные локи. Уж не знаю почему, но копии дарк соулс не чувствуется. Очень все самостоятельное.
    Единственное - предпоследнего босса сам не смог найти, пришлось на ютуб лезть (чего я не люблю), а так все очень хорошо и логично играется. Вполне такое годное путешествие.
  21. Blizzcritic
    Jan 18, 2017
    6
    This game is a rip off of the souls games, with its own good share of things but losing in exchange many of the good features of the souls series. The UI is almost identical, and the playability. Yeah, this game is entirely dedicated to the same players that enjoy the souls games and that could want a new approach from a different company.

    However is with games like this, when you    This game is a rip off of the souls games, with its own good share of things but losing in exchange many of the good features of the souls series. The UI is almost identical, and the playability. Yeah, this game is entirely dedicated to the same players that enjoy the souls games and that could want a new approach from a different company.

    However is with games like this, when you realize how good in their job the guys at from software are. Many combats are bland, with a lot of encounters with enemies that are unnecesarily defensive. And not the defensive type where you can devise some creative approaches to make them drop their guard, but the annoying type that makes you lose a lot of time with almost no feeling of reward.

    That's another bad thing of this game. The feeling of reward is quite poor.

    Also, many bosses give you some extra ways to deal with them, but all in an environment where bad decisions in the playability will help to feel this quite lacking.

    Would I recommend this game to a fan of the Souls games that feels 'thirsty' and wants even more of this kind of games? No. Rent it first, maybe. Because if you find things you just don't like the first hours... believe me, that feeling will stay with you the rest of the game. Instead of buying this I recommend replaying the other souls games, with any of their many fighting roles (warrior, cleric, mage, a mix of them, or playing with a half naked for some added challenge, whatever) you haven't yet used.

    You know, there is so much wasted potential here. They could have added a great backstory and an explicit narrative, for all those that don't understand that the souls games have a story, but hidden in its details. Even so, the story is shallow and the narrative is mediocre, so even for detractors of the souls games that criticize their narrative they will find no added value in here.    … Expand
  22. PhilosophyRex
    Oct 26, 2016
    7
    Gran juego, un control tosco y exigente pero que te acostumbras rápido. dependiendo del peso del equipamiento que llevemos seremos más o menos rápidos por lo que tenemos que plantearnos que equipo queremos llevar antes de enfrentarnos a un enemigo en concreto. Graficamente está bien, aunque no sea nada de otro mundo. La bso es buena. Hay una buena cantidad de armaduras y armas, tenemos 3Gran juego, un control tosco y exigente pero que te acostumbras rápido. dependiendo del peso del equipamiento que llevemos seremos más o menos rápidos por lo que tenemos que plantearnos que equipo queremos llevar antes de enfrentarnos a un enemigo en concreto. Graficamente está bien, aunque no sea nada de otro mundo. La bso es buena. Hay una buena cantidad de armaduras y armas, tenemos 3 tipos de magias con 4 habilidades cada una que elegiremos al inicar el juego. El diseño artístico también es bueno. Lo único que se le podría criticar es el guión que a pesar de que al final del mismo se vuelve algo más interesante, es bastante normalito casi diria que malo. Tiene diferentes finales según las elecciones que hayamos realizado durante el juego. Me gustaría una segunda parte.… Expand
  23. Dante-X
    Oct 24, 2019
    4
    Would not recommend this, and will not buy ANY CI Games products in the future. Buyer beware.

    I really thought I was going to like this game. And you know if you are looking for Darksouls-Lite game to tide you over until the next DS, Nioh or Bloodborne comes out it could have just helpped you to scratch your itch.. but instead, because of the terrible frequency of crashing on even    Would not recommend this, and will not buy ANY CI Games products in the future. Buyer beware.

    I really thought I was going to like this game. And you know if you are looking for Darksouls-Lite game to tide you over until the next DS, Nioh or Bloodborne comes out it could have just helpped you to scratch your itch.. but instead, because of the terrible frequency of crashing on even highend PCs, and PS4 and XBox too apparently, it ruined any value it might have offered.

    Customer support tried but lacked a solution.
    CIG bans anyone that politely begs for a solution on their steam forums. You'll notice a mysterious absence of crash complaints on Steam forums compared to other non-publisher controlled forums.    … Expand
  24. Nel
    Jan 7, 2017
    7
    The game has great graphics interesting boss fights, and is maybe not as challenging as the dark souls games, but is kind of in the same category. The game will give you several hours of gameplay, and it was fairly enjoyable.
  25. Digipunk-X
    Sep 6, 2016
    4
    Was super hyped for it when I saw it's coming free for ps+ subscribers since I loved bloodborne, but this is a disappointing piece of ****. The design is beautiful, but the controls are slow, clumsy, and the game feels like it is not optimized at all.. There are parts of the game when the frame rate drops to a few pictures, and it has the same problem on PC and PS4.
    It's like a mixture of    Was super hyped for it when I saw it's coming free for ps+ subscribers since I loved bloodborne, but this is a disappointing piece of ****. The design is beautiful, but the controls are slow, clumsy, and the game feels like it is not optimized at all.. There are parts of the game when the frame rate drops to a few pictures, and it has the same problem on PC and PS4.
    It's like a mixture of Darksiders and dark souls made in china...    … Expand
  26. The_BlueRose
    Feb 7, 2019
    6
    Para empezar evitare cualquier comparacion con Dark Souls.

    Al juego le falta creatividad, teniendo decisiones de diseño que van en contra del propio juego y del jugador. - La historia es simple y a veces la linea de misiones no ayuda. - Jugablemente es muy lento, acciones como atacar o esquivar tardan demasiado tiempo. Existe penalizacion al esquivar por peso, pero incluso con la    Para empezar evitare cualquier comparacion con Dark Souls.

    Al juego le falta creatividad, teniendo decisiones de diseño que van en contra del propio juego y del jugador.

    - La historia es simple y a veces la linea de misiones no ayuda.

    - Jugablemente es muy lento, acciones como atacar o esquivar tardan demasiado tiempo. Existe penalizacion al esquivar por peso, pero incluso con la armadura mas ligera esquivar es lento. Pasa lo mismo con las armas. Las armas mas pesadas tardan demasiado en atacar y su daño no lo compensa en comparacion con armas medianas o pequeñas.

    El juego parece que te anime a crearte una build de peso medio-alto. Por ejemplo, existen enemigos que son imposibles de derrotar si llevas una build ligera. Lo cual no tiene mucho sentido.

    Ademas gráficamente es mediocre y tiene problemas de rendimiento, si le incluimos una historia que tiene mas bien poco interés nos queda un juego mediocre.    … Expand
  27. callumpmartin
    Mar 29, 2016
    3
    its like an easy dark souls but with many glitches that would make you think that it had never been tested such as on the second boss fight (the commander) he will either stop fighting and stand still allowing you to get him to almost 0% health on the first try or that when fighting him he will take no damage at all making the boss fight impossible to finish
  28. Vallinaalex
    Apr 27, 2017
    4
    Uno de los peores juegos que he jugado en mi vida es malo en todos los sentidos. No se como hay gente que le ha gustado esta mierda. Lo que mas odio es cuando le das por la espalda y le das en escudo aunque veas que no le das.
  29. Meroleek
    Sep 22, 2016
    7
    Apenes disfrute de este juego debido a que lo dieron "prestado" en PSplus, y la verdad es un juego muy entretenido y que me dio mas de 30 hrs. de juego (mas horas que Uncharted 4 pasandolo dos veces) y eso que no encontre todo y menos sacar platino. El juego es bueno, frustrante y entretenido; tiene errores SI bugs, pequeñas caidas de frame y carga de texturas tardias, pero su mayorApenes disfrute de este juego debido a que lo dieron "prestado" en PSplus, y la verdad es un juego muy entretenido y que me dio mas de 30 hrs. de juego (mas horas que Uncharted 4 pasandolo dos veces) y eso que no encontre todo y menos sacar platino. El juego es bueno, frustrante y entretenido; tiene errores SI bugs, pequeñas caidas de frame y carga de texturas tardias, pero su mayor defectos son los usuarios al quererlo comparar con DarkSouls. Yo les recomiendo que simplemente disfruten de este juego y no se la pasen pensando en que es mejor o peor.… Expand
  30. Tselel
    Jul 26, 2016
    7
    The game ok to me. Not good nor bad. Game is obviously inspired of the Dark souls series (of which i am a big fan of) and borrows heavily from it. Now, the pros, the game is HARD, that kind of in a good way, like a good challenge worth to try and beat. Not Dark soul like challenge but more challenging than most of games today. Next up, I like its heavier style of dark souls gameplay,The game ok to me. Not good nor bad. Game is obviously inspired of the Dark souls series (of which i am a big fan of) and borrows heavily from it. Now, the pros, the game is HARD, that kind of in a good way, like a good challenge worth to try and beat. Not Dark soul like challenge but more challenging than most of games today. Next up, I like its heavier style of dark souls gameplay, Harkyn moves like a giant when in heavy or medium weight and the hits of steels and hammers when you hit your enemies are satisfying and its sound is very great and painful. Lastly, the only thing that this game had that dark souls never had is its experience system, the more you kill, the bigger your XP mutiplier will become and resting in a chekpoint would reset that multiplier. it gives me the feeling that i want to kill more without using my stored XP for more experiences and also another challenge that is worth to take on.

    As to the cons, Game is so short. yep, you could finish it in a day or in a few hours. Next up, the characters NPCs are not memorable, hell you could even forget them seconds after you talk to them, even the protagonist, whom the developers wanted to be like a kratos-like figure is so boring and unremarkable. They should improve on that part. Lastly, the thing that dark souls have that this game doesnt: The Bosses, all the boss of this games are easy to beat. SO EASY, i only died in one boss. AND THATS THE DLC BOSS WHICH IS A CHEAP ASS MF (F*ck you KEEPER)...thats that. Thanks    … Expand
  31. Creepachu
    Sep 9, 2016
    5
    PROS:
    +Looks pretty when not bugging out
    +Dark Souls-like gameplay CONS: -Bland story -Many visual bugs -Gameplay is very poorly done -Bland, cliche-filled story Gameplay: There are no unique gameplay elements in this game; almost everything is ripped straight from Dark Souls. In addition, the developers seem to have forgotten some things, as most enemies' attacks are    PROS:
    +Looks pretty when not bugging out
    +Dark Souls-like gameplay

    CONS:
    -Bland story
    -Many visual bugs
    -Gameplay is very poorly done
    -Bland, cliche-filled story

    Gameplay:
    There are no unique gameplay elements in this game; almost everything is ripped straight from Dark Souls. In addition, the developers seem to have forgotten some things, as most enemies' attacks are near-impossible to dodge; hitboxes are ridiculously large, the timing is off, and even if you DO dodge, the enemies tend to rotate mid-attack so they connect anyway. The first boss of the game is, I assume, intended to be relatively easy. Due to the issues mentioned, it ends up taking far too many tries to beat, IF you beat it at all. The boss has an attack that should give you an opening to land a few hits, but the mid-attack rotating causes you to be hit instead half the time, though the attack is supposed to be easy to dodge.

    Graphics:
    The game looks alright, but there are many bugs, such as objects sliding around and snapping back into place, walls not rendering if you turn too quickly, and several out-of-place frames during cutscenes. The animation, especially during cutscenes, is very clunky, and during dialogue portions it just looks unnatural.

    Story:
    Very bland and cliche-filled.

    Sound:
    Meh.    … Expand
  32. Mankiniman
    Sep 14, 2016
    4
    This game does not mask that it draws a lot of inspiration from the Dark Souls franchise, with a few changes. There is a random loot generator similarly to the one in Diablo, the level-up system is different, and the character creator is also somewhat different, leaving you with nine different "classes" that won't mean anything because your character changes over the duration of the gameThis game does not mask that it draws a lot of inspiration from the Dark Souls franchise, with a few changes. There is a random loot generator similarly to the one in Diablo, the level-up system is different, and the character creator is also somewhat different, leaving you with nine different "classes" that won't mean anything because your character changes over the duration of the game (much like Dark Souls actually).

    The game mechanics are, however, in essence the same as Dark Souls, however it is striking how a game which relies so heavily on the most fluent and dynamic game mechanics I have experienced to date can become the most clunky and slow-paced piece of crap in existence. It is as unbalanced as it gets. First off, strength builds is either way too powerful against almost any boss, but completely nonnviable the moment you face someone with a shield. this is credited to the EXTREMELY slow strength weapons in the game. Seriously, look it up on youtube before you buy this game. A dexterity build is a bit more balanced overall, however really boring because it's still pretty slow. Lastly, the magic build is not something I've played because I heard someone say that it's way OP, and I didn't want to make the game easier than it already was.

    Which brings me to my next point, the difficulty. Now, unless you run into a shield-bearer as a strength build, this game really isn't a challenge. I actually beat most of the bosses simply by having a lot of poise and a strength weapon, and the just beat at them till they dropped, and I only ever died in my first playthrough because I was strength build and faced off against shield-bearers.

    So here's the advice I can give. If you've never played Dark Souls, play that instead of buying this. If you have played Dark Souls and enjoyed it, don't buy this, it's **** compare to those masterpieces. If you have tried to play Dark Souls and believed that it was too hard, way, WAY too fast paced and you didn't get the lore, then git gud or play The Witcher 3. This game really isn't worth it.    … Expand
  33. Reed618
    May 19, 2017
    7
    I just finished lords and I have to say it was pretty good. I had low expectations as it's often considered a failed souls clone but I enjoyed it. It's much easier than souls and the bosses (with the exception of the lost brothers) posed little challenge. The controls are a little clunky and much less enjoyable than other games in the genre such as Nioh. It also has a similar design andI just finished lords and I have to say it was pretty good. I had low expectations as it's often considered a failed souls clone but I enjoyed it. It's much easier than souls and the bosses (with the exception of the lost brothers) posed little challenge. The controls are a little clunky and much less enjoyable than other games in the genre such as Nioh. It also has a similar design and style to Souls so it really doesn't offer anything new. However, the story was quite good, there's no need to grind and the world is fun to explore. It was a pleasant surprise. Certainly not as good as souls but better than Nioh in my opinion (mainly as it's much less repetitive). If you can get a cheap copy (say 10 dollars) and you're a fan of the genre then go for it.… Expand
  34. eliphas0
    Nov 4, 2016
    5
    The game wishes to be Dark Souls but it wants to be its own game. It doesn't do either too well.
    The game is not terrible but the combat is clunky, though you really get to see the difference in weight and how it affects your characters maneuverability. The menu system is initially confusing and makes it a bit difficult to understand stats. My real gripe with this game is that upon    The game wishes to be Dark Souls but it wants to be its own game. It doesn't do either too well.
    The game is not terrible but the combat is clunky, though you really get to see the difference in weight and how it affects your characters maneuverability. The menu system is initially confusing and makes it a bit difficult to understand stats. My real gripe with this game is that upon starting to play it over a year after release and being patched. It was still a buggy, glitched mess only a few hours into the game.
    Bottom line if you want to try the Souls game but you're intimidated by the learning curve, then start with this game....if it doesn't glitch and wreck your save.    … Expand
  35. destinyfan1
    Feb 28, 2017
    7
    another fun but not master piece rpg
    it has some really great combat ,story is bad
    enviroment is good but repetive
    its kinda hard and fun but never reaches the level of dark souls
  36. estebambuco
    Mar 20, 2017
    7
    El juego es bueno pero no es tan bueno como un Dark souls:
    Pros:
    -Tiene jefes interesantes los cuales se vencen con estrategia y habilidad, lo mismo es en los combates con los esbirros que uno se encuentra, los cuales hay que matarlos con diferentes tecnicas y utilizando diferentes habilidades -Es muy entretenido y adictivo -Tiene mejores gráficas que DS 2 -Los esbirros te ponen a    El juego es bueno pero no es tan bueno como un Dark souls:
    Pros:
    -Tiene jefes interesantes los cuales se vencen con estrategia y habilidad, lo mismo es en los combates con los esbirros que uno se encuentra, los cuales hay que matarlos con diferentes tecnicas y utilizando diferentes habilidades
    -Es muy entretenido y adictivo
    -Tiene mejores gráficas que DS 2
    -Los esbirros te ponen a prueba, son variados, algunos son fantasmas intocables por las armas y otros tienen escudo por lo cual tienes que intentar agarrarle la espalda o encontrar puntos débiles, algunos regeneran su sangre y otros son inmortales al parecer.
    -Una banda sonora buena e interesante
    -Finales alternativos dependiendo de la decisión que tomes
    -A diferencia de Dark souls los stats de las armas, escudos y armaduras están bien hechos, el escudo, armadura o arma da el rendimiento que calculaste que diera, es muy estable en ese sentido, es posible que por eso muchos bosses sean tan fáciles.
    Contras:
    -La esencia de los jefes no transmite nada, son solo jefes que vas a ir a matar para poder seguir tu juego, solo son un obstáculo, no tienen historia, solo sé que uno es capitán, otro es guardián, el otro es un campeón no se de que, entre otros. El único medio interesante es el juez que es el último Boss y tampoco es que sea muy memorable.
    -El sonido de las voces se pierden a mitad del juego, creí que era solo yo por un defecto en el cd mío pero vi que a varias personas le ocurrieron lo mismo, un defecto con el que viene el juego. También el sonido de unos combates se pierde y queda uno solo con los sonidos ambientales y los que hacen las armas y los impactos al pelear.
    -Muestran tres tipos de personajes posibles pero todos son lo mismo, es un guerrero con diferentes habilidades para encarar un combate, no hay variedad, los poderes no son interesantes ni dan ganas de desbloquearlos siquiera.
    -Muchos items inútiles dentro del juego que ni supe que eran y que no necesite para nada en la aventura.
    -Todo el juego transcurre apenas en dos mundos, un castillo y otro castillo algo diferente que ambos tienen como una zona subterranea que tampoco cambia mucho, escenarios repetitivos, monótonos, el único que es algo diferente es uno al que se entra por portales uno es un mundo oscuro y otro que es una mazmorra central en los cuales hay minijuegos de vencer adversarios para obtener un premio.
    -El personaje no es personalizable
    -Tiene problemas de luz y sombra en muchos lugares    … Expand
  37. Broyax
    Jan 14, 2017
    1
    La série des Démons soûles, Darke Soûles et Blood Bored fait des émules : voici Lords of the Soûllen très (mal) inspiré de la série susnommée dont il reprend les principes débilitants des combats, notamment la jauge de fatigue.

    Ainsi, ce balourd de guerrier donne trois **** coups et se retrouve déjà fatigué ; il donne un grand coup, il est aux trois quarts fatigué ; il fait une roulade,    La série des Démons soûles, Darke Soûles et Blood Bored fait des émules : voici Lords of the Soûllen très (mal) inspiré de la série susnommée dont il reprend les principes débilitants des combats, notamment la jauge de fatigue.

    Ainsi, ce balourd de guerrier donne trois **** coups et se retrouve déjà fatigué ; il donne un grand coup, il est aux trois quarts fatigué ; il fait une roulade, putain il est crevé ! ce "warrior" en carton, sans déconner. Balourd et lent, lourdaud, on a l'impression de conduire un Airbus A380... espèce de grooos con !

    Bien sûr, aucune carte et une seule sauvegarde tous les 36 du mois, d'ailleurs "sauvegarder", pourquoi faire ? c'est bien plus marrant d'apprendre les niveaux par coeur et de se retaper les mêmes ennemis à l'infini, les gros boss bien cons et tutti quanti : ça veut dire que t'es un trou gaimeur.

    Moins laid que les merdes qui soûlent et même... presque joli et la VF (plutôt correcte mais inégale) est offerte, contrairement aux soûleries. Pas de quoi s'émerveiller non plus, vu la stupidité des dialogues, la pauvreté de l'histoire et l'indigence de ce "monde" si désespérément générique. Allez, on a bien ri mais il est temps de tirer la chasse.    … Expand
  38. shadorn
    Aug 13, 2017
    9
    A great Dark Soul clone, with some twist on the mechanics. Magic is used for support, and you are forced to choose a magic school; this greatly increase replayability compared to DS.

    The base game is easier and more linear, but it offers challenges (i.e. special ways to kill the bosses) that greatly increase difficulty. On top of that the rogue class is much quicker but also more    A great Dark Soul clone, with some twist on the mechanics. Magic is used for support, and you are forced to choose a magic school; this greatly increase replayability compared to DS.

    The base game is easier and more linear, but it offers challenges (i.e. special ways to kill the bosses) that greatly increase difficulty. On top of that the rogue class is much quicker but also more difficult to manage. It's a great formula.

    Graphics is much better than DS2. The atmosphere is grim but not so depressing as in DS2. The story is simple but it actually makes sense (unlike DS).

    Unfortunately the game is very unstable on my rig. Basically it crashes often on some bosses and I could not complete the game. It's really a shame. I would have given 10 if not for this issue.    … Expand
  39. ewidge10
    May 4, 2021
    4
    Bad game the only class that you can play as without dying is the warrior, the rogue is too slow and the mage is just bad. My experience with this game gives it a 4. thank you for your time. (I wrote this when I was 11 after playing half an hour of the game).
  40. SaviorGaming
    Jan 12, 2018
    6
    A fun game that can be challenging but fails in comparison to the Dark Souls and Bloodborne games. The story is solid enough and weapons have nice variety to them but at the end of the day the enemies and bosses are uninspired and there is nothing new to be seen.
  41. Arcanomarcio
    Jun 25, 2020
    8
    joguei após 5 anos do lançamento. considero um bom jogo. Um Soulslike não muito hardcore. Pra quem quer começar neste tipo de jogo, vale a pena. E para quem já esta acostumado com esse gênero, mas quer algo um pouco mais suave, também vale. A história é boa mas o jogo é curto, são 10 boss no total e mais 1 na DLC. A Variedade de inimigos é pouca. trilha sonora bacana, gráficos bons para ajoguei após 5 anos do lançamento. considero um bom jogo. Um Soulslike não muito hardcore. Pra quem quer começar neste tipo de jogo, vale a pena. E para quem já esta acostumado com esse gênero, mas quer algo um pouco mais suave, também vale. A história é boa mas o jogo é curto, são 10 boss no total e mais 1 na DLC. A Variedade de inimigos é pouca. trilha sonora bacana, gráficos bons para a época. jogabilidade boa. ambientação e cenários muito bom.… Expand
  42. ElSeano89
    Mar 11, 2018
    5
    I think the best way to sum up Lords of the Fallen is "Diet Souls".

    The game makes absolutely no qualms about being a soul-like hack and slash. It takes numerous mechanics from the series and tampers with them a little bit to put its own original spin on them. For example the Souls staple of returning to where you died to recover your lost XP is done here with "Ghost Shards" but the    I think the best way to sum up Lords of the Fallen is "Diet Souls".

    The game makes absolutely no qualms about being a soul-like hack and slash. It takes numerous mechanics from the series and tampers with them a little bit to put its own original spin on them. For example the Souls staple of returning to where you died to recover your lost XP is done here with "Ghost Shards" but the catch is that, dependent on your multiplier at the time of your death, the XP is lost little by little the longer you take to recover it. It's a novel idea but always rendered moot by a wealth of checkpoints (their answer to fireplaces) being available in each level. Whilst in Souls on a first run through finding a fireplace was often a case of "Oh thank GOD" in LotF they are pretty much about 5 minutes apart. As such their clever little timer mechanic with the XP doesn't really work. However the multiplier for your XP (raises with every enemy killed) does encourage you to proceed on without activating a checkpoint as doing so resets your multiplier. The problem with THIS is that it really is not hard to level up in LotF. I activated most checkpoints I found and was flying up the levels.

    Graphically it shines in some areas and fails in others. It's been said a lot here that it doesn't run especially well and that is true, it does judder a little here and there but not so much as to make it unplayable. The detail on characters is quite impressive but both areas and enemies are quite bland and samey. Every level is a grey montage of stone lined hallways and paths and every enemy is either "Demon Dude with Shield" or "Hideous Abomination." The problem is that there isn't much deviation in the enemy types. Demon Dudes basically come at you with different weapons but mainly turtle behind shields making them frustrating to fight. Abominations tend to scuttle at you, fire off something AoE based, probably with poison involved or hit you with an unblockable grab if you crowd them. Basically it all gets quite repetitive after very little game time and the problem persists to their bosses. Anything trying to copy Souls needs a distinct focus on bosses and lord knows they tried here but the bosses are really just bigger versions of the grunts. Their moves are telegraphed to high heaven, they'll have an AoE that'll prove annoying and at least one move you can't do anything about. But they don't hit that hard and their move pools are shallow enough that in a minute or so you'll have seen everything they have to offer. They all have at least a couple of "forms" or "stages" as you damage them but that usually just either adds one more move or maybe some summoned allies. It doesn't challenge you due to their design it challenges you more due to the controls.

    My biggest gripe with LotF is that the controls are kind of sluggish. It kind of feels like you're constantly playing as an encumbered character in souls but a little quicker. Or that you're using a greatsword all the time and you need to time the wind-ups. The whole thing just feels a little slower and wheezing compared to souls or Nioh. It isn't offensively bad but paired with the predictable enemy AI it doesn't challenge you much.

    The storyline is unfortunately really not that great and they offer you multiple dialogue answers like a Bethesda game but the voice acting is not superb and the writing doesn't really grab you so you find yourself not really caring that you have a choice of dialogue at all. The story simply ends up impeding you getting back to strafing a demon dude waiting for him to hit attack sequence 2 of 3 so you can chip a little health away and repeat.

    There is a lot here that is well intentioned and there are some smart gameplay design choices that they made to seperate from Souls a little. I respect that much at least but it is almost as though they figured they could be a good Souls-Like by just going "Kind of difficulty, focus on the bosses, if you die you lose XP". That isn't all Souls is and that is what Nioh understood but LotF doesn't. Souls is a perfect mix of brilliant level design, sound design and a crisp combat system against varied and challenging enemies. Even if you take the plot out of the equations it is much more than what LotF goes for. You could claim it is unfair to compare it to Souls but when something copies SO MUCH of the combination that makes Souls good it becomes impossible not to.

    I don't find LotF offensively bad or even a poor copy. It's playable and as I have said it does try to put a new spin on things but unfortunately lack-lustre plot, level design, enemy design and combat make it fall flat; all things that Nioh did well proving that other studios can hit the same note as Souls did if they try. If you see it on a sale or claimed it on PSN when it was free but never tried it then it is worth installing and giving a few hours but not much past that. It simply ends up being a budget version of what it tried to emulate.    … Expand
  43. TheCornflex
    Feb 1, 2018
    4
    It just hasn't what it needs to bound the player. I prefer Dark Souls 3 to this one by far.
  44. windxtraveler
    Feb 8, 2018
    2
    Well, where do i even start with this one...Let me be quite straightforward if you just want to know whether this game is good or not. It isn't. Now let me explain why.

    First of all, i've been playing games since i was 4 years old. I'm 27 now, and never EVER in my whole life i played something so bad and horrible as this game. 2 hours in and i wanted to stop. Why? I was feeling empty,    Well, where do i even start with this one...Let me be quite straightforward if you just want to know whether this game is good or not. It isn't. Now let me explain why.

    First of all, i've been playing games since i was 4 years old. I'm 27 now, and never EVER in my whole life i played something so bad and horrible as this game. 2 hours in and i wanted to stop. Why? I was feeling empty, completely devoid of any emotion as i was playing this thing, maybe because the game is completely uninspiring, bland and forgettable. The environment is just there, with no atmosphere at all. Sometimes it felt like i was playing an old Quake Mod or American Mcgee's Alice. Chunks of platforms floating in the air, creatures that looked like they were ripped straight from a Quake game attacking me. Most of the time i was going through tight ass corridors or big halls or big caves that looked all the same. I've seen places like this before in other games, but at least in these other games, they were interesting.

    The enemies, like i said, were just bland. Nothing original. Big, bulky dudes wearing armors with red-eyes. Sometimes i couldn't identify which enemy was attacking me because they were so similar, their attack patterns being the only thing that is different. Speaking of which, this game's controls are just...bad. Controls are slow as **** that alongside the input latency makes this game unplayable sometimes. Your character can barely roll out of an attack, let alone attack and roll in less than 10 seconds without losing the entire stamina bar.

    Fighting against trash mobs is not that difficult once you figure out their attack patterns (also, you'll find like 10 different enemies through the entire ****ing game. Not a lot of variation), the problem are the bosses. They are attack sponges and will definitely give you some headaches before being killed. They have it all: Quick 1-2-3 attack patterns, AOE attacks that are strong as **** attacks that can easily break your defense and the **** "how did that hit me" attack. These are the moments where the game shows how broken the gameplay is. It's just...trust me, it's pretty broken. I can't put in words how bad it is.

    The main character is a random bald guy. He was put in prison for some reason. Who cares? Not me. But the devs think you do, because they spread a ****ton of scroll through the entire bland world of LotF so you can get it and listen (yes, the scrolls are actually audio logs, don't ask me...) to this game's story, which is about you saving the world from evil...original. The other characters in the game are as bland as the main dude. All of them are forgettable, with one exception: There is a chick in this game, the only one as far as i can tell. She is ANNOYING as **** She bothers you all the time, talking and **** about everything. I didn't finish this game, but i do hope that in the end Harkyn (the protagonist) kills this **** The dialogue is quite bad and cringy. Voice acting is really forgettable as the game itself. The only saving grace in the audio department is the Soundtrack, which is quite good. Dude who made the game's Soundtrack, i'm very sorry for you and for your beautiful work, because it will go down in history for being the best soundtrack in the worst game ever.

    I'm saving the best for last, though. The game's performance. Now, i'll be honest. The game has some beautiful graphics, even on consoles (i played it on PS4). Volumetric Lightning, Dynamic Shadows, Particle Effects and etc are all well made. Textures are kinda meh, but they dialed it down to make it work on the console...well, guess what? It didn't make a difference. This game is not stable at all. Framerate is below 30 almost at all times. Also, there is screen tearing. Yes, screen tearing and framerate drops...it is a joke, isn't it? What's the point of disabling V-Sync if you're gonna have a game that keeps dropping below 30 all the ****ing time? It's annoying and it reeks of 360/PS3 era...and it's not far from the truth, after all, this game was being developed for both consoles from last gen. Imagine if it was released back then...

    All in all, this game is a disappointment. I felt bad for spending money in it. Now i literally lost my will to keep playing games. I'm not kidding. This game made me feel depressed. Please, DON'T EVER BUY THIS GAME. Even if they give away for free. It's horrendous. It's uninspiring. It's bland and buggy (crashes and sometimes you can't activate checkpoints for no reason whatsoever. Dying or leaving the area until you get a loading screen will fix it). The team responsible for this **** should feel ashamed of releasing a ****ing disasters such as this. Disappointing....

    2/10 for the graphics and Soundtrack. The rest can burn in hell for all i care, including the horrible dev team.    … Expand
  45. Willkinsas
    Dec 27, 2018
    8
    Underrated game by Dark Souls fans, while actually it is pretty good game.

    If you found Dark Souls games too hardcore, but still want something similar? You are more into more western stylistic game? Lords of Fallen are pretty much the game you will enjoy playing.

    It is not quite triple A game, but more like very good AA+ game.
  46. Gavalanche
    Oct 31, 2021
    9
    Playing this in 2021 and I can't understand the low scores - it must have had a lot of technical issues at launch. It's a really great game and often on sale for very cheap. I played it after playing Dark Souls 1, 2, 3 and Bloodborne - and it's still a lot of a fun - if not quite as polished as a From Soft game. It clocks in around 15 hrs too - so kind of a Souls LITE or Light Souls if you will.
  47. rodrigorkc
    Jan 15, 2019
    10
    GREAT GAME! Created this account in metacritic just to review this game. I play videogames since Psone and really don’t understand why so many low score. Never played dark souls and neither bloodborn, I love hard games and I’m starting playing RPG now, and for me it was a very special experience playing this game, and made me wanna play dark souls and bloodborn. I can say that was one ofGREAT GAME! Created this account in metacritic just to review this game. I play videogames since Psone and really don’t understand why so many low score. Never played dark souls and neither bloodborn, I love hard games and I’m starting playing RPG now, and for me it was a very special experience playing this game, and made me wanna play dark souls and bloodborn. I can say that was one of the best games of my life, and in special in this new generation. This game have a special place in my gamer heart. Can give an easy and honest 8,5 for this game. NICE GRAPHICS, NICE GAMEPLAY, FUNNY GAME, NICE ART DIRECTION, NICE MAP, WELL CONSTRUCTED AREAS, CREATIVE GAME, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PRODUCER INVOLVED.
    The only reason why I can see low grades for this game is why people are comparing to souls games, but if you judge the game for itself it’s an great 8/9 game.
    Payed 4$ in PSN one of my best investments.
    If you like great, big, hard and nice games I recommend this one easily.    … Expand
  48. Przemun1304
    Feb 15, 2019
    6
    As a DS fan just can say - poor fake
    As a gamer - almost decent game. Make a walkthrough and forget
  49. Cyrus666
    Dec 22, 2021
    8
    Number of playthroughs: 2.5
    This is one of the weirdest games I've ever played. Though it tries to borrow some elements from Dark Souls, it comes nowhere close to it in terms of difficulty. The bosses were uninspiring, some areas were maze-like and you could easily get lost in them.
    The best parts about the game for me were: 1) Soundtrack 2) The look of armor sets 3) the strength    Number of playthroughs: 2.5
    This is one of the weirdest games I've ever played. Though it tries to borrow some elements from Dark Souls, it comes nowhere close to it in terms of difficulty. The bosses were uninspiring, some areas were maze-like and you could easily get lost in them.
    The best parts about the game for me were:
    1) Soundtrack
    2) The look of armor sets
    3) the strength character out of the 3 you choose at the start) His abilities were OP and fun to use.
    The only problem is that after that character, you are forced to choose from the remaining 2 on that same save file and the other 2 don't come close to being as fun as the strength build.
    So overall: Interesting game, lovely soundtrack, nice armor sets, nice starting character.
    I might re-install it to start on another save file    … Expand
  50. L3zonidas
    Jun 27, 2020
    7
    Resumen: Un buen juego que gustará a los amantes de los Soulslike y que tiene algunas cosas que, en mi opinión, son mejores que en Dark Souls incluso, pero en otras falla garrafalmente con lo cual no lo deja competir al mismo nivel que la saga de From Software.

    Lo bueno: Gameplay entretenido y bien logrado, se nota el peso de las armas, en algunos momentos puede parecer injusto pero    Resumen: Un buen juego que gustará a los amantes de los Soulslike y que tiene algunas cosas que, en mi opinión, son mejores que en Dark Souls incluso, pero en otras falla garrafalmente con lo cual no lo deja competir al mismo nivel que la saga de From Software.

    Lo bueno:
    Gameplay entretenido y bien logrado, se nota el peso de las armas, en algunos momentos puede parecer injusto pero normalmente cuando aprendes entiendes que el que fallaba eras tú, no el juego
    Bastantes posibilidades de personalización tanto por puntos de habilidad como por hechizos
    El juego te fuerza a usar todas tus habilidades (y si no lo haces el juego se hará difícil), en ese sentido es mejor que Dark Souls saga, que te lo puedes pasar solo usando 3 botones, ataque rápido, escudo y rodar.
    Gráficamente me parece muy bueno para ser un juego del 2014

    Lo malo:
    Historia y lore sin mucho interés
    No hay teletransporte, aunque el mundo no es excesivamente grande
    El framerate (en PS4 Slim almenos)
    El New Game + tiene momentos ABSURDAMENTE difíciles (los jefes Guardián y Juez especialmente frustrantes) mezclados con el 90% del juego fácil, el NG++ ni lo he querido probar
    La curva de dificultad no está bien implementada en la primera partida, con saltos de dificultad bruscos, momentos muy fáciles y momentos relativamente difíciles, especialmente si no usas todas las habilidades
    El juego implementa un sistema que incentiva el no guardar y no subir atributos, acumulando "almas" aumentas el multiplicador, cuantas más "almas" llevas, más ganas, por ejemplo si llevas 50 enemigos matados sin guardar, puedes tener multiplicador de x1.6, eso significa que si un enemigo normal te da 100 almas, en ese momento te dará 160, aumentando el riesgo y la recompensa. El sistema es muy bueno, me encantaría... Por qué es un punto negativo? Porque el juego crashea a un ritmo de 1 vez cada 5-8 horas, si te pilla en un momento que llevas sin guardar 40 minutos te cagas en los muertos de los desarrolladores (me ha pasado)    … Expand
  51. hldr91
    Dec 29, 2020
    1
    Dije basta con el tercer jefe, corre tan mal que los combates son tediosos. No se puede jugar a 5 fps. No debieron lanzarlo así en Ps4.

    Me estaba gustando pero el rendimiento arruina la experiencia.
  52. Ali984
    Jun 14, 2020
    8
    Gameplay: 90 Stories: 76 Voices: 57 Technical Graphics: 85 Art Graphics: 80 Final Score: 76
  53. MackiePro
    Sep 13, 2020
    3
    This is a bad game, frame-rate is extremely poor, the game runs mostly below 30fps and closer to 20-25fps. Gameplay is boring and repetitive, bosses are uninspiring and lame, most of the them will just spam one attack over and over again. Level design is atrocious and most areas look half-baked. All weapons feel the same. I’m a trophy hunter and I started playing this game because I wasThis is a bad game, frame-rate is extremely poor, the game runs mostly below 30fps and closer to 20-25fps. Gameplay is boring and repetitive, bosses are uninspiring and lame, most of the them will just spam one attack over and over again. Level design is atrocious and most areas look half-baked. All weapons feel the same. I’m a trophy hunter and I started playing this game because I was told it was quite simple to 100%. I did not finish this game because of how bad it is. Hands down the worst game I have played this generation. You can tell this game was not play-tested at all.… Expand
  54. 18Xq8Rtutehc
    Jul 31, 2020
    9
    I played this game in a sequence after Bloodborne and Dark Souls Trilogy, and do not understand why this game has such poor reviews.
    The graphics are okay-ish, the story is okay-ish, but the gameplay, the combat, the exploration, all borrow heavily from FromSoft and is adequately executed. Without FromSoft, this is the next best thing.
  55. LuisHR
    Jul 31, 2020
    10
    Un juego adelantado a su época en gráficos tratándose de un rpg, la ambientación y arte de los enemigos son fantásticos.. La jugabilidad es decente y buen grado de dificultad. Este es un de los mejores 10 juegos de mi vida, es una pena que los jugadores no lo sepan apreciar
  56. NorthernStar
    Oct 29, 2020
    0
    Bold ideas, poor execustion. The character is so slow, while no one else is. Combat is a mess and leaves your more frustrated than entertained. Could not recommend.
  57. greyestfox
    Nov 24, 2020
    2
    This game is Dark Souls but with extremely clunky controls. I bought this game for $4 and it was a waste of money because if I want to play a game like this I'll boot up one of the Dark Souls or Bloodborne and have a much better experience. I did the math and even though I spent $20 on Bloodborne, my dollars per hours is much lower because I find Bloodborne entertaining. I just can't bringThis game is Dark Souls but with extremely clunky controls. I bought this game for $4 and it was a waste of money because if I want to play a game like this I'll boot up one of the Dark Souls or Bloodborne and have a much better experience. I did the math and even though I spent $20 on Bloodborne, my dollars per hours is much lower because I find Bloodborne entertaining. I just can't bring myself to beat this game. "If it's not fun, why bother?"… Expand
  58. ShakesBeer
    Nov 28, 2020
    4
    This game is a tremendous bummer. I'm not a very critical gamer, and I love Soulslikes. Unfortunately, I could barely get through the first few hours of this game before having to put it down. The frame rate is all over the place, making the visual experience very jarring, and it's full of bugs. You would think it would have been properly patched in the 6 years since release.

    The    This game is a tremendous bummer. I'm not a very critical gamer, and I love Soulslikes. Unfortunately, I could barely get through the first few hours of this game before having to put it down. The frame rate is all over the place, making the visual experience very jarring, and it's full of bugs. You would think it would have been properly patched in the 6 years since release.

    The aesthetics initially seem to be right on, but eventually you realize it's all sort of generic medieval fantasy and lacking in specificity.

    For some reason, your character moves like a sloth, even if you have the lightest armor, best agility, and quickest weapons. Many of your opponents don't have this limitation, so watch them dance around you as you roll in slow motion only to get whacked and knocked down for 10 minutes.

    The UI is an ugly mess, and once you realize how underwhelming the magic and gear offerings are, you're left without much reason to continue.

    Do yourself a big favor and play any of the Dark Souls games instead. Or if you've played all those, go for Nioh/Nioh 2.    … Expand
  59. IRagnar
    Sep 19, 2022
    3
    The Good: Graphics designs.

    The Bad: Poor story, horrible combat. Enemies often ignores player defensive (shield up). AI of enemies is horrible, they can go around you for 5 minutes with theirs shield up and suddenly they run away to their original "patrol route". Sound of dialog, when it disappeared it never came back. Game has 8 years and yet it still has many bugs.
  60. JoseManuel10_
    Oct 16, 2022
    7
    Lords of the Fallen is a 2014 fantasy themed action-RPG video game developed by German studio Deck13 in cooperation with Polish studio CI Games and published by CI Games.
  61. strangecloud674
    Apr 9, 2021
    7
    great game, was a lot of fun, lord of the fallen is pretty good game for your money. however, the camera was pretty bad. like, pretty bad. Like, pretty, bad.. like, really bad. like, it was bad, pretty bad. bad tho. But fun.
  62. Santiago1189
    Dec 30, 2021
    1
    From the very beginning of the game, the rhythm of the dark fantasy "Diablolike" was set, the completely taken over control from Dark Souls was immediately noticed (not a bad thing) and everything seems to be fine. BUT! WHY WHEN I GET 5 HITS FROM MOBS, I LOSE ONLY 10 PERCENT OF MY HP? This could still be tolerated, well, casual darksouls, maybe the action itself is interesting, but no,From the very beginning of the game, the rhythm of the dark fantasy "Diablolike" was set, the completely taken over control from Dark Souls was immediately noticed (not a bad thing) and everything seems to be fine. BUT! WHY WHEN I GET 5 HITS FROM MOBS, I LOSE ONLY 10 PERCENT OF MY HP? This could still be tolerated, well, casual darksouls, maybe the action itself is interesting, but no, all mobs up to the first boss (including himself) are killed simply by pinching a walk in the side around the enemy, and after a blow. But even after that, things only got worse, the attacks are so long that it is unrealistic (for example, the boss had a sword attack from top to bottom, so it is so long that the feeling creeps in that he holds the sword so that he does not fall). Of course, if you want to play Dark Souls with 10 times reduced damage to you, 2 times slower game, and completely remove the complexity of enemy attacks, then it's up to you. But in this game, even the dark fantasy art style is very poorly implemented, there is nothing to look at. 1 out of 10 (1 point with the fact that the game is soulslike)… Expand
  63. cosinus30
    Sep 12, 2021
    4
    I think the game is generally ok and playable. The ambiance and visuals are fine considering its age. But the main deal breaker was inconvenience in the save system and voice bug causing all character voices to silence. It is very annoying that all voices disappear and you not knowing when you find another checkpoint so that you can save and restart the game, and when you restart findingI think the game is generally ok and playable. The ambiance and visuals are fine considering its age. But the main deal breaker was inconvenience in the save system and voice bug causing all character voices to silence. It is very annoying that all voices disappear and you not knowing when you find another checkpoint so that you can save and restart the game, and when you restart finding you did not save your progress at all. Tell me something that I can understand it is saved and safe to exit. I mean it is basic user experience.
    If you played all the games regarding souls genre, maybe you can take a look at this one too but it is not as challenging as you expect. If you are new to this genre Lords of the Fallen should not be the one that you play.    … Expand
  64. Hellbash
    Feb 18, 2022
    0
    -Well, the game is not even close to Dark Souls as people claim it to be. Its looks like that the developers take a generic action game with a dark history and compare it to the dark souls saga.
    - Horrible combat sistem , harkin moves like a snail in slow motion even with the roll actions, the graphics its OK.
    - The story is laughable, characters are incredibly basic and without any    -Well, the game is not even close to Dark Souls as people claim it to be. Its looks like that the developers take a generic action game with a dark history and compare it to the dark souls saga.
    - Horrible combat sistem , harkin moves like a snail in slow motion even with the roll actions, the graphics its OK.
    - The story is laughable, characters are incredibly basic and without any carisma , thecombat consists of rolling all over hoping you don't get hit.

    I do not reccommend this game, even in sale, the game its actually and its value of 30 dollars is not justified    … Expand
  65. JHerting
    Aug 28, 2022
    7
    This game definitely has it's issues. Combat is clunky, you can easily get lost, the magic system is very basic. The world itself is interesting though. The graphics for it's release year are decent. Our protagonist gives very little information about himself. We will probably not see him in a sequel, even though his life before and after the events of the first game could be interestingThis game definitely has it's issues. Combat is clunky, you can easily get lost, the magic system is very basic. The world itself is interesting though. The graphics for it's release year are decent. Our protagonist gives very little information about himself. We will probably not see him in a sequel, even though his life before and after the events of the first game could be interesting to explore.
    You should play this game if you really have nothing else on your list or you want to see what the world is about before buying the soon to be released sequel.    … Expand
  66. NotMinhLe
    Jun 27, 2022
    6
    Lords of the Fallen is a decent enough RPG that is heavily inspired by the Souls series. It's very difficult to walk into this game without constantly comparing the two games however once you get past the initial set-up for Lords of the Fallen it holds up well on its own in terms of combat and RPG-like mechanics.

    The story however, is very bland and personally it failed to engage me    Lords of the Fallen is a decent enough RPG that is heavily inspired by the Souls series. It's very difficult to walk into this game without constantly comparing the two games however once you get past the initial set-up for Lords of the Fallen it holds up well on its own in terms of combat and RPG-like mechanics.

    The story however, is very bland and personally it failed to engage me into it's narrative 2 hours in.

    For anyone wanting to scratch the Souls-like genre itch but don't want to dive into the brutality of Dark souls, Lords of the Fallen is worth a shot. I would like to mention that the NG+ and NG++ experience is extremely un-balanced. Bosses take 10-15 minutes and it becomes extremely tedious to wittle down their HP whilst focusing not to get 2-shotted. I would rate the NG+ experience a 2/10 to be completely honest.    … Expand
  67. DarkwingSchmuck
    Mar 14, 2022
    5
    Lords of the Fallen is an admirable lower budget Dark Souls knock-off that's unfortunately too bland to make it stand out in any real way from the competition. Everything it does -- from combat design, level design, and boss design -- is serviceable, yet wholly generic.
  68. hovo96
    Aug 22, 2022
    10
    Very cool game nice physics and visuals and gameplay. I hope will be part 2
  69. Marci722
    Aug 12, 2022
    4
    Szerintem egy borzalmasan szar játék volt.Az optimalizáció szempontjából egy katasztrófa,egyes pályaszakaszokon úgy szaggatott a játék az akkori legfrissebb ps4 konzolon hogy a fejem megfájdult tőle.Ha nem lettek volna azelőtt a dark souls játékok kinek a hátán valamelyest fel tudott kapaszkodni akkor még ennyit sem tudnánk róla mint most.
  70. Reydriar
    Nov 12, 2022
    5
    Very average game, combat is slow and sluggish and bosses are not memorable. Story is also bland. I still enjoyed the souls style combat and mechanics enough to finish and somehow enjoy it.
  71. Outlasthorror
    Sep 25, 2022
    8
    Getting used the game's combat is the biggest challenge and I finally was able to make my character agile and dodges and rolla faster by finding the right equipment, this game is gorgeous aesthetically and even darker than dark souls itself but the story is meh and the combat is a bit mediocre you have to get used to it to enjoy the game, the animations of characters talking in cutscenesGetting used the game's combat is the biggest challenge and I finally was able to make my character agile and dodges and rolla faster by finding the right equipment, this game is gorgeous aesthetically and even darker than dark souls itself but the story is meh and the combat is a bit mediocre you have to get used to it to enjoy the game, the animations of characters talking in cutscenes are totally useless and have no point. Characters don't have to move their hands and heads to talk, I wish and hope the sequel will fix those issues, there's plenty more to talk about but this is just a quick review… Expand
  72. Luifilth
    Aug 12, 2023
    5
    Poderia ser um souls like maravilhoso se não fosse a quantidade enorme de bugs escrotos que o jogo tem. Segundo souls que gostei de verdade, pq tem uma história e trilha sonora, coisas que os outros não tem, o que na minha opinião não passa de pura preguiça ou simplesmente falta de criatividade. A trilha é maravilhosa, os cenários são bonitos pra época, as armaduras maravilhosas, as armasPoderia ser um souls like maravilhoso se não fosse a quantidade enorme de bugs escrotos que o jogo tem. Segundo souls que gostei de verdade, pq tem uma história e trilha sonora, coisas que os outros não tem, o que na minha opinião não passa de pura preguiça ou simplesmente falta de criatividade. A trilha é maravilhosa, os cenários são bonitos pra época, as armaduras maravilhosas, as armas também, mas o combate do jogo muitas vezes te faz passar raiva, as armas não acertam os inimigos, principalmente os machados, elas são extremamente curtas, forçando o jogador a ficar perto demais dos inimigos e as reações do personagem estão em câmera lenta o tempo todo, usar arma pesada, atacar e tentar esquivar em seguida, pode esquecer, não funciona, pq o personagem é uma lesma. Uma coisa que me incomodou muito foi a quantidade de xp recebida dos inimigos, vai bem durante um tempo mas depois se torna um sacrifício gigantesco evoluir o personagem, coisa que não vale a pena mesmo, muita perda de tempo. A trilha do jogo vai bem durante um tempo, mas do nada some e o jogador não escuta os áudios ou o diálogo dos personagens. A propósito, a ideia de áudios ao invés de força o jogador a ler um texto gigante, foi ótima. Se tivessem feito um trabalho que preste, com certeza esse jogo ganharia como o melhor do ano e seria 10 de 10, uma pena. Mas apesar de todos esses problemas toscos eu gostei muito dele.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 28, 2014
    60
    A packet of steak McCoy's next to Dark Souls II's ribeye. The action is handsome and combat can bite, yet with Bloodborne on the horizon, Lords is a bit of a hard sell. [Christmas 2014, p.86]
  2. Games Master UK
    Dec 21, 2014
    60
    At times bearably similar to Souls, at others woefully at odds with its philosophy. [Christmas 2014, p.]
  3. Play UK
    Dec 18, 2014
    75
    Lords is a solid and enjoyable action RPG, but suffers a little at the hands of over-ambition. [Issue#251, p.74]
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