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Lords of the Fallen

Lords of the Fallen

Lords of the Fallen is a PC role-playing game developed by Hexworks. It centers on area exploration, combat and party setup, and character progression, with controls and information arranged around keyboard and mouse, with a controller where the game supports one.

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8.3 / 10
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About this game

Lords of the Fallen is a PC role-playing game centered on area exploration, combat and party setup, and character progression. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, environments, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, loading, or language dependence can slow progress. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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8.3 / 10Windows PC

Dual-realm exploration and varied builds reward commitment, despite repetition and crowded later encounters.

This 2023 Lords of the Fallen uses its lamp to make exploration a layered problem. A blocked route may exist in another realm, while pulling souls lets terrain participate in combat. Version 2.5 revises bosses and adds an optional Veteran challenge, giving returning players another goal. Later completed play still finds repeated enemies and confusing routes tiring, so revision has not removed every pacing problem. Ruined settlements and their transformed counterparts give the journey a distinct identity. PC menu improvements reduce routine friction, although shared progression choices deserve attention before co-op. This assessment uses 2.5 evidence, retaining older reporting only for stable design and art. Patch notes establish changes rather than proving universal stability.

Strengths

  • Dual realms connect exploration and tactics
  • Distinctive ruined-world art
  • Additional difficulty choice

Weaknesses

  • Repetitive later encounters
  • Some confusing routes

Who it is for: Soulslike players who enjoy dangerous exploration and build planning.

Play notes: Version 2.5; check shared progression rules and note the limited platform samples.

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Builds and exploration have substance, but later repetition weakens pacing.

Reviewed7.7 / 10Not provided
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Dual realms add practical choices to a familiar action framework.

Reviewed8.5 / 10Not provided
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The two realms give exploration a compelling sense of place.

Reviewed8.9 / 10Not provided
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Everyday controls improve, while co-op progression rules still need care.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Hexworks
Publisher
CI Games
Release date
Oct 13, 2023
Platforms
Windows PC
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Tags
Level Progression3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyStory-drivenTurn-based CombatMain Story 20–50 HoursFantasyLong-term ProgressionThird PersonExploration
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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