Lords of the Fallen Game of the Year Edition 2014

The constant camera shake before during and after combat for the ENTIRE GAME is just unacceptable. It's not even something you can mod out..

Lords of the Fallen does not respect your time. So if you detest games that just have save points, give this a pass. It looked like it could have been fun.

I have never played Dark Souls, and decided to give this game a chance on its own merit. On the plus side, the graphics are nice. That is the only nice thing I have to say about it. I found it very clumsy and hard to play. Everything that has been said about the combat is true, and in general movement is the same, it is slow and clunky and just not fun. This coupled with the inability to free save, wooden voice acting, and unclear controls make this game a definite miss for me. I gave it half an hour, got nowhere and quit in frustration. For the money, I would have done better if I had gone to the pub, had a pint, and come home again.

This game caught a lot of flak when it came out; it's an early "soulslike"- an action that takes obvious, heavy influence from From's games- and it got a lot of hate for that. Since then, though, many other studios have put out soulslikes, and Lords of the Fallen has proven to be far from the worst of them, so its reputation has experienced kind of a mild renaissance. In truth, LotF was overhated at release, but it's also not the hidden gem it's sometimes presented as. It's an essentially competent but unexciting take on the soulslike formula. It's not as good as From's games. Its main failing is its lack of originality- the setting is generic "dark fantasy," the fragmentary backstory-oriented storytelling is heavily indebted to From's style, and where the mechanics differ from the basic soulslike formula, they're muddled and confusing rather than excitingly new. Fortunately, co-developer Deck 13 took what they learned on this game and went on to make the genuinely exceptional Surge games, which very much establish their own identity within the world of soulslikes. I wouldn't really recommend Lords of the Fallen to anyone but those who've played From's games and the Surge games first, and really seriously wants more. As I write this, a sequel/reboot is slated to come out in a few months. Almost a decade in development, and kicked between at least three different studios, time will tell if it manages to establish the series as a serious contender.

And 1 full system crash... Tried everything and nothing works. Have this in mind when the new LotF comes out. In the good side, graphics are good, and ultrawide screens are supported. FPS between 60-120 on a RTX2080 Super at 3440x1440. Everything maxed. So that's it, too bugged to my taste especially the final levels... yet I managed to finish it... that has to mean something right?