Lords of the Fallen
Last updated: 2025-04-19
- 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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% |