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[Seyken]

I'll be surprised with anything above an 80. The game looks good, but the sound design and overall floatness / jankiness seems like the things that will bring it down.

 

[Thief1987]

74

The voice acting is terrible the few hours I’ve watched.

Terrible voice acting? In a souls-like game? Unacceptable.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The review embargo should be lifted later today at 15.00 CEST.

 

[Joho79]

Terrible voice acting? In a souls-like game? Unacceptable.

I don’t know about y’all but I think so. Silly accents too.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

My PS5 physical copy has just arrived. Too bad I'm working (from home) at the moment.

 

[GymWolf]

79-81 team.

I don't think it looks as good as the (sponsored) previews make it sound.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

My PS5 physical copy has just arrived. Too bad I'm working (from home) at the moment.

Seems you have to DL a ~9GB day one patch.

 

[rofif]

71

 

[Quezacolt]

Seems you have to DL a ~9GB day one patch.

You don't "have to" most day 1 patches are optional. Most games run without issues without them.
In Souls games with coop, you only really need it if you want to play coop or do pvp.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

You don't "have to" most day 1 patches are optional. Most games run without issues without them.
In Souls games with coop, you only really need it if you want to play coop or do pvp.

Yeah I know, I phrased that wrong I guess. Game is probably playable with just what's on the disc but we'll have to wait from someone like doesitplay to test this release to ensure it works offline and without the need of any additional download.

 

[ByWatterson]

Breakthrough. 87.

 

[Regginator]

However it's going to review, it's undoubtedly going to be one of the games of all time.

 

[DavidGzz]

Can't even preload on Steam yet.

 

[PectacularOz]

Where's the OT? I need to feed my hype!
(Also, 85)

 

[Hot5pur]

Apparently game is live on Xbox using the NZ trick.
But yeah, I wanna see reviews!!
If it's anything over 80 Mets you know it will be amazing given how hard reviewers will go on this title due to all the From comparisons.

 

[Rien]

Apparently game is live on Xbox using the NZ trick.
But yeah, I wanna see reviews!!
If it's anything over 80 Mets you know it will be amazing given how hard reviewers will go on this title due to all the From comparisons.

Lets hope so. Just fnished Demon's and I am craving for more souls. This game looks great

 

[Lux R7]

ew, I'll have to wait till 16.00 here in italy

 

[DavidGzz]

OMG, they are going to make me double dip just to play it half a day early.

 

[Ic3man]

Under 90 and it's crap anyway.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Eh, I'll say 84. I'd love it to be higher, but historical precedence suggests caution is sensible.

 

[Rien]

Eh, I'll say 84. I'd love it to be higher, but historical precedence suggests caution is sensible.

Hope your right BbMaj7

 

[Draugoth]

Reviews are coming up

Holy shit, it's getting some 95/100

 

[Heisenberg007]

~84-85

 

[Camper182]

Lords of the Fallen (2023) Critic Reviews

Lords of the Fallen (2023) has been reviewed by 7 critics and currently has a 'Strong' rating. Read and browse them all to learn what the top critics in the video game industry are saying.

opencritic.com

looking very good so far

 

[Heisenberg007]

The Gamer - 7/10

Lords Of The Fallen Review - Most Creative Soulslike Yet

Lords of the Fallen is a refreshing new take on the Souls genre.

www.thegamer.com

 

[Zheph]

Fextralife is a topcritic? smh

anyway so far so good, I had 81/82 in mind

 

[Draugoth]

Thread Updated

 

[skit_data]

8.8 from Fextralife, sounds good enough for me. Not at launch though, got way too much stuff in the backlog.

 

[GrayChild]

4/10 from Eurogamer

Lords of the Fallen (2023) review - a Dark Souls tribute lacking its own identity

Eurogamer's review of Lords of the Fallen (2023), a close tribute to Dark Souls let down by technical woes and lack of FromSoft elegance.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Freeman76]

Where's ACG, thats the review I will pay attention to here dammit

 

[JusticeForAll]

Mixed reviews it seems. I hope I like it when I play it, because this kind of dark fantasy setting is totally up my alley. I hear there's a poison swamp area. I hope it's not too long, because that's something I loathe.

 

[thuGG_pl]

 

[Draugoth]

8 From IGN

Lords of the Fallen Review - IGN

Lords of the Fallen is an awesome soulslike with a fantastic dual-realities premise, even when performance shortcomings and wimpy bosses crash the party.

www.ign.com

 

[ByWatterson]

Truly mixed reviews, huh.

I think I'm in though. It looks so good.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

IGN: 8
PC Gamer: 79
Game Informer 6

Lots of mixed reviews, not liking some of the stuff I'm reading like Bosses becoming regular enemies, makes them feel less "special". Still hyped to jump in, reviews rarely inform my purchases, I know what I like

 

[GrayChild]

That's a huge drop.

Whatever, still keeping my preorder. Wasn't expecting anything that comes even near FromSoftware level of quality in the first place.

 

[Lux R7]

4/10 from Eurogamer

Lords of the Fallen (2023) review - a Dark Souls tribute lacking its own identity

Eurogamer's review of Lords of the Fallen (2023), a close tribute to Dark Souls let down by technical woes and lack of FromSoft elegance.

www.eurogamer.net

Lol, very professional

 

[Ogbert]

Eurogamer attention seeking again.

 

[Draugoth]

Well, Lies of P It is for me.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[Lux R7]

Well, Lies of P It is for me.

You should play lies of p in any case, it's amazinig

 

[Kurotri]

Well..fuck. I was simping for this game. I'm kinda surprised at this. Guess I'll get Lies of P first.

 

[BbMajor7th]

4/10 from Eurogamer

Lords of the Fallen (2023) review - a Dark Souls tribute lacking its own identity

Eurogamer's review of Lords of the Fallen (2023), a close tribute to Dark Souls let down by technical woes and lack of FromSoft elegance.

www.eurogamer.net

Highlights what sound like some pretty serious performance issues - UE5 punishing consoles again.

 

[Luipadre]

Performance is ass too as expected

 

[rofif]

This game is downright ugly.
The character creator is horrifying lol

 

[Denton]

9/10 on games.cz, from a huge souls fanatic

Lords of the Fallen – recenze fantasticky nápadité soulsovky | GAMES.CZ

Když jeden svět nestačí...

games.tiscali.cz

 

[phant0m]

2/5 from eurogamer, oof. Same from sixthaxis.

But then also multiple 85+ scores? Were they playing the same game?

I know “opinions” and all that but that’s several std deviations away. I wonder if the former just experienced technical issues the others didn’t. to give a score of 40 due to performance/technical issues while others are giving 8+ doesn’t make sense.

 

[Ogbert]

Only disappointment is that it sounds quite easy.

 

[thuGG_pl]

2/5 from eurogamer, oof. Same from sixthaxis.

But then also multiple 85+ scores? We’re they playing the same game?

I know “opinions” and all that but that’s several std deviations away.

Seems like eurogamers score is pretty low because it dares to be souls copycat.

 

[SCB3]

Seems to be getting 8/10 across the board, I'm kinda souls'ed out atm due to Lies of P, but I may check this ount when its a bit quieter, it looks interesting and got some great art style

I hope to god its more forgiving than the original though, that game was straight up broken