2014's Lords of the Fallen is not an especially beloved soulslike, but the lords are getting another shot at stardom in 2023's Lords of the Fallen, which was formerly known as The Lords of the Fallen. I guess they decided, 'screw it, we nailed the title the first time,' but otherwise, it's a brand new game. The publisher is the same, but the developer is new, and the game includes a character creator, co-op (friends can pop in and out anytime), PvP, and a faster combat system.
I didn't get to play Lords of the Fallen during my hands-off demo at GDC last week, so I can't say how it feels, but there's plenty to say about how it looks. It looks like I'm gonna need a new GPU, for one thing: Lords of the Fallen was built in Unreal Engine 5, and it's the first game I've seen that genuinely looks like one of the tech demos Epic's been showing off. It's part tech demo itself, even: It was featured during last week's State of Unreal GDC presentation, which you can see in the video below.
