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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

We shine our umbral lamp on the opening of the upcoming Lords of the Fallen. Find out how it all begins in the first 13 minutes of gameplay from Hexworks' ambitious soulslike. For more Lords of the Fallen, check out all of our IGN First coverage throughout the month of August.

Hexworks, a CI Games studio, invites players to embark on an epic journey across a vast and treacherous world when the highly anticipated, dark-fantasy action RPG, Lords of the Fallen, releases worldwide on Friday, 13th October 2023. A spiritual successor to the original 2014 title, the upcoming game acts as a full reboot for the franchise and will launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll check this out tonight. Curious if the umbral lamp stuff is as cool as the description was in the previews.

 

[mansoor1980]

looks and sounds great . day zero

 

[Zheph]

tempting... kinda hated the 2014 release it was just janky in a bad way imo

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I'm not sure if there's something wrong on IGN's end when they did the gameplay recording but the audio sounds a bit over-compressed/lower bitrate (reminds me of the poor audio in AC Valhalla). Other than that it looks great!

 

[Gaiff]

Jesus Christ, the impact feedback is so limp and weak. It's like the player character is using a toy axe.

 

[SkeletonQuays]

Jesus Christ, the impact feedback is so limp and weak. It's like the player character is using a toy axe.

The couple previews I watched both specifically mention that they did a great job of making the hits connect and having enemies respond to them and having the weapons feel like they have weight. Wonder if it's just not translating in the videos?

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

The couple previews I watched both specifically mention that they did a great job of making the hits connect and having enemies respond to them and having the weapons feel like they have weight. Wonder if it's just not translating in the videos?

God I hope so. Hit impact is what makes the From games work so well. Few souls likes do it right

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Who asked for this? Another creativity bankrupt Souls-like clone, really?

 

[Danjin44]

Who asked for this? Another creativity bankrupt Souls-like clone, really?

This is first post you ever made that I actually agree with. I'm big fan of FROM games but I hate how every devs trying so hard to be like them.

At least Nioh brought their own style to the formula, these guys other hand way past "inspiration" and went straight to copying them.

 

[gunslikewhoa]

Who asked for this? Another creativity bankrupt Souls-like clone, really?

Me. It's my fault. More, please.

 

[Rien]

Who asked for this? Another creativity bankrupt Souls-like clone, really?

If it’s good I have interest in it

 

[Punished Miku]

I'm so sick of Souls at this point that the similarities are the least appealing parts of this game. The new stuff with the world swapping looks fun.

 

[MALpractice311]

Got a lot on my plate right now with a new baby, but this is definitely on my list. Maybe a Black Friday purchase.

 

[j0hnnix]

Alot of impressions , I am highly cautious.. something about the world swapping has me skeptical on its implementation and the overall 1080p 60fps(not a deal breaker) just feel like I'm going to wait to see reviews and GAF impressions(because I enjoy a good laugh) before I buy it. Luckily have starfield / ac to commit time to.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

They fixed the audio issues.