NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT?A Souls-like with plenty of bosses, satisfying combat, and a ton of build variety
EXPECT TO PAY£50
DEVELOPERHexworks
PUBLISHERCI Games
REVIEWED ONAMD Ryzen 7 5800, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
MULTIPLAYERYes
LINK lordsofthefallen.com
Lords of the Fallen’s 2023 reboot – which I’ll call Lords of the Fallen from now on for brevity’s sake – is a big, heartfelt attempt to reinvent a franchise which came under heavy fire in 2014 for being one of the first Souls-like derivatives. Truth be told, Hexworks has done a damn fine job. But although it’s with a heavy heart that I have to admit it, I haven’t (Lords of the) fallen in love.
I like. Quite a bit, actually. It might be one of the best non-FromSoftware games we’ve gotten so far. It oozes creativity, its bosses are inventive and cool to look at, it has a huge host of weapons and spells to muck around with, and the Umbral Lamp –’s rose.
