The combo system has an element of timing swings perfectly, for example, which makes them use less energy and with certain weapons is essential to trigger the most damaging strikes. The sheer quality of the Souls games meant that such mimicry was inevitable, and so it's to LotF's credit that it does innovate a little. You can parry attacks, roll to dodge them, drink potions refilled at checkpoints, and innumerable other familiar details.

This is a thirdperson combat game with a loose medieval-fantasy vibe where the system is built around a health and stamina bar, and on death you leave behind a 'ghost' containing experience that has to be re-collected. These LORDS may be FALLEN but, if anger is any indicator of strength, they are also FUCKED.ДЄll this bluster may be a cunning way of differentiating LotF from its obvious inspiration, Fromsoft's much more understated Souls series. CHOP IT OFF was the obvious reply and, when the chap hesitated, Harkyn did the job for him. At one point an old man asked Harkyn's advice on dealing with a poisoned hand. Someone's written all over his face, so I guess you would be? Harkyn's so angry he shouts WHY SHOULD I CARE at NPCs chatting away and screams with guttural rage at moments of triumph, as if the mere thought of happiness is an AFFRONT. I wouldn't normally open with a screenshot of a loading screen but just hark at Harkyn, the gravel-chomping hero of LORDS of the FALLEN. If you're thinking 'only an angry nutter would do that' then welcome, my genteel friend, to LORDS of the FALLEN. It suggests we should shout the first word but then drop to a whisper and, when listeners are lulled into a false sense of security, scream the last syllables like a BANSHEE. I'm not usually one to judge a book by its cover, so to speak, but the capitalisation of LORDS of the FALLEN just has me tickled.

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