Elden Ring by FromSoftware garnered a lot of attention as the game was a collaboration with Hidetaka Miyazaki, the Dark Souls mastermind, and inputs given by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin. Elden Ring improved open-world gaming with several features, like the lack of a quest log which was unique, the freedom to explore the massive landscape while crafting weapons, and a lot of NPCs offering side quests, just as in the Dark Souls franchise.
Another upcoming game, Lords of the Fallen, looks like another world-boss beater but falls short of being an Elder Ring rival. While there could be a lot of reasons for one to think of similarities, there’s one aspect where the games differ in a big way.
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Trailer Showcases Gameplay, Boss Battles, Seamless Co-Op
Gamescom 2023 revealed the gameplay trailer for Lords of the Fallen which gave fans a much clearer idea about just how the game might pan out. The bosses and the dark, brooding world was very much like a Dark Souls game. The original game of the same title had three different endings and the game now seems to be the continuation of one of those, without much giveaway of which exact ending was chosen.
Another notable new feature in the game is the online co-op feature. Players will have the option to play the game with a second player while heading on their adventure in an uninterrupted, seamless manner.
Lords of the Fallen Differences Compared To The Original
Fans will remember the original game’s world, and though the new game is also set in the exact same world, it’s actually said to be set almost 1,000 years later. This means fans of the original game will still notice a lot being different in the game. For one, the new version of Lords Of The Fallen is bound to take place across two mirrored realms: the Axiom which looks like a normal realm, and the Umbral, which looks rather gloomy.
Once a player dies in Axiom, they will then be sent to the dark side for another chance. Players might voluntarily seek to enter the mirror dimension upside down and explore the realm’s dark corners. There are also the usual massive giant bosses, and they get more and more difficult in the Umbral realm, the more time players spend in the dark side.
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Lords of the Fallen Could Never Nail Open-World Gaming Like Elden Ring
As much as Lords of the Fallen tries to be this year’s Elden Ring, the game is not fully open-world like the latter. It is a semi-open world as players will not be able to explore the world in full, although there will be plenty of hidden paths to explore. Until the game releases, there are only speculations about the game having certain massive sections on the map, while other sections may not be as massive.
Elden Ring showed how open-world could be done right even in an Action RPG but that approach has not been taken with Lords of the Fallen. While at first glance many fans mistook the game to be an Elden Ring sequel and were quite confused as well about where the new game fits in the franchise, the game is sure to carve its own place among the gaming community. Lords of the Fallen comes out in the US on the 13th of October later this year.
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