Lords of the Fallen

First of all this game is pretty FREAKIN GOOD For a "Less then 10$" Base game.
I got the entire collection on sale for 4.99$
Saying that the i will go into the pros and cons of the game.
Pros
1. The game has an amazing art style (if you like 15th century Gothic style fantasy)
2. The character development is quite interesting. With your classic three class system, but then they add a kind of perk system.
3. The armors in my opinion look just strait up brutal.
4. IMO the combat system seem pretty balanced if not a little unpredictable. ( which keeps it from getting boring)
5. The story seems linear yet more open then your typical hack and slash level design
6. Not to much mystery so you do not get confused, But there are some good jaw dropping moments
7. The general feel of the game is pretty smooth.
8. There is a simplistic choice system great for novice gamer's.
9. The game is not demanding at all (I've played to the end on an HP Pavilion Laptop with R5 Graphics 512 MB VRAM)
Cons
1. If you are a Veteran Souls-Like player this might bore you.
2. If you are used to Hyper fast game play this will seem sluggish
3. This can be pretty unpredictable if your not careful
4. If you prefer super challenging games DO NOT BUY
5. There is a pretty choppy tutorial stage.
6. You can feel stuck sometimes
IN CONCLUSION
The game seem like an introductory Souls-like. The game is not to hard, but might be for casual players.
If you want to transition to hard Souls-Likes this is perfect. The game its self is overall satisfying and quite fun.
I 100% recommend this game to all casual players looking to get serious.
I 0% recommend this game to players that are level 9999/NG+9999 on Dark Souls 3 ( If you catch my drift)
Lets just say i wouldn't waste 45.5 Hours of my life on something that shouldn't be played

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don't look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe
---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just don't
---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ Earrape
---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Human
☐ Lizards
---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{Difficulty}---
☐ Just press A
☐ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{Grind}---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second live for grinding
---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{Price}---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ Wait for sale
☐ If you have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

My biggest reason for liking this game is definitely the art style. Everything is dark and spiky and wonderful, and exactly to my liking, not to mention that the visuals have aged pretty gracefully. The story is relatively flimsy, but you gain better understanding over the course of the game (and multiple playthroughs), especially once you have a sizeable collection of audio-logs. The combat works well - you won't find that there are broken mechanics or ridiculous bugs, and least not from my experience. You'll probably have a better grip on combat whilst using a controller though.

Disclaimer: I played Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne and Nioh.
I like this kind of games mostly for the atmosphere, exploration, secrets and cautious combat. Taking these areas into consideration, Lords of the Fallen is a very fun game that is worth playing.
Dunno why the hatred towards this. It is my understanding that the two major complaints are the lack of build variety (I don't care about this since I only go through a game once) and the slowness of the fighting (honestly I usually go for quick weapons and in this game I had no problems using the heavy slow ones). Recommended.

Lords of the Fallen Review
A unique albeit similar experience in its own right…
Some key points that this game offers:
1. Difficult
2. New Game +
3. Choices Matter
4. Three Playable Classes
5. Unique Levelling and Experience mechanics
6. Complex Melee combat system
Gameplay & Controls:
The game is played comfortably on either keyboard and mouse or controller; It comes down to personal preference. The keyboard and Mouse layout have remapping features to fully customize how the layout works for you. On PC there is only partial controller support but the game does not have a great many buttons that need pushing so it does work out in the players favour here.
What we have with Lords of the Fallen is a Dark Fantasy based RPG that takes after Dark Souls in several aspects, but in the end, this is a game in its own right and should be judged for what it is.
You take on the mantle of Harkyn, a sinner and outcast in this world; a world where no sin can ever be forgotten. The Rhogar, a Demonic Legion has made its return to earth in search of souls. This is where you come in, in this Action-packed hack and slash marvel. As you go about demolishing this Demonic horde you will build up a wealth of experience to customize and enhance your character. An arsenal of loot can be found to help you against these towering Horde’s from common pieces of gear to the oh so shiny Legendries….
You won’t just be facing off against mere foot soldiers, but Lords in all await you... Who will immerge victorious?
Graphics:
Beautiful and captivating… You traverse various environments, above and below ground all the way to a different dimension… Each of these locations have been beautifully created to offer you a very eerie look and feel. A perfect combination that thoroughly enhances what a Dark Fantasy offers.
Character models were given a great deal of attention to ensure that they don’t just appear unique and different, but so that their actions and behaviours are unique as well. This is a feature that is properly implemented where the Rhogar is concerned, the Rhogar from the same species might not have a difference but different Species have a wide range of differences.
The game shadows work wonders here, casting eerie visuals where you don’t need them and hiding hidden enemies beautifully for quick strikes…
We have a full range of settings to fully customize how this game runs and can run on our system.
Sounds:
Stunning, this game is meant to be played with volume levels that can clearly be heard… Whether this is earphones or speakers. The game has a gorgeous soundtrack to it, that ensures every nook and cranny you explore is filled with sounds to accompany your thoughts and fears for when the enemy will suddenly jump out and attack. It does this brilliantly adding a very unique sense of alertness to the game which is perfect for what the game is about, especially with our unique combat mechanics.
There is not a lot of vocals in the game. When it comes to the ones that we do have, a marvellous job has been done to capture the emotion of each situation perfectly to add to the scene and setting of the game events.
We do have full control of the volume and other sounds that can also be found under the settings tab.
Replayability:
Lords of the Fallen has had chatter regarding possible Multiplayer but at this stage it is pure speculations and rumours.
Where Singleplayer is concerned, you finish the game and start a New Game + so that will keep you busy for a while longer.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers ahead:
Lords of the Fallen can easily be seen as a poor attempt at a copy from the Souls franchise, however, if you invest a bit of time into the game you will find that it has its own great story that is very entertaining and quite rewarding as you progress through the game. The game offers different endings, so you can make use of your New Game + modes to enjoy every bit of what this game has to add.
The game was given a lot of effort and the developers created something very beautiful here, the game world is sizeable and the gameplay quite fun. The difficulty that the game offers should be difficult for new comers but if you mastered every related Souls game to date then you are more than prepared for this one.
The developers did let quite a lot of potential go to waste here; this world could have done with more side quests and even a bit more to do in each playthrough; as it stands it is a bit thin and a let-down to some extent.
Score 6
By: MGRza
Date: 5 September 2014
Additional info:
Platforms: PC: Xbox One: PlayStation 4
Genre: Souls-like: RPG: Action: Dark Fantasy: Action RPG: Singleplayer: Difficult: Third Person: Adventure: Fantasy: Open World: Medieval: Hack and Slash: Atmospheric: Story Rich: Magic: Great Soundtrack: Masterpiece: Multiplayer: Horror
Censor Rating: Mature
Age Rating: 18
Developer: CI Games: Deck 13
Publisher: CI Games
Release Date: 28 October 2014
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
MGR Gaming:

This is a tough one to review for me. I think most of us are here for the same reason, we need more of what Dark Souls provides. That being said, LOTF is able to deliver albeit with some caveats.
To make this easier on myself I'll sort into PROS and CONS.
For the PROS:
*Design of the world, weapons, and enemies is done well and differs enough from the DS series to make it fresh.
*There are a lot of options for combat, including a plethora of weapon types, armors, special abilities, spells, and an upgrade system, allowing you to differ your play-style more than I expected when I first started playing. I basically ended up playing a regen monk build with light-medium armor and staves for the entire game.
*Spells and special abilities are very powerful but are balanced by the pace of combat. My monk relied heavily on the Shelter spell from the Cleric school but some bosses and enemies made it impossible to cast.
*Characters are animated and voiced, with dialog choices.
CONS:
*Some of the design of the world is a little too much in a way I can't quite put in to words. The best way I can explain it is "edge-lord" but it's not quite that bad.
*The writing for the dialog between characters isn't always great, but I'm guessing this might be due to localization or first language issues.
*I got lost A LOT. You are always told what your current objective is, but it is often vague, or slightly misleading. For such a small world, I likely spent half of my playtime searching for how I was to progress the story. This isn't anything new, but it put me in a mood I'll describe more thoroughly further down in the review.
*Combat Pacing feels very slow and was hard to grasp - This is not necessarily a CON as I can't guarantee it isn't due to the pacing of other games such as Sekiro making it hard to adapt. I found that I was never quite able to get good at using rolls to avoid damage even when doing light rolls. This led to me largely using shields, and later a large health pool and a regen build to mitigate this issue.
*Boss fights are often longer than they are difficult. This may be to your liking. If there were more phases I may have enjoyed this, but as it stands I found it tedious for some of the bosses.
All told, I did enjoy Lords of the Fallen. However, about halfway through my playthrough I found myself wondering how much longer it would take to finish the game. I had spent a lot of time retracing my steps, revisiting old areas, and was finding it tedious. I found myself wishing to find the most direct path to the next boss, and therefore the end of the game. I still recommend the game, especially for completionists, those that need more of that souls flavor in their life, or those that enjoy a bit of Warhammer style grim fantasy.

I don’t understand why there are so many negative reviews, the game is inspired by Dark Souls and it can be seen
He gives his setting, his chips, plus to this with the aforementioned game, isn’t it wonderful?
I definitely recommend this game, but not for the money that they ask for it, wait for the discount and buy.
否定的なレビューがたくさんある理由がわかりません。ゲームはDark Soulsに触発されており、見ることができます
彼は自分の設定、チップ、そして前述のゲームでこれに加えて、素晴らしいと思いませんか？
私は間違いなくこのゲームをお勧めしますが、彼らがそれを求めるお金ではなく、割引を待って購入します