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Lords of The Fallen | Review Thread

What scores do you think Lords of The Fallen will get?

  • 50-55%

    Votes: 2 0.8%
  • 55-60%

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • 60-65%

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • 65-70%

    Votes: 8 3.3%
  • 70-75%

    Votes: 32 13.1%
  • 75-80%

    Votes: 58 23.8%
  • 80-85%

    Votes: 83 34.0%
  • 85-90%

    Votes: 48 19.7%
  • 90-95%

    Votes: 9 3.7%
  • 95-100%

    Votes: 2 0.8%

  • Total voters
    244
  • Poll closed .

Draugoth

Gold Member
Lmao, the pvp in this game:

- Extreme rubber banding, both the host and invader get locked at 30 FPS because they couldnt figure out proper connection.
- Progression on coop sessions doesn't carry over for the person summoned.
- If you are invaded, the guy can fucking kill the NPCs in your game and brick questlines.

They should have focused on single player, they clearly didnt had the experience.
 
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rofif

Can’t Git Gud
What the hell? DS2 is fire. Better than DS1 in many ways. DS3 is the one that is overcooked and tasteless.
yeah, ds2 is great. it's just that shcolar and dlc is asshole city. I like the original version.
As or ds3, I had the same opinion as you but I replayed it few years back with ringed city and other dlc... and it was incredible. Really clicked
 

JokerMM

Gay porn is where it's at.
DS2 is the best souls game tho
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Worst bosses
Worst level design
Worst music
Worst hit boxes
Is somehow the best in the series
I swear DS2 fans only love that game because they think it makes them look special lmao
 

Lokaum D+

Member
my God, sound desing of this game is the worst, i dont thing this year we have any other game that sound so bad like LotF does, Jesus.
 
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rofif

Can’t Git Gud
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Worst bosses
Worst level design
Worst music
Worst hit boxes
Is somehow the best in the series
I swear DS2 fans only love that game because they think it makes them look special lmao
Best variety
Most customization
Best hub
Best waifu
Best atmosphere
Best story and characters
Hitboxes are fine. That pursuer gif is not indicative. Same happens in lies of p with laxasia fight. She impales next to you and hitbox catches you.

ds2 is just creative and feels good. Of course ds3 is better. But ds2 is my fav... maybe. trades blows with ds3 and ringed city
 

JokerMM

Gay porn is where it's at.
Best variety
Most customization
Best hub
Best waifu
Best atmosphere
Best story and characters
Hitboxes are fine. That pursuer gif is not indicative. Same happens in lies of p with laxasia fight. She impales next to you and hitbox catches you.

ds2 is just creative and feels good. Of course ds3 is better. But ds2 is my fav... maybe. trades blows with ds3 and ringed city
I'll give you variety cause no denying that game had the most diverse armory in the series, everything else is just wrong
I can't even remember one character from that game, best atmosphere is also a big fat fucking NOPE when DS3, ER, and Bloodborne exist.
Best waifu? Lmao no
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rofif

Can’t Git Gud
I'll give you variety cause no denying that game had the most diverse armory in the series, everything else is just wrong
I can't even remember one character from that game, best atmosphere is also a big fat fucking NOPE when DS3, ER, and Bloodborne exist.
Best waifu? Lmao no
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ds2 had this amazing feeling of people forgetting their humanity.
Son forgetting his daughter, characters forgetting who the are an where they are heading.
It's the only entry which let's you see how these kingdoms come to fall and how the curse/cycle works.
I really like the somber atmoshhere.

As for gameplay, the customization, power stancing, hexes, good level design, variety between areas and enemies. Items, boss qty and variety. You don't fight the same guys over and over.
The only problem is with some of animations and uneven grahics. And scholar being asshole city
 

phant0m

Member
If they're counting performance issues for this game and not for BG3 then there's something going on with these reviewers.

Also, Lies of P has tons of problems that press overlooked like they didn't exist and are far from being isolated. I'm just thinking on ignoring the press for soulslikes...
I ignore the press for all reviews except the few individuals whose opinions I generally align with or at least respect. That list is basically ACG, SkillUp and Jeff Gerstmann. None of which provide a numerical score.
 
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rofif

Can’t Git Gud
Reused assets that are still better than what the competition churns out.

Speaking of which...





A screenshot from the PS5 version that Eurogamer posted:

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Exactly.
Nothing wrong with ds3/bb/elden ring engine.
It looks great. The amount of environmental detail and geometry in ds3 and BB is fantastic. No streaming issues too.
 

S0ULZB0URNE

Member
I ignore the press for all reviews except the few individuals whose opinions I generally align with or at least respect. That list is basically ACG, SkillUp and Jeff Gerstmann. None of which provide a numerical score.
ACG rates on performance so isn't reliable.
 
Worst bosses
Worst level design
Worst music
Worst hit boxes
Is somehow the best in the series
I swear DS2 fans only love that game because they think it makes them look special lmao
i. A few bad ones but Looking Glass Knight, Demon of Song, Darklurker, Fume Knight, and Sir Alonne are all fantastic boss battles.
ii. The Gutter and Eleum Loyce are some of the best levels the company has ever crafted.
iii. I tend to agree, which is why I modded it.
iv. Par for the course and the same accusation applies to even Elden Ring.
v. It is the best because all weapon types and magic types are equally valid ways to play to completion, its items have the best placement with regards to time investment, and it is the least linear in the order that its levels can be played.

P.S. Unlike rofif I consider Scholar of the First Sin the best release. I am also far more impressed by the gameplay revisions in Seeker of Fire mod than any other game in the series.
 
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Might be just me but performance has never bothered me in a game ever.... Even the worst of the worst... That is a perk(Like Lead Stomach from Fallout) from mostly using underpowered PC when I used to do PC gaming... 60 FPS stable perf modes on PS5 is filthy luxury to me... I actually miss my slideshow Skyrim modded runs.

No its not Stockholm Syndrome:messenger_loudly_crying::messenger_loudly_crying::messenger_loudly_crying:
 
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Bkdk

Member
There are just so many letdowns recently, starfield, payday 3, forza, total war pharaoh, then this, hell even CS2 is kind of disappointing. Layoffs, studios shutdown, management and staff restructuring is going to be rampant in the coming months.
 

Arsic

Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I was tempted to get this but the bug of an invader killing your npcs in game world to brick side quest progress made me do a 100% do not buy until fixed.

I assume I can’t play offline either with this game so it’s not avoidable ?

This is clown dev shit. With a bug THIS bad any review above a 5 is full of shit. That’s game breaking stuff.

Likely won’t ever play it now since Spider-Man is next week then Alan wake after.
 

S0ULZB0URNE

Member
I was just talking about reviewing games in general, not specific for performance. I grew up playing Goldeneye split screen at like 20 fps so performance issues really don’t bother me as much as most of this forum.

Half of you already call 30 fps “unplayable” 🤷‍♂️
ACG's ratings are based on his pc's experience.
If his pc struggles its reflected in his review.

He's not reliable because of this imo is what I'm saying.
 

Arsic

Loves his juicy stink trail scent
try with the fextralife review, i think i heard that there
Without going too deep into it I don’t mess with any of his content due to all the drama surrounding the channel. Bans off other platforms for a lot of shady practices. Don’t want to support with any clicks.

If you end up rewatching it or someone else can confirm then I may pick this up today on ps5 for pre order.
 

Draugoth

Gold Member
There are just so many letdowns recently, starfield, payday 3, forza, total war pharaoh, then this, hell even CS2 is kind of disappointing. Layoffs, studios shutdown, management and staff restructuring is going to be rampant in the coming months.

This is an issue of severe outsourcing
 

DavidGzz

Gold Member
I voted 70-75 because I'm afraid it will score that low but will end up being a solid 85 for me because it's right up my alley.

Looks like I was right. I could tell by the footage that it wouldn't be top tier with critics but I'm positive I will love it from what I've seen. I think we're eating good with LoP and this. I don't know why everything has to be a competition. At least they are different enough and giving us a taste of more Souls and more BloodBorne. I'm thankful.
 

skit_data

Member
So performance is really bad on PS5, that made the big disparity in MC score in platforms make more sense. Yeah definitely won't be grabbing this one til that is sorted.
 
Still really interested in this due to art style and coop but me and my buddies are in the middle of Bloodborne so this is gonna have to wait for the time being. I still gotta get to Armored Core too. Too many games to play!
 
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