The Lords of the Fallen is an unexpected title that definitely makes a lot of noise. An original creation by CI Games and Hexworks presented in a little more detail during the Game Awards 2022.
[Mis à jour le 09 décembre 2022 à 14h22] After a remarkable announcement at Gamescom 2022, with a CGI trailer that greatly impressed the web, The Lords of the Fallen made its big comeback at the Game Awards 2022. Geoff Keighley’s show rewarding the best video games of the he year was punctuated with announcements and trailers, including the very impressive one of The Lords of the Fallen. This action-RPG developed by CI Games and Hexworks seems to be freely inspired by the success of the Souls series, and intends to offer a difficult, rewarding and original experience, in a universe that perfectly incorporates the codes of dark fantasy.
With epic visuals, and a trailer of this level, Lords of the Fallen had to make some noise after the Gamescom Opening Night and The Game Awards 2022. This action-RPG always in development has the desire to shake up the latest games from From Software, offering gameplay that we expect to be brutal, arduous, and without concessions. By not hiding its inspirations from the games of the Japanese studio, Hexworks intends to offer an epic experience on a large scale, with complex and rewarding real-time combat. The studio even takes up some Souls concepts by offering a multiplayer mode allowing you to progress in the two-player campaign, and to invade the world of hostile players to slow down their progress.
As for the gameplay, and although we have seen only a few images of the game, we can still guess what to expect. Lords of the Fallen intends to both emulate soulslike by offering an action-RPG in combat “fluid, fast and difficult“, and differ from it by different mechanics. We can for example note the existence of two parallel worlds in your adventure, the world of the living and the world of the dead, which you will have to cross from one to the other during of your progress, or during one of your many fatal misadventures.
On the other hand, we will find everything that makes a good classic action-RPG, namely total character customization, nine starting classes, a statistics tree, hundreds of weapons and armor, magic, monsters , villains and so on. All in a frankly sinister universe, marked by an epic mythology and a complex history. Also note that your character will be equipped with a lantern allowing him to move from one world to another, giving you the opportunity to discover many secrets and hidden treasures. A heroic-fantasy adventure that promises if you want our opinion.
Technically, Lords of the Fallen intends to rely on Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games’ new graphics engine is establishing itself as one of the most efficient and promising on the market, crushing the competition with its technical demonstrations. impressive, and its high-flying performance. Undoubtedly, this association will be very beneficial to the new game from Hexworks, and will allow it to achieve great graphical rigor.
A good heroic-fantasy quest alone is not bad, but two is much better. Hexworks has understood this well and intends to offer Lords of the Fallen players the opportunity to explore its landscapes for two, without interruption and from the beginning to the end of the adventure. These last two points are worth mentioning because they are always lacking in the cooperative modes of From Software games, which can sometimes be frustrating due to their limitations and complexity. Lords of the Fallen intends to offer him a complete experience in cooperation, excellent news for fond of two-player games. But beware, when you play two, your game will be more likely to be invaded by other players, a system that is also inspired by Dark Souls multiplayer.
Lords of the Fallen does not yet have an exact release date, only a window: 2023. The game is currently still under development, and given the recent economic and social situation, it would be difficult to expect game a one-time outing. In any case, the game is planned for both PS5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam, an output only reserved for next-gen consoles, which promises technically.