Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014

[h2]Story[/h2] The plot is a bit hard to follow as there is not much context, we only know an evil god is back for revenge after being imprisoned a long time ago, it's up to the main hero, a criminal, to face such enemies and bring back peace and balance to this magical land. [h2]Gameplay[/h2] This might be one of the first DS clones and it is exactly that, slow movements linked to stamina bars and endurance mechanics, lots of parrying and blocking enemy attacks as well as the typical spending of points for vitality, luck, and the like, nothing out of the ordinary. [h2]Graphics[/h2] This aspect is good, for a 2014 game LoF still looks good, it plays and it runs fluid, good performance, too, enemies have this demonic concept with little details all over their armor, effects are good, too, but that is not enough, pretty here and there, just bad gameplay. [h2]Sound and Music[/h2] Musically it doesn't stand out at all, it starts very epic, as if the music enphasizes the grandeur of the land, but it only feels like that in the opening, the introduction to the adventure. As for the voice acting, it does the job, perhaps one of the few positives of the game, not much to add. [h2]The Bad[/h2] Too bad LoF is simply irritating, everything feels floaty, as if movements and attacks don't have any impact at all, there is camera shake for everything, which makes the game confusing, why would you interrupt everything I do with shakes and awkward camera movements? add the lagging camera motion when fighting and you have a recipe for an infuriating experience, why does it feel the camera takes time to follow each and every one of our movements? does the camera carry weights? it was never fixed and the game suffers from it. Combat in general is just annoying, if an enemy has a shield, good luck at trying to break the embarrasing dance around the enemy just to hit them a couple of times, oh and if two or more enemies decide to fight you at the same time, just let yourself die. Fighting one enemy with shield creates this merry-go-round and rolling to escape attacks is useless once you roll, enemies are already preparing their next heavy attack leaving you vulnerable to them, same for parrying, everything feels half-baked, clunky and extemely slow. [h2]Conclusion[/h2] No wonder I quit this game back in 2016, it felt bad then and it does once again in 2025, terrible animations, mechanics and gameplay in general. I am not a good souls-like player, I struggle with them, imagine the feeling when gameplay makes you feel like an old cripple.