Lords of the Fallen
An action RPG that closely copies the Dark Souls formula.
Where Lords of the Fallen comes up1 episode or test
- Stamina management
- Experience dropped on death
- Lots of rolling
- Stamina management
- Experience dropped on death
- Lots of rolling
Feels more like a sequel than a new game
From Game Maker's Toolkit
What was said about Lords of the Fallen
Lords of the Fallen copies the Dark Souls formula almost wholesale. It borrows stamina management, experience points dropped on death and lots of rolling. Game Maker's Toolkit lists it with The Surge, Nioh, Salt and Sanctuary and Death's Gambit as games that follow the Dark Souls template.
It comes from the same developer as The Surge. The wider lesson is not to clone a game's named items and systems under new names. Many Souls clones rename estus flasks, bonfires, souls and even the homeward bone while adding only small ideas like stance-based combat, so they feel more like sequels than new games. Quote: "they also stick rigidly to the Dark Souls formula, with renamed versions of estus flasks, bonfires, souls, and even something as specific as the homeward bone."
Do We Need a Soulslike Genre?
It borrows stamina management, experience points dropped on death and lots of rolling. It comes from the same developer as The Surge.
Lords of the Fallen copies the Dark Souls formula almost wholesale. It borrows stamina management, experience points dropped on death and lots of rolling. Game Maker's Toolkit lists it with The Surge, Nioh, Salt and Sanctuary and Death's Gambit as games that follow the Dark Souls template.
It comes from the same developer as The Surge. The wider lesson is not to clone a game's named items and systems under new names. Many Souls clones rename estus flasks, bonfires, souls and even the homeward bone while adding only small ideas like stance-based combat, so they feel more like sequels than new games. Quote: "they also stick rigidly to the Dark Souls formula, with renamed versions of estus flasks, bonfires, souls, and even something as specific as the homeward bone."
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