Lords of the Fallen

Впервые прошла игру такого жанра. До этого наиграла всего пару часов в других соулслайках. Играла я не одна, поэтому моё мнение и ощущения построены именно с учётом этого факта. Локации ощущались очень атмосферно и красиво. То же самое могу сказать и про саундтреки. Также мне очень понравилась сама идея с переходом в другой мир и обратно. Что касается мобов и боссов. Обычные мобы часто душили — вокруг тебя постоянно собиралась толпа, которая зажимала со всех сторон. Но их можно избежать обычными перекатами. Боссы и мини-боссы… Их атаки были очень запоминающимися и довольно предсказуемыми, и от них тоже можно уворачиваться постоянными перекатами. Достойных боссов было максимум 1–2, да и то потому, что мы не были достаточно прокачаны. Финальный босс оказался не самым тяжёлым, но в целом ок, потому что перед ним был чел, который знатно нас ♥♥♥♥ (опять же из-за слабой прокачки). Концовка огорчила. Я надеялась на что-то более масштабное, а в итоге вышло довольно просто и обычно... В общем, игра хорошая, вайб имеется, сюжет какой никакой есть. Мне даже грустно с ней расставаться, несмотря на её минусы.

Do not buy if you're looking to play with a friend. They advertise you that you can play with a friend throughout the ENTIRE game, start to finish, with them being able to play for free with the "Friend's Pass". What they actually do is allow you to play together only halfway throughout the game, then force the friend to buy the full game to continue. Do not support developers like this with shady and malicious practices.

Before I played this... I had a small wee wee, no friends, no girlfriend, depression and absolutely no will to live. None of these things have changed, but the game is pretty good.

Чудовий соулслайк, дуже дуже атмосферний без задньопривідних катан. Щиро дякую за українську локалізацію.

The updates made this game so much better. Grab this when it's on sale. Worth a play! Can't wait to see all the improvements in LOTF 2!

This game performance is bad and its buggy im not recommending this game for co op

Lords of the Fallen (2023) has aged remarkably well since its troubled launch. It is extremely well optimized. While it is clear the game was developed in 2023, with some cutscene assets not fully leveraging the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies, the title has received over 70 post-launch updates. These patches have significantly improved performance and stability, resulting in a very well-optimized experience today. The development team deserves praise for their continued support, demonstrating a level of commitment comparable to studios like Pearl Abyss with Crimson Desert. Combat is fast, fluid, and highly responsive, drawing clear inspiration from Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3. The art direction and armor design reflect this influence while still offering distinctive and memorable outfits. The overall pace and smoothness of gameplay frequently evoke the feel of Bloodborne, making encounters both intense and satisfying. One of the game’s standout features is the lantern mechanic, which adds meaningful depth to exploration and combat. With the sequel on the horizon, now is an excellent time to experience the current title, as it stands in its most polished and complete state to date.

i played this game with my friends yesterday for a few hours and we enjoyed it a lot but i tried joining him today again using the free friends pass however all the data on my character was reset and i lost everything, i made sure that the game was properly saved before leaving but i still lost everything.

[h3]It Really Wants to Be Dark Souls[/h3] Lords of the Fallen desperately wants to be Dark Souls, but in my opinion, it fails pretty badly at actually being one. I originally played it around launch, possibly even on day one, but eventually lost interest. Now, after years of patches, my friend and I decided to finally play through the entire game in co-op. I honestly didn’t expect it to still be this bad. At first, the game actually makes a pretty strong impression, but the longer you play, the more its problems start showing. [h3]Three Years Later and Still Broken[/h3] Probably the biggest problem is just how incredibly broken the game still feels. I don’t know how much of this is specifically caused by co-op, but we constantly encountered bugs, got stuck in places, disconnected from each other, had parts of the map fail to load, fell straight into the void, and experienced plenty of other weird issues. After roughly three years of patches, especially with a sequel already approaching, this kind of stuff really should have been fixed by now. [h3]The Umbral Lamp[/h3] And then there’s the lamp... The whole Umbral mechanic is one of the most annoying parts of the game. Constantly having to enter the Umbral world gets old extremely quickly, especially because I never found that world particularly interesting to explore. The idea itself is definitely original, but the execution feels more irritating than fun. At times, it honestly feels like the mechanic exists mainly so the game can point at something and say, “See? We’re not Dark Souls!” Unfortunately, being different doesn’t automatically make something good. [h3]Level Design and Co-op[/h3] The level design might genuinely be some of the worst I’ve experienced in a Soulslike. On top of that, the game clearly isn’t properly balanced around two-player co-op. Most encounters become ridiculously easy with two players, assuming the game itself isn’t busy defeating you with another bug. That made a lot of the supposed challenge feel almost nonexistent. [h3]Story, Bosses and Endless Recycling[/h3] The story is terrible. It bored us so much that we eventually stopped paying attention, and by the end we barely even knew what was happening anymore. The final boss is also an absolute joke. Boss music was forgettable, while it always even stopped playing after a while for some reason. Another thing that gets incredibly annoying is how often the game recycles bosses. You defeat something as a boss, only for it to start appearing repeatedly throughout the rest of the game as a regular enemy. Doing this occasionally is fine, but Lords of the Fallen does it so often that bosses gradually stop feeling special at all. [h3]Performance and Visuals[/h3] The optimization is also pretty bad considering how the game actually looks. I wouldn’t call the graphics ugly, and some locations can look genuinely beautiful, especially thanks to the environments and strong use of color, but there are also moments where the visual shortcomings become very noticeable. For the performance it demands, I expected more. [h3]The Good Things[/h3] Now for the things I actually liked. The combat is generally pretty good. It’s fast, responsive, and reminds me more of the faster style of Dark Souls III, which I definitely prefer. Some locations look great, certain armor sets have really cool designs, and the animations are generally solid. And... yeah. That’s pretty much it. [h3]Final Thoughts[/h3] Lords of the Fallen feels like a game desperately trying to imitate the Dark Souls formula while using the Umbral Lamp as its main gimmick to separate itself from the crowd. The problem is that the gimmick itself is poorly executed, leaving you with what feels like a worse Dark Souls filled with frustrating mechanics, terrible co-op balancing, repetitive content, a forgettable story, and an absurd amount of technical problems. What makes it even worse for me is that I somehow enjoyed it less than its predecessor from 2014. There is some decent combat buried underneath all of this, but unfortunately, that wasn’t nearly enough to save the experience. [b]Gameplay[/b] - [i]7/10[/i] [b]Story[/b] - [i]3/10[/i] [b]Graphics[/b] - [i]7/10[/i] [b]Pacing[/b] - [i]4/10[/i] [b]Optimalization[/b] - [i]6/10[/i] [b]Soundtrack[/b] - [i]4/10[/i] [b]Audio[/b] - [i]7/10[/i] [h3][b]Final Score[/b] - [i]5,5/10[/i][/h3]