Lords of the Fallen

Item: Lords of the Fallen
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-19

Summary

Stunning visuals and immersive dark fantasy setting
Fluid, weighty, and versatile combat system
Diverse and viable character build options
Seamless and enjoyable co-op experience
Repetitive enemies and confusing level design
Problematic launch with lingering technical issues

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 19%
Protest reviews: 2%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4327
Negative points: 3666
Gameplay points: 890
Perf. points: 425
Rec. points: 1411
Misc points: 205

Point	Description	Importance
Stunning visuals and atmosphere Description The game delivers stunning visuals, a dark atmosphere, and detailed environments, enhanced by UE5. A photo mode is often included. These elements significantly contribute to immersion and overall enjoyment. Importance 82%	The game delivers stunning visuals, a dark atmosphere, and detailed environments, enhanced by UE5. A photo mode is often included. These elements significantly contribute to immersion and overall enjoyment.	82%
Fluid, weighty, and versatile combat Description The combat system is fluid, responsive, and weighty, with satisfying and impactful attacks. Players can seamlessly chain attacks, swap weapons mid-combo, and utilize a variety of viable builds, including melee, ranged, and magic. Importance 78%	The combat system is fluid, responsive, and weighty, with satisfying and impactful attacks. Players can seamlessly chain attacks, swap weapons mid-combo, and utilize a variety of viable builds, including melee, ranged, and magic.	78%
Immersive dark fantasy setting Description The game features a dark fantasy setting with a compelling story and lore, drawing inspiration from titles like Dark Souls and Blasphemous. The world-building is detailed and immersive, creating a captivating experience for players. Importance 76%	The game features a dark fantasy setting with a compelling story and lore, drawing inspiration from titles like Dark Souls and Blasphemous. The world-building is detailed and immersive, creating a captivating experience for players.	76%
Diverse and viable build options Description The game offers a variety of viable builds, including melee, ranged, and magic, allowing players to tailor their playstyle. Ranged combat is particularly well-implemented, with effective bows, crossbows, and throwable items. Importance 75%	The game offers a variety of viable builds, including melee, ranged, and magic, allowing players to tailor their playstyle. Ranged combat is particularly well-implemented, with effective bows, crossbows, and throwable items.	75%
Unique and satisfying experience Description The game offers a satisfying and engaging experience with a unique identity within the Soulslike genre. It features multiple endings, a large world to explore, and interesting mechanics that set it apart from its predecessors. Importance 28%	The game offers a satisfying and engaging experience with a unique identity within the Soulslike genre. It features multiple endings, a large world to explore, and interesting mechanics that set it apart from its predecessors.	28%
Engaging bosses and replayability Description The game offers well-designed and unique boss encounters that require strategic thinking and adaptation. NG+ introduces modifiers like randomized loot and enemies, increasing replayability and allowing players to customize the difficulty. Importance 28%	The game offers well-designed and unique boss encounters that require strategic thinking and adaptation. NG+ introduces modifiers like randomized loot and enemies, increasing replayability and allowing players to customize the difficulty.	28%
Unique and engaging Umbral mechanic Description The Umbral mechanic introduces a unique dual-world system, adding depth to exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat. Switching between the realms offers a risk-reward dynamic, revealing hidden paths, secrets, and increased rewards, but also spawning tougher enemies. Importance 18%	The Umbral mechanic introduces a unique dual-world system, adding depth to exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat. Switching between the realms offers a risk-reward dynamic, revealing hidden paths, secrets, and increased rewards, but also spawning tougher enemies.	18%
Faithful to Souls-like formula Description The game successfully captures the essence of the Souls-like genre while adding its own unique twists. It is often compared to Dark Souls, with some reviewers considering it a worthy successor or a good entry point for newcomers. Importance 17%	The game successfully captures the essence of the Souls-like genre while adding its own unique twists. It is often compared to Dark Souls, with some reviewers considering it a worthy successor or a good entry point for newcomers.	17%
Seamless and enjoyable co-op Description The game features a well-implemented co-op mode that allows players to seamlessly play through the entire game together. This is a significant improvement over other Souls-like games, where players are often disconnected after boss fights or death. Importance 16%	The game features a well-implemented co-op mode that allows players to seamlessly play through the entire game together. This is a significant improvement over other Souls-like games, where players are often disconnected after boss fights or death.	16%
Generally functional and fun Description The game is generally functional and provides mediocre fun. It doesn't reinvent the genre but executes existing ideas well and provides good quality for its price. Importance 10%	The game is generally functional and provides mediocre fun. It doesn't reinvent the genre but executes existing ideas well and provides good quality for its price.	10%