It’s been a long time coming, but after a challenging development cycle, CI Games have finally unveiled the successor to their 2014 action RPG Lords of the Fallen. Coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam is the brand new sequel The Lords Of The Fallen. Debuting at The Game Awards, the trailer shows a breathtaking art direction and the first glimpses of combat.
The engrossing trailer shows cases a variety of gameplay footage and per-rendered footage. The trailer sets the grand stage for a battle against light and dark. A lone knight, jaded, worn, and yet stoic embarks on a quest of despair and unfathomable challenge across a twisted land. Rocks pierce the sky like claws. Temples made of bone and sinew dot the land. Swamps are coated in blood and vile poison. For this lone warrior, battle will be waged in the world of the living and the world of the dead.
The Journey continues
During the trailer, the knight fights using an assortment of brute strength, swords, and magic. The steam page for The Lords of the Fallen detailed the knight’s lantern being instrumental to combat an resurrection. This new quest puts players between parallel worlds. What may be familiar on the surface is otherworldly when seen through he veil of the lantern. What is green and filled with life is now dead and decayed.
The trailer concludes with an assortment of macabre and grotesque monsters, all determined to put an end to players. The last shot of the trailer shows a rotten giant knight attack the player and seemingly being subdued, only for the knight to twist and break its own body, transforming into a hideoes monsters that attacks players on all fours. The trailer conclude with the phrase “Dare To Hope.”
A rough road leads to the stars
It’s been a tumultuous journey for The Lords Of The Fallen. The original launched in 2014 and was a smashing success. The game sold close to 1 million copies and made an impression at a time when the Dark Souls games were taking off and seizing the spotlight. A sequel has been attempted to get off the ground for some time now, but has consistently struggled. Original developer Deck 13 went on to publish indie games like Cross Code and developer The Surge and its sequel The Surge 2. The team is working on another game Atlas Fallen for 2023.
PC Gamer reported that the sequel fell to various developers, but the latest one was a studio called Defiant Studios, not to confused with the studio of the same name that made Hand of Fate 2. CI Games was unimpressed and disappointed in the vertical slice of the game, despite multiple calls to improve the quality. With no confidence left, CI Games severed ties with the studio and gave the responsibility to the internally-developed Hex Works Studios.
The Barcelona-based studio was tasked by CI Games to exclusively create action RPGS, with The Lords of The Fallen being their first project. It’s clear the team worked incredibly hard and created a sharp looking action game. It will undoubtedly be challenged as Game of The Year Winner Elden Ring continues to reign of dominance in the current gaming world, but The Lords of The Fallen has gotten this far. It ain’t stopping now.
The Lords of the Fallen arrives 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam.
