Game is great, story is really good, combat is engaging. Your choices actually matter. Characters are memorable, especially main guy - love him. I don't really recall when was the last time I had that feeling of changing world, that feel of meaning something - this game does it really well. It's budget RPG, but still succeds in giving you a lot of fun. I absolutely recommend.
This review is free of ,,Dark Souls comparison", since I have never played it. Lords of The Fallen is hard, unforgiving, even frustrating at some point, but it's fair and satysfying. Every minion in this game can be your death sentence, if you only stop being careful. Boss fights are cherry on cake. You need to memorize thier moves, which some will say is boiring, but you also need to adapt your strategy to it, depending what kind of aromour and weapon you are caring. And none of the boss fights are slow, they are all constant action, so you must plan fast and act fast. About the RPG elements - well, when it comes to dialogue it's not exacly S tier, but it does it's job. More fun thing is your equipment. There are lots of different weapons and armors, each with it's own stats and scalling. You won't use every single one of those, yet thats why game has kinda good replayability. Character creator is not there, you only choose set of spells and class for Harkyn (your hero), and those calsses are: Tank - slow but lots of health, and dmg. Rogue - fast but less health and dmg. Monk - connection of Tank and Rogue. It's pretty classy pack of RPG classes, but it does it's work well. Each class uses magic, you get to chose one of three magic spell trees. What's cool is that you can use for examlpe rouge recommended spell tree on tank. You will also probably pick those items that fit your class, but nothing stands in your way, if you wanna be tank with light armor or vice versa. Just feel free to experiment. Who should buy it? - People who like hard games, who don't mind repeating some parts few times, who like fast combat. Who should avoid? - Those who look for good RPG action, with lots of dialogue and focus on story.
