As if those movies don't know how to do horror, but they think that is what people like about them, so they do it every couple minutes...

They think a good souls game is full of obvious ambushes, annoying enemy placement and overall bad level design. (and its was worse to my understanding? wow)

And they also thought that to "improve" on the formula your character should feel like he is in roller skates and doing a lot of platforming on those while dealing with respawning enemies on tight spaces, wow so fun :D

IDK if I will power trough it, ~Boss fights are okeish, but my overall impressions on the first 10 hours have been mostly awful and led me to think that the -Lords of the Fallen- name is cursed, 2 of the worst souls like games with actual budgets, sharing the same title, yuck!

Game was great before Pieta, the art style and visuals are really impressive, but that's it. The area after the boss is just pure torture. The game constantly make you jump from one platform to another, which is trumatizing since the jumping feels janky af, if you don't pay attention, boom you die.
They also put numerous enemies hiding behind destructible planks and boxes near the cliff. First time I got pushed off and died, I was like "oh okay, better be careful", and then it happens again and again and again. WTF! I tried to break the boxes hoping to see these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and they just straight up pushed me off the cliff, like what the actual ♥♥♥♥? There's one enemy in Dark Souls 3 The Ringed City DLC, who try to push you off the cliff, that was fun and innovative because it only happens once. but in this game, there's a ton.
This is not even funny or challenging, it's just stupid and frustrating when you die because of these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ more than you die from the boss, being able to have second chance doesn't mean it's okay to make the game feel insufferable, and the when you're in umbral world, you are not only hunted by the same boring zombie type enemies but also framerate drop, I really wouldn't stay in that dimension if not for the game design, I mean you can't even progress the game without entering the umbral world.
Sometimes I just have no idea where to go, wondering around like an idiot, and always ended up finding myself googling for solution. Walking and running also kinda feel like floating and sliding, armors feel like nothing on the you. This game is not great, just no.

Lords of the Fallen es el ejemplo perfecto de un estudio que quiso hacer un souls pero sin entender realmente qué es un souls. El resultado es un desastre de diseño: los escenarios son pasillos, la densidad de enemigos es absurda, el daño recibido no tiene sentido incluso con las armaduras más pesadas, hitboxes/colisiones horrendas, jefes con diseños espantosos.
Tiene un poco de plataformeo con la mecánica de la lámpara, lo cual está bueno en un principio, pero se vuelve super denso al obligar constantemente a viajar al umbral (el otro reino).
Diría que el muuuy early es la mejor parte del juego. Luego se vuelve tan tedioso que ya simplemente no vale la pena pasar las zonas "como se deben". Agota demasiado los mismos recursos, como por ejemplo utilizar un jefe como enemigo normal en la zona siguiente. Las zonas finales están llenas de antiguos bosses pero ahora hechos minions. Los minions como tal son contados con los dedos de las manos y se repiten hasta el final del juego.
Los gráficos son claramente su mejor parte, pero no estando a la altura el diseño artístico. Son simples mazmorras procedurales carreadas por unreal engine 5.
Tiene cosas buenas, pero son tan pocas y tienen tan poco peso frente a todos los problemas que realmente no compensa.
De todos los jefes del juego solamente 2 fueron buenos. Uno es el primero (Pieta) y es facílito. El otro es el Segador que es el jefe insignia del juego. Un buen balance entre dificultad y diseño. Con algunos problemitas de hitbox como todo en el juego, pero aceptable.
Un intento de souls más del montón, que no logra cumplir las expectativas ni tampoco destacar por nada propio.
3/10

P.D: La obsesión con el fuego y lanzallamas de los devs es preocupante.