Game Title: Lords of the Fallen (2023)
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Developer: Hexworks
Publisher: CI Games
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OpenCritic - 75 average - 75% recommended - 42 reviews
AltChar - Semir Omerovic - 95 / 100
Lords of the Fallen stands as a genuine ode to the souls-like genre, a shining masterpiece that deserves recognition as one of the finest action RPGs in recent years.
Attack of the Fanboy - Christian Bognar - 4.5 / 5
Most of what fans of Soulslikes want are at the maximum: masterclass-level design, unforgettable bosses, and extensive freedom toward build creation. The combat can feel rough at times, and there are way too many …
Oops they did it again. Bugs, constant crashes, even unable to launch, bad optimization, blurry graphics with most settings, amateur implementation of DLSS… you name it. It’s a nightmare. The fact that this game is not from some indie studio but from a platform holder is mindblowing.
According to a press release dated 10.10.2023 (click), just 7 days after the game released:
Paradox Interactive has today decided to write down capitalized development costs for the game The Lamplighters League, in addition to the regular degressive amortization done during the game’s first three months. Overall, this will result in that all of the game’s capitalized development costs of MSEK 320 will be recognized as costs in the fourth quarter of 2023. The game’s impact on profit before tax for the fourth quarter is estimated to MSEK -248. The write-down stems from a revised sales forecast, which was established after the game’s release.
“The Lamplighters League is a fun game with many strengths. Even though we see cautiously positive player numbers in subscription services, the commercial reception has been too weak, which is frankly a big disappointment. Game projects are by their nature always risky, but at the end of the day we haven’t performed at the level we should. It is …
and how does it stack up to previous cdprojekt dlc offerings?
I’m really confused by this. Individual game launchers are one thing… but if, for example, you’re going to have an app called the “Paradox Launcher,” with a UI clearly designed to accommodate a list of multiple games, it’s really weird that it can only launch one game at a time.
And then there’s Larian’s launcher, which does a better job pretending to be an actual client, with a full list of all some of Larian’s games to choose from… but you can only actually launch whichever game you initially selected when launching the client in the first place. EG if you launch Baldur’s Gate 3 from Steam, the Larian launcher pops up, and you can then select Original Sin 2 instead… but instead of launching the game, there’s just a link to DOS2’s Steam page instead.
Why?
If they’re not going to make the clients/launchers actually function as platforms to launch multiple games, why bother with the …