Lords of the Fallen

Somehow the buggiest souls-game I've ever played. Bought it on giga sale, that's the only way I can justify this purchase. Has some interesting mechanics, especially how it tackles parrying and posture on both enemies and the players themselves in pvp. I like the whole umbral world mechanic and how it plays into the combat, both giving you a second chance and another perspective in exploration. Very fun especially the first couple of hours, but it starts dragging a bit in the mid-late to late game areas, where the lack of enemy variety and just absurd amount of ads kicks in hard. Extremely fun in co-op especially with modifiers. DO NO PLAY IN SHARED-PROGRESSION MODE, for whatever reason, it made the game lag hard for me and my friend. And even if it wasn't laggy for you from the start, it just feels buggy as hell. Regardless, decent sloppy buggy souls game. (Didn't post this review earlier because I wanted to get all endings first, but I ended up dropping the game)

This is the first time I've written such a long review for a game. If you compare it to the first game from 2014, the improvement is huge. The new game is better in almost every way. But I'll start with the negatives. The biggest problem for me is the lack of enemy variety. It's not that noticeable at first, but the further you progress, the more it feels like you're fighting roughly the same enemies throughout the entire game. I really wish there were at least a few completely new enemy types in the later areas. The second downside is that there are too few major bosses with Remembrances. I think the game could easily benefit from another 2-4 bosses like that. I also personally felt that the game lacked beautiful and memorable locations. Of course, this is subjective. Elden Ring is the only Souls game I've fully played, but even just seeing places like Anor Londo from Dark Souls shows how memorable a single location can be. Lords of the Fallen has a great atmosphere and its dark visual style is very consistent, but there are only a couple of places in the entire game where you really want to stop and just look around. That's pretty much it for my main complaints. Other than that, I really enjoyed the game. I especially liked the build variety. You can build around Strength, Agility, Radiance, Inferno, Umbral, status effects, magic, different weapon types - and it genuinely makes you want to experiment. You obviously can't try even half of the interesting combinations in a single playthrough. I also really liked the Umbral mechanic. It's not just a visual filter over the same world, but a proper part of exploration and the combat system. Being able to continue fighting in Umbral after dying also makes the game much more interesting and helps distinguish it from other Souls-likes. Overall, exploring the world is enjoyable, there are plenty of weapons and pieces of equipment, and you can really build your character the way you want. As far as I understand, the developers messed up pretty badly with the game's technical state at launch, which caused it to receive a lot of negative feedback. I played it much later and barely encountered most of those problems. So I can only judge the current version of the game, not what it was like back in 2023. I've also seen a lot of complaints about co-op and playing in a party, but I can't really say anything about that - I played through the entire game solo. In the end, Lords of the Fallen turned out to be much better than I expected. It has some obvious flaws - repetitive enemies, not enough major bosses, and locations that aren't always particularly memorable - but none of that outweighs the game's strengths. It's definitely worth the money, especially if you can get it on a good discount. After the first Lords of the Fallen from 2014, I honestly didn't expect the next game to improve this much. Now I'm genuinely interested to see what the developers do next.

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Por isso é importante jogar e não concluir nada pela opinião dos outros !!! Jogueis outros Souls likes, e esse é diferente com certeza. Movimentação mais limpa, com a opção de perry, te deixa jogar como voce se sentir mais a vontade. Historia interessante mesmo sem procurar algo por fora. Boses marcantes e armas sensacionais ! Mecânica do Umbral é simplesmente maravilhosa !! Ansioso para o 2

Terrible level design, no enemy variety.

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love this game cant wait for the sequel.