“Back in the day, soulslikes were popular.
Now they’re mainstream.”
Important questions first: what’s the deal withLords of the Fallen’s name?
Or maybe it is.
Now, developer HexWorks has dropped the “The” - but before that there was another name too.
It sounds meandering, but it’s been a trip to arrive here!"
That’s reinforced by much of our conversation, in fact.
This has led to some of Lords of the Fallen’s biggest changes from the original.
We have melee, bosses, and Umbral.
Underneath is the other [feedback], we cannot focus on everything.
But above all, in Umbral world things are effectively just even Dark Soulsier than before.
“When we started,” Virtosu said, “the golden standard wasDark Souls 3.
We had to do our own thing.”
We can only do our own thing, and over-deliver there.
“We were incredibly grateful to Elden Ring in that, back in the day, soulsikes were popular.
Now they’re mainstream.
Those things tend to do pretty well.
