First the lament, which is covering 13 and CI Games definitely should listen: (!) It begins so that the "Day One patch" includes 4.5GB, and just as big as the game, you buy it because digitally in Xbox Live Store. This is not a patch, but the whole game! Thus, one could throw away the media purchased degrees, located in view of there, unfinished data garbage. Nevertheless, and despite 4.5 GB "patch", therefore the game with numerous bugs is that I have never experienced in my entire career in video game consoles so ...
Overall, the game froze twice completely, then crashed, reboot and return to the main menu, all the progress since the last save point, of course, the devil. Then I also had twice the memory points simply did not want to go. No enemy far and wide, memory point active, no reaction, no matter what I vorarbeitete me, nothing went. Only after a "suicide" I was able to save, or high levels. Another time I found myself in one of these worlds bonus when suddenly in front of me blew up a huge circle of fire and I immediately (!), Died after a brief pause as I Harkyn there beside his abandoned souls are watched and ... died the same again !? All experience points gone, no chance to recover ... and there were many! The multiplier for particular "risk full" players who constantly carry around their EPs with itself and thus get more EPs of opponents, you can forget. This completely lose due to a crash or other bug is more likely than through their own fault - cursing!
Let's put it this way, at the moment, I share how Harkyn, my undeserved frustration out with the club, then there's then a feast, because Lords of the Fallen has of course different to offer. But first ... sssZZZztt BÄNGgg. In combat with multiple opponents, one is already focused, it is a 50/50 chance that you can put on a another opponent the focus of the. This works sometimes, sometimes not, then first click away focus, of course, the entire image stays in place and I have the other opponent first have back in the picture, click Focus. In the fray of narrow corridors, with a partially completely by rotating camera and a frame rate (which unfortunately all too often) well below 30 fps drops, not an easy task and really annoying! I am fighting not only in the game but with the game. A button that rotates the view 180 degrees is completely missing?!? I run away from an enemy, look ahead, now I want to turn around and have to wait accordingly until I shot the whole space around me ... snoring, though the control of Dark Souls, then please also this feature: Click, 180 degrees, ah, the enemy, Duschhh!
And so it goes in this respect, unfortunately, all too often on ... The camera has no joy in the fighting in the narrow corridors, they usually do not know how close / far from heroes or they will be the events, it is too close, my character disappears completely, no idea where / how I feel, what I'm doing degrees ?! Running away, image rotates completely, focus away, bang, that behind me, turning to 1.8.0. Degrees -> watsch, a first conceded again! This game was technically not really finished, but published at 90%. Constantly there are several places at the same time to admire popups, really liquid, it is seldom anything so heavy, bulky and somehow so weird washed out, sob, even tearing, the image moves accordingly. And these are only the technical shortcomings, playfully comes because, unfortunately, still a lot to do so.
Who can no longer stand it, can gladly proceed to the next section, there's the laurels missed but why even in technically perfect presentation still a star is missing ... Harkyn mistaken in this monastery world you can often really zero plan where's it should go and appear from time to time at the wrong place, refers thrashing and depending on strength of character you just do not look it, the opponents really should be too strong (ed) - Sometimes Sometimes Yes and schnetzelt in the completely wrong direction to there before closed doors to stand. Then also stupid when you leave an area by charging and then goes back whence you came degree, has made there before flatten everything, but all enemies are back there without that I would have a storage point even come close. The entire levels, inserting runes, weapons and armor is initially interesting, but then gets so towards Diablo, fast new Interchangeable, only one / two runes (if any) can be modified. The areas to be explored, in fact the whole setting, are very small, schlauchig and partially 1: 1 copied level design then also disappointing as the game world by just not seems real. Even more lax, the opponents diversity. While there are plenty of different bosses, the normal lackeys of the entire game, unfortunately you can not count on two fingers. Do also always the same ... even the bosses behave the further the game progresses very monotonous. Initially still designed that they go through different stages and thus also appear very lively, they have very soon her standard repertoire it, from beginning to end. There are two / three bosses (including the last but one!), You can flatten without much effort already the first time. Bit look, keep your distance, aha, aha rumgetanze, Däng! A shame because this in turn "balanced" of nerve killers where you have only a very tiny window of time to shoot them one on the skull. Then Next Next, roll left, roll right, HüpfSCHLAG, roll back, type freaks out, wait, Ro ... is somehow uncool and even if one knows these bosses well, the fight lasts sometimes for 20 minutes, just because it's just no other way I think now isses also time for the feast!
Because Lords of the Fallen is cool! An incredible force brettert a constantly around the ears, all maximum fat is created, the presentation itself kills a sometimes seemingly so fits perfectly with the game. Many criticized the Harkyn is rather slow in movement and handing out, I feel that as a very realistic and creates depth in and by the character. In the skirmishes crashing, splintering and pängt it continuously with absolutely brilliant sound effects! Saust the ax for a powerful swing down, BAFFF, shaking the entire screen and you go merrily with a broad grin with. The fights are (almost) designed really perfect and it makes a hell of fun to thrash the opponent to all the arts. The graphics itself is sheer bombast: lighting, particle effects, physics-part, even when the objects are or hanging there. The design itself is also unique, and there, enormously fat, very high level of detail. They are joined by buttery smooth animations, which are absolutely smooth and realistic. No question, the presentation has succeeded in every way!
Why ... why only these bugs ?! Without the bugs Lords of the Fallen would be a bit like Destiny: looks great, plays cool but then missing the meat itself, it's missing, the vitality, the depth, the feeling in a strange living Minikosmos to be constantly one invites because of its shape, to further explore and go on. And although DarkSouls of Harkyn is mocked with thunderous laughter, lacks precisely the part that could outshine any graphic splendor of the world ... the long, fine, endless deep intricacy of your own soul. How tragic ...
ADDENDUM: November 14 - NG +
As the game after 20 h already was. Over, I started a NG + (New Game +) to play. The creators promise the player in, among other new weapons and armor. While this occurs, but it is really all one finds only what one has not found during the first pass and therefore weaker, ie, not useful! One can improve his Gegenstäde not really, just stop something because with these runes, so you always jumps more or less the same stuff around. It rains from the chests for all sorts Magic-, energy, and else Splitter! That you can actually pay grade ...
The DLC codes / bonus content are ridiculous and should, if at all, be redeemed at the outset, because the weapons and armor are located rather in the lower third and are therefore too weak later. The DLC "Monk's Decipher", takes about 10 minutes, you are looking for 3 signposts and is rewarded with a ring that indicates later, where's it's secret walls or other hidden. Well, the enclosed DLC codes also are there to reduce the resale value, not necessarily to give the players what is really useful in the hand.
Meanwhile, I have also smashed in anger my controller into a thousand pieces on the floor and will refuse to place in my collection venerable Lords of the Fallen. The boss in the Fire Arena and, above all, the last boss rob, a really, because the degenerate last nerve by the always sharp decline framerate, messed up camera work and missing 180 ° turn in eternal Streßgerenne. And you also can not avoid, the land once a hit, the Harkyn can stagger instantly Next hit, next Tre ...! Who then should make almost no mistakes about 20-30 minutes, it is otherwise struck down despite fat arms and trallala, with two three strokes, I want to experience.
Bugs of course still available, no patch in sight, it is working hard on a new, paid DLC. So really ?! Once again, I died a double death (until the program has checked that I was dead, it has rather die then let me again to be sure), klaro, everything gone. Then I suddenly rolled in a transition with the ground through the floor and died ... again! The secret walls are so secret that they even remain secret, if you have discovered them. Through a clipping error I then accidentally fall behind as a wall, wall secret !? The right way is to me hitherto unknown way draufzurennen with raised shield and at the right moment, so counter shortly before the wall - crumbs ... And now I have really had enough of the Lords, bugs, lags and even a tattered controller to complain.
Harkyn would curse: "Save your sch ... world but himself" - Lords of the Bugs
