Tuesday, 07 November 2023 23:17

Lords of the Fallen Oddly Abandons a Beloved FromSoftware Soulslike Trend

Written by Jared Stewart
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Lords of the Fallen adopts many traditional Soulslike elements and sensibilities and therefore one omission seems like somewhat of an oversight.

Lords of the Fallen is the latest Soulslike game to imitate a lot of what FromSoftware action-RPGs are popular for and yet fall short of meeting the high expectations that fans have ascribed to such games. Compared most agreeably to Dark Souls 2 due to its prolific mob and ambush encounters, Lords of the Fallen does have a lot of the common trappings of FromSoftware games, though its most distinguished feature is easily the Umbral Lamp mechanic that allows for realm-hopping needed to traverse environments.

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