Lords of the Fallen 2's second bloody trailer was gruesome, to put it politely, when it debuted last night at The Game Awards 2025. Many a head was beheaded and many an arm was chopped clean off during a sub-two-minute look at the Soulslike sequel, but that's only because series fans told the developers to "go all in" on the violence.
"When we asked our community just how far we should push the gore in the next Lords of the Fallen, the answer was loud and unanimous: 'go all in'," CI Games creative strategist Ryan Hill said in an interview with IGN published after the show. "This is a game made by adults for adults, and we didn't want to dilute the brutality or intensity of that experience."
