Review | Lords of the Fallen (2023)

[Swanlee]

@Searsy82

This is more what I was implying. Just that it doesn’t feel like it is ready for prime time yet.

COVID nuked at least 1.5 years of this gen. We are just now seeing more games come out of it. Things will get better soon

[anon15184143]

@Doncabesa

UE5 doesn’t feel ready, not yet and we’re 3 years into the generation. It’s been disappointing.

Actually, this is incorrect. You are seeing the overlap of covid and teams struggling financially. Ue5 is user friendly and is basically the same or easier to use. Scripting is the same and there is Great potential, most games will switch I can see how someone with no development ability would make that mistake though.

[Doncabesa (Jesse Norris)]

@anon15184143

Actually, this is incorrect. You are seeing the overlap of covid and teams struggling financially. Ue5 is user friendly and is basically the same or easier to use. Scripting is the same and there is Great potential, most games will switch I can see how someone with no development ability would make that mistake though.

Ue5 stinks

[pg2g]

@Doncabesa

Ue5 stinks

Sucks for half of XGS’s output then.

Let’s not jump to conclusions and at least wait until a notable studio releases a UE5 game.

[anon15184143]

@Doncabesa

Ue5 stinks

Seems like a valid and well educated response.

[Anecronomicon]

@Doncabesa

They just patched it

It seems fine now on the Series X after the recent patch:

Xbox Series X | Lords of the Fallen | Graphics test/First Look - YouTube

Apparently the 30fps mode has really good motion blur.

[Sparda3g]

I believe UE5 has a weak introduction to the mass when first games are from lesser known studios or those who aren’t too familiar with the engine. UE3 got it easy when Gears of War was released. Not only it was the first game, at least to the casual audience, but it was done by Epic themselves.

With UE5, it’s technically introduced by Fortnite, a game that you can’t really tell unless you thoroughly examine it. Plus it’s an old game being patched to it rather than ground up or steroid heavily like Dead Space. I know The Matrix demo could count as one, but it’s a demo. People need a full game to show its power. While I’m glad for Coalition has time to work on it, the engine showcase will continue to suffer if more games are released from developers who only see the engine as impressive shell.

[ShadyPinesSteve (Stephen Bouren)]

@Doncabesa I watched the Escapist 3-Minute Review on this and the reviewer, who is apparently a fan of and has finished Souls games, found LotF to be so difficult that he stopped trying to finish the game for review after 18 hours. I’m terrible at these kinds of games, but your review made it sound like LotF is at least somewhat approachable. Is it really as brutal as the other reviewer says?

Lords of the Fallen | Review in 3 Minutes

[Doncabesa (Jesse Norris)]

@ShadyPinesSteve

…@Doncabesa I watched the Escape 3-Minute Review on this and the reviewer, who is apparently a fan of and has finished Souls games, found LotF to be so difficult that he stopped trying to finish the game for review after 18 hours. I’m terrible at these kinds of games, but your review made it sound like LotF is at least somewhat approachable. Is it really as brutal as the other reviewer says?

It never felt unfair to me. I had a solid build but nothing crazy.