Well-Received Souls-Like Lords of the Fallen Tops 1 Million Sales

No idea how so many people enjoyed this game, but good for them and the devs. They worked hard on it, but after finishing it and going through about half of it again on NG+. I stand by my opinion that, I hate this game, but despite the still lingering performance issues (especially on Xbox) a lot of passion and talent went into this game!

Wish I even just barely liked it, but it does look like it's being patched and a lot of my issues with it are being addressed. Most notably enemy density! The game literally turns into Dynasty Warriors, but you take 4 hits at the end. I ran through everything. Really not fun at all.

@mrbone I think the stock fell due to lukewarm reviews and the performance issues, but sales were not yet calculated.

I am still trying to get into it I LOVE souls games and I hope that this lantern mechanic clicks with me.

Lies of P was much "friendlier" or simpler

@Logonogo Because I really wanted to like it, and I bought it. And for a lot of Souls-like games I usually say I hate this game at least 4 or 5 times, but it's usually just in the moment. In Lords of the Fallen, it's like...yeah I hate this game Umbral Realm is annoying and unfun, enemy density is way too much, enemies follow you to the ends of the earth, the bosses kinda suck, and the level design is confusing with a lot of pointless checkpoints.

I'm probably gonna give it another shot just because it had a new update that addresses most of my concerns too.

The final area. REALLY sucks. It's designed to be played in co-op I feel, or just designed to be ran through. I think they fixed it in regular new game, and they've even added a setting to NG+ where you can just play the game over again without the game being harder. Which is fantastic for completing your quests. When the devs take time to incorporate feedback into a game, and feedback that they didn't seem to want to take either at that, it makes me root for them as well.

@gipsojo I don't want to get you back into it as you have paid your dues, but the updates seem promising lol

@EchoRange It's a bold move to have Deacons of the Deep as the most common final boss.

I'm glad to see this game do well. It seemed some of the biggest criticisms were about performance and issues that might be patched. While i'd rather games launched in a better state, it would be sad to see games and studios fail because of it even more.

@MrMagic According to most critics, no, Lies of P is better. But you may feel differently.

@MrMagic I think you are talking about the Golden Joysticks Ultimate GOTY award right. It's just one list from one award. Everyone has a different shortlist.

@gipsojo I think with the updates, it's actually...pretty good now! Performance is so much better, enemies don't mob you like you owe them money, vestiges stick around longer, and those stupid witches can't hit from behind walls from a mile away anymore along with tweaks to ranged enemies being overly aggressive, it feels challenging still but not tedious and messy. Like you can use more than one strategy for encounters now instead of either:

Running past absolutely everything.

Or

Running past absolutely everything killing the ranged enemies, and then abusing the roll to get yourself back in position.

It feels like you can slowly progress now and participate in a battle of attrition without repeatedly getting shot in the face by AK47s.