Lords of the Fallen
Lords of the Fallen is a fantasy action role-playing game set in a world where humanity has overthrown its god. The story follows Harkyn, a convicted criminal chosen to confront the returning demonic forces…
Lords of the Fallen is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by City Interactive, released 28 October 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 17.3 hrs to finish.
What Lords of the Fallen is
Lords of the Fallen is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by City Interactive and released in 2014. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Autodesk.
The premise, in the publisher's words
When the tyrannical god Adyr invades the human realm in search of vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender: a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Lords of the Fallen holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 38% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 67, across 177 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.17 per hour of the main story, or $0.10 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz, 6 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 460 or better. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at Steam, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Lords of the Fallen launched on 28 October 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Lords of the Fallen yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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